The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-11
ELI FINDS THE TRUTH
RANDALL DEMOCRAT EXPLAINS
HIS PARTYS MISTAKES.
Democrats Must Get i'm Position
Where They Won't Have to Lie to
Get Into Power-Whnt Democracy
Has Cost the Country.
Told by a Judge.

ELI Perkins had very funny expert
cnce on the 60" road the other day
with Democrat In discussion Of the
the two occurred in Iowa, and here Is
the way Eli reported it to friend on
the Chicago Inter Ocean:
Eli Perkins came In from Omaha on
the 60" and left for New York on the
Penn" When asked IL he had met
any Democrats ON the train, he said:
"No, not any Wilson Democrats, but
there are still Randall Democrats. The
Free-Trade Wilson Cleveland Demo
Gratis are completely squelched."
what do the Randall Democrats
say?" asked the reporter.
"They accuse the Wilson Free-Traders
of drawing the party into n false posi-
ton. Why said Judge Lane, of Iowa,
the young, sentimental fools of our
Democratic party put us old fellows in
a false position. They made us tariff
destroyers. They gave the Republic
ans choice Of positions and then made
us assail them. We didn't have any
policy. The Republicans had the field
and they chose the right side. They
chose Randall's protective tariff policy,
and all we had to do was to so on and
fight policy that we knew was right.
We couldn't do anything but just lie
and
You surprise me, Judge l inter-
rupted. DO you mean that Democratic
speakers Intentionally lied?'
"'Why, yes; they had to. They had
to assail the truthful and patriotic posi-
ton chosen by the Republicans. We
said the tariff had nothing to do with
wages, when common sense told us
that with free trade our wages would
be rs low as German wages with the
freight added. We said with free trade
we would buy our coats cheaper, when
we knew those coats would have to
come from Germany and our tailors
would have to work for their wages or
march with CoXey's tramps. oh, how
we lied about it, and the Judge heaved
long sigh.
"What other lies did you tell,
Judge?' asked.
"'Why, we told the boys we'd have a
big foreign trade, when we knew ev-
cry time we bought silk or tin or cloth
in Europe that they would have our
money and we would have the empty
boxes. May God forgive me- said the
Judge, as he struck the car cushion
with his fist, If / didn't tell an audi
cnce at Ottumwa that with free trade
we would gain the markets Of the
world, and l knew we couldn't send a
hat or yard of cloth to England till
we had their wages-less the freight.
And Just think what hollow mockcry
Ii was to praise that Scent foreign mar
ket when we know that to sell cents
worth of tin or cloth to Europe we
would have to open the bars and let
the paupers of Europe swoop down on
our home market, which, according to
the census reports was $11, 100000 a
year. | say was, for heaven knows
what it is now, with half the mills idle.
Wages don't have anything to do with
tariff, hcy?' said The Judge. we Dem
ocrats know better, for the tariff has
been cut % per cent and wages have
gone down to match. A fool can see
that. The fact is, continued the
Judge, we Democrats have got to get
in q position where we don't have to lie
to get into power. We have got to get
right onto that protective tariff which
made us such splendid prosperity till
we lied ourselves in and spoiled it, and
which Samuel Randall said will always
make us prosperous. You hear Judge
Lane, Protective Tariff Democrat
you hear mel!