The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-26
PRoonAnHME OF RErueLicAks.
rerssaa q rhsar plan for inereA.,n,
n th~ Revenue.

! ennintns repubiicnEsDf Penn
syNania, Massachusetts. Ohio aud
iowa concerning what they purpos,
DONG In the event that their control
OF the house and the senate nlreadv ,vo,
shall be followed by their capture or the
presidency. II asks If in such event
they VIII reestablish McKinlcyism or
by refrnining from interference with
the existing tariff make tacit confes.
sion OF the disingenuousness of their
attacks on democratic legislation. n
~ 70 be noted thatthe stutes covered by
inns" symposium are those in which
presidential notwithstanding.
Generally speaking. he response of
the republicans TO whom the query wns
put was that there would be no rccur-
renee to Mck-nleyism In the main
they applied 10 the question OF tariff
taxation that same skill in murtlnling
meaningless phrases and statements 20
complicated by qualifying clauscs as
TO convey no exact idea which repub-
leans have for years successfully em-
ployed to befog the minds OF the peo-
pie concerning that party's attitude OH
the money question. Yet, saving Nc
kinney himself and devoted, atlherent
who manufactures glass down in Pitts
burgh. The gcIaraltenorr of republican
opinion appears 10 be that the AirItiii-
ley bill shall forever stand as the high.
tide Of protcctionisna and that what
ever legislation republicans may now
Urge will not rise much above the low
water mark. AS for any Sugrestion
that needed revenue maybe raisedtby
Ddditionto the list5of objects ofinterntll
revenue taNntion or BIZ the increase In
the tax on beerit IS not to be found in
this republican symposium Nor docs
there come any declaration of purpos.
TO reduce, national expenditures. As
before, republicans will put their nlnin
reliance upon the foreign trade Of the
country to furnish revenue and pro-
tective plumber. ~.
=, Less from y Int the republicans now
say than from the past history Of their
party may be drawn q fair forecast of
their policy when, II eser, they shall
again control all three branches Of the
government. They will not 60
before the people with a promise or a
threat of reimposing the eXtortionate
duties which made the Mckinley bill a
miracle Of special legislation. but will
talk fair and softly of moderate tariff |
of q tariff just large enough |
70 furnish revenue, but SO imposed as at |
the same time to encourage American |
Industries and enable the American |
aborer to earn better wages. Then, be- |
ing Installed in power, they would send |
put invitations, not TO the people who |
1ay the taxes, but to the few who profit |
81 tkcin, TO come to Washington and |
end their advice In the formulation OF
i new hriff Gill. The march of the mill
ionaircs upou Washington--thr very
OF CoSey's commonwcal army
would begin. The, country would be
nee again treated to the spectacle of
he consolidated pottery makers pledg-
ng their congressman TO vote for n ten
,erl cent. advance ON wood pulp in ex-
hange for the kindly aid of the wood
,ulp mems sodality in securing Is per
ent. advance in the schedule relating
. pottery II is In this way that tariff
ills are made, and ii is for this reason
hat seldom can one be made without
ranscending in someplaces the just and
roper limit of hamilton. Accepting
he protection principle, moderation
] practically impossible. Democrats
recall with modification
ow far In some few sections the tariff
ill ennctcd by their own party, though
a the main moderate and in all parts
II Improvement upon republican, taritf
egislation. exceeded in the burden OF
axation imposed Legitimate bounds. II
1t viii be the part OF republicans In
he coming presidential campaign 10
eceiye the people with fair promises
I moderate tariff revision The rcci-
rocity hunbug will be trotted out and
II the piatitudes by which shrewd and
onscienceless politicians throw Il veil
rhetoric about their true purposes
Ill be employed. II the people permit
to be hoodwinked they will
nd very speedily after republican ao-
sssion 10 complete power new tariff
iw In effect by the side OF which, in all
reliability, McKinley's celebrated
leusure would seem moderate and Just.
Chicago Chronicle.
III the republicans in congress