The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-24

lican boss now serving out his sentence
in state prison." etc.
In Saturdays issue, this same vera
cious and super-virtuous journal repre-
sents the New York Tribune as arguing
against a duty on wool. What the
Tribune was arguing against was a
proposition that the existing congress
should undertake to restore the duty on
wool, because such measure would
do the wool-growers little good unless
the duties on woolens also were largely
increased. The Tribune made this very
clear. 1t was idle to expect that Pres
ident Cleveland would approve any
increase of the duties on wooden manu-
features, even if he should sanction q
duty on wool. Free wool and low
duties on wooden goods were demanded
by Mr.. Cleveland in his original tariff
reform message, and he was not likely
to consent to The restoration OF the
duty on the former or an increase on
the latter. Therefore the Tribune was
opposed to proposition by Senator
Dubois to undertake, in the existing
congress, to restore wool to the dutiable
list. This reasonable position of the
Tribune, the Republican, without quail
ification or explanation, proclaims as
an abandonment Of the republican
policy of protection in respect of wool,
by one of the foremost champions of
protection.
The Republican is very much in the
habit of singing out some newspaper in
some remote part of the country, hav-
ing not even local standing as lead
ing exponent of republican principles
or sentiments, advertise it as a repre-
sentative of the better element in the
republican party, and then publish
some expression, or alleged expression,
of opinion, by that journal, that would
be neither creditable to the party nor
would be recognized as anything that
the better element, or the average
element, of the republican party ever
sanctioned or entertained. BY inuendo,
or by direct and unblushing falsifica-
ton, this stern moralist and possessor
of every political virtue under the sun
is doing these things in almost every
issue.
Harper's Weekly is another persistent
and INSCRIPTIONS falsifier of political
facts to serve the ends of mugwumpery
Mr.. Cleveland's avoirdupois hides from
its vision the Hills and Crokers of the
democratic party, and it sees in that
organization the hope of the country in
the coming national contest. Tom
Platt's attenuated proportions hide
from its purblind vision the Shermans,
Morrills, Harrisons, and the long line
of republican statesmen whose lives
have been distinguished by faithful and
patriotic service to the whole country.
"The imbecile and cowardly conduct of
the republican leaders on one side, and
the sagacious, intrepid and vigorous
leadership of Mr.. Cleveland on the
ether," have brought about "the sur
prising change" in public opinion which
this too credulous "journal of civiliza-
ton" has discerned. At what period
this "change" has registered since the
November elections the Weekly does
not point out, nor does it say when Mr..
Cleveland ''rose to a position of pre-
dominating influence" after his party
in the late congress repudiated his
leadership by defeating tariff measure
which embodied his views, and by
passing one which he denounced as the
incarnation of party perfidy and dis
honor, and followed up this conspicuous
act of rebellion by CONTEMPORARY re-
jecting all his schemes of currency
reform.
This class of journals is following
a very disreputable and unpatriotic
course, which is all the more reprehen.
sible because they make pretense OF
extreme purity of motive and loftiness
of purpose. Their real relation to
politics is that of bunco-steerers to the
democratic party.
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