The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-09-12
WHAT Do THE SUGAR PLAN
TIERS THINK OF IT NOW

WHAT Do THE SUGAR PLAN.
- TERS THINK OF 1T NOWf
The SENTINEL has long ago reached
the conclusion that the sugar interest
of this state had nothing to expect
from the Republicans. Phat concln.
sion WAS reached after a careful study
Of the economic principles Of the He.
publican party. as expanded and
construed by some Of its ab!est lead
ers.
Firmly convinced that the Republic
can party was the enemy, aud not
the friend, Of the sugar interest. the
SENTINEL has labored hard, in seaeon
and out of season, to convince the
sugar planters of their serious mistake
in quitting the Democratic party,
which had always protected sugar Ly
. duty, tn ally themselves with the
Republicans. the worst enemy Of their
interest. 1t has pointed out the many
hostile acts Of the Republican party
toward sugar: the declaration IL the
majority Of the Ways ard Means
Committee of 1880 that sugar was not
IN article embraced III their theory of
protection !; the declaration Of many
of the platforms of various Republican
state conventions held in 1894 and
1896, ~denouncing the Democratic par.
~ for taking away free sugar from the
people. It has shown how Mckinley.
the high priest of protection, dcnoupc.
ed Cleveland in 1891 for favoring 4
duty on sugar, and how Reed aud
other leaders Of that party in tho CAM
paign of 1894 scored the Democratic
party for having restored sugar 10 the
dutiablo list and thereby taken away
from the people the free breakfast
table" which the Republicans had
given them. It has called their atten-
tion to the fact that the Hawaiian
treaty, admitting the sugars of that
Pacific island free Of duty, was nego-
tiated and ratified by a Republican
Administrative it has mentioned the
fact also that in 1884, while the plan
tors were engaged in . movement to
turn over the electoral vote of the
state to Blaine and Logan, MI. Blaine.
% Mr.. Arthur's Secretary. was nego-
tiating q treaty with Mexico, admitting
the sugars Of that country free ; which
treaty was rejected by the succeeding
Democratic administration. It also
demonstrated that the Republican
party took the duty off sugar il 1890
to enable it's leaders to raise the du.
ties on the manufactured articlea of
the East, and substituted instead.
against the protests Of the planters, q
bounty which they knew could not
last.
Surely, these were facts aud reasons
sufficient to convince any man or set
Of men endowed with average common
sense, and unblinded by prejudice.
that nothing could be expected from
the Republican party favorable to
sugar.
But angered at the Democratic par
ty because Of the repeal of the delusive
bounty, against the imposition of
which in lieu Of a duty or sugar, they !
had most solemnly and I
protested, many of the
planters have turned against the party I
OF their fathers, which had always
favored them, and enrolled themselves
the ranks Of the Republican party,
with the vague hope of securing some
sort of protection. Turning to Nc
the high priest Of protection,
they at once began burning incense
before him as to a savior. He was to
be their savior, and there was iubila-
ton 10 their ranks when the doughty
Major received the nomination Of his
party.
Well, Mckinley has at last spoken
about sugar and he has pronounced for
FREE SUGAR. That is bis understand.
ng of the reciprocity plank of the
platform it means FREE
|UGAR.
Listen to the Republican oracle :
RECIPROCITY, too, the gift of Blaine
Harrison to the nation, deferred
y Garfield's untimely death. was at
ength proclaimed by that great presi-
lent. Benjamin Harrison. Limited as
is opportunities have been, it has
'een q great factor in the trade Of our j
'ountry. We will have no policy BY
which we do not get as mach as We j
i've, and will inaugnrate no ~reciproci- +;
= policy that will take from Anleri- /.