The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-07-04
THIBoDAUx, La, SATURDAY, July 1896.

dissatisfaction III fhe ranks, those biz
hlajaTiiles which have been predicted
Tor Mckinney III the Eastern State.
may bn cus down to a, insignificant
li."re aha perhaps disappear and
leave balance on tie Democratic
si,is at the sheet ws.aH the votes are
eea''tea next November Daily States.
The New York Sun observes that
| icA!nley Is starting IN for he cam
rat2n ON lines laid down by Hanna
months before the ,nvettion, solemn
~ assuming that the tariff is the NJ,
pse'ne issue Of 1886 aud talking as
| londef''esir tor protection rs # such
we've really the ease. The Sun invif4s
attention III one plank IN the Rppnl.i
can PLATFORM which has been general
y overlat'ked, thus far, when ir.s.,,
after the manner fnlinwing
We rraelaim our unauailtied con
Heninatsah of tue uncivisZeI AID har.
batoll> Practices. well known ais 9yuch-
lug "i killing of hnnan beings, sus-
her'ea os eh',t.sd with crime. witl,ont
p.acrs> Of law
1T remarks the Sun. "Maior Nc
hlhiey desires tc keep his incidental
rhetoric as far away a. possible from
! he geld plank adopted at St Lonis.
why should he not take refuge in the
iy'iehing resolution Here is fine
heia for Solemn oratory The s,shiect
Is iparative!y novel as II CAMPAIGN
topic, while the tariff is !. back num-
Der"
PLurOCRaeY's CHALLENGE.
lie nominations 1T st. Louis are D
triumph Tor plntecracy, monopoly, and
greed. Major Mckinley is the chosen
apostle nf these forces. their peculiar
representative and advocate. The
"oetr'ne of excessive .protectionis,n'
which bears his name, and which he
insists is the one vital issue of this
Years campaign, is their doctrine. It's
apnlIca;lan IN practise means the en-
lichmrnt OF all the horde Of mOnopO-
lists, bounty grabbers, trust specula
tors, and otter opressors OF the ueonle.
1t was Major Mckinley himself who.
as eli,''fhian OF the Ways aud Means
Conlniltee. permitted these people to
invade The Capitol and write into the
law all the license they wanted to levy
nnearnea tribute upon the people. If
he Is elected President he is pledged
up t" the eyes not only to approve
any bill fer their benefit which they
may may persuade Congress to pass.
but ~ use all the influence OF the ex.
eeutive office to secure the passage of
laws permitting tEem tn tax the pao-
pie at will and pocket the proceeds.
And for Vice President they have
secured the nomination of one of them
selves. Mr.. Hobart is not only the
attorney of illegal monopolistic com
bi,,i,tinns il defiance OF plain statutory
law, but is himself the president ct
one. tae highly paid agent of another
aud a member of still other conspila-
cles III restraint Of trade and in oppres-
Sion Of the people.
"SUcl' surrender OF the Repu bli-
cans to plutocracy aud monopoly gives
TO the Democracy Il great opnortuai
ty.'-The Werla {Dem.) N. Y.
NO REPUBLICAN wALkoyER.
'In the days of enormous Repul,li-
can majofities in nearly all the West
ern States except Indiana it was not .
not believed that the reactonary Dem
ocratic Party would ever come tn tho |
front III that section. Yet Grover
Cleveland is President to day because
Republican ideas lost their hold on !
public mind. 1t is often said that the !
average man does not think concern !
ing political matters, but the people Of !
the West ere always doing an
immense amount Of thinking in their
own way. Questions OF the time are !
specifically discussed, and public
prejudice largely takes the place of
serious thought ana sober conclu-
sion..... It will be no holiday cam
'aign, no Republican walkover, and !
those Who are now relying upon sup
port from so called sound -money
Democrats will soon find that they are
eaning upon broken reed The
signal has been given for fresh
'allying of the forces Of Clevelandism,
md with but one end in view.'-The
Evening Telegraph (Rep.) Phila.
NOMINATED BY THE MONEY POWER.
T.