The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-02
BOURBON DEMAGOGUES.
An Energetic Protest Against Their
Teachings--The Need of the Time.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
1t is tiresome, yet amusing, TO now read
of the wall that is going up from old
bourbon, demagogic Democratic free-trade
papers about the new tariff bill that is
being framed. 1t is again proven true that
an old bourbon Democrat learns nothing
and forgets everything" The Democratic
party has been in power four years, ana
what has it done? 1t has given the coun-
try an extra debt of over 300,000,0OO by
passing tariff bill that their President
said was full of "perfdy and dshonor,
and one which he would not sign; and
every business Democrat who wants to see
his country prosper condemns it and has
left the old party and joined the Republic
an party of progress. Again place the
Democratic party in power for twenty-five
years, and it could not pass tariff bill
these old demagogues are clamorlng for.
Why did they not give us ''free-trade'
tariff bill when they had the opportunity?
The reason is easy to give. The old free
trade demagogue must have some ism
to howl over in his attempt to get into
office, and as he was brought up to sit In
the shade, drink teddy and make a negro
raise a bale of cotton for him, which he
preferred to sell in Europe. as he had no
his material, he wanted to buy of the old
world his goods under a, '.free-trade" tariff
policy Under this process the South would
grow poorer and poorer, and John Bull
would be getting all the profits. The
Northern Democrat thinks he can make
UP the material he wears as we'll as John
Bull can do it, and he builds a factory;
and he and his sons and daughters go to
work and get rich. and will not vote for
"free-trade'' tariff; consequently, the DEM
ocratic party splits up when in power; they
the country is FRUSTRATED and the Demo-
cratic party, cursed by everyone, goes out
OF power. They Will, no doupt, remain e. out,
until God in his great wisdom, sees mt to
again chastise the American people.
want to ask the old bourbon Demo,
crat where the great Northern states would
stand to-day if they had been content dur
ing the last thirty years to sit under
shade tree and fan themselves drink toddy,
raise a little wheat, corn and pork, and
sell it to Europe, and buy back all the
goods they consumed under free-trade
stead of furnishing the money to build rail-
roads, factories, etc, all over the country.
1 have just made trip to all the largest
towns and cities in Texas and have talked
with the leading merchants of the State.
Many of them said to me- Il used to be
free-trader but have entirely changed:
They continued, I'VE want to improve our
State, build up manufactures, get the peo-
pie at work. and be prosperous. We must
Keep more OF our money at nome, ana not
their eyes are being opened. and they are
alive to their needs. England would be
pleased to force a free-trade tariff policy
upon us, as she well knows she could then
supply us with our goods, which would,
year by year, reduce our wealth and make
us subject to her The old free-trader
should take trip over our entire country
where the people thrive. and study reasons
and results. He would change, as every
progressive, thoughtful patriot is changing.
The importer in New York city is a free
trader because if he can import all the
people consume and wear, he gets rich;
while he gets no commissions from the
goods the American mills are turning out
all over the country, which are distributed
to the people, and the money for the max
ing of the same paid out in our own COM
munities Every nation in the world raises
its revenue by a tariff, and they will con-
tinue to do so; and it would be just a sam
pie of the old bourbon Democrats business
ability and sense to pass free-trade tariff
bill and sit down and allow these countries
to dump their products upon us; and they,
at the same time charge us tariff on
the goods we send to them.
Our national debt, which debt the old
bourbon Democrat took a very active part
in contracting, must be paid, and we can
raise these funds much easier by we'll
regulated tariff than by direct tax upon
our own people. The old Democratic
demagogue is now crying, Let us have
economy" and the last Democratic Con-
most extravagant in the history of our
country. If the business men of the coun-
of fool-kllers and send them forth TO kill
off all of the old demagogues, who appear
to be only too glad to ADVOCATE any ism"
that will get them into office and are too
lazy to think much less work, capital
would then go into the South much more
rapidly than it has, and it's growth would
develop, the people prosper beyond the
dreams Of the old-time demagogue who
can see nothing beyond raising cotton by
cheap negro labor and buying his goods in
Europe.
The young men of the South are having
their eyes opened, and the business men,
by their votes and expressed ideas, are
showing themselves progressive. The city
of Dallas, by its vote last November,
nnder5tand ga 6d the be- Republican ticket
leans, Atlanta and other Southern cities.
The prospect of the Republican party
or loss of confidence in business com
munity." Think over the past, and let us
be progressive, and live for our homes,
wives and children and loved ones. Don't
conclude that the Republican party, who
plotted this country through it's great
trials and reduced the public debt $4,000
900 a year for twenty-five years are in
competent fools. Trust them fully, settle
down and go to work, and conclude you
are under good management. and you will
win. Go to the communities where they
are the strongest and become acquainted
with the people; look into their schools,
colleges, homes, refinement wealth and
progress, and 1 believe you will feel as /
do that the fool-killer should be turned
loose among the political denagogues who
are berating the administration at
Washington, and whom the people recently
turned out of power for their terrible fail
ure in their misguided attempts to manage
our government.
Professor Wilson, of free-trade fame and
defeat, says in a recent magazine article:
I'VE should have allowed the Republican
tariff of 1880 to remain on the books" And
yet he one of the crowd that haggled
and talked for twenty-five years for free
trade, and who attempted to fasten the
Mills bill upon the country. Truly the old
saying that IAN old time bourbon Demo
crat is like a man riding in a train back
wards; he sees nothing until he has passed
it," is true. One would think that after
the failure they made they would cultivate
the charm of modesty and be still. We
will return to our former prosperity. and
in the meantime. to hasten the glorious
event let us turn loose the fool-killers
among the demagogues, and let the people
have a rest from the clamor of the old
bourbon Democrats. GEORGE IRVING.
Indianapolis, May 81.