The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-04-10
MAKES THE BLOOD BOIL.
HcPubIIeas Rises Up AHniAat
Ills swinIsh nrethrea of
the EHst,

a republican representative who h
| prOmIne,t enough to- br member of
the ways and means committee j.
quoted as saying: "Mj blood boiled
when | stood Ia our last conference on
Cuba and watched the mem bsrs Of my
party passing through the trllrru."
Why did his blood boil? Wat 1t be.
cause 80 many uf hi, party voted
against uilOrOing ans relief tu Cuba g..
Vas d htCnute tncy uisrrRn every
CunsidCratiun Of buuur and CApedi-
cucy? Nut "a all. This WAS Western
republican, and hir blood boiled be.
cause the eastern members ui the
party would nos vote their western
pale their share ui tIsr Fpoilr, tuys The
thirugn Chronicle
say this unnamed ncttcrnrr. "Fur
thc hrst time there was rhauct to
apply the principle ufprniectiuu 10 tbc
advantage ul western sgriculturists.
hrt thrrC men from the Gust walked
up, virtually saying that
when II came tu a dhision uf the pro.
/ iectiUn spuiis the west had uo righis
which they were bound To respect
That was what made my blood boil
with Indignation
This az least bus the merit If frank.
ncss. This statcsmau's blood did moi
boil because uf the wrong done tu the
COM inner. who is the victim at the
tariff syftcm ~ rapinc, but because
the eastern republicans would not vote
10 ,icttmizc him still further.
There is more of cold blood than II
boiling blood in his statement Of what
the western republicans have done for
their eastern pals. They tthc east.
crucrsD have never asked any ything we
have not accorded them, irrespective
uf the rights uf the cgnaumCra,'
Here sac have a very cool confession
that this western representative tof
What?J karw perfectly well that con
sumers ha6 rights ami that western
consumers were the ,iciimz and not
the bcnchciarics. and yet that he and
other western republicans never hesi-
tatrd 90 give the eastern bcnehriaries
NIL they demanded, rcEnr,llrss "f the
rights ui western consumers.
VIII western cUpsumcrr who read
this confession entertain more kindly
feelings toward these western repre-
scntatiVys. VINO IL h admitted have rep.
rcsrntrd rasi"rp rather than western
Interests and who have voted to bleed
their own constituents tn build up the
private fortunes ~ eastern capitalists.
than toward the eastern members II
the tariff robbers rnust?
Nut II they have a perception nf the
fitness ~ things
While ID has been true in the past
that the member, ~ the great tariG
trust have ,ucrrcdrd IN pulling to-
rcihcr AZ Critirul times, there is much
that is hopeful In the current ditFcn.
siuu- among them. Whom thcl begin
tu udmit that their sssiSm !, one uf
organized rapiuc aud tu fall uut u,e7
thr spulI- 'hr lenders m1y g't together
again bot the followers are rather
likely g. perceive that thrN have been
victim q. well ri. follow cTs and make
up their mind, that they have followed
long enough and that Il Is high time
for them 10 n-srrt their IiFhts as con
suWrrs
Mere quarrcI- among lenders NAV
mot signify party disruption. hut quar-.
rel, which expose the leaders In the
character ~ confessed pluudercrs ~
a., people mny reasonably be expect
eel tu produce some effect upon ihc
miud- ~ the people.
II may reasonably tr expected to
turn them away from Leaders who con
frr. to bring robbers to leaders uf m.
other kind