The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-14

A our expense. VIC Htcu ~ So 49,
breath. We can afford to wait, In any
event. we Shall have to. The world Will
not come to an end just yet The
Republicans seem to have 1t in g sing,
But sometimes great disasters follow
overwhelming victories and they are
neither infallible nor invincible,
H.
! Next after the institution OF Afrl'
can slavery for which the south was
no more responsible than the north
| The protective tariff is the most mon.
strous instrument of classism and
greed. Of legalized robbery, jobbery
and corruption which the rapacity Of
man ana the malice Of Satan have ey'
er devised to degrade and torture hui
mankind
In the beginning, that Is, after thc
war OF sections which had ended slav-
cry. many OF the doctrinaires among
the Republican leaders were free trad
ers. Sherman and Allison and Blaine
were especially heterodox in their no
tons about protection. David A. Wells
was a Republican, not Democrat,
Garfield went The length of becoming
a member of the Golden club. The
idea was that. having freed the Niger
hey were going 10 free the trade. II
was reserved for a Democrat, mistak-
ing himself for a revenue reiormef, TO
save the protective system and to dis
sipate twenty years 81 successful agl-
tati0n after having swept the coun'
try on radical demand that custom
house taxation should be limited TO
strictly revenue basis.
We do not mean to assail Mr.. CleVe- /
and. But if, on his return 10 the |
White House, he had called congress /
egether. had formed a tariff measure 4
answering the terms OF the platform (
and the demands of the people, we
should not be where we are now. His
bill would have been defeated in con 4
gress of course; no doubt Of that. But
it would have separated the sheep 7
from the goats, it would have put the
administration upon an irresistible 4
wave. SO that he could have appealed
o the country as never a president,
Except Lincoln had appealed to II.
tns+ead Of losing the election in 1884,
We should. on this clear-cut issue, with
Is object lessons, have swept the
country and the administration, IN
,tead OF facing a divided party, would
nave ruled the roost. Mr. Cleveland
would have been not only second
Jackson. able to name his successor,
9u. completely master OF the sirua
ION. The house would have been chos-
N for distinct purpose. The senate
tould not have dared iisobey We
3hould have had Cleveland tarif RI
faling the Walker tariff. We should
rave lid no regeneration in either
md of the Capitol no Catchings let
.ers. no talk about 'perfdy' and dis
lonor." no refusal 20 sign. And, finally.
We should have had no silver split and
no break up.
Man proposes. God disposes. Let us
she'd no idle tears over the milk that
) spilled. But we need not surrender
IN issue as potential as slavery which
will never be settled until il is settled |
light The protective system is the
mother and the father and the wet
Nurse OF the trusts. The states OF the
treat northwest cannot 90 on forever
ro,ing to stand pat upon their own un'
doing. They will never vote the
straight Democratic ticket during the
ife of the present generation. But,
soon or late. there Is bound to be
break. Does the Iowa idea mean moth
ngg Does La Toilette mean nothing?
is there. in short. only one way to
COX a beef-steak?
Merely a word to the wise. That is
III. No more at present-not even
letail. or an argument. There will be
ime enough Let US Of the south emu (
ale the wisdom of the serpent, true
o our racehood and our heritage OF
American citizenship. dlsdaiang only
he corruptions alike Of our politics
and our blood. the purchase of our
which. thus far, ~ least,
nothing has been able TO subduc.