Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-05-19
NOT FIT FOR POWER.
WHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY
NOT BE TRUSTED.
Their Method Of Revising" the Tar
If in 1898 Should Be Warming
Enough to the Voters Of the Coun.
try--HaVe No Right to Another
Chance.

Some of the leaders of the Demo.
cratic party in Congress are trying to
make the country believe that II
would be safe to trust that party in
the control of the government.
There is no free trade party in the
United States" says Champ Clark,
"and Republicans ought to quit assert.
ing that there is In recent maya
zine article John Sharp Williams, the
Democratic leader in the House of
Representatives, says:
AS to the tariff, the Democratic
party stands for the principle that
protectionism is a system of taxation
whereby many are robbed in order
that few may be hot.housed by leg
islation into artificial prosperity. The
Is by DETECTING capital and labor from
naturally profitable pursuits into pur.
suits which without legislation would
have been less profitable or perhaps
not profitable at all.
THE ultimate goal of Democratic
striving is tariff for revenue only.
but in the striving toward this goal
common sense, good judgment and
conservatism will prevail, and time
will enter as a factor. Perhaps II
might be said that an ideal Democrat
ic tariff for revenue only would con.
sist in levying import duties upon all
or nearly all imports, dividing them,
however, into three classes: First,
neCessaries of life and necessaries of
industries; second, comforts, and
third, luXures."
I'VE go forth to battle" says Champ
Clark, with tariff reduction and genu-
inc reciprocity inscribed upon our
banner. Our appeal is to the great
body of the people. To them we pin
our faith without hesitation and with
out fear" But it was not long ago
that this same Democratic leader
said:
81 repeat, so that all men may hear,
that | am a free trader, and proudly
take my stand with Sir Robert Peel,
Richard Golden, John Bright and
Henry George. l may be a humble
member Of that ilustrious company,
but it is better to be a doorkeeper in
the house of honest free traders than
to dwell in the tents of wicked pro-
tectionists."
1t was this same leader that also
said that If he could have his way he
would demolish every custom house
in the country.
The principal reason for the present
moderation of Champ Clark and John
Sharp Williams is that they know the
country would not follow them in n
radical course; they want, therefore,
to make the country believe that they
are conservative, and that if put into
power they would act cautiously and
would not so change tariff rates as to
disturb business or cause trouble.
But the country will not be deceived
Or misled. The best way to judge of
the future is by the past The Democ-
racy was put into complete power
IN the election of 1892; they had the
House of Representatives the Senate
and the presidency for the first time
since the beginning of the civil war;
hey could do just what they pleased. |
But instead of passing a tariff bill |
and so framed as to afford |
'elief, they boggled over the matter |
or fourteen months and finally pass
I'd bill so bad that their own presi-
lent would not sign it, while lacking
he courage to veto it, And the long
lelay in putting the measure through |
md the vicious character of the meas
Ire brought on the most disastrous
)anic Of modern times, so that the
cleveland administration actually had
o sell bonds and increase the bonded
tebt to pay the ordinary running
of government, and in all
he great cities Of the country char
table people were compelled to estab-
ish free soup houses, so that the hon
st men and women who had been
brown out Of work by Democratic
wouldn't starve to
eath.
Trust the Democratic party to re-
Use the tariff? Not much!-Roches-
er Post Express.