The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-26
Is History to Repeat Itself?

Is History to Repeat Itself?
Macomb Journal: Again the Chica-
go inuswump papers are ii high
, state of EiIarity over the fact that
the insurgents in the Rochester, n
T., district, where they held an cleo
ton to fill vacancy in congress caused
: by death. bolted the ticket in numbers
sufficient to defeat the regularly nomi-
mated candidate, and elected his Dem
ocratic opponent
Tat the insurgents bolted and
that the Chicago Tribune and Record
Herald commended their act, is no
surprise to anyone who has lived long
enough to see these cycles OF 10 per
cent minorities under dictation of mer-
eenary and unscrupulously falsifying
newspapers. temporarily playing the
very devil in party ranks
1t happened in Kansas some years
ago in the kicking over of the Repub-
llcan party that made Elm governor by
St John, who. aided by the Sockless
Simpsons, ct al, led that common
wealth a wild ride until it became IN
der Democracy acknowledged
state, from which it did not emerge
until the election of Mckinley
brought about times that enabled
them to free their farms of debt, build
new Houses and buy more land
Il swept Iowa in the same fashion
/ into the Democratic column, where it
remained under such men as Boies,
/ Weaver. CT al. until the Democratic
/ free-trade hard times caused them to
rush pell-mell back to the Republican
party and doing their full and valiant
share in putting Mckinley in the presi.
dental ctair; helped Loyalty, under
brave, honest. able. old Allison. to
enact the Dingley tariff law that nut
Iowa along with the rest OF the states
on Easy street" of prosperity. where
II still is And yet all our hard times
under Democratic rule came because
OF dishonest, unfair and untruthful I
criticism, OF the Mckinley tariff law /
by free trade. so-called Republican ma
pers and men OF the Chicago Tribune
and Record-Herald stripe, and tie
BeYerhge- CunmiRs. La Toilette, Dol
liver, Bristow brand in the senate
Their iEcessant and untrutflful ha-
rangufng brought about enough unrest.
created enough insurgents If you
please. " Republican ranks who bolt
ed the ticket and, adding their votes
10 those Of Democracy. brought that
party triumph. The odious Mckinley
law was supplanted b. the Wilson
free trade enactment; the pauper
wage goods from the old world poured
into the country, in competition with
American wage fabrics; the maaufac-
turers Of the United States closed
down. either In ruin or TO avoid the
onsweeping crash; their operatives
went on hungry hunt for bread:
tranlps sEarmed tie country, and the
free soup house and bread line were
everyday sights In every big city.
This was all brought about in the
same manner that those mentioned
above are acting today. They crowed
then when the skirmish-line voting ;
took place slowing Democratic VIC
tory, Just as they are rejoicing today Z
because insurgents" bolted the regu.
lar Republican ticket and assisted in
electing vacancy-fiIling Democrats in
Massachusetts and New York the 9TH
er day. i
The same can easily happen in
enough districts the coming fall if men
enough desire TO follow these free
trade destructionists to make the next {
house Democratic. Times were good
IL 30, when they started their raid
Oh the Mckinley law. that was pro-
lection To American industries and
American labor; just az good and -four
isnflg as now Everybody who want
Cd Work could get it al good wages ,
faen, TIE same as is the case at
present.
But enoGgh-it doesn't take many. !
some 10 10 Is Per cent OF the Republ- !
caDs-ligtened TO the mouthings of I
false Dhophets, and tie country went
On swift down-grade to financial mis-.
err and woe. /
fou can turn the same trick again. !
il you desire; all you have
ID do II 10 listen TO the free-trade de- !
uunciations Of the robber tariff. OF \
the "barons or property plunderers.. /,
" the ~doEnjzation OF Payne aud Aid. (
rich%: Of .Jocannonfsm then swear !
~ your might you will rebuke 1t By s
supporting the Democratic ticket, and
soall start business and labor and I
prosperity down the toboggan so
quick az 10 make your Eead swim
The Journal doesn't believe that
here IS 10 Per cent Of the Republicans +
olg enough fools TO step into the same
rep they did with such dire conse- ]
sueoees a couple Of decades ago.