Show THE TIIE THREAT OF THE TIIE LAM I POST Senator Cummins of Iowa does docs small credit to his cause when he seeks to Influence tariff legislation by threatening to hang on lamp po posts ts those senators who ho do not agree with him His declaration that the lam lamp lampposts lampposts posts and the common people will b bi left when industrial slavery slaver shall shaB have ha passed was as unworthy a senator of tho United States And If It Iowa Iown is proud of him it is tho the first time Iowa Iown has wasted Its time in applauding a dema dema- gogue Cummins seems to think himself a a. sort of Ethan Allen AJlen demanding the surrender of ot armed foes in Fort Ticonderoga Jn in the name of Almighty Al- Al Al Almighty mighty mIght Go God 1 and the Continental Congress Congress Con Con- gress His outburst is more like that threat of or Bob Dob Toombs that ho he would call the roll of or his slaves at atthe tho the foot of ot Bunker Dunker Hill monument Plays to the gallery gaUer fit well wen enough h with Jeff Davis of Arkansas and th they y yme me are are to be expected from professional showmen demanding that the the circus license by the council of or a ll southern Indiana town But Dut for a a. senator of or the Ine t United States from a great Republican commonwealth commonwealth commonwealth com com- like Iowa to make threat of violent death for tor those opposed It to him on a 3 matter of or public debate to ta threaten to hang them on lamp posts this this is a a thi thing g to V make k the nation ashamed 1 I r rIt It would havo have been expected d from Tom Toni Kearns If It the Republicans had been defeated in Utah last fall But Dut when the voice of ot Iowa utters anarchy an an- arch archy there is cause for tor amazement |