Show democratic SURRENDER the chicago platform the last general expression of democratic faith declares ste principles as follow wo denounce republican protection as a fraud a robbery of the great majority of the american people for tho benefit of tho few wo declare it to bo a fundamental principle of the democratic party that the federal government haa no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff dut cs except for poso of revenue only fraud robbery cheso the watchwords with which democracy entered upon its great work of renovating the government one would havo that ting into power they would hasten to unload abo statute books from all past accumulations af fraud and robbery but what does democracy do the first thing done ie to carry out the pro gramme of the by consummating the downfall of silver tho next thing was to vote bonds to pay the current expenses of the government ern ment the next thing cafor each democrat individually to turn republican ad pull for as much fraud and robbery tor his district as would not exceed tho bill if they could get within a fraction of the mckinley tariff within a cent on the yard or a mill on the pound they were happy and would go to their in high glee telling them how much they biad accomplished for them we see democratic papers everywhere boasting of the advantages ee cured by their members of congress by the protection they had secured for their local industries louisiana west virginia ohio new york now jersey alabama and other slates have kicked out of the traces because they did not get as much republican plunder as they thought they were entitled to we bow when it comes for the democrat to make a tariff bill they desert their platforms and wrangle like hyenas for spoils when the aileon bill left the house there was an estimate that the protection on dutiable articles would rise to about 40 per cent while that of the mckinley bill was about 47 per cent since the senate has taken up alo measure there have been constant additions to rates of duty individual senators eena tors all round had to bo appeased the sugar trust came in for its share the coal and ore senators had to bo placated collars and buffa and textiles had to be modified to please other senators the misery of it all is that cheso men have started out with the theory that all this was fraud and robbery and in the end they are bigger frauds and robbers than any alio have preceded them now democracy is just as mean as dirt in all this they are like the tramp who does not care bow often you kick him out of abo back door be gets his belly full before ho ie booted what do honest democrats for there are bouie honest but bein edited men who take that name think of a party that will raise the huo end cry about fraud and robbery and then go into a scramble with more virulence than coyotes to get the most of tho fraud and robbery that they can well this is just what democracy has done this is the wind up of the great tariff reform movement each fellow has sot his arms full and democracy is so mean that the only they leave out in the cold is awl if there had been two or tarco wool senators to kick for wool they could have carried a tariff tor wool democrats of utah honor brighta dont you think the democratic party has mado a great aspect of itself all this cry about fraud and robbery startling the country with high jinks about reform free trade robber tariff and all that and then coina in and enacting reenacting re tho whole business over aaen except on one or two articles where the only reason for not doing it was the fact that there were not two or three men to pull for the fraud any the democratic party needa to hide its head in shame it needa among abc bats and owie for the light of day too clearly chowe kf lii deong deformity as a dodger a heeler tin horn camster camb ter a ereen gown man a fakir jonn a blackmailer a party foi the of alie people against it its 1 and then 01 tr 1 enact scra niblo that lias ever been in congrtta all for tho purpose ol 01 petting for just what they denounced evil how much better to ft party that has honest faith in the policies that these democratic cormorants defame as unrighteous yel cling to them with tho persistency of death all the while blaspheming them as the of beel there is tins about it and we want every conscientious democrat to think about it if a man is a democrat he is a confessed buccaneer ho has branded himself as a chiff by subscribing to his own platform he acknowledges himself to bo in the possession of stolen goods if he in aravine he cant honestly honest lj ask god to bless the legislating of his party for the scripture aye thou not ercal and tho democratic party is etea linc 40 per cent where it claims the mckinley bill ii 47 per cent robbery but there la another count in the indictment against the democratic party even more serious than the foregoing that of bearing false witness against its neighbor and the fathera and against the institutions of the country the party has gotten power by what is now seen to be false testimony for what saith the scripture thou that judg est another ani do tho same thyself the judgment that ye render shall be adjudged to you again truth of it all is that the protective principle was recognized by the fathers as the meaning the outcome abo legitimate tte result of our constitution it is planted as deeply as fundamental law our history is an attestation of this fact all the fathers accepted protection and the first man that raised a party against it in order to kropa goto his nullification scheme if alie democrats wanted to modify protection they welcome to do so in harmony with our institutions but when they start out on an issue eliat brands themselves as robbers buccaneers and blackmailers when they baiso such a hue and cry in behalf of iree trade that they demoralize demor aliza the industries of the country when by pursuing this course they start up tramps and soup housea all over the country they show themselves to bo unworthy of the confidence of the country unworthy of the honor and truet of leadership unworthy of the devotion of honest men who merit better things then the brand of infamy which the democratic platform burns upon every democrat who now assents to 40 per cent protection in the democratic tariff bill |