Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1886 — SENATORIAL BOOBYISM. [ARTICLE]

SENATORIAL BOOBYISM.

NOTICE TO TEACHERS.—Ab Christmas tails upon the lust (Saturday of the mouth the State Superintendent of Public Instruction lias ordered that the Regular Monthly Teacher’s Examination be held on the following Monday, December, 27th, 1886. D. M. Nelson. Co. Sup’t. We tender thanks to Secretary of the Treasury Manning for a -copy of liis annual report. The Legislature of this Slate will m et at Indianapolis on Thursday, January 6,1887. Democratic majorit , on joint ballot—2. The Republican members of the present Congress are in favor of reducing the Government revenues 860,000,000 a year by taking the tax off tobacco, brandy and cigars. Chairman Hus on, of the Republican State Central Committee, although over-anxious to re-seat Bui Harrison, concludes that “The jig is up.,’ Yes; Democratic majority, on joint 1 allot, at le ist—2.

In his censure of the grand jury, Judge Woods lowered himself in the estimation of He people. A memb rof th 1 grand jury, in consideration of his assumption, sizes him up as “an Elkhart county jackrabbit.” — T h .e Evansville Courier wants Gov. Gray elected United States Senator, and the Valparaiso Messenger names Hon. Joseph E. McDonald. Both gentlemen are eminently well fitted tor the position, and no doubt the selection of eith. er would give general satisfaction. W e, hoy ever, suggest for the position the gentlemen, of whom Mr. Yoorhees has remarked: “he is the only gentleman on record, who, in the short space of six weeks made a National reputation.”—M e name Judge David T'urpie. His selection would be deservedly proper and in this, his old Congressional District, would be hailed with the liveliest gratification. Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, in a speech in the Senate, gave a very vivid illustration of the manner in which American labor is protected by the Republican tariff. ±he Senator referred to the tariff of 36 cents a barrel, and said a salt manufacturer had stated that he would be very glad to take a contract to furnish all the salt in the Unite 1 States at 40 cents per barrel. The process of salt hianufacture is simply one of evaporation. Mr. McPherson had recently visited a salt factory. All he found was one man engaged in superintending, the pumps at 90 cents per day. Yet the American Congress had been humbugging the people on the pretense that the tax of 36 cents per barrel was to prevent 90 cent men being run out by pauper labor. The Senator gave ano her interesting fact in this connection, to-wit: T at, by the adoption of the Democratic principle in admitting raw silk free, there had grown up at Patterson, N. J., 100 silk factories, which were selling their products in Lyons, France, th*» greatest silk mart of the world:

Partyism was carriedjo an idiotic extreme in the Senate or Thursday of last week when John Sherman and JustinS. Morrill occupied several hours in “tauntiug the Democrats” with their failure to redeem the promi e made in their late national platform is to the reduction and the revision of the tariff taxes. That is about as far as the average statesmanship of ihe day carries any of the socalled statesmen. So far as party pledges are concerned every repuiican in Congress is as fully bound to reduce and revise the tariff as are the Democrats, and, even if they were not, under the existing state of facts the duty to do so is imperative. Above and beyond any party responsibility all Senators- and all Representatives are charged with a duty to the whole people. Collectively they represent the whole people, and no differences in the < ut of the r coats, the shade of their neckties or the color of their hair can absolve them from this responsibility.— Since both parties have demanded tariff revision every Republican stands pledged to that policy as well as every Democrat. ]3ut what has been the record to date? WTiile in the House of Representatives 140 Democrats have voted for such reduction only three Republicans have done the same thing. 'he remainder have stood around laughing, but all the time resisting the reduction of taxation and receiving the praise of the rings which thrive by that taxation. With even so little as 10 per cent, of the Rep -blican strength given in support of a wise and necessar measure the bill reducing tariff taxation would have passed Congress at its late session. Instead of +aking up tim in stupid party debates, indulging in taunts and playing the booby generally, it would be refreshing to see a few Republican Senators and Representatives who have the manliness to step out from the*corral into which monopoly has driven their party and vote with such Democrats as have not yet been co rupt d or intimidated in favor of lower taxes anil in opposition to class lule. —Exchange.