Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A Dancer Signal — Democracy Henna Tree Trade. Judged by the Executive message of December last, by the Mills bill, by the debates in Congress, and by the St. Louis platform, the Democratic party will, if supported by the country, place the tariff lairs upon a purely revenue basis. This is practical free trade—free trade in the English sense. The legend upon the banner may not be “free tradeit may be the more obscure motto, “ TarifTreform but neither the banner nor the inscription is conclusive, nor, indeed, very important. The assault itself is the important fact.— Habbison’s Letter. Mr, John W. Hind marsh, an old-time Democrat of Washington county, Pennsylvania, says: “The Republican party, being progressive and purely American, and seeking only that which promotes the best interests of the American people by a wise policy of protection, is the party which X wall support at Hie polk in November."