If the republicans don’t shut down on
their charge that the president’s message
was a free trade document, and that the
democrats favor the doctrine, the whole
country will soon be in favor of it. The
more the millions of unprotected American
toiler# hear about it, the less it scares them.
Men of iufelljgee.ee are beginning to see
that those who art protected are becom
ing millionaires at lhe>r expense. The
massing of all the wealth of the country
into a few bauds has its causes, and this
protection business is one of the leading
ones. The attempt to make nine men
who have nothing, believe that
they are better off because the tenth man
is rich, will not prove a success. The
tariff question is one that relates to dol
tars and cents; and sooner or later the
unprotected element are going to figure
up and see how it works. When this is
done the question will be settled and it will
not take long to settle it. 'I he republi
cans have got the hard side of the ques
tiou, and except that they have the pow
ertul monopolies with them they could
not maintain their position for a day. A
spasm of common sense will sometime
shake up this country with such force
that robbers and pirates will be shaken
out of their Loots.
THE SCAM) I LOBS I’AMI’HLETAT 8T MM IS
In justice to the N*-w York Tribune it
should be said that it denies any respon
sibility for Berry, the author of the
scandalous pamphlet circulated at St.
