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Editorial
February 9, 1889
The Jamesburg Record
Jamesburg, Middlesex County, New Jersey
What is this article about?
The editorial mocks the New York City Republican paper, The Mail and Express, for admitting a treasury surplus threatens business and that Democrats sincerely tried to reduce it via the Mills Bill, predicting it may support the bill in the next campaign.
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The Mail and Express, the only respectable Republican paper in New York City, has at last acknowledged, though its honesty stamps many orators of lying, that "there is a treasury surplus, piled up and still accumulating, which is threatening the business interests of the country." Then, having made this partial admission, the "good Shepherd" makes a clean breast of the whole thing and confesses, what formerly it as vehemently denied, "that the Democratic party has made a sincere effort to relieve the Treasury of its surplus and commerce of its dangers." It almost says "Mr. Mills is not a fool." If the Mail continues to recede light in this liberal fashion the next campaign we may find it the champion of the Mills Bill.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Treasury Surplus
Mills Bill
Democratic Efforts
Republican Admission
New York City Paper
What entities or persons were involved?
The Mail And Express
Democratic Party
Mr. Mills
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Republican Admission Of Treasury Surplus And Praise For Democratic Efforts On Mills Bill
Stance / Tone
Mocking Republicans, Supportive Of Democrats
Key Figures
The Mail And Express
Democratic Party
Mr. Mills
Key Arguments
Treasury Surplus Is Accumulating And Threatening Business Interests
Democratic Party Sincerely Tried To Reduce The Surplus And Protect Commerce
The Mail And Express Previously Denied Democratic Efforts But Now Admits Them