Likewise there was Gorman. With a political ignorance which is hard to understand, Parker seemed to believe that his salvation depended upon linking himself to Gorman. He appeared to breathe easy only when sitting in the lap of Gorman. Nothing in the way of campaign plan could be sent forth into the world with any hope of success until there had been a laying-on of hands and a blessing by the cloud-compelling Gorman. Yet it would seem that a well-informed schoolboy should have been able to tell Parker that Gorman was one of the best hated men living.
When poor people were freezing in the big cities and the Coal Trust was pitiless, and the golden-hearted Senator Vest of Missouri proposed to cut the ground from under the feet of the Trust by putting coal upon the Free List, who was it that virtually said in the United States Senate, “Let the people freeze; the Trust shall not be weakened”?
It was Gorman, of Maryland!
Who was it that took the Tariff Reform Measure of Wm. L. Wilson and turned it into an elaborate device for enriching the few at the expense of the many?
It was Gorman.
Who took Sugar off the Free List and put a tax of $45,000,000 upon it?
Gorman.
Who increased the McKinley duties upon lumber and nails and wire and trace-chains and horseshoes and iron-ware which the common people must use?
Gorman.
Who doubled the tax on molasses?