The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-14
THE QUESTION OF TIE TINES.
rrtrD MIST HE SUPpRESSED is THE
GOJEENING RON ER
.....cn Of the Hon. Montgomery Binir. De-
uVered In the Maryland Legislature
March 10, Isis. on the Resolutions trr-
,,y judicial Action to Unsent Hayes.

Is,
,,y judicial Action to tnsent HHye"
The resolutions | offer are IN my JUG
,,ent Of immediate and practical importance
Tho question which undcrlies the movement
4. ,,n.th.r the organized money power shall
continue to prey upon the people, or Wh'thcr
,be neoule shall be masters and their interests
,rotected by the Government. The most au-
thentic statistics show that thc actual expenses
q, the Government exceed the whole earnings
~ our pcople The debts OF the various Gov
.rnmeuts national. State. and municipal. and
c,rpornte debts. amount to seven hill
lion dollars. Emigration has been arrest
o. Bankruptcy continues md increases.
The failures last month exceed those
q, my previous month. Twelve hundred
thousand ,ramps are wandering over the
country. And while the people have been be-
COMM. poorer. millonnires have been inereas-
ine in number. In 1890 John Jacob As,or was
the only man in New Norl. worth hall million ;
now. there are thousands worth that sum
many whose incomes exceed that sum, ana
some whose incomes are ten times that sum.
Vanderbllts income was said To be SlO.oOOo oo
the wages Of $4,000 mhorers. Ut = ~ per day
while that OF O'Bryun 4 Co.. In California. -
reported AZ 100000 OOO equal TO the earnings Ol
tOuOO laborors -,
ths few. while the masses OF oar counirNin"n
ARE reduced to poverty, and mulitudrs to va
grancy. results from the fact that the Gov
rrnmrnt hrs ceased To lee controlled 10y the
people and hus become the mere instrument 10
runder labor. We have already in conse.
cuence witnessed the humilintng spectacle ot
having to call for United States troops 10 put
down riots We must march on to military gov
eminent or 60 hack to popular government, Is II
not time to array ourselves on the side OF the
people and attempt by some decisive. hut
peaceful measure. to nut down the nsuf-
laiion that has already proved so disns-
listers than we hav" yet witnessed II II con-
tnuDs? The 900. 900 iraups VIII soon swell TO
1000 900 and W. shu, require immense arila-
Mruts 10 Ncup iht i';ce ana protect INC prop
cry Of the wealthy NV.
The great railroad Spectators 81 the country
are the .'a"lng splris IN me nhtr-iWl uiHr
rgauizgtlun. They are IN a'hnncr with TIE
national bauAs and Whit are rUlird tho llui, 'icd
interests. Iuc~s NAcu ilrf'sts are t.r 'I'h-
lures o. legislation. are partners. and Tue coh-
trolling partners IN the business 81 Govern
ment and have managed IL and will continue
10 manage II for their own interest exclusively.
These interests dictated reronstru tion. tue
Enforcement acts. AMI that series 81 urulal
measures cna ted since the WIZ respecting the
South which disgrace the age. merrlytn pcss -
themselves Of ihe political power Of tn" ; nth.
sumner and Greeley and aii iAr great lights
among the cinan irutioli-i- saw that i maj lr-
CONE u mere r.urdcr olsaiiz;lon. ana put thc
Radical party. Ihe enormous sAp'hd,nis ~
tn general Govern neni sine IN" war tSei de-
monstr;trs this. During Grants Adminsira-
ton. exclusive of pensions and VHvmrhi~ ON
account of the pubic debt. the eNIrrn ,iiur, $
we're nearly ',luli Ia the entire amount Iaid lot
IN cnnlu.t %. the Government Il, M l1sJ tl'l
l,,l III iuliu@ ia" "Np.ndltit' Tor m war ol
lsl2 tine Nyrgine wgr. the M.NnHu war the
payments Tor Louisiana anu florida. and AL
tn ln.,iuu wars
Tie whulr oi our politics resolves itself into
awaited i.s-lf y. H. -,.i omul feel ~. 90 pro uro
immunity ior t. operations III" drtifuTW,
natur- co. tne-r OF riuIons hu~ az lat awas.n'i
the public m'ut 10 tIrir tlur runri.f"r Even
before the great coaal-' "i 1873. VII SD was
produced 10y tu-u. tn- ,-naiug ntihd- 81 ;li'
.It
up Mr. Gr-ri.f - " c"nt.dtr for ill., Pr, 49,
drnry 10 -Np,-- amt 'ii,~- iN'ri. Ih' l"'mp
though Gre,i.y was defeated hy the lavish as,
OF money. 'he movement lIplu 90 q great re-
yulsiOn of irriin-. and set IN foot tnr Cred.
Mob.!"r lnyssiis iiuu. which rNl sod the cor
rupuon az Washington. and showed It was no
confined 10 on" lmrtv.
THIS was followed hv tho Tweed cxpnsur,
in NV ynrS. where. although those noldinl
the control IN ;hc Democratic party were tn,
zeal nui ssiii ,hrv wrr' nn,sr,hel aud ,hc
crmiulis brought 20 puni- lHrut wa- Dom D,
crat. rAr sgaut mas. %, ihr - 'lu,.rt'y url
port. mal' him Governor col Now ,EN. aI'
then President. io n,a'l in"ms, 'N"s - NJ M
paritv to- prot 9 fn'ul from piIli'f. liut ltrg'
numbers Il the Did DcWoertti' lNpl r. u y 'v
York were s.u liflvry hostile 90 lNt ~ ior j
unspGrin.s ri 'rrl - Governor. IA.i were ii
most .p,ruan- opponents AZ - Lpn's: ans
one OF tll" np-' HNo tlid r''-p 't 'l nmnu. ih"n
wrote = litter GO 'uS i.f ill" l' i"r1i Com ~ :
den. and was SNppllr.d w the l;iHss upoi
which 1id IN wnrgel lin thr Interest o. thr publ.
But the .r' "a i,tnt~ Nhl d., AiN A.'id NV lor.
md uuan winch n lsn sur..-- tullg wtrr,d
were uiter.y in-.. .uii ani wh.n rpmi nrrd L
tho giant Organization wni.n hoAis lower II
power NAV ha iorurd when Judge Thurman
estimMteS the amount AZ stalk n i,r t-r'rH
and Uninn llrlil" bill atom" IL s.4NNuUp nu
Tnr Texas pa.h, Originally in,ovrd. eLnn
sl0l.O0J vpn. and there ur uli.tutrs ~ aliA
aied money int"r'S.s. with ihns- aye a-no'.It"'
the poiiti at Interests ui uuir and "Np'r."n "'
public mon ". r. ','iVH no part 90 the luuutl'
direc'ly, perhaps hui WIZ ere the re,iulenis .
political power li o. hlr'~ o! the man".eis @
Il WIS by me p,w.r these political an
money Interests inai iiidsn wis depos"l; an
now that IL IS uppnrrnt - every It's .n-s .onat
man thai the wal interest OF every non = ~.
zen requires that il shouiib b. given upi ann
Ouly the most sul"rlirlnl minds VIII look 4
this question rs a . rsona or party question.
is because Mr. Tildrn = the selected rcpre- enii.
tive O. the idea which II i necessary 10 give ~
feet TO in the government OF the country TO -
cure bread To- the laOor.r. TINT II L. y,tal neces
slty that he should be installed at Washinslar
Ny young friend from Baltimore county Nj
JonnsOnl THINKS there l. no come ton between
III" thieken.ng disasters which are ovrriakin
labor and the enthronsment OF fraud IN Wash
in-,ton by the predatory interests. IN order +
continue their rapn.lly.
! am surprised that one so Intelligent an
candid can iail to see ana arknOwied.e IN,
connection. II is not our rich lands, varlc
climate and production which have given .nu
sunny land OF Italy. where man aionr decays
and the magnificent region str'i hing along on
southern border. nom ~rii L. SEA, an nearly I
tn Isthnus. ATE equally congrnial TO vlgorou
manhood. But the people nave deg"n"rlt"
there. because they have allowed themselves (
be subjected hy the predatory classes. who nav
monopoi2sd the soil and stripped the people y
al political and property rights.
The instinct of our race has taught us ~ dc
fend our political rights as the foundation q
both our moral and material welfare; and gu
past pros p.rity WAS due to the sacrifice made b
our fathers IN TIN Revolution. IN the Inainte
nance of a purely abstract right, W. hay
certainly iosi the spirit OF our father
II We can patiently see fraud enthron
ed in the capital. and representatives. Of III
masses VINO nave been d"irguded in close all
nnce with the beneficiary OF the fraud. enjoy
INK his favor, humby accepting pluccs an
patronage from him. aud dispensing 1t TO Quit
Ill questions oi hi title.
But the De pie do not see this with patience
Inc corrution Whlch, ~ we have seen. mas :
deeply tainted m" Organizations Of both PAL
ties. has not enetrated tine masses The Demo
cratic masses EuVr twit- oYrtrdd-n the poilt
clnns IN nom nations IN mis- decade and the
VIII do 50 again. There IS danger, indeed Of
new organizu. on--the Norkinxmen's larty-
owing 10 tie betrayal Of the Interests Of Tia
masses by the leaders OF the Democratic ol
EaniZltIOn.
| recalled on the l4th some Of the circur
stances winch proved this betrayal in the coun
OF the electoral vote, ! re!rrr q o. the omen an
direct ovrriurcs by Hayes t. thu Southern lead
ers, through his Imm"diatr orgau. inr Cincin
q Alr I -,