Nevada County picayune., 1889-08-21
The Road to Ruin.

Ilc lilldtClpilld builttIu iS oh' of the most faithful of the Republi can organs, and in an article or Trusts published in a recent issue il said: "It is time now that ever, Republican convention, in express ing the principles of the party should put itself on record as hostil, to these unnatural and illegitimate combinations. A few days after that very interesting and emphatic article was published, the Pennsyl. vania Republicans held their State convention, and in expressing the principles of the party" they not only did not go on record as ''hos- tile to these unnatural and illegti- mate combinations, but one of the longest and strongest blanks in their platform was laudation of Protec- tion as ''the cornerstone of our political faith" and as in all respects and from every point of view "a great blessing" There is no hint whatever that the Pennsylvania Re- publicans disapprove of the tariff created Trusts, and the platform adopted at Wednesdays convention, if it expresses the principles of the party, shows plainly that Pennsyl- vania Republicans, at least, will oppose any attempt to destroy the Trusts by repeating the tariff duties that enable them to exist and to carry cn their policy of plunder,
 Another plank which makes the platform of the Pennsylvania Repub- licans especially interesting at this time is the one devoted to pensions. It shows that the party which IS un- willing to give up any portion of the protective system. even if it results in the formation of Trusts to rob the people, is ready to heartily com mend the wise and friendly liberality shown by Commissioner Tanner to his brother soldiers" and to pro- nounce in favor of the Dependent Pension bill, which would add not less than S60, 100000, and more probably S100, ,0O0, ,000, per annum to the expenditures of the Govern ment on account of pensions.
 The economic doctrines of the Pennsylvania Republicans may be summed up as being: more privie- ges for the classes, and more taxes for the masses. If carried out in the administration of the Govern ment, they would be as certain to bankrupt the treasury and impoverish the people-while the Carnegies would go on piling up their ill-gotten millions--as any other effect follows logically and necessarily from an adequate cause.
 The Blocks of Five method of con- ducting campaign and buying au election is warmly indorsed. "The thanks of the Republicans of this commonwealth are due and hereby rendered to the Hon. Matthew $. Quay, for the honorable and masterly way in which he conducted that campaign"-which is simply euphe- mistic way of saying that, as Quay won, they are prepared to indorse his purchase of votes with the "fat" fried out of the protected classes by Wannamaker and the other poodle gatherers. After this apotheosis of Quay, it was entirely congruous that simon Cameron should have plank all to himself, in which the conven- tion could express their "deep sor- row" and testify their admiration and veneration for his career and character. Men who would glorify Quay in the present might be ex- pected to venerate one of the most cynical and constituencies corrup. tionists that ever debased the politics ! of State, and the two--par nobIt fratrum um-accurately illustrates tn, spirit and character of Republicanisu at the present time.
 Taken as whole the platform i, tho most outrageous embodiment O. political doctrine that has been pro mulgated since the Chicago Anarch ists were permitted to do thei resoluting in public. If it had beer published week or two earlier, i would beyond doubt have increased the Democratic majority in Ken lucky. It will make Democrat, votes wherever it is read,- St. Louis Republic.
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