The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-05-08
THINGS LOOK BRIGHT.
me People Are Growing Tired 81 Repuh
ucnn Cant and Erfrnxn~.nc~


THINGS LOOK BRIGHT.
me People Are Growing Tired 81 Repub-
hcan Cant and ExfrayaGance.
The outlook Of the Democracy was
never brighter than this year, and the
unyarying success shown in local cleo
lions In this and other States are indica-
lions OF grander and more enduring
triumph In the legislative and execu-
ave branches Of the Federal Govern
ment II was confidently stated after
Mat" Quay's successful purchase Of the
Presidency for Harrison, that the Re-
puDlicans had come to stay and that it
/ would be smother quarter OF century
before their opponents would haveseven
chance Of regaining control Of the
Government. Tariff reform was de-
clared dead beyond the possibility Of
resurrection, and funeral orations were
pronounced over it everywhere in the
olumns OF the Republican press, at Re-
publican banquets, love feasts and on
other congratulatory occasions. and in
all the official utterances of the party
which had returned to power. There
appeared TO be no obstacle in the path
= sne wa, .arln aoyocates and loudly
ss Ms caatAp'ohs Oh sprotefti ton -
me year Of unoostrueted PRO
lection" has shown most Exclusively
the correctness Of the views Of the
friends of tariff reform, who held that
the seed planted during the menorable
campaign Of education, OF 1883, would
bring forth : most fruitful harvest. But
.no mos sanguine o. tnose advocates OF
..ae p,osscsloh ola NOT propapiy. ex-
|. peos enae sno narsest would begin to
SNOW resulss q soon. iney did not
looA. ior susn Z signai: Triumph OF tariff
roior'n ~ Vnio ana Iowa on the amir
yersary OF ne aay wnen that reform was
supposed t2 nave deem nnaiiy disposed
u nor Wy tney nope ior such a grand
s . q Uemocraelc yictorles m other
hepuDiscah ssrongnoids on the nrst an
hi " - iiarrisons lnhuguration.
no assue between tne parties is pre-
c,se,y sne same now % ~ was IN 1888,
Cne Democracy lnsisting upon reason
apie exeenslon o. me Tree ilst ana . ma
Feefaaf reduction. Of the tariff schedules,
IN accoraance with the interests and de-
manas OF American industry. and the
monopollsts and lobby who control
hepnoh Legislation at Washington,
stlli maintaining the doctrine OF higher
dutles on every commodity OF manufac-
ture IN ordinary use, and declaring that
liquor and tobacco should be made free
before clothing, lumber, salt. hardware
and glass. The popular majority that
Guy
on tarin reform showed that he had the
people with him, even Il he failed TO
secure sufficient number OF votes in
| the electoral college, and the popularity
Of his honest fearless, statcsmanlike
I policy has been increasing ever since.
frightened Republican leaders
| are resorting toall nlannerof desperate
expedients to stay the progress Of the
rising tide, but their very efforts are
but revealing their weakness and pre-
i cipitating the very catastrophe they
would avoid. The usurpation OF Reed,
the threat to make Federal bayonets the
controlling element at the polls, the
! frightful extravaganza in Congress and
/ in the Government departments, that
bids fair to empty the Treasury and
bring about deficit to be met neces-
sarily by Increased taxation, the multi
hcatlon OF the Will OF the people
by unseating Democratic representa-
tives who have been legally cleo
ted, the repeated and costly blum
ders In the treasury Department. the
Tanner and Noble scandal, the outra-
geous nepotism illustrated in every
branch OF the Government in emulation
OF the example set.by the President him
self, and the complete restora tion OF the
infamous spoils system, have disguised
and sa!ienated the people In regard to
this ill-starred Administration.
But beyond all these considerations,
| wefghty though they may be, Is the ever
| pressing question: OF tariff reform; a