The advocate., 1890-05-21
THUS FAR AND NO FARTHER.

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Long Already Patient tSubmlaslOn 10 MOnOp-
Oly-Made Laws Il No Longer True Patriotism,
But COwardly Treason 10 the Republic.
From tho Journal Of the knights Of Labor.
In my last letter 10 heJOurnal made
the statement that the trusts already had
a monopoly Of the law-maklng and law
executing departments OF the govern
ment and / now desire TO show 10 the
readers Of the Journal, by citing a few
historical facts, 10 what extent they have
have II and how cunnlngly and how ei-
fectually they use H. / have no doubt
that our democratic friends hatter thom
selves that IL was their votes, influence
and money which elected Grover Cleve-
land, but II was really no such thing, /
would like TO ask every honest, reading,
thinking democrat, II ii had been left TO
their choice TO select the man, would 10
have been Grover Clevelandp Where they
had 80 many more worthy and able states
men in their party, would they have 30
lected man known only as a remarkably
lucky local politician, plant tool OF his
party with very little else to recommend
him for the exalted positionP He himself
must have admitted that his election was
due more TO good luck than his own
ability for Growers luck became a nation
al by-word. How plant tool he could
be was we'll illustrated here in Washing
ton, where he allowed his name and sta
tion to be used to boom a local real estate
speculation--lt having been ostentatlous-
ly advertised that he had bought sum
mer residence on the outskirts Of the
city. He even went 30 far as to make
some pretense Of occupying 1t, oil for
the purpose Of booming real estate in that
section. Very few Washlngtonians be-
lieve that he even paid one cent for II,
and the recent advertisement Of the re-
sale Of that property is strong evidence
that they are right Think Of i'll A presl
dent Of the United States lending his
name and exalted position for q petty
local real estate booml This shows, how
ever, that he was the man for the purpose
and was wisely selected, What was that
purpose2 The national banks we're an
outgrowth of the war; They probably
were the best system that could at that
time be devised to meet the emergencies
Of the hour. But the founders Of that
system evidently foresaw that II would
not be desirable and safe to have IL pro-
longed any longer than was necessary
to meet the emergencies growing out OF
the civil war, and, therefore, placed q
limit to It's legal existence. That limit
would expire during Grover Cleveland's
administration. A number Of thinkers
and statesmen were already opposing the
perpetuation Of that monopoly. Many
were beginning TO realize TO what q sys-
tom Of legalized robbery 1t had already
grown to be. Capital is notoriously far
sighted. The banking business saw It's
monopoly endangered and realized that
they must have man at the white house
whom they could control, and counsellors
around him who were in sympathy with
it, when that limit expired They early
fixed their eyes upon Grover Cleveland
Wall street.-the heart and brain Of the
banking monopoly by the power Of Its
wealth-raised him first to the position
Of governor of the state Of New York;
then, by making a great deal of noise