The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-28
pEMocRAcYs TRIuMPH.



Misruie and Tyranny.
The people have spoken. Little Is
wanting to add emphasis to the express
sion OF their will. The earthquake voice
of discomfort with the dominant party
was followed by the tidal wave which
swept away that party's majority in the
popular branch OF Congress.
The issue of these elections has sig
niHcance which reaches far beyond party
lines 1t is triumph OF popular gov
eminent. 1t is new vindication OF
Democratic rule. not in the mere parti-
san sense OF the term, but in the
broader meaning Of Government BY
the people and for the people. The pco-
pie have demonstrated again their
capacity to protect themselves from the
selfishness OF individual greed and the
madness OF party spirit.
Never. perhaps, in our political an
mails has there been surer, sw;fter or
more striking popular condemnation
Of the delinquencies OF political
leadership In spite Of the sophis-
tries with which the Republican
leaders sought to befog tho issue,
in spite OF the countless misstate-
ments by which the Republican press
has tried to mislead the uniformed,
the people knew that the KcKinley bill
was an utterly indeiensible measure.
viewed from whatever standpoint they
might select They preceived clearly
enough that it put up the prices Of the
necessaries OF lite and added to the
burdens which they had cheerfully
borne when there was need. but which
they wished to lay down when the me-
cessity was past. They saw with =
clearness that no specious fallacies
could obscure that there was no public
reason for these new impositions. They
could not fail to see. and they
did see, that this measure was
but the payment Of q political debt
which Quay and others had contracted.
and for the payment OF which they had
assumed. without authority. TO lay y
mortgage upon the property OF the peo-
pie OF the United States and to put in
pledge the future earnings OF labor.
Against this colossal usurpation, this
autocratic assumption. this arrogant
and insupportable tyranny, the frecmen
OF America revoltcd. and they knew
how to make that revolt effectual. They
spoke their will in words plain enough
and terms loud enough to exclude all
,-ossibility OF mistake.
The new tariff law was provocation
enough for popular uprising. but there
was something more. Behind tho giant
spoliation stallzed the sinister specter
OF force. The Lodge election bill was a
menace to the tranquility OF the coun'
try. needless menace, a gratuitous
disturbance. an insolent defiance Of
public sentiment, born OF political reck.
lessness and boundlcss greed Of power.
When we say il was defiance OF pub
lie sentiment, We speak advisediy. FOL
the country wants peace We have had
enough Of hate. enough Of recrimina
tion, enough OF strife evoked and fos
tered to smooth some ones path to the
honors Of place and the emoIumcnts o.
Office. The people Of the different sec
tions need rest from strife and dis
turbance that they may learn 20 know
one another better, to do justice TO the
sterling qualities that are found among
the inhabitants or every division Of this
magnificent country, and TO join theil
endeavors to build up the waste places
and vie with each other along the path
way OF development and progress i
Is to destiny such as this. 1t IS 4
achievements Of this kind, that the vic
tories OF the 9Th instant unerringl,
point; and II Is to this spirit that we hal
them as harbingcrs OF hope, as cheer
ing and auspicions omens, not merel,
for the Democratic party. but also 70
all the people OF the grandest Republic
beneath the heavens. Louisville Cour
ier-Journal.