, 1890-11-19
AN LESSON

AN UNHEEDED LESSON.
Two brief weeks ago the country wit
messed a political revolution. Up to that
time, to the casual observer, the Republic
can party seemed ~impregnAblY iutrenehed
in power, 1t could, apparently, without
regard to the will OF the people and
ngainst the protest of the decent element
of the public press, pass a law to render
migratory the will of the people as ex-
pressed at the ballot box. It could pile
increased taxation upon the people
through tariff NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO
fill the already overfowing Golfers of the
plutocra;ic Manufacturers so that they IN
turn might supply a corruption fund for
the Republican party to maintain itself in
power. It could greet with cheerful
mirth and hearty applause the autocratic
actions Of Gar Reed who, to accomplish
purely political designs, overthrow with
out c~ompunction the legislative p~reoedents
OF a century. IL could bear with Senator
Quay's digni6ed silence aud speak with
contempt OF the honest indignation of the
De nocratic newspapers. It could hear
with loud acclaim the assertion Of Senator
ingalls, that honesty had no place in the
political decalogue aud purity in politics
was an irridescent dream. 1t felt
that it could do all these things because
the party had It's fingers on the throat Of
the country. Public opinion was either
intimidated or ignored, public decency
was a byword. Tho American people
stood amazed at the monumental efiront.
cry. the s~tupendous chicanery. the revolu-
tionary political tactics 0! these mssquer-
aiding statesmen. While apparently 80
the people were neither Indifferent nor
inert They saw the tendency of the
times and the goal Of anarchy toward
which they were drifting. and rising in
their might they smote the monster hip
and thigh. The Republican machine
emerged from the encounter a profound
and picturesque wreck.
The lesson taught by the recent re.
markable election is that the people are
still dominant in governmental matters.
Quayism and CasArism may for one
proud moment flourish in ianoied secur-
ity, but when the inevitable day Of settle
ment comes tbev d;sannear like a Whit of
smoke before a summer zephyr. The ae-
ton Of the joint session OF the legislature
in the eleotiop of Go ,ernor Warren to the
limited States sonata Yesterday indicates
vary clearly hat Ouavism and Cnsarism.
While robnked d;smaved and dumb.
founded evb eour;sbes hero like n
green bav tres.
The natriotic Amer;ean citizen NAV
well nauseto consider tho analomous con.
dition Of Affairs in Wvom,ng He NAV
here see renresented on n smaller scale
the same tactics. the same posturinRs and
the same disregard of public o%piui,p
which 40 recently aroused the indignation
of the people Of the whole country. The
entire senatorial record is as shameless a
niece oi p%olitic,l prostitption as the
country ba, ever witnessed. Its main.
snring vas personal ambition grounded in
profound and overmastoripR s%el6shness.
The United States sepatorship was the
gOal. 10 reach II every consideration OF
public decency was cast aside. IL is now
no longer doubted that Warren had his
eve On the limited States senator-hip
even before he accented the RepubIieAn
incarnation for governor. The charge
was reiterated positivelv and ~uneouiyo.
callv bv THE LEApER Al various times
during the c,nn.ign The governor did
not denv il but the Republican press took
mn the clauss in tho constitution which
prov,dss that the governor shall not be
elected to any other Office during the
term for which he NAV have been elected
and secuted the idea that the senatorial
bee found Judgment in the governors
bonne, Warren bimself ,ook tho stump
and anpealed 10 the people fo- their
susrages. N, man aver went farther in
his .nnasls for svmna,bv and n%oli,;col
comfort than did the Republican candi-
d,,. eor .ovorro, n, tho ons,a bo,se tho
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