The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-09-27
PEounArrcN AND CORRUPTION.


SPECTATORS and swindlers, notably
the "Indian ring. the Whiskey
ring,n the Star-rout postal ring,
the .sDistrict of Columbia ring" the
"De Gollyer payment ring" The
Credit Mobilier ring" the "Contract
and Finance Committe ring" the
.tGold ring" and when detected and
exposed it defeated jnstiee, protec-
ted the guilty wretches against the
vengeance of the law, and in some
cases pardoned them out of the pen
itentiary. in others honored them
with high office.
MILLIONAIRE LEGISLATORS.
II has filled the great offices OF the
people with demagogues ana pre-
tenders and put the toga and ermine
upon the shoulders of mountebanks
and millionaires.
THE CAUCUS SYSTEM.
1t maintains the vicious caucus
system, thereby subverting the man
hood and independence of our rep
resentatives. It puts the success of
the party above the country and
happiness I'll tne people.
sERvILErY To RAILROADS.
It accepted brides and was corrupt-
ed to rob the people of their lands
and grant them to railroad corpor-
ations, and to hold their political in-
fluence and support, it refuses TO for.
felt land grants which are not earned,
to enforce the payment OF obligations
overdue, and permits them to dis
criminate and exhort in freights and
fares, and defraud aud plumber the
Government and people.
ROBBERY OF THE PRESIDENCY.
To continue its hold on the offices OF
the Government, aud its opportunity
to plumber the public Treasury, it
menaced the country with war, de-
frauded the people of their choice for
President, inaugurated Hayes, the
defeated candidate, brought elective
institutions into contempt and con-
summated the most stupendons crime
ever perpetrated against free people.
FOSTERING MosoPoLIEs AND TRUSTS.
1t has created, fostered and enriched mon
opOlics and trusts, extended expiring pat
ents. and enacted unjust and discriminative
laws to destroy competition and Cypress un-
favored Industries. lt has enacted an cxor-
bitant and unnecessary tariff for the sole
purpose of multiplying the already enormous
and excessive wealth. Under this Vicious
policy la Dor has been degraded, impoverish-
ed and deprived of its snare of production,
and capital has been favored and exempted
from taxation. To hctiti0usly increase the
price Of domestic products, which are the
common necessarics of life, il has excluded
ri rod a rna nd Lac
our commerce with foreign nations. II has
invited the cheap labor OF Europe and Asia
to our shores and employed Ii in factory,
furnace and mine, thus rapglanting Ameri-
can wage-workcrs aud suhccting them TO the
competition of imported paupers aud reduce
ing wages TO starvation prices. Al this mo
ment II Is proonging the session of Congress
and wasting the peoples money IN frantic
attempt 10 increase and perpetuate the
wrongs which have already become unbear-
able.
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
To increase the power and Influence OF
bondholders, corporations and trusts. and by
the nnstlnted use OF money 10 corrupt The
ballot box and bIibe electors. il defeated the
popular will and restored itself to power Ia
1855, and to day tho instruments Of this fe-
voting crime are honored leaders
EXPULSION or SENATOR'S AND PREssSrATIvEs.
To increase ita majority and augment its
power in the Lower House of Congress il
elected n cunscienceless partisan Speaker of
the House, subverted tho rules, practices and
presidents of legislative bodies. declared
auorums where none existed. deliberately
stole the seats OF two Senators from Montana,
and unseated and expelled tho lawfully elec-
ted representatives, of the people to increase
partisan majority.
ADMISSION OF TERRITORIES.
Ii has admitted Territories on tho ground
alone that they were Republican in politics.
aad excluded other Territories of greater
population than those admitted on tho sole
ground that they would send Democratic
Senators and Representative to the National
Legislature.
sQUANDERING THE PUBLIC MONEY.
When il succeeded to the control of the
Government in March. 1883. tho Treasury was
overlooking under the economical and honest
administration of Grover Cleveland. There
existing demands, and there was an annual
incoming surplus of nearly $40 100000 la
less than two years this zurpns has been
wasted, the Treasury depleted, and there
is to day an admitted deficiency of more than
$50, 900 0OU0.
THE PENSION ROLL.
With the most extravagantly liberal PEN
sion laws that ever existed since tho Gov
erBment was formed, Ii is chiefly occupied
in passing special laws in the interest of
partisan fay0rites who have no claim under
the general law. With an annual pension
roll exceeding 5O.OOO, O0-greatert than main
tanning the standing armies of Europe, and
more than one hundred times greater than
| the administration of Washington, and more
| nf hn Ia. l.. ,