Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-10
"PERILS OF THE REPUBLICS

UNDER this heading the Spring
field Repu6licGa has a long and
strongly written article, in denunci-
alton Of the current policy Of Con.
gress in respect to certain subjects OF
national interest and concern, W hich
it deems perilous to the Republic. 1t
begins by quoting this recent
remark by Senator ingalls,:
"The decalogue and the golden rule
have no place in politics, +" and asks,
"Was there n rough truth in the
saying?''
1t then states the nature of pend
ing legislation respecting pensions,
the tariff and silver, and regrets the
failure of the international copy
right bill. OF the first it says:
The House has passed, and the
Senate seems sure TO pass and the
President 10 sign, bill which gives
to every man who served in the army
or navy IS a moth, from the age of
90 until his death; the same pension
to each one under co, disabled, from
whatever cause; and the same to every
soldiers widow who has reached 60 or
who depends on her daily labor. This,
with earlier provision, means that at
least n million men and women are to
be paid an average Of $50 a year from
taxes levied on their fellOw-eiiizens.
Part Of this is 4 just debt to men hurt
in the country's service. Part Of 1t,
probably full half, goes 70 such as
have no moral claim to and are pau
perized by receiving it. The whole
peaceful army of toll is taxed on the
necessaries Of life to degrade by a
mercenary stipend a service once re-
garded as a patriotic offering TO the
nation And still the cry is for
more"
or the Republican tariff measures
now pending the article says:
Under the name OF protection they
would constitute a system of gigantic
extortion upon the whole people for
the benefit Of a small nnd wealthy
class.n
The Republican briefly but point
edly objects to the pending silver
legislation, alleging that it will force
the government to become "a Gus
toner for the product Of the silver
mines, partly to add 10 the wealth Of
s'few millionaires, partly to humor
popular delusion that cheap money
cheap because inferior - brings
prosperity"
OF the lost international copyright
bill it says:
"A bill to make the moral right Of
the foreign author legal right-a bill
carefully drawn. with consideration Of
the interests Of American printers. a |
bill long debated and well understood
was deliberately rejected by the |
House. 1t was rejected on the ground |
that the people want cheap books, no |
matter If the material is s;olen-since
only foreigners are robbed"
Then comes the folio wing recapit-
ulation:
each Of these four measures-con-
corning pensions, tariff, silver, copy
rights an action by which a certain
class takes money from other peoples
pockets by the aid OF the government.
Each one dresses itself mp in fine
words and theories. It is in the name
Of patriotism, or Of protection 10 in
dustry, or Of stimulating trade, or Of
making books plenty. that this taking
of other peoples money is covered
up. The sin is confined to neither
party; Of these four subjects only the
ariff is party question. The sin is
not confined to the political leaders.
The war veterans as a body have
'carcely raised voice against the sale
u their honor for a mess Of pottaae.
he western farmers clamor for de-
Iased dollar; each protected" in
lustry seeks only to ge, bigger share !
II booty than its neighbors; the con-
FRESHMEN who, like Mr.. Rockwell. vote
o rob the foreign authors, believe that
hey have an approving constituency
'ehind them. 1t is by a mixture Of !
reed with delusion that a great part
4 the American people-at present
he controlling part-sre using the {
government TO get other peoples
money. They may blind themselves
ut they cannc. alter the eternal law
( morality, nor escape the sweep Of !
IS penalties. The commandment
lands, Thou shalt not SteGI-thow shoh Ii
OF ooues. a
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