Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-14
rur FINANCIAL NIL.


aud Denouncsr the indcpcnue"ts'
WAsutSGroN, Jan. li.-Tn the sem
ale the financial bill was taken up I'm.
m,llaiely after the reading OF tue
Journal, ingalls, addressed the Senate,
bssinning nj speech with u bitter de-
nunclailon Of the Independent Party
lie aid that there were two portcn.
tlous evils which meuaced the safety,
Ithey dlI not endaugcr the existence
ofthe republic. The flrut was mn ig-
nofant, DECEASED, degraded, spurious
suffrage contaminated by the sewage
Of decaycd nations, suffrage intim.
iialei suppressed la the South,
suffrage aud corrupt, apathetic aud
Indifferent In the great cities OF
the North, NO that II was doubtful
70 his mind whether for half century
there Ind been u presidential election
In this country that expressed the de-
llbentr and Intelligent Judgment OF the
whole body Of the American people.
The election bill was Intended 10 deal
with one part OF the great evil 10 which
he alluded. but Il was an imperfect,
partial aud incomplete remedy. Vic.
lence IL bal, but fraud Is no better and
II was more dangerous because more
inslliou-. There could be no safety
aud no stable aud permanent peace In
this country aud under this govern
ment until Il was Just Us safe fora black
republican 10 vote Ia Mississippi Ms II
Wa for n white democrat 10 vote In
Kansas.
The second evil TO which he had nd.
yeTled was the tyranny Of combined,
concentrated, centralized, conscience.
IL. and Incorporated capital, aud the
people were considering that n great
problem. At the beginning OF the
second century, the American people
had become profoundly convinced that
the ballot was not n panacca for the
evils " society; that II has not abolish.
ed poverty, nor diminished injustice;
they had discovered that political
equality did moi result IN social frater-
NIFTY; that under democracy, tho con.
centniion OF greater power In Tower
hands was more possible than under
monarchy. George Washington, the
hnt president OF the republic, had,
IN llys the largest private fortune In
INC United States. A II his belongings
raohed the sum total of between
eight and nino hundred thousand dol.
lar. That was lc,s than n century ngo.
since that time, the growth OF the
wealth aud the numbers In the United
states had no precedent In the build
ittg Of nations. The people Of the
United states now form one.thlrd Of the
NoHd's mining, one.fourth OF it,
manufacturing, one-flfth OF it, farming
population and possessed One.slxth OF
lus accumulated wealth.
=, ne had read, In the morning papers,
sherman's speech, n considerable part
o. which wis devoted TO the defense Of
,he mi llionalre's. People had sudden.
awakened 10 conception Of the fact
lhal The property OF the country was
passing Into the hands Of those, whom
,ne Senator for Ohio called, by euphem-
hm, speoulatofs OF the country. These
men Ind no politics but plumber, and
no principle but the spollation OF the
human race. IL was no wonder that
,he laboring and agricultural classes OF
ulls country had atslast awakened, and
tue speculators must take warning.
IN THE HOUSE.
WAsilTsroS, Jan. 1.-THE House
went Into committee OF the whole on
the army appropriation bill.