Omaha daily bee., 1891-12-27

not. Such parties might exist for q cam
palgn or so, but there Will always be two
great controlling parties in this country
based on the fundamental principles which
have divided parties since the organization
of the government. There will be the one
party with the old demand for the increased of
the jurisdiction of tie gen sral government
and the Capitalization OF power, and another
which will contend, as heretofore, for the
rights OF tine state, the local community ana
the individual. The great extension of com
merce and trace. the construction of rail
roads and telegraphs have made sectional
political divisions almost an lmpossloilIty In
the United States. As to LABOR parties and
farmers alliance parties, YOU cannot form a
LASTING political party in this country based
upon the interests of Il single class, do
not believe the alliance party Will cut
any figure IN the presidential camp lign.
You might as well try to form a political
party composed only of carpenters OF law
yers, as one composed Of farmers. Such an
organization cannot last as II political organ
iHatlOn. AS to the sOCialistlc question, | am
III favor OF the greatest liberty of speech on
the part of everyone Ii this country under
the law, but | do not believe that anyone
should be permitted to inCite others TO the
commission of crime, as some agitators have
attempted to do. | think the authorities OF
Chicago deserve credit for hanging the an
archists, and that much loss OF life and
destruction of property has been avertcd by
that action. | believe, however, that every
man has a right to contend that the consti-
! tuition and laws of the United states are
| wholly wrong, and to advocate any peace
able and constitutional means of changing
them.n
referring to the farmers alliance, seaa-
tor, what caused it and what lesson should 1t
be TO the country!n
"The alliance party said Senator Carlisle,
lis the legitimate child OF the republican
parry. 1t is the offs pring Of the republican,
tariff idea that the government should take
| care of all business ENTERPRISES that cannot or
will not take care of themselves. This GOV
ernment IS not an elecmosvnary institution,
nor does it pretend to remedy business fail
Tres. Although the farmers have for some
years received low prices for their products
they are far better off than their fathers
were. | was born and brought up on u farm
and until | was 10 worked on the farm in
| summer and went to school In the winter.
during my boyhood there was scarcely a
buggy or pleasure carriage in the country.
The farm products were carried to mlrGet on
wagon drawn by oxen, and my father used
to haul his wheat and tobacco twcnty-one
miles to market IN this way. 1t took him
two days and nights for every load. Now
many of the farmers sons and daughters in
Kentucky have their own horses and bng-
gles or carriages, and at any meeting OF
Kentucky farmers you Will see great num-
bers OF handsome turnouts.h
Our Prosp cts tor n Monarchy.
GLOW about the perpetuity of our govern
lll'libN oSlLboA WI W. V law - nv
archy IN the United StatesE"
II think the union is stronger today than
it has ever BEEN was Carlisle's reply, land
the possibility of n monarchy is SO remote
that II is hardly worthy of consideration
The people of tho United States would as
sured!y never establish one and such Il thing
could never become possible unless we
should have a great civil war out of which a
| dictator should arise to uSlrD power and
create a throne. The tendency of modern
times, however, is altogether towards de-
mocracy. Europe becomes more rcpubii-
can in its form Of government year by year,
and it will be surprising If within one hUn-
dred years from now all the countries of Eu-
rope are not republican"
Purity in Public Life.
"how about the purity of our government
today, senator! Are politicians as honest
low as they were in the past!"
political morality" said Senator Car
Isle, ''is higher now than it has ever been.
II you look back over our history
you will find the records of peculation and
fraud. The Yazoo land scheme of the days
of Washington and Jefferson was a greater
Job than has been before congress for a gen
GRAFTON. The very location Of this capitol
WIS tae result of u bargain in which some
of the weaker of our forefathers were i'm PHI
Gated, and | do not believe that the average
of Official honesty has ever been so high as it
is now. No matter what may be said to the
contrary, the world Is growing better every
day.
Our Statesmen VS. Our Forefnthcrs
"Are the public men of today equal IN your
opinion, senator, to those OF the paste saidI l.
I'm ability, yes; in comparative reputa-
ton for being such, no. was the reply.
"rhe general average of craftsmanship ana
intelligence has never been so high as 1t is
now. | 90 not know that we have men who
will equal the two or three greatest
men of our early history, but the general
| nyaruup iS far higher The rO11 old timaS
of our fathers were days of hero worship.
The lconoclastic pen of the independent
newspaper correspondent has to a large ex-
teht blotted that element from our national
character; and the press and the general
education of the people have so elevated the
masses that the difference between men is
not so apparent. 1t used to ne that no whig
in Kentucky had an opinion on any of the
public questions of the day until Horny Clay
came home from Washington and told them
what the issues were and how thev should
be treated. Then a few newspapers con
trolled and made public opinion. Horace
Greeley and the New York Tribune were a
power. The Richmond Wing and the Ma
tioual Intelligencer mapped out the views of
millions. Now nearly every man in the
country reads the news OF the whole world
every morning. He forms his opinions upon
public questions as soon as any man in
Washington and when the statesman goes
back home he finds his constituents as well
posted on what to do and how IT ought to be
done as NE ls.'
Advice TO Wouli-Be Statesmen.
"Senator, you have been in politics all
your life. What should a young man do who
wants to become a statesman, and does states
mauship pay as a protcSsion! ~
"Hhere is no money in public life,' replied
Senator Carlisle If that IS what you mean
by the question whether craftsmanship pays,
aud | doubt whether the time will ever come
when we will have, as they have in Eng
land, IA class of professional statesmen. | be-
lieve every young man should take an IN
terest in politics. He should keep him
self informed on public questions, study
the issues OF the two great parties at the out
set OF his career and decide which of them is
the nearer right and go with IL. he will find,
as every man finds, that there are many
things IN each party that he does not ike.
There are some things in the republican
party that | like better than those of the
democratic party; but they are not the ma
terial issues ana a man must unite with thai
party which has "a preponderance of good,
and whose nam principles are nearest in ac.
' cord with his views. ] do not believe in
third parties. A man cannot flock by him
self IN this country, and ii he would do good
or accomplish anything, he must 20 with
the party nearest him. The would-be states
man should thoroughly study American his
tory. lie should understand our constitution
and the political institutions OF the country,
and n little legal knowledge would not hurt
HIM. believe he should take an interest in
local politlcs, for II he wishes TO rise he must
begin at the bottom, aud the knowledge
which he gets at home as to tho characters