Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-26
WHAT Oh DEMOCRACY IN 'pay
NJ Hugh o wallace's Views as 20 the
Outlook for tho Party

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|' Wallace. Who Writes oi pomn,facv
"a 1892. i-onr of Washington bright
-, and most able young Democrats
aud - almost ~ we'll known ~ Wash
ingtun city ~ in Washington State
II will bo remembered that Mr.. Wallace
lately welded one ui Chiei Justice Full
lcr'- daughters Few Young mon ~
the State have a,hic,rd moro hril
liant success financially. and none have
more richly deserved it. of lev have a
moro promising future than Mr. Wal
lace
" Possessing much native ability. aud
being highly educated, clever. polite
aud consequently popular. Democracy
may look IN his direction for one oi IT.
most available candidates for high OH
clal position. At the last meeting Of
thc executive committee oi the state
Democratic Socicty. Mr.. Wallace was
tel dercd the position of orator at the
next annual meeting. IIcdcclincd the
honor however. because he believed II
should 20 To someone eart II the noun
tains Every person interested IN pol.
tiles should read Mr.. Wallace article.
TACOMA, Wash June a
You ask me Ia contrlbut. an article
I
upon What OF Democracy IN 1892 -
Surely this Is u happy time 10 talk Of
Democracy and its prospects Omcns
Of the future and records oi the past are
sometimes uncertain IN forecasting po.
litical results. but u IL certainly true
that II every one oi them does not act
in an adverse way we can fore-co with
precision splendid Democratic ri.
umph next year
The result oi the election in Novem-
her. 1890. startled the whole country.
A Republican Congress Was replaced by
one IN which the Democrats outnumhcr
the Republicans by about three 10 one
This shows that the people have been
thinking that they have discovered the
source Of the evils which opprcss them.
and that they have begun 10 apply the
remedy In the proper way. The House
Of Representatives originates all meas
ures for raising revenue for the national
government. II fixes the taxes which
the people must pay. II Is not wholly
responsible for the disbursement Of the
money collected but II Is largely so. aud.
having control ol measures ior raising
money, the people hold IL responsible
for fully it, share in the disbursement.
When. therefore. IL was found at the
end Of 30 years that Congress was not
reducing the tax rates levied to support
the most expensive war ~ modern
times, although our population had
doubled and the net revenue produced
had 80 vastly increased that we were
able TO pay $4,000 900 . year In pen.
sions. anticipate the payment Of our
bonds and still be troubled with . stead.
lily increasing surplus; when they saw
n Republican Congress meeting the dii.
iiculty thus presented by increasing the
appropriations 10 n billion dollars, and
then increasing tho taxes through the
outrageous and audaoious Mckinley
bill. the necessity for u sweeping aud
radical change Of method became ap.
parent and the people made II.
For many years the Republican party
has been able 10 maintain It's hold on
power by waving the bloody shirt and
by industriously and insidiously
nourishing . feeling Of distrust Of the
Democratic party in the minds Of the
people. Republican leaders now ad.
init there IL not " another President in
the bloody shirt" and are scanning the
horizon for some new scheme Ia hood
wink the people. Reciprocity will not
work. tsadsption in entirety obvious
ly means abandonment Of the principle
Of protection. The first principle OF
protection isproteciion Tor projections
sake. while reciprocity IL long step
towards the Democratic stand which
favors the opening up OF the worlds
markets.
The distrust OF the Democratic party
was dispelled by the statesmanlike and
courageous administration of 0rover
Cleveland. which conducted the govern.
ment not only economically but patri-
otically. The measures proposed by
his administration for the k,ture were
more progressive than the people were
prepared to approve and they therefore
failed Tor the time being--the people
preferring q more gradual process or
perhaps 10 leave things as they were
rather than take the chances of an al.
rupt change.
But they found the Republican party
when restored to power not only pro
posing 10 increase but actually inercas
ing the burdens oi which they com
planned. aud increasing them enor
mousiy and recklessly and for the
avowed purpose. not for strengthening
iafant industries but the purpose Of ios
tedng giant monopolics. bearded will
age. The people began 10 count III,
cost TO them Of this policy. The tim'
happened io bc propitious for such =
calculation. A year II poor crops an,
low prices hal wnched producers o
every class. Early in their computa
tion the farmers aud their dependent
: found where the difficulty was.
They discovered that all the whea
grown In the entire county II sold a
Itho average mai ns,ra of oua dollar ne