Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-27
The Cincinnati Meeting Its Attitude to
and Bearing on Republican and Demo
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anu DeaI1HS ou htpuul1Cou anu Oouo-
cratic Parties
To the Editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
a sags writer has said "Happy is the
ruler who can distinguish between the dis.
contents of q mob and the wiehes OF a peo-
ple." This is squslly applicable to the lead
ers of parties, and it would be profitable for
them to diagnose calmly and critically tie
recent meeting OF fourteen hundred dele.
gates ct Cooinnati.
That there is widespread discomfort With
the leaders who have controlled legislation
for the last thirty years sll will admit That
reckless legislation has relieved capital Of
the burden Of taxation pnd houud IL un-
equally and unjustly on the shoulders Of in
d1stry nona can deny.
That the republican party has been
weighed In the balance public opinion and
found wanting, the last November elections
would seem to attest.
The people are sr6used 10 consideration
of economic questions 10 deeree neve, be-
fore reached in our coGntry. NseFly every
schoohouse from Mains 10 the Calf is 3
forum for discussion OF queat;ors that until
| recently would have been left Only 70 the
leaders of thought.
Though the R2man IL g. and Cicsronisp el
oq1ence may rot appear at these gatherings,
yet acts Of parties, thei- promises aDd plat
icgms are being weighed critically ard cru
ciellv. The calvsss cf 1892 Till fo6 rank
and file about as gell pos,ed on tho Issues
involved as the ieatets who decam ;ropr
the bustipg5 "Coniog even,s cast their
shadows bsio,e," and the Cincinnati meet
lug was tie res ultant OF en es5nees desire 10
correct abuses that are orpr.s ssing our pee
pie aud sn smotlon ca the part Of woulG-ee
leaders who desire to take time By the fore
lock.
We regard the meeting at Cincinnati as
the outcome OF a re al desire for reioI m COM
Mingled with much prurent ambition, obi
canery and political trickeEy. It is. how
ever, movement not 10 be pooh-poohed,
lightly regarded or desp!sed. While the
leaders and fomentors Of the Cincinnati
movement will not be the men who will
reap the fruits aud Gil the Offices caused and
captured by their commotion, yet Wa he
l;eve the impetus of THE meeting, despite Its
hierity and butfoonery. will exercise con.
troling ir fueDce on the Presidential cleo.
ton of 1892
The knights OF labor, the farmers alii.
ance, industrial union Ind many other re-
sented a. this meeting, set we find their plat
form endorses ali the demands Of these ah-
ssnt organizations. These bodies will ad-
here to their principles. They are terribly
iu earnest, and have sresdy inundated such
dols as Hampton and Ingalls, on the altar of
principle.
The democratic party while eminsntIy
conservative, must not waets time over dead
and dying issues. She must not ostrioh-like
hide her head In the sands OF tariff and
think all il we'll II she does not meet
squerely and fsirly the Issues raised by the
Cincinnati convention. sha will be dead
cock in The pit" after tbs ides OF November
1892. II she vii meet sensibly and fairly
the demands Of industry and demonstrste
to the masses that the citizen and not the
dollar is to be the beneficiary Of democratic
success then the Cincinnati movement will
aid democratic success. These absent Oh
gauiza ions are too shrewd to commit them
selves, as yet. They are awaiting develop
ments. The Knights of labor snd farmers
alliance, also, have thousands of members
who are devoted to the grand cd parties
and will vote with them, If their platforms
acoede to even some OF their demands,
but will 60 with the new movement II
these demands be Ignored. These zen fear
q coalition between the !eauer6 or tne oiu
parties to defeat reform demands. They fear
that an understanding will bc resEh.d by
| which the nominees of the Old parties will
equally be the exponenis OF the interests
and Views OF oapitsl as oppressive to labor.
Tnipgs are getting terribly nixed. Politics
is making tt'ange bed-felows Il s charged
By respectable journal that ffty-one
domocrstic clubs Of South Carolina sent
delegates 10 the republican league which
met at Cincinnati on April 21st. Mr.. Edi-
tor is this 60? We kuow that the demo-
c:sts OF South Carolina were not dwelling 10
unity, but did not know 1t had come to tbis.
The aitussion is complex. Mr. Waiter SOD
Gays: "You cannot safely antagonizs the
money csn,ers. For God's sake let us
let the silver question alone and elect our
ticket In 1892" Mr.. Editor can we elect
our ticket in 1892 ii we surrender TO Clevs-
land and Wal! Street snd ignore The silver