Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-08

upon what he regards as reckless and
revolutionary policy. even overturning
the safeguards of legislation in the
house OF re representatives. in their haste to
pass the force bill and the Mckinley bill,
both, to his mind, unnecessary and I'M
wise measures.
The economic evils" says the writer.
however great. of the Mckinley bill, and
the unreasonable system of protection il
represents, are of fsr LEES importance 10
his mind than the moral evils which fol,
low in their wake. I'm deciding for what
purpose the masses of people msy prop
erly be taxed. it must not be forgotten
that tsxes have a wonderful capacity for
filtering through intervening obstacles
till they reach the bowed back of toll
and resting there; and therefore giving
bounties. under any form of taxation, is
mainly the giving away of tine wsges OF
labor. But even such inequality and IN =
justice sre the least Of It's evils. for
while such system endures, political cor>
ruption is absolutely sure to increase, as
such a system not only invites but re-
quires the corrupt use of money, both al
the polls and in congress.
The republican party ought to be sn
honest money party, and would be If it
could, but while it demanded increased
bounties for favoTite manufacturers, Il
could not refuse increased bouuties to
the silver producers, as tho votes they
control were probably necessary to the
passage of the Mckinley bill The poi
son of debased currency is making itself
daily more and more felt in every chan
mel Of business and finance, and it is in"
evitably driving gold out of the country
III al H. IL -
tuatirg and therefore dishonest currency
based upon silver alone.
Pension agents have joined hands to
increase their fees by the indiscriminate
granting OF pensions. The result is that
nearly q generation after the close OF the
war there is steady increase in the vast
sums passing through the pension agents
hands. until now the tots
amount stsggers belief, and has be
come Of itself very serious bur-
den upon the treasury. Surely there is
neither reason nor justice in legislation
which destroys ali distinction between
the discharge Of duty and the sinking
of it. between loyal service and q deser-
ton Of colors. between wounds received
in battle and diseases contracted in the
pursuits of peace"
There is still another great and in
creasing evil chiefly traceable. in his
opinion, to the maintenance of the eX
cessive tariff since the War and the con
slant neddling with il TO make it higher,
snd that is the brin giDg to our shores
vast .swarms of undesirable emigrants.
Jus, as the duties upon imported mer-
chandise have been increased, so has the
grade Of imported labor been lowered
Mr.. MecVeagh is conviD ced that the
causes in which he is interested cannot
hepe Tor success until the aYowed policy
of the republican party on the tariff is
overthrown.
Here Is Another.
The announcement in the Bulletin last
night that il is rumored that Horace G.
Burchard ex-director OF the United
States mint and ex-congressman from
this district, will vote for Cleveland at
the coming election was the one topic for
conversation in political circles today
When number of Dir. Burcherd's
friends questioned him regarding the
matter, he said that he has not changed
his politics, but he would not say
whether be will vote for Cleveland CT
not He is very non-cOmmit.al on the
su. iect II Is the general impression
among republicans in Freeport hat Bur
chard will vote for Cleveland or else not
vote at all. 1t is known that he in-
formed friend of lis before Harrison
was nominated that be would not voc
for that gentleman on the Mckinley bill
platform. Bulletin.