Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-30
DEmouRArIo DUrY.

new political era is about to awaken
and verify the country, it is timely to
peruse the opportuDe analysis of the
situation in that popular monthly, the
June Forum No less a distinguished
parsonage than Hon. THOMAS f. BAY
ARD timely dilates on Democratic
Duty aud Opportunity" He aptly pre-
ludes the article with the statement Of
ex-President CLEVELAND, so pregnant
with life and meaning, found in his
message Of December 3, 1855. Whe
on it says:
Communism is a hateful thing and
menace 20 peace and organized govern
ment. But the communion OF combined
wealth and capital, tue evil growth OF
ever-increasing cupidity and selhshness,
which insidiOusly undermlnes the luSuce
and integrity of free institutions, is not less
dangerous than the communism OF OPP
pressed poverty and toll, which, exasper-
ated by injustice and discomfort, attacks
with wild disorder the citadel OF rule.
He mocks the people VINO propose that
the Government shall protect the rich. and
that they In turn will care for the laooring
poor. ANY intermediary between the peo-
pie and their government, or the least del
egatiOn OF the care aud protection the Gov
/ eminent owes to the hum 0lest citlzenot the
land, makes the boast Of free institutions
elittering delusion and the pretended boon
| Of American citizenship shameless 1mpo-
sitiOn.
Following Mr.. BAYARD goes on to
say that reading it by the light of events
that have followed since the words were
written, how impressively true are they,
and fully attested by the history of the
/ Fifty-frst Congress and the action of
the present Executive. Concerning the
Mckinley tariff bill Mr.. BAYARD says
The Mckinley tariff bill was, in the Ian
i guage of the gentleman whose name 1t
! bears, "assuredly protective" Instead OF
/ relief from unnecessary burdens o. re-
/ formation of unjust methods, il was an in
! classification of these public wrongs. 1t
was scheme Of taxation drafted and ar
/ ranged under the immediate supervision OF
/ the agents of associated interests who
| themselves appOrtioned their respective
| leyies and assessments upon the
! substance in their tellOw-cOuntrymen
/ The unconscious and incOntrOvert-
/ able proof OF what has thus insidiOuSly be-
| come the actual lawmakiug force
\ of the people Of the United States
| is amply supplied by the published reports
I of the various associated interests under
/ whose direction aud dictadon and to whose
/ satisfaction the schedules OF the Mckinney
| tariff was arranged.
| The owners OF silver bullion are there
fore using the same arguments and exerting
their great influence TO accomplish the
same ends as the other benehciaries under
| tine system Of protective taxation. The
| silver owners are all members Of the aSsO-
/ ciated tariff owners scheme. The history
/ Of these two measures form a curious and
| instructive episode in the history Of Amer
/ lean politics.
And right In this connection, Mr..
BAYARD observes that the measures,
originating in the same view Of govern
mental powers, it is yet the fact that
happily each operated to check and
overthrow the other when they were
tossed together But this chance med
ley Of opposition does not alter the fact
OF their mutual Identity and inclusion
in the scheme to change the organic
forces Of our Government and its prac-
tical effects upon the liberties of the
people. Mr.. BAYAGE concludes his ar
ticle in the following suggestions:
.sThe articulate demand Of the hour is
! for the reformation and reduction Of the
| existing tariff; the establishment of
4 system Of freer exchange. 1t is the para
mount duty of the Democracy 20 hold these
great and patriotic objects high above all
/ possible observation by machine methods
or personal intrigue, and as an essential
basis for all this Quickened commerce,
FOREIGN and domestic, manufactures
[ and merchant marine, we must agree upon
and uneQuivocally proclaim the main
| teuance Of a sound and stable standard and
measure of value i'm the unit Of money upon
which the whole superstructure Of credit
and payments can be- securely conducted.
The Mckinley tariff the Force BILL and
! the Free Silver Coinage, are three branches
| of the same stock, parts of the same plan
| OF campaign. The welfare and happiness
\ of the country require that they shall be
overthrow.