The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-31

ble," has met with a hearty response
from many sources. Not all the rep
resentative republican journals OF the
country are outspoken upon the sub
ject. While they sustain the meas
ures designed for the establishment
of this strong central government"
they seek to obscure their purpose,
that the eyes of the public may not
be opened until too late to prevent
It's accomplishment. Occasionally
one breaks away from the established
moorings and makes plain and un-
equivocal declaration of the intent of
the policy which is sufficiently sp-
parent to the intelligent observer
from the general trend of public
events. Such a declaration appears
in the Post Intelhgencer, a leading
republican journal of the Pacific
slope, in an editorial of July 81, 1892,
and which the Olympis Weekly Cap
itaV, of Washington, handles with be-
coming spirit and patriotic resent
ment. The Post -IntelBgencer says:
The day is drawing nigh when, according to
Macaulay'S prediction, our republican form OF
government win be impracticable in this cOun-
try.
And the Weekly Capital mot the
Topeka Capital; don't think that for
a minute) aptly adds:
With Lord Macauley the wish was father to
the thought, for he despised the government
which had thrown off England's supremacy and
faced the world with free and independent re-
public.
And with the American sristocracy
and it's hireling press, the wish is
father to the thought and the purpose.
AS the Capital pertinently observes:
The Post IntelNgenCer has only voiced the sem
tlment Of the moneyed class, Of which 1t has
been the suppllant tool. This confession Is no
more than was predicted by the money power
yaers ago. Whenever the lords Of plunder have
outraged every sense Of justice and humanity re-
volts against further encroachment upon the
rights OF life and the pursuits of happiness, then
they cry out for strong government to enforce
Servile submission to the mandates Of capital.
But listen to the further boastings
of this representative of our Amer
lean nobility:
Out Of this battle will come government
more after the European model; we shall need
some day not only stronger and better militia
In every state, but We shall need near every
center Of population strong camp Of federal
soldiers lifted above all local sympathy or preju
dice In favor Of rioters. theoretically our ma
tional guard is sufficient to supplement the
sheriff, but practically local sympathy and prelu
dice win be sure to undermine It's usefulness.
When we reach the point where we are forced
to choose between change In our In our insti-
tutions or SubVerSlon Of the rights Of indiVid-
ual liberty and property under law by laWless
ness, we win welcome the rise Of centralized
government whose arm is long enough to reach
and strong enough to hold by the collar all
rebels against the government near and far.
Who has failed to observe in the
legislation Of the past few years the
tendency in the direction indicated
in the the above paragraph While
little else has been done than to pass
the billion dollar appropriations un-
der the fimsy pretext of guarding
against the danger of foreign inVs-
sion, numerous bills have been passed
to strengthen the army and navy and
render it more efficient. Millions of