The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-07
The Favorito American Root.

Tho SELECTION OF MT. WILLIAM y. OAMf-
BELL as Chairman OF tho Republican
National Committee seems to have been an
essentially comic proceeding oil around
He was attacked In the Senate on the
ground that no. having the good fortune
to be attorney for Mr.. PHILIP ARMOUR.
the great Chicago pork merchant. was
therefore a tool OF monopoly and lobby
list. It was not altogether unnatural.
when Mr.. CAMPBRLL discovered from the
remarks made about him by Mr.. VEST In
the Senate last week. and echoed at the
same pitch of humbug by various indis-
Greet and light-waisted newspapers. that
he was very Ubiquitous and repre-
hensible person. and that q number Of per-
sons who ought to know better were trying
to mako an issue OF him, that he should have
concluded to decline to be Gen. HARRIsoN's
chief OF staff in the campaign. and TO con-
tinue to fill his pockets with Mr.. ARAoUR's
monopolistic but highly convenient salary.
After his declination. the hasty Demo-
Gratis who were bowling at him will
probably be invited by the Republicans to
ponder the following pieoe Of information
in regard to Mr.. CAMPBELI's employer; It Is
printed In the Ne,o York Times:
mt. ARMOUR 10 q CLxvEtAND man Ior N0ry Roou
The MCKINLEY bill tin schedule makes DIVER
ence In Mr. ARxouRs pront Of something like $780,.
600 year He not likely to vote for the candidates
party which passed the MCKINLEY bill nor aid 1t
in any way much less BY giving 1t the time of man
whose services valuable those of Mr. CAnrssLt
are conceded to be-"
II Mr.. ARMOUR is CLEVELAND man, the
Democrats ought to rejoice. and ask him to
chip in generously to the campaign fund.
Instead Of that the gentlemen who consider
it tho first duty OF Democratic statesman
ship and Journalism to make faces at rich
mon. will probably deny with great vigor
that Mr.. ARMOUR Is or can be Democrat.
while tho Republicans will hold up q finger
Of scorn at him as wicked Democratic
mcnopolist. thing Of trusts and combines.
an octopus. q devil fish. bloodsucker. an
upas tree. and SO on. The race for humbug
seems to be about even. and the Republican
scorn for Democratic "monopolist"
is only eQualled by tho Democratic
scorn for a Republican monopolist."
Each side. in fact. tries to conceal
its own monopolists. and lays great stress
upon the monopolists on the other side.
Meanwhile. people Of common sense see
what wretched quackery the whole business
is. There is nothing peculiarly Democratic
or Republican In monopoly" Even the
Prohibitionists have their monopolists like
Gen. BIDwMh, their candidate for Presl-
dent; and Brother WARDwELL. once the
Dry candidate for Mayor Of this town. is
said to be an officer OF that dragon-faccd
monopoly and ambushed trust. the Standard
Oil Company. Tho Peoples party will have
it's millionaires. II it lives long enough. and
it will find them just as useful for
the purpose Of making subscriptions
to the campaign fund. as it now
finds them as scapegoats. Many poll
parrots. Republican. Democratic. Peoples
party. are squeaking out the senseless
squeak about monopolies and plutocrats
and millionaires. All the same, the Ameri-
can Eagle Is Bird that takes what she can
get; and she will not alter her habits bo-
cause 1t pleases q certain number Of wrong
headed or light-headed persons to regard 1t
as q crime to strive for opulence.
Money may be the root Of all evil. but 1t Is
the root the American people are roofing
for. every time. It's their favorite bulb;
and II Mr.. CAMPBELL or Mr.. ARMOUR has
found 1t. Mr.. CAMPBELL and Mr.. ARMOUR.
| whatever their respective politics. have
solved one Of the most interesting prob
lens Of private political economy.