Evening journal., 1892-10-17
DANGER AHEAD.

Judge Harrison, of New Haven, Conn,
has awakened to the dangers Of
plutocracy, the fraud Of the scheme Of
Republican protection" in turning
the taxing power of the republic over to
the rich manufacturers, and stepped out
Of the Republican party.
The brave and manly public avowals
Of every one Of these able and disinter-
ested men will inspire and insure quiet
but equally brave and manly acts Of re-
nunciation from hundreds and thousands
Of men, all over the country, who think
as they think and who are dis
gusted with the Wholesale corruption Of
the Republican party. Mr.. MacVeagh,
who voted for Mr. Harrison, expresses
the feelings and the sentiments of a
great body Of men in the Republican
party when he says:
But ! have watched with pain and
alarm the steady growth of the corrupt
use Of money in our politics, and | have
been constantly hoping that the Repub-
lican party would at least turn its face
toward lower duties upon imports and
against other forms of Congressional
bounties, in accordance with the teach
ings of so many Of its greatest and
wisest leaders, and thus gradually di-
minish the temptations TO that awful
traffic, hateful alike to God and all good
men, the buying ana selling of votes. 1t
was because Of that hope and Of the very
strong reluctance | felt TO sever my con
nection with the party which had con
ferred upon me so many and so unde-
served honors, and because of my cor
dial regard and respect for President
Harrison, and of my absolute
faith in the pledge Of the plat
form and in his pledge in respect
to the reform of the civil service, that
continued to vote the Republican ticket
in 1888 All my hopes. however, were
disappointed and from that day TO this
! the conviction has been steadily growing
upon my mind that the general tendency
of the Republican party was not only
! inimical to the best interests of the
country, but unless checked, was sure 10
result not only in making the poor poorer,
but in making the rich more selfish and
more corrupt, and therefore less patri
otic
l am not of those who cavil at the
presence OF rich men in the community.
Great differences in fortune are inev-
liable in the present industrial orgauiza
tion of society, and, while | think sur
plus wealth, as Mr.. Carnegie call.
his, sometimes Injuries the possessor
in thousands of other instances
it not only does him good, but overiiow'
in countless benefits to the community
All that l demand is that the rich shal
not use their riches TO destroy the very
source Of the national life and OF all true
respect for law in a free country lik'
ours-an unbought ballot. Almost a
soon as the canvass of 1883 was owe
rumors began to circulate that the elec
tion had been bought, and that the gen
tlemen who collected the money, as wei
as those who paid IL, were determined 4
exact such recompenses as had beel
promised them; and the revelation
which have occurred from time TO tim
have strengthened the conviction in m
mind that, unhappily, there was onl
too much truth in these rumors.
prominent manufactures OF this city,
life long Republican. has quite recently
over his own signature, spoken of th
Mckinley bill as "our bill because W
, bought aud paid for il.
The facts that MacYeagh is himself
rich man; that he has been always a
honorable and staunch Republican; th'
he has held high Offices and been ii
trusted with great affairs; th'
he has always held and holds now the e
teem Of all good men, make his wore
weightier than those of Mr.. Bayarl
even, in condemning the abuses. the co
l ruptions, and in warning the peop
against the dangers threatened by tn
/, present attitude Of a great party.