Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-03-08

them deeper and deeper into tho s!Sshcs. Hence
 tho absolute necessity for sober, carcf1 cnS I
 common-sense consideration just at tE;5 point
 In our history. Wo have men and p2rt-cs V
 prefer to fight, quarrel and criInin1tc ana recriminatc. Such men and such parties never lifted people out of trouble. V hIo all this goes reason and judgment arc
 dethroned, and the inspiration so much needed from the skies never rcnctratcs their l Intellects. There are others who sit down by | this hard and stcny pathway and complain i of its roughness and impossibiliGes and while | away the passing opportunity to save nation or a people. Neither the ono nor the other
 can settle the great questions that are upturn- l Ing and upheaving nations hope and destiny. The remedy lies today in the hands of those | who must go unthonked and unhoncred for
 the present. The settlement of tho questions if settled at all with advantage to the people | and retention of our present form Of goV- | ernment-must be left in the hands of cool, | deliberate and brave nen-men who dare | to cross public opinion-men who dare to face | public scorn and ridicule-men who dare to do | their duty. If this whole people could be | brought to a sober standpoint, and if we could | eliminate from the public rostrum and public | press men and matter that tend to infate and | mystify, and in their places could get advisers 1 and teachers who are moved alone and melted | exclusively for the public good, this country
 could be turned about, and once more peace and | prosperity would perch upon our banners and | the glorious sunshine of contentment would rest
 upon every section of this land. Whether the l alliance people, with their irresistible power in | the form of ballots and @ righteous cause, can
 be held down to O judicious and safe exercise of
 that power and influence is the question. have great confidence in the masses of the people
 when degree of intelligence exists such as oo-
 tains among our people, and Im satisfied
 that in the near future, if allowed to do so, they will cluster around peaceful and
 profitable solution of this Question-a solution
 that will not harm any section or any class Of our citizenship. This depends very largely
 upon those who are now leading or endeavoring fn laaH no often do what individuals do-fritter away their strength and opportunity trying to accomplish
 impossibilities. I know one poor mortal man , who spent thirty years in the prime of life, trying to invent perpetual motion, to be applied to machinery. He was honest, earnest and confident, and yet he died prematurely, un' honored and unsung, with the great object of his life wrapped in shroud of eternal dark ness. It may be possible that the alliance peo- pie will, Ike this man, following in the foot steps of some honest, candid and confident leaders, waste their youth end strength, and disappear while the procession goes by. l hope not and I believe not. I repeat, that l believe the alliance people to be an honest , people, on earnest people and confident people, and at the same time cautious and thinking | people. Those who are now dicker1ng with them e whether for the purpose of breaking up their l organization, or for personal sggrandizement F or from misplaced judgment and conviction, may
 for awhile excite them and mislead them; but 8 sober sense will soon return, and they will asA 8 these important questions: Are your methods @ and your plans for our relief safe and advisable f and can you guarantee ability to lead us 1 through the wilderness, over the Jordan, and into the land of Canaan? In other words, methods s may be apparently all right, consistent anC r plausible, and at the same time with no force
 or power of execution. There are three pol1tica # parties organized in this country. Two of then a are powerful and controlling-the other is veal - and impotent The great question that is dis n turbing the alliance people to-day is to which o }, these parties shall they look for immediate an' o permanent relief, or whether they shall con .- tinue to educate and appeal to all alike, de l. pending upon the righteousness of their caus l. and en increased strength that would neces s sarily be drawn from each and all, and in tn ,f end, as balance of power standing between IT these political parties, recover their rights. Q makes great difference in the solution of thi.
 question which of these parties is both willin 70 and able to accord the needed legislation. Bot 1t willingness and ability must combine to giv' e relief from either party. Our people are nov 1T steering between Scylla on the one side an n Charybdis on tho other, touching independen i'd political action. If the masses of the allianc W people in their choice this point should max ,r and despoiled-an that they have acquired up t y the present lost and their future hopes dashe 10 to the ground-they will have themselves an Id their advisers to blanc. Hence 1t Is extremel "a burdensorne and dangerous to assume the pos
 tion of a leader at this juncture short time V perhaps, will bring to the surface sufficient Ugh ir to enable our people to walk this difficult pat o. with safety