Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-11-02
MERELY A PROTEST..
TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND ITS
UTTER AIMLESSNESS.

Chairman Harrity, Of the Calamity Conn
mittee, Begs for Money, Despite the Fact
That the European Newspapers Are All
Trying to Raise Funds for Him.
Chairman Harrity's appeal for money
on the ground that the Democratic party
is essentially poor; that it represents no
financial interests, but only popular
cause, is a characteristic bit of effront-
cry. The market of the United States is
incomparably the richest in the world.
The Democratic party numbers nearly
one-half of the voters Of the United
States. The issue in November is to be
decided in half dozen doubtful states
upon d small percentage Of the total
vote. These are the well known condi-
lions of the campaign, and equally well
known is it that the Democratic party is
the representative of the great importing
interest, and that every great manufac-
turing concern in all the great civilized
states of Europe is vitality interested in
the success Of the Democratic party. In
no campaign since free trade became the
prime object of the Democracy has there
been any lack of money in the Demo-
cratic campaign barrel. Certainly there
is no lack today, when all the newspaper
organs of England, France, Germany,
Austria and Italy are daily urging upon
their readers the duty of participating in
the American political battle by send
ing money to the Democratic national
committee, and by writing letters to
friends and relations in the United
States, urging them to act with the
Democratic party against the interests OF
the United States and in favor of the
interests of Europe.
1t is undoubtedly true that Chairman
Harrity and his associates feel that they
are engaged in an up hill task. They
ought to feel so. They have undertaken
to make a campaign among the Ameri-
can people by the use of weapons utterly
offensive to the country. They argue in
favor of their candidate by claiming
that the American people are a nation
of incompetents; of people who cannot
do for themselves; who cannot supply
their own necessities, and that the effort
to make America self sustaining neces-
sarily impoverishes the people. They
are deriding every suggestion that Amer
leans can and ought to become independ-
ent of other countries. Ignoring all the
| facts of record as to the results Of the
Mckinley bill, the fact that it has re,
duced taxation by more than seventy mil.
lions of dollars; that it has increased
productions; that it has increased both
imports and exports; that it has placed a
larger percentage Of imports on the free
list than have ever been there before
under any tariff; that it has enlarged the
opportunity of American workmen tt
find employment; that it has increased
wages generally throughout the country
ignoring all these demonstrated facts
they have undertaken to show that thu
country is in ruinous condition; tina
everybody is desperately poor, and Il
being kept poor by the efforts of the Re
publican party to diversity industry ant
to uphold the high standard of Ameri
can wages 1t is the unpatriotic qualit,
of the Democratic party which disgust
people and leaves it unable to obtain
substantial or lasting success. Evel
with the adventurous aids that com
constantly to the support of the party o
opposition, the Democracy remain
nothing more dignifed or importan
than protest.
Mr.. Harrity has chosen to place him
self and his associates in the attitude O
beggars on the street corners, importu1
ing the passersby. If the condition G
9 his campaign fund really requires thi
s humiliating exhibition, after all that ha
e been done for it by the importing intel
|, est, he must be spending vast sum {
h money. The happy days when tn
Democratic party could go into can
paign sure of the electoral votes of tie
states and having only to gain New Yor
: and Indiana are past. The Democrat
h is forced now to fight for its life, NJ
e only in this state, in Connecticut, Ne
Jersey and Indiana, but in West vi
f ginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carr
. lima and Alabama. Not one of theE
states could it hold for six months will
out the commission Of systematic frauC
o and now the necessities of the Dem
/ cratic campaign require not only tt
suppression of ballots, but vast schen
d of bribery. 1t is for this work that NJ
Harrity needs money. 1t is in order
!. carry out his plans for the annihilatic
of the Farmers Alliance in the sout
and for colonization, false registratic
u and false voting in pivotal northel
states that Mr.. Harrity now sings
al mendicant song. But he will sing
vain. His Doodle fund will be larl
10 one, but he can depend upon it that fe
dollars will come to it from among Il
body of the people. What he obtains
will obtain from foreign manufacturer
NJ New York importers, and from money
statesmen who aspire to political d
Id tinction. New York Tribune.
an Wanted at the office of the New Me,
C,N lowe Of 1890 in ENGLISH.