The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-10-01

No more searching analysis Of ex-
listing American conditions was ever
made tuan that made BY Mr.. Cleve-
land. "Plutocracy" in America
means the control Of the Government,
the enactment and the enforcement
Of laws through the power Of money.
No intelligent American will deny
that such Plutocracy exists and
that the issue now to be determined
is between Plutocratic and . pop
ular Government. Upon careful
inspection" writes Mr.. Cleveland in
summarizing the causes which have
raised this issue, I'VE find the wealth
and luxury Of our cities mingled
with poverty and wretchedness and
unremuneratiye toll. A crowded
and constantly increasing urban pop
ulation suggests the Impeachment
Of rural sections and discomfort with
agricultural pursuits. We discover
that the fortunes realized by our
manufacturers are no longer solely
the results Of sturdy industry and
enlightened foresight, but that they
result from the discriminating favor
Of the Government and are largely
built upon undue exactions from the
masses of our people. The gulf be-
tween employer and employe is con-
stantly widening and classes are RAPE
idly forming, one comprising the
very rich and powerful, while in an
other are found the toiling poor. As
we view the achievements Of aggre-
gated capital, we discover the exis-
tence of trusts, combinations and
monopolies, while the citizen is strug
Cling far in the rear or is trampled
beneath an iron heel. Corporations,
which should be carefully restrained
creatures of the law, are fast becom-
ing the peoples masters.
The existing situation is injurious
to the health of our entire body pol
itic. 1t stiles in those for whose
benefit it is permitted all patriotic
love of country and substitu ties in
it's place selfish greed and grasping
avarice. Devotion to American
citizenship for its own sake and for
what it should accomplish as a mo-
tive to our nations advancement
and the happiness of all our people
is displaced by the assumption that
the Government, instead of being
the embodiment of equality, is but
an instrumentality through which
especial and individual advantages
are to be gained. The arrogance of
this assumption is unconcealed. 1t
appears in the sordid disregard of all
but personal interests, in the refusal
to abate for the benefit of others one
iota of selfish advantage, and in COM
binations to perpetuate such advan-
tages through efforts to control leg
islation and to influence improperly
the suffrages of the people.
Communism is hateful thing and
menace to peace and organized
government. But the communism of
combined wealth and capital, the out
growth of overweening cupidity and
selfishness, which insidiously under
mines the justice and the integrity
of free institutions, is not less dan
gerous than the communism of OPP
pressed poverty and toll which, ex-
asperated by injustice and discon-
tent, attacks with wild disorder the
citadel of rule. He mocks the pco-
pie who proposes that the Govern
ment shall protect the rich and that
they in turn will care for the labor
ing poor. Any intermediary between
the people and their Government, or
the least delegation of the care and
protection the Government owes to
the humblest citizen, makes the
boast Of free institutions glittering
delusion and the pretended boon of
American citizenship a shameless
imposition"
Since Mr.. Cleveland wrote this,
comments the st. Louis Republic,
the Plutocracy has dictated great
increase in taxes and in the expenses
of government. 1t has inaugurated
a policy of paying out millions an
nually in subsidies and bounties di-
rect from the Treasury. 1t has fore
ed the agricultural States deeper
and deeper into debt. 1t has assert
ed right to employ mercenaries for
use in private wars against labor.
1t has demanded complete control of
elections through Force bill provid-
ing for returning boards and super
visors to take the places of judges
and officers chosen by the people.
And after all this and more it comes
once more before the people assert
ing it's right to control them and to
subject their inherent manhood
rights to its assumptions of money
privilege And on this issue of pop
nlar government against Plutocratic
government Grover Cleveland is
once more at the front of the Demo
cratic party, challenging the judg-
mcnt of every enlightened American
on the justice of its cause.
Tribute Of Respect.
Alta meeting of Monongalia Lodge
No. 10 l. 0. O. F., held at their hal,
Saturday evening Sept 18th 1892,
the following was adopted;
WHEREAS, We are again reminded