The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-29
VOL. XXVII.-NO. 80.


tion of the suffrage has now reached have
been fully and eonelusively shown by two
iupartiai disconnected. and scientific stu
dents of the subjeet-Prof. McCook. of
Trinity College in Connecticut. and Prof.
jerks. of Cornell University, in New
York. Their recent publications dispel all
doubt as to the magnitude of the evil and
the urgent need of prompt remedy.
am sure you will believe, ladies and
gentlemen, that so far from deriving any
pleasure from laying before you these evi-
dences OF the political corruption which Is
undermining the foundation OF our Iiper-
ties, they cause me nothing but pam. Inc
men implicated in them, | repeat, are GER
talniy my peers, aud probably the peers oil
any OF you, and | desire to express no
words OF harshneSs or bitterness concern,
M them, but against the system ana
against Its continuance | desire To enter
here my earnest and solemn protest and
with full sense OF my responsibility Tor
the words utter, declare to these gentle
men who contribute the money for the
corruption oil our Pohtlcs that as between
the TWO crimes L would mueh rather place
money IN the hands ot a burglar 10 prlDe
Waterman TO allow MN TO rob a panG oil
some oil It's surplus wealth than 10 con
Irloute money 70 DC useu IN Ponlles oy
hr, quay OF hr' hartln'or MT iiaeNet''
! The one hateful crime now more IN dan
| ger of spreading than any other among re-
! spcctahle members of American society is
| the crime of eorrupting our politics. As
to the mast. | am mite willing there shall
be not only Iorgetfulpess and silence. but
tho amnleSt charity. and if the men now
one,agod in his yorl will ston I will nro-
n,;So ,,ovo, oo,a;n 70 ollndo 70 Il On the
o,bar bond e H.. ,,o,,;st -, ,o,t;nuipo,
i 20 da,. +lo, M I;fo and st,opotb ,r,
SHARED me will continue to denounce them.
If they profess religion, | will denounce
them as the enemies of the religion they
dishonor by their hypocrisy, and If they do
not profess religion, | will denounee them
as enemies of the nation they are destroy
ing by their crimes.
The first fact about man, as Aristotle
declared long. long ago, is that he Is a
moral being, having perception OF right aud
wrong, Of justice and injustice. The moral
law is the only safe rule in economies. 1t
is the only sanction of legislation. 1t is the
only possible foundation OF Christian CIV
ilizatlon. These l beg you to believe are
not rhetorical exaggerations. They are
! su',r~,- serious, real facts which uuderlie
human existence and give 10 it all it pos
sesses OF abiding value II 1t were noe So
ladies ana gentlemen TINS would De the
ueV'i wor!u anu governed py us iaWs' in-
Steau vi peiiiS' DIS II Is 'he erea'"n VI 'iie
pi'l"e Master' ihaoe 10 oe 'ne nome VI
~ MS creatures anu 10 gro" prlsil'er III
e d ia%,anoe @ u i.b nVIa .h peauIy Goe' ~ tha
whola m,ttnr ~ ''''N'' - '''~ -
lhh ISSUE "f lhh h'' H.
earnestly desire practical and perma-
nent reform of the civil service. | earn
estly desire lower rate OF duties upon i'm
ports. l earnestly desire that the raw ma
terla!s needed IN our manufactures shall be
admitted free. earnestly desire that the
Illegal combinations OF capital called Trusts
shall be required to obey the law, because
think contempt OF the law by the rich Is
sure to breed hatred OF the law by the poor,
| earnestly desire that our system oi pen
SONS snail be placed on 4 OASIS ol justice
both to the living and the dead. | earn
1estlv- desire for all our people a single, safe,
stable standard OF value such as vast bus
mess u interests require anu the welfare oi
tloSe VINO LABOR Tor the'f bread aosolutely
demands. but these are alle economic GueS-
tiohs, Whlle lar above them the SKY Is
| glowing with the llght oil an ethical renalS-
sance, klndling the minds and hearts of
men to better knowledge of the divine
truth that the industrial and political or
/ ganization of great and free people must
have moral basis for moral growth. meet
ing the essential needs of the human spirit,
which are ethical needs. agreeing with the
essential principles of human action, which
are ethical principles, and fostering in us
the mighty hopes that make us men.
Let us, therefore, if necessary. disagree
about the reform of the civil service. about
the tariff. about Trusts. about pensions
about silver, but do not let us pretend to
believe that Gods moral laws can be sus
pended at our will simply because we desire
to add to our wealth, which is now proba-
bly, greater than we can wisely use. Let
us all come as loyal American citizens in
common accord upon one common platform
that the manhood of each man shall be
sacred in the eyes of every other and that
one of the loftiest earthly duties he is per-
mitted to discharge that Of casting his bal
lot, shall be discharged uncontaminated by
our hribes, and Influenced only by what
his conscience tells him is his duty. Let
us Withdraw the Quays and the Dudlevs
the Martins and the Hacketts, and if our
surplus wealth troubles us let us give it,
not to them, but to some one or more of the
l 900 almoners of Christian charity which
meet US at every turn, and whose needs are
50 infinitely greater than their resources
Here is limitless field for the expenditure
of wealth, and every gift within its sacred
circles sure to possess the Divine quality Of
mercy in blessing him that gives and him
that takes. whereas the other Gifts II ;s
well for members of the Manufacturers
Club to remember, are as sure as the world
lasts to bring the opposite of BLESSING to
both him who gives and him who takes
In this struggle for a better administra-