The great West., 1892-01-08
PATERNALI6M.



There Are So sfarute~@ That are N0e
Paterna1a CIasss
The very word defines itself. PaferS
nal. parent-lfke directing and caring
for as would a parenr. Therefore
when Legislation Is Of a uaEeEnal na~s
tare II is that species of Legislation
which causes the government to as.
sumo Ene oveFslUflt as would father
There IS out two speeies OF Iegisla-
ton saws the Teller. One is where
the government grants ITS service. and
the other IS where it forces obedience
Tt NAV force obedience where II grants
1ts services or NAV grant IFS service
where II forces obedience These two
elements enter into all legislation
The government grants its service ana
comDels obedience IN our postal svE-
TEN 1t grants lis sefvTca IN the life
saving system along our coast. What
can De more Dateruat than the sv5Fenss
namedg Take our BroteetiEe tariff svs-
tenn n II. the policy OF our governs
menE Is to force obedience: tnis sDecies
Is class ana vet pa1ernHi: It is class
Deeause the Daternat power is
not extended TO all the people It is
paternai because the government
service Is extended 10 certain hene-
aclarles. At this moment We do not
think or anv legislation that is not
parernat IN It's relation TO the Beonte.
eXceBt the laying and collecting OF
revenues Even our penal system Is
paternai IN its nature To the public
which It seeks to protect There are
no statutes art what are Daternai or
class IN their application. and some are
both. We challenge a contradiction
Of this assertion which has been de-
ducted from the reasoning 1Tss6 given.
OF the two Glasses. WnIcn Is prefer
ables Pateruaiism Enen unaduIter-
ated with class pFe1ermeut. mas always
deaibout Justice and never uonnpo1ies.
Class legislation mas never failed TO
father combines. It is parernat Tor
oar government to issue monev. It is
class TO make preferred receivers OF
this government service BIlt It is non
always possible to receive the benefits
of the government s service without q
system which III It's nature would
seem class For instance. suppose the
bogus protective tarlH argument was
true that it was best tor the whole
country that d bounty be paid manu-
facturers then the system would be
pateFnai in It's nature but class IN its
application. Class legislation is. never
safe unless It IS 10 carrv out n paternal
V0licv which applies alike to all The
tarIT system does not DO this The
national banking DIan does not do IT.
and thev- were both intended 70 extend
q parernat hand to the whole country.
The trouble lies IN the tact thah class
Drefermenr WIS gIveu too much prom
iueuee IN the two policies cited above.
III ths reader has carefully caught the
deductions ao0vea ne IS ready for this
affirmation There has never been a
law repealed since ours has been a
government because OF IFS Daternai
nature. Sometimes laws OF a Daternal
nature nave Deeu repealed because or
the special privilege granted IL the
8DpilcalIon-as IN the case OF the old
United States bank.
It Is entirely roo late in the dav 10
hegin insisting that the monetary re-
:orm asked fer bv the Alliance Is
1arernaL II has aiwavs been
paternal duty of the government 10
issue money! The Daternai feature
cannot be complained at If sc. where
do you propose to have our money
come 1rom2 1t is paterual and our
constitution provides for Dateruaiism
because 1T gIves our government abso-
ute control OF our monew
The Alliance idea Is to secure this
paternaI service bv b method as void
ol class prefermenr as Dossible We
insist that one great argument in favor
Ot our plan as against the banking
system Is that ours will bring SO MANY
th0usaads-ves miIli0ns-tn close
1oaen with the government. while tae
grassaI system brings onlv hundreds.
The difference a. that hundreds can
combine for selfish purposes while
millions cannot combine ALWAYS
aiatEac1s the parentaI effort of our Ieg-
lala4tlan- }0e object to the present
banking sv5BsTn on the same Grounds
,.llslt. Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-
charverIng Dill for the old nited
States hank. VIZ. that 1t puts the err
caIaslng medium in the hands OF a
selfish combine. or In other words the
pa1eraaI feature Is defacadbv the class
application
President Esofsx-s rv,vSbure.