The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-11-17
THE members of the peoples party were

THE members of the peoples party were
dsrisively called calamity howlers," but
since the election, it seems, that apella-
ton could much more appropriately be
applied to the members Of that party
which originated it. 1t is difficult to con-
ceive Of degree of self-worship exceed
ing that which fancies that things will
90 to the eternal smash" if the self-wor-
shipper is not permitted TO run things.
This is precisely the attitude now taken
by the republican party. 1t is by no
means an easy matter to deal leniently
with those who have suffered defeat when
defeat is made the occasion for display
of arrogance rather than for a manifesto
ton of that humility which the chastise-
ment administered should have been the
salutary product. True greatness is
| shown III accepting defeat gracefully, but
| egotism thinks its reverse is world wide
| disastsr.
The splenetic, vain boy won't play un-
| less his wishes are deferred to, and usual
~ sees nothing good in anything which
runs contrary to his wishes. But the
| play goes on Just the same, and the boys
who take part in it do not find that the
| game suffers materially by the absence
Of those who have nothing but disapprov-
al for what they are not permitted to di-
| rect. There Is no man, and there is no
| party, who has monopoly of the politi-
cal wisdom of the country and any such
assumption is an evidence of weakness.
In popular form of government there
must be parties differing on certain
lines of governmental policy. 1t is bigot-
~ for any one to assume that disaster is
sure to follow its forced abdlcation from
| power and it is unpatriotic to hope that
disaster may attend the country under
the new order of things.
The people became dissatisfied with the
policy OF the republican party on tariff
matters. There seemed good reason for
alarm IN the trend that policy was taking.
In 1888 1t was admitted that the tariff
needed revision, but the republican narty
insisted that the work of revision should
DE consigned to Its hands,--the friend of
The system and not to the democratic
party, the enemy of protection. The
party won on that plea. The revision
was understood by every one to be in the
line of reduction, but when restored to
full power, the republican party added to
the burdens of the people by increasing
the tariff and initiated the dangerous doc
trne that the policy of protection had
advanced to the position of advocating a
prohlbitory tariff. The Mckinley law
was more tentative than pronounced
III this advanced step toward the CONNER
cal ISOLATION of the United States. bnt il
contained the germ of this policy. The
success of the republican party meant
the maturing of the protection idea into
full ffedged policy of prohibiting lmpor,
tatlons. This is the danger that has beer
averted by the success of the democratic
: party.
The people became alarmed and with
reason. They rejected the policy which
they felt was fraught with danger and
now they are called fools because the,
exercised their reason on questions sub
united to their judgment. The republi
can party should reflect that there must
be something inherently wrong in pol
Icy which was so emphatically repudiat
ed, cease It's idolatrous sacrifices to Pro
lection, put itself in an attitude to Learn
by confessing it is not infallible, and adj
NIT that the interests of the whole peo
pie should not be sacrificed for the bene
tit OF few. 1t has no charter whereof,
1t can claim to be the custodian of the
rights OF the people. The people govern