The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-15

1crpt tut Weil.fAfutu pensions Dnld 10
the soldiers and the interss, on The pub.
Tic debt, there Is presented 10 the Amer
ican people the appalling spectacle OF ~
suthosiz expenditure nv thu Isst con-
gsess. under the present administration.
of over 81 OOO 600 700 ws.iIs ~. rate OF
,snG irx~tinn on duiisble goods hs-
been rsised higher than - any time dur.
ing the war The war closed in 1865
this j. the yesr 1892 the people are still
bur densd with war expenditures and
wsr taxes. The president appears TO be
no' only perfectly sa'isfied with the
enofm nous Expense OF bis COMMUNICATION
hut seems des'fous of Increasing It.
lie constantly m-niiests 4 deep con-
Germ fur The poor p corporations and
thinks they ought 10 be uhsidized BY the
government. He strongly intimates that
the Ne-raguan ship canal company
should b. permitted 10 put its hands into
the national treasury. although for the
welfare Of the laboring man under :
cheap coat he msniiesis no considers-
tion. otwitnstanding that the men v ho
wear cheap COATS pay the bu'k Of the
revenue that goes iD'0 the treasury for
the support Of The governm ment. While
they may no, own corporation stocks
and bonds, thank God under the struct-
ure Of liberty erected By the wisdom Of
our ancestors, the foundation OF which
they laid 80 deep and sirong. cemeniing
II with their blood, the ballot Of the man
under chesp coat counts as much when
cast as the ballot Of the largest holder OF
Nicsrsguan bonds or mail steamship
stock In my judgment the subsidixiug
and bounty paying policy violates the
principle Of equality upon which our
government is founded. II II is the in
tendmeDt Of the constitution that all the
people shall be equal before the Law, that
special privileges shall be granted t.
none then surely the governmsnt can
not, st the expense Of the whole people,
rightfulIy sggrandizes corporations BY
granting them subsidies, or pay bounties
10 make the particular business OF ~ in
dividusl profitable.
The government has no more right TO
pay bounty on beet sugar to make the
growing Of sugar beets probable than il
would have 20 ps, bounty on esurr-
ktaut TO mske cabbage growing profit
able |, is obvious that the government
cannot subsidize al the business inter-
este and occupations In the country
therefore to confer aid on some 1t the
general expense vsOlstes that equality
~hich the constitution sought to estsb.
lish. Il is much easier for Z corporation
or IN iudividuA TO grow rich when sub.
sidized b. the government Or protected
from competition. Every subsidy grant
ed incrsaees the numhsr OF applicants.
Like protection tor the aake of protec-
tio". there Il no sssisfsing the demsnds
OF thnse who would thrive uif the boun.
" Of the government. u il viciona
policy, and IL unchecked will grow 10
alarming proportions.
The republican party in ite sdminis.
trasion Of the federal government hae
never represented the people II has al
wsss represented capital, not the people.
In 1878 Il d~monesizrd silver in The in
trr.st ot capital. ami hss IL thr same III.
tssess practically d-moustized il sgsin
hv The sct of July. 1890 It's protective
policy is sn incubus upon the general
prosperity of shr country. Il stimulates
70 an inordinatc degree the specisl in
dustries y hich II protects. causing over
production (, ~ ndicates, trusts, strikes
aud iockouss; /; hence . constant fis,ur
hsnce ~ values
The people are looking % he demo-
cratic pssts for teIief tom Tire c's-s sex-
islstinn sud prrfligscy ~ repuhlican
rule The democratic cause j. the peo-
pie. cause II the dem cratic party
would retain The coz 6ience and sup-
port of the people u must be ggressive-
" courageous in support OF its princi-
pIes. The democrats OF Indians will
keep the faith Isaac r. GRAY.