The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-07-23

has no politics, aside from being in
harmony with the national and state
authorities that can grant him pro-
| lection to his life and his property
interests In the golden age OF the
republic, during Washington admin
istration, troops had to oe called into
the field to suppress Shay's rebellion,
and this discomfort among the unfor-
tunate classes has continued to the
present date. There were more
'strikes" during ClevelanG's incum-
| bency of the executive chair than
since Harrison was inaugurated, and
to-day there is a more equal distribu-
ton of wealth than at any period of
the history of the United States.
Want and starvation did not cause the
strike at Homestead or in the Ceur
d'Alene mines, and many of those who
| lead these disturbances received better
wages than the editors of Democratic
papers. 1t was not a question of
excepting the wolf from the door" as
in European countries; but simply
whether the AmalgamatedSteel associa-
tlons should rule the works, who fur
nished the labor, or Mr.. Carnegie, who
inaugurated the factory and furnished
the capital. Our citizens are charita-
BILE in every sensr of the word,
and if there was want and
(! destitution either IN Pennsylvania or
in Northern Idaho there would
have been a generous response over
the country. Liberal wages are paid
| in both these places, and in many in
stances laborers owned their homes and
drove to their work in their carriages.
1t was very unlike the late riots in the
capital of Prussia, where starving men
rlsked life to procure bread for their
families. Furthermore, the iron and
steel industries of the United States
were brought into existence by the
protective policy of the Republican
party, and the exorbitant wages of
$3.50 and 1915 a month were made
possible by the patriotism of that or
ganization. One can easily imagine
the result if free-trade had been in
operation. There would have been no
employment for these men, and they
would have been in the army of tramps
or working for mere pittance. 1t is
only the old conflict, which has waged
since the world began, between labor
and capital, and always will continue.
No political organization is responsible
for it, and it is entirely governed by the
innate sel6shness, in all relations of
life, of the human race.
If the Telegram desired to be fair
and honest it would acknowledge this
fact; but it is Democrat of Demo
Gratis, and attempts to maze point
by laying all these inequalities in
human society to the Republican party
and the doctrine of protection. This
it knows to be untrue, because the
editor is intelligent and is conversant
with the facts of history. But it is
possible that votes may be changed to
Cleveland by this detestable plan of
shystering, which would disbar any
lawyer if he attempted the practice in
police court. If the Telegram hon
estly believes that the Republican
press and party have favored capital
in preference to labor, tyranny
against freedom, and right as OPP
posed to wrong, let it produce
evidence. We challenge it to
the contest, and will willingly
acknowledge our error when
it fulfills its duty. Until that
time, for the honor of journalism,
which moulds public opinion, it should
be ashamed to publish prevaricatlon
and misrepresentation IN order to
make its party the champion of the
laborer. The people think, and have
read the history of Democracy-its
opposition to human freedom in this
country and to the homestead law and
all measures which gave homes to
American citizens, and its earnest sup
port of slaveocracy and the rule of
classes against honest labor