The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-08


or to law with Great Britain. it recoils with
horror from results like these. An impartial
survey of the field and terms of these reciproci-
~ negotiations will show that the objective
point Of this policy is not bales or barrels.
but bsllots. 1t is not designed TO eject foreign,
but domestic affairs the purpose OF this d.
plomacy is not commercial. but political. The
whole purpose is TO divert the attention of the
people from the excessive extortiors aud ex-
actions OF the present tariff, coupled with the
design also to aggrandize the official position
and partisan prestige OF its founder and
author.
The Homs Market Fraud.
Under the provisions Of the Mckinley bilh
most solemnly promised. pledged. vowed
and declared that as reciprocity was TO furnish
markets abroad for our farm products, protee-
ton was 70 provide at home an increase Of both
work and wages for labor. Both these prom
ises have failed, yet would not misrepresent
the known effects of the policy of political
opponents. Nothing is gained by denial OF
such effects. Let US be frank. There has been
both an increase of wages and work for one
class OF employes-ths PinkertOn detectives
Strikes, troubles, collisions, especially in the
protected industries, have abOunded and this
armed militia OF monopoly subsisted. fed,
clothed, paid by the fund derived from the tar
id taxes, these with their masters have been tho
chief beneficiaTies. Much has been said about
the assaults, ARRAYS and violent murders which
sometimes attend the administration Of our
internal revenue laws. Our external rev
enue laws produce much wider and more
murderous conflicts and disasters. These hire
ling personal guards, these isnizaries OF the
sutans OF protection, have al the insignia OF
espionage. tyranny and despohsm. Tbeek
bloodstained protectors of protection are for
hidden by law to set foot in Indiana. This in
terdict ought TO be enforced throughout the
union, throughout the world. The benign
forces, influences and agencies of PinkertoD
aud Mckinley have joined together TO protect
American labor by delivering II TO wouDdl
and death. So, n like manner, this admins
tration carries into effect Its pretended estab-
lished policy Of using and coming silver and
gold in equal parity as money by coming no.
publican leader who, it is said. has,
like Caesar, once and again refused
the offered crown of his ambition.
of whom il is said he would rather make q
| president than be one. II 1t be so, then, that
| this chieftAin like another Atlas will bear the
| world of republicanism upon his shoulders. les
the lift and carriage be tair-let not this labor
! be assisted by the spurious preteXt that q mar
/ ket has been found for the great surplus prod
ucis of the farmers of the United States in
! Guatemala or Honduras. 1t was and has been
! our earnest desire on this side of the chamber
when the very eminent statesman who has
charge of the department of state took pos
| session of that high trust that il might have
| been said of him said OF another secre-
| tary in another age: THE secretary stood
alone, modern degenerscy had not touched
| him; without corruption he made q venai age
unanimous"
A Purely Political Scheme.
But there is nothing in the past history OF
career Of such a one that might induce fair
minded man to come to other conclusions than
that the present raid for reciprocity may have
for its chief end the promotion of himself aud
the very numerous political clientage which
| follows his fortunes. We may recollect time.
not too remote for human memory when
| representative from one OF the states IN the
| group called New England was chosen presiding
| officer of the other branch of congress; chosen
for three successive terPs to that high posi-
ton. 1t a period OF stirring adventure
| of large subsidies, of IMMIGRANTS, OF unlimited
| government aids and subventions TO coporate
| projects and enterprises 1t we'll
marked in congressional annals as being
time when parliamentary motions;
questions and orders FIRST acquired
q monetary appraisement The motion TO
amend. the motion TO commit, the motion TO
adjourn, each had its quota0le rates upon
ehange-its exact financial equivalent That
preliminary Inquiry, Shall the main question De
now put? had new meaning. fresh slgnlh-
canoe Ii is not to be wondered at that If amid
these marvellous transformations that meta
phorical piece of furniture called the chair
became solid silver. The plain wooden gavek
became a pure and lustrous chrysolte gemmed
with the costiest jewels-the person who held
IT, reputed 10 have been q cousin or q very near
relative of Lazarus, took upon himself the form
and substance, the sumptuous ralment and
riches of Dives. Daring all that time
then as now, the ears of the public were
deafened with the Hottest profess
sions of patriotic zeAl-of love unfeigned, of dis
interested, unselhsh devotion TO the generaA
welfare. But the real life and action OF these
great predatory chieftsins of the floor and
| lobby did studio lsiY avoid all ostentation, did
most carefully shun even the appearances OK
display or publicity. The campaign for pelf.
at oroes purposes with the sOnorous political
| crusade was diligently prosecuted In ali the
| unobtrusiye mystery Of haste. stealth and
| silence. After each successful assault OF the
parliamentary forces OF Mammon upon the
national treasury there were 8 thousand tongues
| that sylabled the theme, how there might have
been found hidden away in the tent oil Aehsns
| hard by the speakers frescoed chamber IN the
capitol more than one goOdly Babylonish gar
ment and wedges OF gold, very precious
1t IL little curious to note how
| many of these ancient caterans who once
trod the paths Of gain aud glory, who were sup
| posed long ago to have departed pubic me-
| who were thought to be dead, who were knoSn
TO be buried, have revisited the gllmpses OF the
moon and are now seated in pleasant places
within easy reach of the comfortable Warmth
of the treasury hearth. These revisitng states
men for the last three years have appeared In
like ratio the surplus has disappeared. Inc
whole atmosphere of the departments IS redo
lent OF their return, We are reminded in the
most lively manner at every step Of their former
splendor their subsequent decadence and their
present renaissance and restoration. Oh, Il VIII
be said. this is only "reminiscences OF past
. long fed, but il is 4 ghostly past, full OF
strange. wandering. uncanny sprItes' 70 me
number OF which one more will soon be aoOeus
Then, by shading the eyes With the hand snd
looking eomeWh hat steadfast!y, We shall De aole
! plainly enough to perceive among the throns
of these spectre phantoms that wi!l-o' the-Wisp,
the false the fitting. fleeing. vaporinR, VAN
glorious sprite the wrath Of reciprocity. FOR
| II these international tariff laws be not those
entanelfng alliances against which the wlsest OF
our patriot fathers have warned US, they have
in them many of the elements thereof. Besides
the course of public conduct In the AFFAIRS OF
the world mas been such rs TO show II 10
be final rule of national action that
} each government has deemed 1t best 10 levy
and oolleo. the taxes which constitute It's rev
enue upon its own people in Its own way. Ihis
is certainly In closest accord with the genius OF
our institutions the spirit of our people, and
, with that perfect law OF liberty which VIII
ultimately apportiOn the public burdens after
; such manner AZ the rights and interests oil the
many, not of the few, may justly require ana
demand. ~
!, At the conclusion Of Mr.. Turples re-
marks the resolution was adopted.
What n Pity
That 60 many otherwise attractive. polite
and particular people afiict their friends