Marble Hill press., 1892-03-03
DEMOCRATIC MATTERS.
M.KiNLEv's DEMAND.

M'KiNLEY'S DEMAND.
o. ceafss He L. Anxious to Stop All
Discussions Of His hill.
) The esteemed organs of mutual
= line sermonize from the text fur
{ ted them by Mr. Mckinley when
y made the profound observation
that the Judgment Of the people does
not approve the constant agitation of
the tariff issue in the face of the fact
that it can accomplish nothing"
Without stopping to consider the
eermoaa says the St Louis Republic
We will confine ourselves to the text
which is sufficiently absurd to indicate
the nature of the sermons on it The
only reliable way Of getting the judg-
ment OF the people is through the
ball0t-box. and as they have expressed
themselves there it was emphatically
in favor OF continuing the exposure of
the crimes and follies OF the Mckinley
bill until its repeal is enforced. This
b what the majority of the people
voting since the passage OF the bill
have said in every instance, but even
if it were otherwise, the right of ap-
peal to the majority would remain
and any minority, however small
could 60 on in the exercise of it. con-
fident that in the end right will win
in its appeal to the majority, no mat
ter how small the minority. who as
attorneys for the right plead its case
before the bar where under our sys-
tenn OF government injustice. with
law on its side, is called to account
Mr.. McKinley's thought in cballeng-
ing this right OF appeal is entirely
un-American and alien. 1t is the
spirit in which the Mckinley bill was
forced through house which had
'ceased to be deliberative body"
under the Reed dictatorship
In protesting against the discussion
of his bill, Mr.. Mckinley urged fur.
ther that discussion should be aban-
doned lin the face of the fact that it
can accomplish nothing"
1t is true that the veto of the most
radical and bigoted partisan is in the
way OF reform at present but every
time falsehood is exposed and a
wrong denounced something is ac-
complished Every one who knows
the Mckinley bill knows that it can
not stand after it has been exposed
and it's manifold frauds and follies
made plain to the people. Even if the
odds against it were tenfold greater,
something can be accomplished, every
thing can be accomplished by keep.
ing the truth constantly before the
people. No plea for silence that the
author and benefciaries of the bill can
make can be entertained There can
be no cessation in the exposure OF it
until this most fraudulent and iniquit-
Gus Of all measures of wrongful taxa
ton for enriching the rich and In
poverishing the poor is stricken from
the statute books and left without the
poor pretext of legality to cover the
nakedness Of its infamous injustice.
It cannot long survive exposure. II
the coming congress searches out the
trusts and other conspiracies which
have been formed under it, and sends
to the Republican senate and president
anti-conspiracy bills for the removal
of the taxes which protect conspiracy.
the veto of the Republican president
will only make more certain the re-
peal of the bill as a whole.
1t is perfectly natural that Mr.. Nc
Kinley should oppose free speech anc
wish to choke the discussion of thi,
measure, but however keenly he MAY
feel the exposure of it his desire TO
silence cannot be gratifed The righ
of the poorest as of tho richest Of tn
American people 10 their earning
smust be re-establishei; the wron,
through which the earnings Of tn
!. country's workers are taken fror
them and given to those who have nc
earned must be overthrown. Silenc
is impossible Free speech must con
tinue. The truth must be told. Tn
fight for justice must be made and won