Morris tribune., 1892-11-02

90 Our State.
WHIP OUT FUSIONISTS
The approaching national election il
in many respects unprecedented in the
history of the country.
Since the foundation of the govern
ment the great tariff issue has never
been more sharply defined, nor pre-
sented in a clearer form to the people
for their PEACEABLE decision.
For the first time since Washington
was insugurated as the first president
of the United States, the people must
decide not only whether protection to
American industries is, in the light of
our national experience beneficial to the
people, but also whether the maj velous
growth and progress of the country are
achievements wrought outside of the
pale Of the organic law of the nation.
The very framework of our financial
and monetary system, upon which
rests safely the prosperity of our homes,
has never been more recklessly assailed.
Never before has the protecting veil
of secrecy been SO generally and effect
lively thrown around the ballot box in
the United States Never was a ma
tional election SO pre-eminently and
emphatically direct appeal to the con-
science and the untrammeled Judgment
of the individual citizen. -~s.e-
And dark cloud of sorrow and per-
sonal affection hangs over the national
capital, embracing every home in the
land in its somber shadow. The glaring
light of the torch is mellowed, the
shouting voice is hushed and stilled,
while the pathetic, mournful strains of
the dirge touch the sympathetic heart
Of generous people
But the course of events cannot be
arrested by any individual bereave-
ments, however untoward and severe,
The people must perform their duty to
the country. The example of the grand,
noble man watching for so many weary
hours at the deathbed of his beloved
suffering wife, yet discharging his
duties tohis country, quietly, unostenta-
tiously, without murmur, will deepen
the sense of responsibility of the people,
and quicken their instincts of right and
justice.
Unfortunately for the cause of
healthy political development, a very
large minority of the people of Mime
sofa are denied the privilege of fighting
the electoral battle on we'll defined lines
this year. The issues, so clearly and
sharply drawn, the managers of the
Democratic party and the Peoples
party have either abandoned or be-
clouded. Every principle Of honor and
established party tradition has been
sacrificed by these tricksters and politi-
cal mountebanks. Without consulting
their own followers they concocted in
secrecy a conspiracy of fusion as a
means of furthering their own personal
ambitions. Their action is disgrace
to the state and rank insult to the
rank and file of the betrayed parties.
Every honest adherent of the Demo-
cratic party as well as every believer in
the professions of the Peoples party now
finds himself robbed of his liberty of ac-
ton. The law guarantees him the
right to vote for such men and meas
ures as are in accord with his political
views.
But the Democrats and Peoples party
followers in this state have been de-
prived of this right by their own leaders.
The only manly and honorable course
left open to them is to punish the trait
ors at the polls.
If TIP fusion on the electoral ii cket is
disgrace to the commonwealth, the
fusion on the legislative ticket is an un-
paralleled insult to every taxpayer.
The last legislature illustrates plainly
and forcibly what legislative fusion be-
tween Baker and Donnelly means.
The voters of this state cannot and
will not support fusion candidate for
the legislature, unless they approve Of
the record Of the legislature of 1891.
If the farmers desire a legislature
which will block all meritorious legisla-
ton intended for their benefit, as did
the last legislature, which will squander
another $500, 600 of the peoples money
wantonly and recklessly and thus make
another increase of taxation unavoid-
able; which will add another $4,000 to
the legislative expenses for the personal
benefit of the fusion bosses and their
friends, tools and henchmen; which
will submit meekly to the dictation Of