Evening journal., 1893-03-04

when their exercise is deemed necessary
to maintain our national credit or avert
financial disaster.
The Evils Of Paternalism.
Closely related to the exaggerated con-
fdence In our countrys greatness which
lends TO a disregard Of the rules Of ma
tional safety another danger confronts
us not less serious. refer to the preva
lence of popular disposition to expect
from the operation of the government
especial and direct individual advantages
The verdict of our voters, which con-
demned the injustice of maintaining pro
lection for projections sake, enjoins upon
the peoples servants the duty of
exposing aud destroying the brood
Of kindred evils which are
the unwholesome progeny of pater-
nalism This Is the bane of Republican
Institutions and the constant peril of our
government by the people. II degrades
TO the purposes Of willy craft the plan Of
rule our fathers established and
bequested to us as an object of our love
ana veneration. It perverts the patriotic
sentiment of our countrymen and tempts
them to pitiful calculation Of the sor
did gain to be derived from their govern
ments maintenance IL undermines the
self reliance of our people, and substi
tutes ia its place dependence upon
governmental favoritsm. It STILES the
spirit of true Americanism aud Supplies
every ennoblipg trait of American
citizenship.
The lessons Of paternalism ought to be
unlearned and the better lesson taught,
that while the people should patriotic
ally and cheeriully support their gov
eminent, its functions do not include
the support Of the people The accept
ance OF this principle leads to a refusal
of b0unties and subsid, ,es, which burden
the labor and thrift of a portion of our
citizeus, to aid ill-advised or languish
ing enterprises in which they have no
concern.
Reckless Pension Expenditure.
1t leads also to a challenge of wild and
reckless pension expenditure, which
overleaps the bounds of grateful recog
milton Of patriotic service and prostitutes
TO vicious uses the peoples prompt and
generous impulse 10 aid those disabled
in their countTy's defense Every
thoughtful American must realize the
Importance Of checking at its beginning
any tendency in public or private station
to regard irugality ana economy as vir-
tues which we may safely outgrow The
liberation of this idea results in the
waste of the peoples money by their
C cLosen servants, and encourages prodi.
gality and extravaganza in the home life
OF our countrymen.
Trusts Inconsistent with American Prin-
ciple.
The existence Of immense aggrega-
tions Of kindred enterprises and com
bination of business interests formed for
purpose of limiting production and
liking prices is inconsistent with the fair
field which ought 10 be open to every
independent activity. Legitimate strife
in business should not be superseded by
an enforced concession to the demands
of com binations that have the power to
destroy, nor should the people to be
served lose the benefit of the cheapness
which usually results from wholesome
com petition To the extent that they
can be reached and restrained by federal
| power the general government should re
| lieve our citizens from their interference
I and enactions. Loyalty to the principles
/ upon which our government rests, posi-
lively demands that the equality before
the law which it guarantees to every
citizen should be justly and in good faith
conceded in all parts of the land.
The Tariff.
II in lifting burdens from the daily
life Of our people, we reduce inordinate
and unequal advantages too long enjoyed,
this is but a necessary incident of our
return to right and justice If we exact
from unwilling minds an acquiescence in
/ the theory of an honest distribution of
the fund Of governmental benefcience
treasured up for all, we but insist upon
a principle which underlies our free
institutions. When we tear aside the
delusions and misconceptions which have
blinded our countrymen to their condition
under vicious tariff laws, we but show
them how far they have been led away
from the path of contentment and pr os-
perity.
Anxiety for the redemption of the
pledges which my party has made, and
solictude for the complete justification
Of the trust the people have reposed in
us cOnstrain me to remind those with
whom / am to co operate that we can
succeed in doing the work which has
been especially set before us only by the
most sincere harmonious and disinter.
tsted effort.
Assuming Great Responsibility.
The oath / now take to preserve, pro
tect and defend the constitution of the
United States, not only impressively de-
fines the great responsibility assume
but suggests obedience to constitutional
commands as the rule by which my
official conduct must be guided / shall
to the best or my ability and within my
sphere of duty, preserve the conststu
tion by Loyalty protecting every grant OF
federal power il contains by defending
all its restraints when attacked by i'm
patience and restleasness and by enforc
ing its limitations and reservations in
favor of the states and people.
l find much comfort in remembering
that my countrymen are just and gener
Gus. aud in the assurance that they vii
not condemn those who by sincere devo
tion 10 their service derive their forbear
ance and approval Above all, 1 know
there is a Supreme Being who rules th'
affairs Of men and whose goodness anC
mercy have always followed the Ameri
can people, and know He will not turI
from us now, il we humbly and rever