The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-15
TIE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION.
WASHINGTON, D. G.,
March 4, 1893. 4 o'clock p. m.

driven to the white house. The new sem
ate. has organized and John Martin has
been sworn in with other new senator's.
For the first time for over thirty years
the democratic party has now full con-
troll of every branch Of our federal gov
ernment. The presidents inaugural
address is brief, plain and bold. fittings
down the political gauntlet before the
Peoples party in true Cleveland style.
There is no mistshng it's full import
and true significance. A wayfaring man,
though a fool, may read and easily in
terpret it. 1t is an anti-Populist, gold
bug document. He says:
Manifestly nothing is more vital to our
supremacy as nation and to the benehcent
purposes Of our government than sound
and stable currency. It's exposure to degra-
dation should at once arouse to activity the
most enlightened ststesmanship; and the
danger Of depreciation in the purchasing
power Of the wages paid TO toll should fur
nish the strongest incentive to prompt and
conservative precaution.
In dealing with our present embarrassing
situation as related TO this subject, we will
be wise if we temper our confidence and
faith in our national strength and resources
with the frank confession that even these
will not permit Us to defy with impunity
the ineXorRble laws Of finance and trade.
At the same time in our efforts to adjust
differences Of opinion, we should be free
from intolerance Of passion, and our judg-
ments should be unmoved by slluring
phrases and unvexed by selfish interests.
| am confident that such an approach to
the subject will result in prudent and effect
i've remedial legislation. In the meantime,
30 far Rs the executive branch Of the govern
ment can intervene, none Of the powers
with which it is invested will be withheld
when this exercise is deemed necessary to
maintain our national credit or avert inRn-
oial disaster.
Closely related to the exaggerated conf
denOe in our oountry'S greatness which
tends to disregard of the rules of national
safety, another danger confrOnts US, not less
serious. refer to the prevalence of popu-
lar disposition to expect from the operation
OF the government especial and individual
advantages.
The verdict of our voters which con-
demned the injury of maintaining protec-
tion for protection's sake, enjoins upon the
peoples servants the duty of exposing and
destroying the brood of kindred evils which
are the unwholesome progeny Of paternal-
ism. This is the bsne Of republican institu-
Eons and the constant peril Of our
government by the people. Il degrsdes to
the purposes Of willy craft Che plan Of rules
our fathers established and bequeathed to
us as an object Of our love and veneration.
II perverts the patriotic sentiment Of our
Oountrymen, and tempts them to a pitiful
calculation Of the sordid gain TO be derived
from their governments maintenance. It
undermines the self-reliance Of our people,
and substitutes in its place dependence
upon governmental favoritism. II stiles
the spirit of true AmeriCanism and stupe6es
every ennobling trait Of American citizen
ship. The lessons Of paternalism ought TO
be learned and the better lesson taught,
that while the people should patriotically
and cheerfully support their government, its
functions do not include the support Of the
people.
The New York statesman is greatly ex-
ercised over government control" of
anything. 1 am somewhat surprised that
he does not inveigh against our postal