The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14
STUPID POLITICIANS.
Pet sapssstitious Of Petsisst Rspablica~
MalcOntents


MAlc0ntsnts.
There Is q good deal Of solid. work.
able stupidity in politicians of all par
ties, despite the progress that has been
made in the last dozen years Gov. No
Kinlcy, for instance. has learned moth
ing by his experiences since he was
chairman 4 the committee of ways and
means in the house OF representatives
He has started in on his long and
tedious canvass of the state Of Ohio. on
the lines that he has followed 10 defeat
over and again since those days Of brief
and illusory triumph. He still will
have it that his tariff 10 not only benefi-
cent but popular, that it must not be
changed except in the direction OF
higher protection. that all the ills the
body polite Is heir TO are due TO the
democr attic party, and that the larger
part Of the voters Of the United States
are little better than fools led by men
little better than knaves. Like MIR.
Beechcrs dog, who barked himself to
state Of exhaustion at the mouth OF
the hole from which the woodchuck had
long before escaped, the governors
voice gives out the same vain, monot'
onous notes. and will continue to do SO
until November.
On the other hand. in the de mocratic
party there is a little faction of dis
gruntled politicians who set out some
eight years ago with the notion that
the American people would never toll
crate democracy unless It was thickly
yelled in protectiopist notions They
have seen protectionist notions carried
out TO their logical conclusions by the
republican party, they have seen them
rejected at a national election which.
for the first time in third OF q century,
placed the democratic party in power
in every branch Of the national govern
ment, and they have seen Mr. Cleve
lands manly honesty and candor ap
proved by the most striking popula,
victory won by any presidential candi
date since the war. But they cling &c
their superstition that protection Ia
still the policy most firmly upheld by
the American people. And since they
cannot forgive Mr.. Cleveland for hav'
ing made their gloomy predictions
ridiculous, they are now seeking to EN-
barrass him by calling upon him to de
mand sweeping reduction OF thu
tariff. without regard to the necessities
Of the rcasury-cherishing the fond
hope that in this way they can arouse
against him the popular protectionist
prejudice in which they continue to be
licve. They also, like the Mckinleys
Of the other side, have learned moth
ing, and keep up their tiresome bark
ing before the empty hole.
But while politicians, whose cuisines
it is 70 know what the people really
wish. manifest this persistent stupidity
the great body of the people OF the
United States are guided by common
sense. Just now they are not worry
ing themselves much about protective
tariff legislation, and still less about
partisan politics The future is q little
doubtful to all. and TO some gloomy
There is time enough to think OF legis
lation when congress meets and par
tisan politics can wait even longer
But when occasion arises II will b'
found that public opinion Is definitel.
settled as to two things-one, thct tn
merely protective element shall b
cleaned out of the tariff as rapidly ant
thoroughly as circumstances will per
init, and the other that the require
ments Of revenue shall be duly consid
cred and provided for. And for these
things they will trust the presiden
aud congress Y. Times