Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-30

INFINITELY greater when tbo.a ,ha
oeaf the commission OF vow, 49,
mus provo faithless TO highest 49,
i. heea not rccite the successiv. stens
tbr., n,a'erial and banefui alteration,
,a,, -. me mouse bill. passed into a
sI,,nat ss'e'uay morning, without the
ssisnaiuie and approval Of r. nreet-
uent' VINO waa elected upon no tss,,o
~ u. 'ailn reform and who anticinated az
ny signal triumph and historic achie,e-
,lieht OF MS administration M. nrf,d-
iebe OF aifixing his name 10 a renu,na
fnslorn Dill. You know by what in
nuenNes ms was brought about. The
e ,,,y Knows and history will know
,,ar., 10 put the responsibility for our
p".tl"i ieilure to redeem our pledras
20 me people and our partial faiii,ra II
SSlsiouse the great privileged Interests
.ioih our tarin. am not sure that thIs
10y lailure may not be the harbinaer
ono assurance OF speedier and more
Sonlpiete triumph of commercial FREQ
uoIn than the smooth and unobstructoa
passage OF the house bill would have
"The American people are aroused =.
hardly anything else could have arons,
ed them, to the deadly menace which
protection begets to the purity ana
MI, MI very existence OF free government
Ihey nave seen single great trust en-
powered by our tariff laws TO central
tne production and sale OF a necessarv
or life, parcelling out the country win
us partners and using its law-made
wealth and power TO thwart the hest
ehorts OF the people to reduction IN
their own taxation. They have seen
hold up congress for weeks and
lizard their representatives. boldly de-
olhre that there would be no lerlsIn-
ton were It's interests opposed. Tbev
have realized the fulhllment OF maj
hoast When the sugar trust thus chai-
iehees the American people to a con-
test OF strength its days are NUM-
pereu. It's temporary triumph IL its
speedier and more complete overthrow.
and with its own hand Will vannuish
its own sister brood OF monopoiies thar
are strong through its efforts. There
IS a brighter side to this picture. With
al It's manifold failures, its Anal re-
tention OF many protective duties. It's
opleetlonable sugar legislation, she bill
carries In 1t very substantial relief
TO the people. and must be accepted as
substantial beginning Of thorough
and progressive tariff reform. 1t means
cheaper clothing, cheaper tools, Chef per
pottery and many other necessities
Tor the people. 1t means f-eer and
larger commerce with those nations
that buy our farm products, and cen
sequently larger and better markets
for our farmers.
Tt means a transfer Of some OF the
burdens of government from what goes
out for the daily purchase Of the neces-
saries OF life to that which comesA in
over and above the mount needed for
such purchases. If we denounce some
OF its duties and rates, Il is because
what may be much lower than the
duties and rates OF the Mckinley bill
are yet enormitles IN a Democratic
but. as the president wen said, we
have gained a vantage ground from
which we shall continue to shell the
camp of monopoly, The day of mad
protection is over in this country; Nc
k1nleyism will disappear as dark
and hldeous blight from our statute
books. The fight will go on, not, maybe
in such engagement and struggle as
we have Just passed through. but
steady and reslstless pressure viii take
one after another Of the stronsholds
of privilege until all shall disappear
before the advance of public opinion
and public emancipation. | have dwelt
at some length on these phases Of our
tariff struggles which are naturally
and properly uppermost in the mind
of every genuine Democrat We have
\
ings as measured by the highest stand
ard Of our own principles and profess
sions. We have a right to hold our
faithless servants TO their responsible
duty and party fidelity placed upon
them.
"But all of this does not imply dis
satisfaction with our own party as a
whole. or distfust MS 10 It's meanings
and Intentions II the closeness OF the
vote In one house OF congress gave OPP
portunity for a Few 10 combine against
the people and against all the rest of
their party and obstruct its faithful ef-
forts TO redeem Its pledges, the over
whelming mass Of the democrats In the
are subject to no just criti-
cism.
"They have kept the faith, They have
besn true to their principle. We may
ourselves denounce or bitterly condemn
those that failed US In this fight. We
are not therefore SUBJECT 20 cordemna-
ton by our opponents. II we have
done less in the way Of relieving the
peoples burden than we had hoped and
promised, they have done nothing at
all. If we have anywhere uncovered
trust and found 1t too strong for our
complete dislodgement In the first at
tempt we have never failed to find
them sturdily and solldly arrayed for
its demise. The weapons with which
monopoly has fought Us, they have
forged and tempered and supplied. The
entertainments and fortresses behind
which privilege has shielded itself from
our attack they have builded for It.
stone by stone and stronghold by
stronghold"
Strong resolutions were adopted in
dorsing Mr.. Wilson's course in con-
gresa.