The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-14
GOOD CAUSE FOR It.
Congressman Warner Sees There
is Great Discomfort,
And Says There is Plenty of
Reason for 1t.
POPULIST INCREASE.
He Says the Party Grows and
No Wonder.
POPULIST INCREASE.


said Hon. John Do Witt Warner in speak
ing Of the recent elections. AS to Oregon,
the figures so far indicate that the Demo
Gratis and POpulists together Outnumber
the Republicans, but the latter have a
large plurality over either of the former.
And what does IL signify? The only thing
that seems TO me tolerably certain is that
the Populists out west are growing at the
expense of both the other parties, and you
know what the usual rule is in the evolu-
ton of a party. AS soon as it gets large
enough to control elections here and there
or even to dictate TO the other parties it
acquires strength very rapidly for awhile
don't wonder 1T the increase OF the Pop
uIists. There is u great general discomfort,
and there is good cause for discomfort.
Their platform calls for a great many nos
trums in which l do not believe, but the
real meaning of il is discomfort. And who
can wonder at it with things going as they
are2 Here is the whole financial system
of the country gradually falling into chaos
and this congress making of itself specta-
Gle before high heaven. Here are men pro-
claiming that the national bank system
is the perfection of human reason, needing
only a few amendments, while the fact is
notorious and still fresh in the public
mind that the system was a teetotal fail
ure in furnishing any remedy during the
panic
When the Pinch Came.
Talk about elasticity They might
as We'll TALK ABOUT IL IN n SLra1I1dckeC-
The system works when there is no strain
on it, and SO would any other system, but
when the pinch came, why, New York had
to simply bolt the law and issue the clear
ing house certificates about which we have
been making all this fuss. Isn't it COM
ical-these men arguing here that the peo-
pie in state are not capable of managing
their currency, and SO the national bank
system must be rigidly maintained to keep
them from doing it, and yet when the day
of trial comes the national banks have to
do the very thing which these men say the
local men are not capable Of doing-that
is, issue a local currency?
AS have often pointed out, the banks
disregard the law whenever a stringency
arises and discount freely in spite of de-
pleted reserves, but the discussion is done
with, and the tax on state banks stands,
and now the question is, What next? The
Sugar trust has not got quite much
from the Democratic senators it did
from the Republicans, but it has got alto
gether too much and the people are discon-
tented 1t viii be up hill work to recon
Gle them to a renewal of the tax on sugar.
But why enlarge? / can only conclude as
1 began-that this Populist movement is
not to be taken for what is set forth in it's
voluminous platform, but rather gen
eral aggregate on of discomfort, and in that
character 1 look for it to accomplish a
great deal in the northwest and possibly
In few places south -
State Issues In the South
1t is scarcely necessary. to add that we
get from the south much more enthusiast
tic promises for the Populists, especially
from North Carolina. Mr.. Settle, the
lone Republican from the far south, is jul
bilant over the prospects and declares that
the fusion between Populists and Repub-
licans in his state is complete, and the
Democrats indirectly concede as much by
declaring that they will make the cam
paign entirely on state issues and thus
pillow around silver, hard times, low prices
inability to borrow money, Carlisle Cleve-
land and all the rest. The Republicans, on
the other hand, declare that the campaign
from start to finish will be national
issues, except that very vigorous fight
will be made in favor of a radical reform
in the voting system. They are arranging
things, says Mr.. Settle on the calculation
that congress viii adjourn late in July and
that the Alabama election, which will be
on the 9th of August, will furnish them
some valuable information. The present
arrangement Is that the Populists shall
nominate for state treasurer and chief
Justice or the supreme court and the Re
publicans for the three associate Justices
while similar divisions will be made in all
the counties according to relative strength
of the fusing parties. Tho Democrats
make no a,,empt to conceal their concern
and adInit that they are additionally
handicapped by internal discussions, espe-
cial-y by the redhot fight between Sena-
tor Jarvis and Senator Ransom. Never
thcless they rely upon the old and well
established habit of voting the ticket when
the time comes, regardless of previous
Quarrels.
Tariff Prospects.
The anxiety of house Democrats for I'M
mediate action in the senate has become
actually pathetic, and yet amusing The
very latest estimate is that there are still
six Republican senators who are eager to
maintain the fight If they have to talk till
the 4th of next March, and it is scarcely
necessary TO add that Messrs Hoar and
Chandler head the list At least 10, how
ever-and this includes all the silver sena-
tors-are.Fca to concede the vote when
ever the Democrats ask for it, and so Mr..
Aldrich admits that the end is near as OPP
position for mere delay is not justihable
after the passage of the bill is assured. 1t
Is now assumed, though no senator will
make himself responsible for the prophecy,
that the bill VIII be reported in full on the
18th inst and that no more than three or
Tour days viii then be consumed in voting
and talking on the various schedules, so
AZ viii probably reach the house on the
Esd Roughly speaking, there are three
parties among the Democrats in the house
one led by Mr.. Springer in favor of i'm
mediate acceptance of the senate amend
ments; another of which Mr.. Harter is
the most outspoken exponent, for reject
ing the thing outright on the ground that
II would be a greater burden to the party
than no bill at all, and a third which is
willing to accept all the senate's work ex-
cept the sugar schedule. And if the bill
rails, say the most experienced members,
sugar will be the cause of it. OF course,
they add-the Democrats, that is-that it
must not and shall not fail, and SO we may
now look forward to an early termination