The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-27

"nu stctlOhdl ulHefences, nor the slight
est wish TO cause any sectional feeling
The Southern men are men of intel
lectual power, men of intelhueuc,
and men Of learning. The difficult,
with them Is that the kind of learnjno
which arises from thorough knowledr :,
OF business as il is carried ON i'm th,
North Is entirely lacking Such learnin.
cannot be obtained from books. IL mus
be obtained from the experiences of or
dinary life. No Democrat who has been
brought IN contact with the great hives
OF industry IN the North, who has lived
Ia the midst OF them, who has witnessed
the prosperity which they have brough,
10 the country, could ever permit him
self, II left alone, to do ANYTHING
which would cause the destruction OF
business or the ruin of the industries
which he sees about him. While the
Southern man may have every opportu-
nity to read IN books of the PROSPERITY
which has come to the North he has
no conception of it such as those who
have lived in it. He is devoted to the
theories OF a.by-gone day. His mind is
hxed upon the principles which were
essential In the prosperity of his part
Oh the country in the days before the
| war.
During, that time the doctrines of free
trade took root and flourished, and there
nSs peen nothing In their experiences
Whlch has been sufficiently general 10
awaken or change their IDEAS. It is
true that some parts of the South have
been opened by the industrious hand
OF Northern toll, and the people there
nave acquired some ideas of what
the future OF their part of the country
VIII be N the proper system be main
tanned. But this is not general in the
south, and the result is that southern
men come TO Congress, controlling the
democratic party by reason OF their
majority, and endeavor To accomplish
results which are absolutely inconsistent
with the business interests of this cOiin-
try.
His analysis of the reason for Demo
cratic failure and incapacity to govern
is equally incisive and equally as un-
prejudiced.
The reason why the Democratic |
party has been failure is reason so |
simple that IL is a wonder that we did |
not understand more fully and COM
pletely that this result must take place. /
Ii was inevitable. The Democratic
party has had, in the last 30 years. no
underlying principle on which it was
united from one end Of the country To-
the other. This is not said as a reproach;
IL Is SAID simply as an historical fact.
That such should be the tact, also, is
entirely natural. A party which. has
oeen la the minority for n long period
ol time gathers together all the people
VINO are opposed TO the party actually i'm
Dower, and opposed for different reasons.
)lne and To take positive and affirmative
action themselves, that we begin To ,
ealize the tremendous diversity of
'pinion which was masked urder the
eeming unanimity OF opposition. That !
he lncapacity to control was so great as i
las been shown during the past year. no
ne ever dreamed. Not even the bitter
Sc enemy OF the Democracy ever proph-
SLED any such thing as has actually c
ecoine the history OF the country. r
hat they should fall short of an exhi- !.
ltion OF ability to run the country in a
tanner suitable and satisfactory to its s
eople seemed foregone conclusion n
ut that they should make failure i'm y
very way was something not TO be an
cipated.
And having summed up the party and
$ failure to govern, he points ont the
'medy. He is like the true physician. 81
aving diagnosed correctly the ailment b
prescribes the remedy. L
To again quote him "But you say. h
What is the remedy for all this? If the S,
II has been passed, what do you gi
oppose to do in regard to it?' In the W
st place, it is necessary that b'
is country should be kept where nj
is until something better can 81
done. 1t is necessary that at
3 people should interpose Just as ds
ey are surely going to interpose and
} that the House of Representatives is
such hands that neither its incompe-
ICY nor the incompetency of the Senate q.
all be source OF difficulty and of th
uble. OF course, aslong as the Presi- a.
lcy remains in Democratic control, no -,
ps can be taken to rectify what has G.
N wrongfully done in the Senate BILL Go
d, on the other hand, the future g.,
acks of such destroyers as Mills 20
Wilson may be warded off and -
country may have an opportunity to oof
mine the workings OF the bill to see 80
cisely what its defects are and then 49,
omplish whatever remedy is needful 49,.
bring the country back to the state a.
prosperity which it was in when a..
unfortunate black cloud of Demo- -
tic control passed over it. Tariff is -
mess, and must be treated in sen. 49,
o business way" ."e
he campaign begins auspiciously. 49,
Reed points out the true line of 80,
ck. 1t is not to be campaign of 80
operation and of taunts, but a cam .". 80
IN in which the issues will be fairly 49,
squarely presented, in which the ~ ~,.
parties shall be held up for honor. ~, ~.
comparison, in which facts not r.
y shall hold the balance of power N
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