The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-23

William Iss WshD0u On - ues0es -
Democrats.
In a letter to the press from WASH
inpton William l.. Wilson, OF West
Virginia. chairman Of the COMMITTEES
ON ways and means. gives his views OF
the causes OF democratic defeat In the
recent election. After declaring that
Il is neither discreet nor dignihed
thing for n member OF . defeated
party to attempt to explain his own Or
his party's defeat, he says:
None the less however. II Is the duty OF tho
democratic party after such reverse TO mako
. deliberate, honest and unsparihs se,u''ny
into the causes and forces which wrought its
overthrow and into the condition on when ~
mas gain its ascendency with the American
people.
Undoubtedly there were local influences 10
there were individual csndidaci and factionai
fights, that contributed TO and emphasized tho
general result. but IL must be admitted that
there were strong forces everywhere operative
that really shaped and brought about tnas re-
suit And the greatest OF all these forces was
the severe Industrial depression that Tor
year or more past has hardened the lot ana
made anxious the lives OF large section Of
our people. Hard times Is an enemy before |
which no political party In America has ever
been able TO make successful stand wnen Ia
power
..This IL and perhaps always will be. q weak
noint In popular government. When labor IL
out OF employment when farm products are iow'
when our financial system Is disorganized tho
wisest administration OF government ana the
most wholesome laws do not avail 70 save
party from temporary and disastrous over
throw. Moreover the whole teaching OF the
protective system trains men 70 depend not on
individual effort. the plain virtues OF Industry
thrift ana temperance. for business prosperity
. and material comfort but on governments aio
lar aofc
LET me add also. that We. together with All
our progressive nation. are now passing
through an era OF change. OF unrest anu o!
. somewhat tumultuous agitation. Inc rspao
adoption OF the great instruments OF MODERN
Industry and trade. the complete revolution
q which these are bringing about In production
Y and distribution. their steady obiteration OF
. immemor,al handcrafts, their dislocation OF
: many tndustries-al OF these toeetner Win
the unsettled relations between labor ana
CAPITAL have swept US into an era where TOT
h some years 1t may be Increasingly dimcuit TOT
ANY one party to hold on to the federal govern
!, ment for any long time
/" without attempting 10 apporuon the re-
sponsibility OF the hard times between the Two
parties and stoutly disclaiming any large
share OF IL for the democratic party, pass
p from these CONGRATULATIONS TO the second point
FL and that is the defeat OF tarin reform. 90
"a not believe the people rebuked or oiscarueo
20 tariff reform in their action last Tuesday. fol
"a when | look over the whole country do moi
es find that 10 have been the common ground o
ID their action. No question was ever SO wen ah'
m so thoroughly fought out in popular discussion
before them as the question OF reforming am
re reducing the tariff. In every campaign, iron
ny that of 1850 to that OF 1892, IL has been IN
IT. great issue. and in every campaign eNcep
~, that OF 1858 the democratic party mas won
. decided victory that issue 10 cohtehe
- therefore. that the people nave no" enas''se
the democratic party for doing what they pu
,n,a ,ha,r mower % do i to question their hol
es,y and intelligence ....
III they have inflicted chastsement pecaus
A of It's dealings with the taria IL mas pee
rather because the party did not carry OF
with sufficient promptncss ana thoIouEnhe
ay ,be work they committed to II. ana hecau'
.n tsey have held the whole party rcsponsi lie y
"a the action OF a few OF its representative
~" thwarting. delaying and maimins this gre
pal work The long and indefensiole ueiay III y
es- senate the sinister suspicious that gather
around certain schedules and duties Us IN
are framed-nowhere more vigorously
's' nounced Than In the democratic press u
A. entire eountry-kindled "a disappointment
aid a disgust among the rank ana HE OF the par
ers that led to apathy and even misluoeed nos''
"a Is in the recent elections.
M ~ is hazardous Of course. TO Indulge
IN hvpothetics. but have no DOUBT that nau
ow bill which passed the house on the hrst oay
ere February passed the senate as early rs Ap
;rrr or MAY in substantially Its original shape
'"s ~.sult IN Missouri. and many other sections
the country would have been reversed ana
to democratic party might even nave weather
ars the Industrial storm with credit II mol ~
ua cess -
ne Not only did this long delay and the mu
en-. ,.,,,p a. tho house bill chill and anger :
,me democratic Masses but II kept the busint
and Of the country In the torture OF suspense =
-. .,,certainty thus hardening and exssperati
i"P the crisis. and storing up wrath nsaihs. I.
cry Whole party for the actions OF small numt
a
nv passed though a vast improvement on
~. Mckinley bill. was still so obnoxious Ia 20
Wy Of its features that the president allowed !.
oecome q law without his signature ana ~ =
two heen In operation too short time peiore
nth elections for the peop'o
Il = efts. .s., 90,
Try. reform has suffered q defeat, becausei nave
anywhere found republican canuiaA'es ="
tho eating n repeal OF the law. Ihey nave
,ounred IL in general and detained agar
ron come rates which they deemed locally ouJ
IAN tionable. but nowhere presented an amrlnas
nlatform demanding its repeal ana return
a.. nrior conditions In tarin reform, as ia
!, forms generally. IL Is the nrst step INA, -
mat harsest and have always commended Ia
nich cress and on the hastings that II we couid
.use make a substantial breach In the protec'
II system the first reform and It's visible pene
III, would carry them TO graduai osc'.n'o"
'uay tho entire system without any genera nt
few Ton such as must precede and marx u !
ayes victory and without the turmoil ana unceis :.
,,ass ~ which array against such movement
the part OF the business coimuh"y ~
raw breads nothing so much as change
Iaily Nv ,sss let up hope the present clouds
work. ready breaking. viii have vanished from
oolx. .Sies the new bill will then have shown
merits The temporary scare ana resen ny,
against IL will have spent their force anu
'eral ne, believe the republican programme VIII
for it's repeal and relapse to Mckinley
and mad protection Every one knows
}. such reaction would not mean 90 ne
,~.r. struggle
SOME ONE who is posted has ira
need the ancestry of the car OF Russia
Co.. 6nds that only one-sixty-fourth OF
e by blood is Russian. The rest is uerH
new The same proportion holds good in
r the English royal family. The GER
The blood is the ruling blood OF Protest.
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