Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-07-31

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Coxey represents the same idea,
in different dress, which controls
Sherman, 'Pugh, Morgan, Hill,
Hoar, etc. What is it, Simply
that the government must take
care of can aggregation of in
terests," and every separate in
terest is trying to get into the ag-
gregation. Coxcy is every whit
as good citizen and as true a
statesman as Justice White of the
supreme bench. AS senator, Mr..
White worked might and main to
put tariff on sugar. He even
fingered in the senate after his
appointment to the supreme bench
to work for tariff on sugar, when
he was largely interested in dol
lars and cents. CoXey wants the
government to take care of his
crowd, give them something, and
that is what Mr.. White wanted.
Coxcy deserves less reprobation
than Mr.. White, because he never
betrayed trust, never used a
public Office to secure his person
al interests. Otherwise they are,
as to real patriotism, on an equal
footing. Mr.. Cleveland dis
counted all his high utterances
when he appointed tariff grab
Der to the supreme bench. For
many months the whole country
has been kept in suspense, while
the senate has been trading on
the tariff bill. No principle of
common justice has any chance
amidst this long drawn out econ
tention about an aggregation OF
interests. - Each senator is striv-
ing to secure some interest spe-
cial to himself or his constituent
cy. Patriotism, justice and hon
esty all lie dead on the altar OF
greed. How long can a govern
mcnt last when principle yields
to party and patriotism to gold
This pcrnicious, unending "con-
tention about al aggregation of
interests takes Il new form of eX-
preston in the conduct of the
great parties of the country. The
contentious of politics arc not
about the great principles which
underlie governments, purity of
elections, polity in Office, NOR
al, intelligent citizenship, justice
and equality among citizens,
great social and political agencies
like the saloon, but about parties
and party success. Nearly all
the speeches made in Congress
are for party effect. And what
is still more striking, the trading
on the tariff, the struggles for
party advantage going on in
Washington to the displacement
of honest, Straightforward legisla
ton on the principles underlying
the government, are no longer
concealed nor sought to be con-
cealed. He is the best represent
ative who can get the most out
of the government for his section
and his friends. We have fallen
so low in this contention about
an aggregation of interests that
it is now a large part of a Con-
gressman's duty to get offices for
his friends, who in turn are eX-
pected to carry the people to the
polls like sheep to the shearer
and re-elect him to get other of
fees or continuance of the ones
now enjoyed. Public interests
give way before the rushing tide
of aggregated personal interests.
If we turn our eyes away from
politics, we behold the same
threatening picture, "conten-
ton about an aggregation of in
terests' rather than over a group
of principles. Banks, railroads,
manufacturers, brokers, real es-
tate dealers, all sorts of people,
aggregating their interests and
contending about them, while la
Dor, often blind, but, like Samp-
son, feels in its aggregated
strength for the very pillars of
the temple of wealth and pulls
everything down on its own head.
City, State and the National
governments by the consent of
the great parties are so intent on
revenues that they turn every
thing over to the saloon with its
vast aggregation of interests,
striking their roots through
banks, house renters, all the
trades and going into the pockets
of the taxpayers in way to in
fuence them to quietly yield
to tho matchleSS OWL Even