The record-union., 1894-10-18
POPULI5T VAGARIES.
D.strust of the Nation at Large of the
Party.
Pasadena Star.l

Pasadena Starl
In various addresses aud publications
hgures drawn from official records have
been given to prove the absurdity of the
Popullst schemes of taxation and finance.
These statements are valuable as show
ing the purpose of the Populisls should
they get into power. For instance, it is a
sober fact that in one of the bills intro
duced In Congress by Populist member
(House bill 1903 the following is pro-
posed:
The erection of a public building in
every town OF 200 inhabitants, and the
appropriation OF $50, 100000 per year for
that purpose; so, 900, 600 year for river
and harbor improvements: 500, 900, 600 a
year for the building of Government
railroads; the issuance by the United
States Government of 500, ,030, 900 per year
In treasury notes, which shall never be
retred nor redeemed"
Other schemes are embodied in various
bills introduced in the House and Senate,
ana when the sums necessary to carry
out these measures are footed up they
aggregate the enormous sum Of $50, ,5O6,-
3U0, 900.
one OF the best presentations that has
been made of the wildness OF the Popu-
llst demands Is contained in speech re-
Gently delivered in Denver by the Re-
publican candidate for Governor of Colo
rado, Albert w. Mcintyre. He said,
among other things:
he majority OF any party will neces-
sarlIy control the action of that party.
The majority of the Populist party can
never be sincerely favorable to silver
although bidding Tor the votes of the sill
Yer regions Uy advocating silver, for the
great majority OF that party are advocates
OF a free and unlimited use Of the printing
press instead of the mint for the issuance
OF the money OF the country.
'One OF the great dangers to silver in
the future, and in the present as well, is
the dlstrust of the nation at large of a
party which advocates SO many VagarieS,
and which, when 1t gets into power.
proves invariably to be antagonistic to
the true interests of the community, to
| be false to its promises Of reform, and to
be controlled largely by demagogues and
cranks.
PoDulism is really socialism. The
true idea Of government is that it is a
means by which the perfect freedom OF
every cltlzen may be secured to him, and
by which fuII liberty of conduct and ac-
ton III all the relations OF life shall be ac-
corded 10 and maintained for him, con-
sistent with the same full liberty to every
other citizen. That the government
should 10 everything and the individual
nothing, at least nothing without the
consent and assistance of the govern
ment, is destructive TO the progress of
the human race. 1t is the reward to the
! individual that produces, the individual
action which brings about the persistent,
although often spasmodic, advance of
| civilization.
Owing to the promises of the new
party TO reform every ything in sight, to
apply nothing but the rules of right and
justice and lmpartiality in government,
many voters cast their ballots for the
new party, Many earnest voters left the
old party eager TOR the reform so readily
promised by the new party. How many
OF those promises have been kept?
Men without eX perience, men without
! knowledge Of the past of the human race.
without knowledge of the struggle
through which mankind has passed to-
ward freedom and civilization from slav-
cry and tyranny; without knowledge of
/ the mistakes which have caused many a
| back kward step, which have cost the loss
Of both blood and treasure over and over
again, or are utterly regardless of ali
these things, cannot possibly be trusted
to say what remedy shall be applied,
what course shall be pursued, especially
| when the schemes suggested are so un-
tried and so visionary as to s:artle any
one who has any regard for the welfare ol
/ the community"