The evening world., 1894-09-25
WITH HILL
AS CHAIRMAN,

NJ Uu1nIlllvlnIVS
,Tcrttnuei nom Fyrn ruoe.,
hat the Sherman law was repealed,
uot as promptly as some of us desired.
q in true but nevertheless uncondi-
,aionally repealed within eight months
alter our advent to power.
eago platform that this statute. which
Tas eating out the vitals of our financial
body polite should not be permitted
deemed, despite the adverse predictions
I've also declared In favor of the re-
peal of that last relic of post-bellum
nartisan legislation known as the Fed
erai Election law, which invaded State
rights menaced the liberties of the citi-
zen, multiplied Federal officials, involved
the expenditure, OF mi,, niss, 4f money;
we're as ill-conceived, unnecessary and
Impotent for the prevention of fraudu-
lent practices and the promotion OF
| and offensive in their enforcement. Gap
| plauseO
Odious Laws Repealed.
az point you to the fact that the Demo-
cratic party, although intrenched for
| four years with the distribution of all
the official patronage incident to the
| execution OF THESE powerful laws, yet
with patriotic self-sacrifice, deliberately
cast aside all the. power, influence and
patronage involved therein, subordinate
Ing temporary selfish interests to the
| public good. wiped these odious laws
| from the statute books within the first
year of our administration and at the
ensuing Congressional elections the sepc-
tacle will be witnessed for the first time
in twenty-four years of State election,
conducted as they of right ought to be,
without Federal interference, dictat!on or
intimidation = without eFderal supervis-
ors,, marshals or other obnoxious Fed
eral agents or instrumentalitieS, but with
l. State officials selected or chosen by the
people themselves according to State
Of the principle of home rule in State
and a vindication of the doctrine of the
4 sovereignity OF the states as II was
recognized by our fathers from the foun-
L daton of our Government until that evil
day In the sixties when the Republicans,
although minority. party, owing to our
own divisions, accidentally gained con-
1--WE rejoice that with Democrats Ma
tonal ascendancy the country consist
entity returns to the simple methods the
ration of public offices which character
lied the earlier and better days of the
Republic.
Professionalism Run Mad.
THE enactment of the Mckinley tariff
law was the eliminating atrocity of Re-
publican recklessness in legislation; a
measure SO extreme, so selfish 50 unrea-
sonable that / hazard nothing in ascert-
Ing that conservative and fair minded
Republicans everywhere regretted the
party ,exigencies which seemed to de-
mand Its passage. 1t was the very per-
u sonification of protectiOnsm run mad
Throwing off all DISCUSSES, 1t was the
Inauguration of huge scheme of Gov
trnmental partisanship with private bus
mess interests. Public considerations
Inst sight nj ~ tod tn . ha
promotion of individual ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Ilt was fit exemplification Of the vicious
theories which underlie the modern doc
alone" as expounded by our opponents,
and well illustrated the dangerous ten
denGies of Governmental paternalism.
THE reaction which soon followed in
the elections of 1880 and reiterated in
ls2 was the natural and legitimate ex-
the party which had basedly surrender
ued to the mercenaries within it's own
ranks and had bartered away the pub
lie good for selfish greed
The right of taxation. which is only
Tas improperly invoked to promote the
interests OF business favoritism, and the
Earnd old doctrine, cherished by our
Fathers that the legislation of the coun-
Try should be framed so as to subserve
lhe greatest good for the greatest num-
per was wholly ignored. spurned and
tepudiated
4 Promise Well Kept.
We promised the people that IL In
rusted with power this vicious. un-
american and Objectionable law should
b repealed. and we rejoice to-day in the
qfment of that pledge. The Mckinley
law has gone where the woodbine
wineth, gone to stay, never to be re-
1T is true that there was a vexatious
md unfortunate delay, occasioned in
art by the antiquated rules of the SEN
te which tolerated unlimited debate
l.es which we did not frame, but which
e Inherited and which by reason of our
WNnder majority We seemed unable to
sange, but which l trust in the near
tture Will be abrogated: but the fact
houd be remembered that the record
Rows that we occupied less time by
pme months in repeating the law than
Nr opponents took in enactlng 1t in
The depression or disturbance in bust
ess which necessarily accompanies any
encral tariff revision, was Of course to
regretted, but call the attention of
be, country to the fact, not generally
nderstood, that NJ matter which po!iti-
"a. party won in 1892 there would have
Peen tariff revision necessarily and in
fyitab,y so-because the Mckinley law
bad broken down. had collapsed, and
ad proved utterly inadequate to meet
he necessities of the Government and
furnish its required revenues.
Bankrupt by High Duties.
The Mckinley tariff duties had been
placed so high as to be largely prohibit
Tory in their effect, and the necessary
revenues were not forthcoming, and
upon the advent of the present National
ADMINISTRATION to power we were con-
tronted with a virtually bankrupt treas
Jury, AMI the defici was daily increasing.
4 During the last year of President Har-
: fsons Administration the Treasury was
ISonstantly embarrassed, as every finan-
!. EF!er we'll knows, To use phrase of the
vttfeet 1t was Shining" along from day
day because OF the utter failure OF
pc Mckinley law to produce the esti-
sateu revenue, emphasizing the fact
va the law was not only vicious and
Snsh IN its designs and results. but
H moreover a miserable exhibition of
. "I1Hpetent craftsmanship
nen Democratic Administration
Her our years rule. retired in March
= ~, left to its Republican successor
naahpie surplus and a reasonably pros
S1Hus country: but when that Demo-
SNic Administration returned to power
ssh IN 1888 1t found that the ship OF
I've mad almost been stranded or scut-
~ through Republican misrule; Its
fsury bankrupt; its revenues dis
j. ted Its credit injured; Its flag dis
II "dOTtU, Its good pDn1 name smiled