The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-05-18
CLEvELAND'S VISIONS.
Progress That Il Ruinous to National
Prosperity.


Prosperity.
President Cleveland is a remarkable
| person. In his recent veto message Of
the seigniorage bill he rescued from
iHnocu0us desussude some startling dis
coveries that deserve to be Set in gilt
frames and posted where all can see
them The first of these remarka BILE
discoveries is as follows:
mo. L-Our recovery has, neverthe-
less, steadily progressed"
This reminds US of the boy in the
| district school when the teacher one
day gave him an example. 1t was the
old familiar story of the frog in the
well: He climbs up two feet during
the day time and slides back a foot at
night" The inquiry was: How many
days will it take him to reach the top?'
In this case. however, the teacher set
it little different for the purpose Of
testing the pupils ability. He made
the frog climb up two feet during the
day and slide back three feet during
the night
The boy worked all the forenoon. all
during the incoming. and all the after
noon. At various times the teacher
asked him if he was in trouble. No"
he said, Il am doing first rate. un-
derstand the problem, and I'll get it
after awhile" Four o'clock, closing
time, arrived, and still the boy was
ciphering The teacher stood over him,
and surveyed the vast amount of fig.
ures covering both sides of the slate
and all the white paper he could get
hold of. The boy looked up from his
work. blushed. and t-iumphantly said:
well, teacher, l haven't got it
through. but have done we'll I've got
him clear into hades and tomorrow I'll
finish him"
II Cleveland's recovery is progressing
in the same direction as the frog. the
explanation of the Coxey movement and
the general unrest throughout the
country is made more clear.
His second discovery is: Confidence
is to such an extent reinstated as to pro-
duce the most encouraging results"
Our comment on this is that there
are strikes throughout Pennsylvania
and all the coal countries OF the United
States, there are hungry workmen in
every city. po1ulists, Coxeyites, and q
general class of unemployed working
men who are talking of marching on
Washington to cause legislation in
their favor. This sort of confidence
and these results are not such as &c
tend to produce an abiding trust in the
future. or faith in the stability of such
government as we now have.
His third proposition Is: THE wheels
of domestic industry have been slowly
set in motion"
They may be set in motion, but most
ly and like the frog, they are going
backward. There are no industries in
this country, and there are no farmers,
except, perhaps, very few, who are
finding in these days fair equivalent
for their labor, their capital and their
skill
His fourth is: ''Our recovery being
50 well under way, nothing should be
done to check our convalescence."
If we are to cOnvalescence in this
fashion it would be well to have the
hearse Al hand, as this sort of conval-
escence requires a funeral sermon.
From his eyrie in the white house he
thinks he knows the condition of the
country. As he has not been west of
the Mississippi his eyes must be those
OF faith. While we are convalescing,
while the wheels are slowly set in mo-
ton, while confidence is producing
such encouraging results. trains are be-
ing seized, the militia is ordered out in
various states and the wise every
where are thinking with anxiety what
is to be the outcome and whittier we
are drifting.