New-York tribune., 1894-04-27
TEE cR1NKS md THE PEOPLE,

THE CR1NKS md THE PEOPLE,
\ President elected by the Democratic part!
must expect TO be- cursed just when he sh"uln
u. blessed President Cleveland Is r"undi!
cpnsurcd by many Of his own party Tor upnoiu
ING thr laws against bands Of men who are
setting trains in order 10 reach Nashlhs'oh
Inn he. is only doing what the law requires
Coycv and his men are angry because 1t i
nronoscd 10 DENY their constitutional rlGh' 10
can,u ON the steps of the Capitol az washing
,on Rur nobody has any constitutional or legal
roht 10 use any part of the Capitol GrouhuS
for - nnlitical demonstration. Neither mas any
bodv of mon Il right 70 80 To washington '"i
,h,. unrnnse Of debating legislation Inc power
cf thn pcoplr to make laws ends AT ne p'lo'
hov 'Th. sooner that fac; is appreciated III III
itS meaning. as well by those who want go""
laws os hy people Of the other sort. the soo'''r
viii ,l.ctinns EXPRESS the deliberate Judgment
Of intelligent voters. .
II vould bc a gloomy day for the country II
Tho millions Of working people were really
r.rrnscutcd in any sense by the so-called armies
which are marching to Washington demanding
wild impossbe and utterly r1inouS lcgISla-
zion Huf the mobS do not represent the mil
,,,s rohind all the cranks and the tramps
laws cannot be- made 10y shouting or mar'n
;r,, with women on white horses or without
,hnm This vast body of voters feels the eXis'
ing depression at least rs kccnly rs the NV"
who leave wives and children 10 suffer NJ nome
while they tramp 10 Washington on IN iinpoS
.,,Ic sion. TIN, millions have the SENSE 10
realize that the votes east In November lN'-
broupht prostration instead Of prosperity want
ln falloripS OF the ucIlli
rocucs and the foolishneSs Of the cranks VIII
no, hIind ,hr millions of intelligent voters TO
th, fact that one crazy and branless vote Tor
- change" In the midst of unprecedented pros
uerity has brought the consequences Which
every man Of sense was able 10 I"r'S'''
Tho ncoplc who realize this do not add one
blundcr to another by rcSortinS 10 h'S"i d. '"
ton They set themselves to undo nj the bal
lo,.box the mischief done AT the baHot-ooN III
1sop Elections last fall and this spring nave
donc some GOOD already Whatever may nap
non n Washington. it is certain that the ac'"h
of the party in power has been greatly m"n'n'"
already bv the votes cast since last October
vhon tbr extra session adjourned the Admin
is,rotlon and lis supporters I'm Congress thought
,,,,i...s ,,rostration had been ended by the sll-
vcr rcncal. and tina, the extreme TarH olll'
dant's message Of December would pass WIFI
o,t tro,lblc. The bill has been altered :" iha'
i;s hos, friends cannot recognize 1t. ana iur'Ier
alterations arr, promised. according 10 Senator
Rricc and the President himself now Expresses
the hone that the income tax may br ahah
doncd But no one can yet tell how greatly me
measure Will have been modified by the "''i"h
Of the people ~ thr polls
If is not strange that people who suffered ]"
conscuucncc Of their own laundering or vicious
action should try nightly 10 cast the blame on
.,,nchodv else The Western Populisis. ana
,bn organizcd laborcrs who thought they '"uln
enosb thc tariff and the bosses while main
tanning wages hy thcr unions. turned III" scale
in 1902 and transferred control ~ the Govern
ment TO the party Of change II does not matter
thot Pouullsts voted against il; their votes were
,broyyn away when they should have been used
g., ,,rov.nt National disaster. Penalty comes In
fncr measure than anybody ven,urcd to pre-
diet. and the men who are on OF employ '''".'
Tho millions whose wages have been r"luccd
rho other millions who are striking 10 prevent
reduction of wages and the farmers who hhd
that nrostratcd industries bring the lowcS'
nricos ever known for farm productS. are all
oblc today 10 see what they sacrificed by me
votes which brought radical change whch th'
land was rejoicing In prosperity cut oi me
millions who suffer some thousands are iooNSh
onouch 10 march To- Washington. The vast ma
iori,r having more sense. VIII march TO the
ball,f .lnV