New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-29
1 QUESTION or COMMON HONESTY.

We have come 10 ia" paruhg OF INV ""'''
The intense feeling which has been aroused by
the conduct of certain powerful monOlOll"S VIII
20 far 10 determine the political future. IL u
an opportunity which cannot safely De- iIhor''
nv ,hc yr,.,, Marty which rinancpaicl slaves.
restored honest money. and for thlrtytW" years
has nrotcci,rI American Industries. Ia all these
years It has bravcly and faithfully cArcu'"h
tho Wishes 81 the people. confronting NJ times
and resisting their temporary ALTERATION irVm
dec,or,I convictions and with real r'roism
stalking lis future. ON the belief that the people
would In the long run be true "a Justice. 10 hon
cs,v and to the welfare Of the millions. The
debauchncnt Of Congress and the Executive
lay ,hc Sugar Trust. for which the President
nlcsdnd in his letter 10 Mr.. Wilson and which
has bought the Senate 10y the WhIskey Trust.
which found III Secretary Carlisle m earnest nd-
vocatc 81 the Increased tn1 for which Kentucky
dstilcrs had been preparing more than year;
nv the Lead and The other trusts. which had
fixed things IN both houses: by the NOVA Scotia
svndIcatc and the Iuragua and Sigua iron com
nonies whose interests the President cspoused,
has kIndlcd fame Of hostility which cannon be
qucnchcd.
The political party which gives best proof OF
It's purpose aud ability TO rid the people from
cnslaycmcnt to these monopocs will sweep III"
country and govern it as long as 1t has seise
,o govern wisely The Democratic and the Pop
u,ist nortIcs have been tried and found want
ing The real feeling Of the people townrl them
H. clearly expressed by The Newiork Times.
Notwithstanding its zeal for the repeal Of the
Mckinley tariff. in these words:
II bv any action Of this Congress. no matter how
speclously supported. no matter how adroity
cloaked the Sugar Trust Is allowed to enjoy the
favors II has bought and paid for. the Democrats
will be driven from the next House ih' Vote Oh
next November will be q scourge or small cords
I'm the hands Of an outraged ana angry people
Whatever may be the alternative. whatever oth"r
interests may suffer or be deferred. the DEMOCRATIC
majority will be whipped from the temple Of legis-
lation, Of which, In tho eyes OF the people. they
viii have made den of thieves. The innocent
viii suffer with the guilty. The dupes VIII get the
same punishment as the leaders,
This Is longer n question OF ordinary politics.
II Is no longer question Of tarin REFORM III
IL a question OF common honesty. On that the
American people cannot be fooled or put To sleep.
nor can they be prevented from having their way.
II you are offered the choice between 'compro-
mise or the Mckinley law take the Mckinley law.
IL will not last forever. You will De sent back 10
repeal H. for the voters Will know that you have
courage and backbone and conscience and that
you can neither be bought nor sold
This Is all the more manly because the Prcsi-
dent himself has been adritly seeking 10 favor
the Sugar Trust. 1t falls short Of full accord
with public feeling only because it does not ex-
press the public detestation Of all the other mo-
nopolics which have corruptly Influenced Con
grcssional aud official action. The Democratic
party has gone too far ever TO be trusted again
as a party 1t held great trust from the peo-
pie and has sold II. II minority of Demo
Gratis should now resist, or even n ma jorlty In
one house, the people would still understand
that, as Il whole, the party had proved false and
falthless, the willing tool Of corrupting and alb
horrcnt monop0lcs
The Populist party fares no better. though or
ganized professedly for the express purpose Of
resisting monopolles Two Of It's members,
Allen and Kyle, have voted and will vote again
for the infamous BIZ Of Sale with all It's abom-
nations The other two. PETER and Irby, have
voted more than to save the monopoes
from defeat. The bill would be dead to-day II
Populist Senators had not saved H. No fury OF
rhetoric. no blatant denunclntion Of other par
ties, will ever cover up the fact that this. the
most corrupt sale Of special favors to monopo