The Oskaloosa herald., 1894-05-31
oLEvELAnp.s VISIONS.
Progress That Is Rulnous to National
Prosperity. A

Prosperity. A
President Cleveland is q remarkable
person. In his recent veto message OF
the seigniorage bill he rescued from
iRR0cuOus desttetude some startling dis
coveries that deserve to, be Set in gilt
frames and posted where sll can see
them. The first of these remarka BILE
discoveries is as follows:
mo. L-Our recovery5ha 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: s'How many
days viii 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 nooning.- and all the after
noon. At various times the teacher
asked him if he wasin trouble. No"
he said, II 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 paperAhe could get
hold off, The boy looked up from his
work, blushed. and triumphantly said:
Well teacher, haven't got it
through, but have done we'll I've got
him clear into hades and to-morrowAI'll
finish him.
If Cleveland's recovery is progressing
in the same direction as the frog, the
explanation Of the Coxey movement and
the general unrest throughout the
cQ4utHE is made more clear
bis sekend discovery is: confidence
is to such an, extent reinstated as to pro-
duce'the most ehsoRFAgfng 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, populists, Coxeyites, and a
general GLASS of unemployed working
men who are talking of marching on
Washington to cause legislation in
their favor This sort of confidence
and these results aps not such as to
tend to produce Sn tFbtding trust in the
future, or faits1dh the stability of such
governmesrtaas we now have
TisLAAkl.tl -, GE1Nl.a
of domestic industrr }ve been slowly
set in motion" -
They may be setIn 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, a very few, whoA are
finding in these days fair equivalent
for their labor, their capital and their
skill
His fourth is: Our recovery being
SO well under way, nothing should be
done toacheck 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 funeral sermon.
From his eyrie in the white house he
thinks he knows the condition o, e
country. As he has not been wat Of
the Mississippi his ey must be those
of faith While are con nvalescing,
while the wheel ire 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.