New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-07
" JTNNYv PItiOTI'S CAMPAIGN SPEE' H..

Those bc various times for Democratic Con-
crossmen seeking reelection Not but that there
,ro nlrntv Of things To talk about. and plenty OF
,bipgs about which their constituents have
hurnirc desire to hear them talk. Nor because
,hore * any danger of their committing tl'ni-
solvcs to some principle or doctrine when may
no considered undemocratc in the course Oh
thcir discussion Of current ISSUES For the
MARTY through its President. It's House ana us
senate has managed to sprawl over all Inc
ouos,ions that have come before Congress I'D
such an extent and in such loose ana lnco
hcrcnt vay that any Democrat can take an!
side of any pending question and be pretty sure
to no hacking either the President or III" House
ar the Scna,e-all Democratic. and all opponents
-, o,,rso of Genuine Democracy. The danger
e. No, that tho ospirant for reelection may offend
his constituents by either rcpudiatlng the pat
form of the party or maintaining IT, some Den"
ocrots In very high position do one ana some
do the other thing with The most pcwlld'r'"I
,o,,oss. lint all are Democrats. But the dan
.,or is-the constituencies being universally
| ..,,,,od nm. On the whole buSncsS-in saying
ouvtbipp NJ all For to say anything whatever
an any uuestion of current interest Is sure 10
| hrino on such differences Of opinion III 'he
Marty as are liable to cndanCcr success. Inc
| hichost wisdom i'm this state Of affairs Is. oi
| courso IN say nothing We suspect That scvcrai
candidates for reelection are seriously coh'eh
rl,tin,r This course The next highest IL 10 INK
! about something else
We observe with interest that the latter pro-
coodinc has been adopted by the young. merry
and viyaclolIs member Of Congress from lh'
| Ill District Of Connecticut. the Hon. James l.
pigott. known in his district ana 10 the laI"
men of his time rs Jimmy" Pigott Jimmy
is serving his first term in Congress. Coming
in with a Democratic Administration. he fouhu
| orouud his neck very early in The game me en-
,.jrclinr arms Of several thousand of his con
| stitucnts. who were kindcd with desire 10
| serve the country and appear on the c"uh'I! :
novrolls He WAS not fortunate In securing
| nlaccs for all of them. Several tho'lNahd ol
them are pinlng In obscurity AMI speaking Hgh'
| IL between drinks Of "Iimmys failure ~
statesman. His district Is strongly Dcin"'r'"c'
| I'm, when the largr-hcartcd torch bearing Ell
| ihusiasm of the masses VIII" would gEl'lN SEW
their country In po>toiiicrs and such y SID
,rac,cd from campaign y makes u necessary
for the livclc-t Democrat 10 huSl" !" s'' "u'
the votes Jimmy" feels the absence "i '"'N
! honefnl and expcctant enthusiasm Ih'r" are
| also In his district great many H'hi'A''''l"-
| industries Before his election they were n"u'
! IshIng and profitable. Employment was apuh
dant and wages high. II * not 50 now HuSl
ness Is depressed. times are hard, ihHS are
! closed or running on short time" Labor vaihF
serlis employment. trade Is siagnhhi' ana Il"
classes in The community are suffering IN great
or or loss degree from the change. In going De-
fore his constituents for reelection Jimmy J.
deborrcd from talking about this state II ihlnE~.
| He knows too Will that h" helped his party ~
| bring II about. and That h" j. held - MS snare
| of the responsibility. II" ais" voted AMI m''"
! = snccch in favor Of The income tax. lie docNh I
| wan, 10 talk about that.
| So he decided n the closing days ~ III" i''
session to make speech for campaign cirrnlA-
lion and talk about something else. Ahl he
made "A good speech II was all about III" f"l
ulists their visionary schemes. their wild *
travacance and their dangerous tendencies. IL"
showed by actual figures. compiled from Inc DIS
proposed by the PopulSt members 81 III" S'ul''
and House, that 10 carry our the srh'ihcS 'r'N
urged upon Congress would take sum t"'al "i
| over $4,000 0OO.Ooo and after pointing "ut III
detail the follies and ab>urdlticS they !nv"V'h'
closed with the statement that ";o bridge the
atlantic. or 10 tunnel the FaciD', or 7" do pom
.of these tasks. would be- m Undertaking less
"dlffiCult ana costly 10 lhlN '"N'lHH'I' '''" -
",ry and carry out the several measures pro-
posed in this and the last Congress by inc
"lcadcrs Of the Peoples party H. omitted 10
| saw however. that thcS" wild ana visionary
schcmcrs came into Congress through alliances
with the Democrats: also that they have acted
J with thc Democrats in carry ins through all the
| important legislation Of This Congress- and Sllii
further. that the income tax which he so warm
i;..t Il ntsIh
the Democrats. But it was an excellent speech.
| All the same. II was a safe one 10 MAKE" For
there are very few Populisis In his district 10
take offence nj it, 1t is 10 be- widely distributed
rs campaign document by the Democratic
committee Not In Connecticut. but-in Texas.
II ought TO help "Jimmy"-in Texas.
IDEALS or PATRIOTISM.