Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-05-26


unreasonable Demasa-.
The wan, of Logic and the uurrason ,ha,
chsracterires III. demands ~ the FRYE.
trader. populist and Cor-yi,e of the pres.
en-, day " ~ apparent that u 10 almost .
waste IL time aud though, TO A,,emp, any
serious criticism, M to their merit ~ prob.
able result.
We af~, however. cunfiNnted with con
dition. Vas, crowds ~ disseminated AMI
Idle men arr attempting n crusade Ia
Washington. no, with the sacred cross up.
on their banners. intent upon the deliver.
ance of,hr Holy r-pulcher lii. tho equally
deluded followers u Peter. the Hermit
bu, for the sole purp'~- 81 influencing or
compelling Legislation.
The ballo, snd petition have been ruth.
lcs-ly discarded aud al irresponsible bsad
II mcndican,s aud Eragrrs have substi.
iuicd therefor n system " force AMI ter.
r'rism, They can only succeed in reach.
ing their desired haven 10y All .nforc,-i
cha i'y ~ hy rrsnrting Ia al unlawful i'm.
pr-s-mrn, II private property for their
transportation
| AZ first the CnNey movement, was slight.
ly regAritpi, made ligh, IT. thought Ia hr
merely the fiuih frnm the witch brdh ~
i"pul'-m the impurities IL the pnpulis,ic
~ hays ola pSiridA rising Ia the sur.
face, Honn 10 be d-siuriIed. absorbed 10y
the elements. and regaried as thing of
the past; n composite mass nf inconrin-
tcncesi b"iy ut men that, IA the Ian.
guAge of n late pnpulist leader. WAS 'run
by lawyers without clients, 10y doctors
without patients, 10y preachers wiihou,
pulpir, by women wlthnu, husbands, by
farmers without farms, 10y hnanci"rr with
out finance 10y educators without ciura.
ton AMI 10y statesmen out IL n job " This
WAS III" reason given 10y Mr. 4, +. Wade.
ii Kansas. for leaving the party.
hut 10y reason "f IA misguided sympathy.
the fro,h II still rising and bids fair Ia ne.
cessitat. summary measures for its Grad.
ication
Two wrongs can never make right,
particularly when the last condi,ion IN in.
hni,ely wo,sc than the first. aud when AZ.
archy AMI the overthrow of all govern
mental authority In rrsor,e,i To Ia cure n
lesser evil.
The noble woris IT Cassius ~. Clay
should be- ever cherished AMI rememb er-,i /:
"our country right, but right ar wrong.
our country" A disregard OF law is =.
menace Ia property rights and n peril Ia
the lives m our citizens. Governments
are instituted 10y and with the consent II
the governed Tor mutual protection To life
aud property. To conserve this ob-
Ject is. and should b.. is chief end
and aim, hut in extreme emergencies
til. ruling powera may 20 beyond this
province and exercise degree of pater.
nalism that may be wholly jur,ii
when this il the case it need not unduly
alarm the country nor nsoccoariiy m~
shadow B-ilamyism.
The hide bound free trader in his fran
tic endsavors to equalixe planetary con-
ditions. and by one fell stroke place the
inhabitants thereof upon the same pnli,i-
cal. social and economic plane. ills the air
with protests against the crime If pat-r-
nalism Like the nursery maid who ter
rifles timid children with tales II bears
and boRies, 81 also politicians intimidate
children Of u larger growth with the
slDnks and hobgoblins ~ protection.
No complaints, however. arose from
the democratic ranks when the X earny
sand letters demanded the exclusion II
the inotfensivs cainess In the interest IL
high wages. and invoked the paternsl
lowsrs 81 the government, even to ,h.
extent II violating the social obligations
Of treaty That WAS all right, bu, now
the bgie man Ia paraded to frightsn the
people into scluiescenca with the level
ing principle of free trade In connection
with which the Chinese influx was bu,
the entering wedge
Whenever protest 10 made against a
threatened wage reduction such AZ Ia con.
template'i in the passage Of the Wilson
bill. which from the stand point Of the
protect'onist would be a logical result,
these political nursery maiir shrek gu,
"PaternaliSm! Beware of paternalism."
They sing with weiri cadence To the la
boring man:
iiush, Hush, Hush,
Here comes the Bosis man,
you'u sol 10 show,
You'd hest lag low.
llsli casch you u he cen.
lonr work sheps he wall scan,
hun on poor working man,
Hes coines the Bohe man.
The Bogie man Of protection has ,.e-
come living principle, and will no long.
er be used To intimidate and mislead the
people by being held up AZ fraud and
snare.
Practical experience, the great educa.
tor. has been enligh,aning the masses,
and they begin Ia understan MI the true
designs II the FIRE. trader. They bring
To mind the insidious but unsuccessful
A,tsmpts Of the mother country In cur
early history by their manufacturers To
cripple our industries aud prevent their
estsb lishment.
The work was commenced before our
Independence. They have continued Il
ever since and now with the assistance Of