New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-08
SOME EJNTI RS.

/ mon got tired Of voting the Republican ticket
= few years ago Some of them were ''issaiis
fled with the WAY i'm which III" appointments Ia
/ Federal offices were made and the system. or
lack of system. under which the civil Service
WAS administered 10y Tie Republicans. who had
been long in power and - Il consequence be
come careless They wanted reform. Ana
they were quite right about il. some of them
had become imburd with the notion that the
Rcuul,lican doctrine Of Protection 10 Home III
du~tTy WIS false political economy. and that
/ the tariff should hr reformed on lines that
would do away with al Determinations in favor
of cur own industries and products of "ur own
manufacture They urged that protective du-
ties furnished undue advantages Ia favored
Glasses and laid burlcnsomc taxes upon IN"
majority If the people for the hc.rlit al few.
and began 10 insist that they should be- ahol-
i>hcd in order that or markets should be open
to ail The world and our own products should
have free access To foreign markets in exchange.
No tariff schedule having ever been made that
gave satisfaction Ia everybody. il was not
strange thai there We're many aud serious com
plants against the existing duties. nor that tn"
ranks Of lhc Ncformcr, should hr increased 10y
accc>Siou~ Of the agsricvod and dissatisfied.
Being impatient Of the gradual reforms which
Republicans Wcr,. making in III" civil Service,
and eager Ia PM in praciic" th"r theories Of
Tariff Reform. they began voting the Demo
cratic ticket OF The strength Of promises made"
by the Democratic party. thai II would carry
ont both the proposed reforms. by their AID HE
Democrats carried The election ~ $50. and are
now in full possession Of power in The National
Government. The country has had one year
# f. The results must De- somewhat hrWildcr
ing 10 The respectable gentlemen whose votes
contributed Ia them 80 potentially. p ~ The
time when these gentlemen turned the scale -
effectively in fave" IL IA" party now IN power
the country WAS in y sound ana healthy huan-
cia condition. Manufactures were fourishn:
busincSS active. trade lively. capital productive.
labor literally rcmuucr:ijcd the country pros
porous ana the people happy. MI This is
changed. The medicine II Reform has been
working. OYER slain credit and dead enterprise
the old cpiiaph may well hc written: was
well. wanted 10 be- better tool. medicine and
here am" Never WAS political change 50 de
strclvc: never in single year WAS there such
fearful havoc i'm The business interests "f a
nation.
Not only that. With ,hr strengthening Of the
Democratic party 10y The accession Of the Re
formers. and lis rapid advance to power in
consequence" there came the elevation 10 office
Of irresponsible aud reckless dcmIgogucs. who
not only proSlitutcd positions Of public trust 10
ihc most base and mcrc"n1ry uses hui shame
lcSSly and aulacou,ly rcSoricd 10 the most out
ragcouS frauds and 10 violent and hich-hnndcd
crimes To pcrprlulic their power and establish
their mi-rlllc in pcrmancncc. In almost every
community where tn" Democratic party 10y the
aid of the respectable advocates If Reform has
succrcdc1 in gaining control il has made
record so Infamous that Democrats themselves
draw back from il in disgust and do not AT
tempt 10 defend it. In the two States Of New
York and N"WlcrScy The trusted leaders Of the
party have been guilty of an array Of crimes
and mis'lcmcanorS before which IN" honest cli-
zen stands appalled, And these are the results
Of the unrcasoning impJticncc Of respectable
honest and sincere citizens. who could not abide
The gradual processes Of party which, with
all It's impcrfcctons. had discharged the re-
sponshliticS of power through thirty of the
most trying years in the Nations history 50
wisely and 50 well that all the world wondered
N rs matchlcss progress. These gentlemen
were in haste They could not wait. They
threw themselves into the arms of a party
which for thirty years had been the burden and
curse Of the country. The pcrncious results are
before them and all around them. And the re-
forms for which they were impatient they
are still waiting for.
ON The whole, was ii worth IL? Was II not
mistake?