The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-25

FRIDAY, MAY 25. 1894.
This paper is Democratic In principles
and is Independent in its Uiesos on all local
questions.
The Money Power in Politics.
Yes. 1 did say that the money power had the Gov
eminent by the leg and l say 1t again, but the re-
sponsibllity for that state OF AFFAIRS belongs to the
Republican party, not to Mr.. Cleveland.
These expressions were used by
Colonel William G. Oates, Democratic
candidate for Governor of Alabama
in an interview printed yesterday In
the papers of Atlanta, Ga, and this
morning embodied in a special des-
patch to the Philadelphia Press. They
are true to the point OF ~triteness, and
the only remarkable circumstances lis
that the Press should publislrA {soom4t
ment so severe upon its own p~artyS,t2sd93ff
The grip the money power has upon
the government is shown in the Story
of the tariff struggle. Money has
been the power opposed to reform at
every stage, and. so far, it has been
successful. 1t has seriously modified
the tariff schedule In the interest of
the moneyed classes, and it is not
clear but it may yet aus the total
defeat of the measure. still in their
interest.
This power, it must be admitted
with deep regret, Is not without its
hold upon some alleged representa-
tives of Democracy. Some of the
Senators who pose as democrats are
staunch in their fidelity to corporate
and c~apitalistic greed others have
come over to the popular side only
under the stern conpulsion of pn b.
lie opinion, loudly voiced through the
press ana in other ways. But the
vehicle through which the money
power fastened the yoke OF McKtu-
leyism upon the people was the Re-
publican party. The Republican
machine, and the Republican
newspapers have manufactured the
panic and manufactured the re-
action which gives the opposition to
tariff reform all the. strength it pos
sesses. The Republican party is the
main cause of the delay in disposing
of the question; it is the main force
operating to make the proXinate dis
position of the question unsatisfactory
and i~nconclusiye.
OF course President Cleveland is not
responsible for the grip the money
power has upon the fortunes of the
country. For twelve years he has
fought to overthrow the money in
fuence and substitute forlit the gen.
eral good Of thsll' people. osAnd if he
does not succeed entirely in his own
term, the nteyementHh he has inaugur-
ated will work QUITO completeness In
the fullness of time from the impetus
he has given it. sc
By the money power, perhaps it is
necessary to say, we do not mean the
legitimate power of capital. working
for progress in the fields OF commerce
and industry. We mean that limited
and selfish exercise of the power OF
capital which aims at the overwhelm-
ing advancement OF a class at the
expense of the people at large. We
mean that combination of c~apitalistic
interests which makes vast profits up
on capital the only purpose of indus
try and the only aim of government.
We mean the ambition of capital, so
often exhibited, especially in its rela-
lations with the Republican party. to
become the dominant force in the ma
ton, and to govern entirely for its
own benefit. This is the form of the
money power to which Grover Cieve-
land is hostile, and which it is now
the chief aim of the Democracy to
combat. Z
NOTHING can stay the feclklessness
of republicans in power: In spite of
the perfect logic and Irresistible force
of Governor Werts' veto messages, the
crew OF spoilsmen in the Legislature
Is QSltT0llu60 " COApAh4to4pC C0Hht
and every one Of the crimes against
good government whfehthe 1Geyernor
attempted to hinderaa.isiq bas sbas 3
Well, these gentlemen are now sow
ing the wind. They will reap the
whirlwind next November.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR Simpson begins
his term in excellent style. His an
nouncement of his programme as
chairman of the Finance COMMITTEES
of the Board Of Education will give
the highest public satisfaction. 1t
looks as if many abuses of a minor
kind, but serious in their sum total,
have prevailed in the past in the
financial management of the schools.
They involve little or no personal
cuipability. They are the result OF
dead routine methods of doing bust
ness. But it is refreshing to see alive
mar discover them. bring them out