The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-02
PUBLIC OPINION.
Is Republicanism a Failure
as Tested by the Results
of Republican Policy for
the Past Thirty Years in
America?
EDITED by Sam a. King.

Is republicanism failure as tested
by the results of republican policy for
the past thirty years in America?
In the first place let US in all fair
ness briefly look at the condition OF the
majority of the American people today
as compared with the condition OF
Americans Immediately after the war
of independence, and what it ought to
be as compared with the gigantic
growth of our country in manufactures,
art, science, great cities, its immense
area devoted to farming, its railroads,
it's mining industry, and its vast cattle
and sheep interests, many others as
great and far reaching as aids TO its
constantly increasing wealth. The new
republic in itsfilst years of struggle for
Its very existence boasted of no great
money kings, but the pioneers OF that
time could see much of its great unde.
veloped wealth in land, minerals, and
all natural resources, that only needed
properly directed energy to bring them
as tribute to anyone with the necessary
manhood and skill to avail himself OF
all these varied treasures, Did they
wait for money to begin their conquest
of these natural resources? Certainly
not; but instead they gathered what
simple household goods and stock they
oiy or the n.
known forest and undeveloped prairies,
their only other wealth being their
own good right arms and their unbound
ed faith in glorious future. In few
years we see, where only short time
before was virgin forest Oh unbroken
prairie. great cities, with their many
thousands of brave, undaunted, plucky
Inhabitants going on for new conquests
and accomplishing more than even their
widest dreams had led them to hope
for.
We find our first presidents were In
every sense men of the people, simple
in their habits, unpretentious in their
manner of living, and all eager for The
DEVELOPMENT of their great territory,
and all for the best interest OF those
men. who by their untiring energy
were conquering and bringing under
useful subsection this great continent.
At that time the worker had for his
toll the full fruits of that toll, an state
was added to state. until the old world
woke up to the great fact that beyond
the seas was growing SO vast country
that bid fair to soon overshadow the
old world itself in its power to become
a dangerous rival commercially and po-
litically. And they began to see fol-
their own individual interests vast op-
portunities for the employment of al
the idle capital that was earning little
or no revenue for the owners. So We
find capital being invested IN our grow
ing. foCrishlng country at fair rates OF
interest, and for decade we had the
happiest and most thriving people O
any country in the known world, th'
reason for which could be found in Sh'
fact that the republic was being admin
istered and conducted under the prin
ciples of what we know to be tru
democracy.
But unfortunately this happy condi
ton was destined to be of short dura
ton, as the changed condition, plainl
aud entirely traceaole to the inordinat
greed of the money power land changed
policy of our legislation. For very 500
we see that wealth, not physical energ
and right, dominating our legislator
and senate, and every inducement OF
fered to foreign capital to come in an,
occupy this fair land. We see loan an
trust companies and mortgage trust
fastening themselves on the people b
the aid of class legislation, or in othe
words, by the aid of republican legisls
ton. And what do we see as tn
result? Are the working men of GU
land more contented? Are they inan
cially in an equal degree with the gres
trusts and monopolies, haying their IA
share of all this accommodating wealth
am afraid the question must be an
swered in the negative. In the ligl
of the scenes OF the recent labc
troubles and the vast armies of unen
ploYed working men that are found
all our large cities and centres of popu
lation, and on the other han
a few thousand millionaires, holC
ing half the wealth of the republi
What reason has any tairminded ma
to lay this deplorable condition to al
political party or to capital? 1 thir
- one good ress IN is ito be found in Il
faStthst the republican party has b,
full and entire control of all legislatic
for the past thirty years. And it is
that time, more than all the previo
tim5 Of our eXistense as republic, th
the trusts and monopolies have BET
fostered and encouraged, and ha,
grown to their present enormous Or
portions, until they dictate legislatio
and as we have seen recently befo
the senate, iDsultlngIy defy the We
government itself.
Cannot Ethis evil condition
changed and corrected? Most certain
it can; but not in short time.
would be unreasonable to expect
much. But if ell honest men will co
slider and act and vote for such pr
cples as are dictated by the party
democracy, the triumph of right a
the common people will most assured
be accomplished. For though indy