The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-09-15
DEMOCRATS Not n POWER.

DEMOCRATS NOT IN POWER.
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The democratic party is not in power
troll legislation in Congress. It is help
less To pass an important and vital
measure, which was promised in the
democratic platform of 500, and which
by enormous majority the people
demanded at the ballot box.
The plighted faith OF the democratic
party stands unredeenled. tt has been
potveflcss to fulfill it's pledges: The work
which it was apP0in led to do-which
declared Should be Aone--has not been
done. One year and four months ago a
democratic president was sworn into
office, and the term of a national con-
Rress began with a nominal democrat
ic ma iority in both the senate and the
house.
There WAS no such minority: Eight
OF nine senators eleeted as democrats
have acted in alliance with the repub-
icans. They have hot cast u demo-
cratic vote on the tariff bill. They have
voted just as Mckinley would have
voted had he been in the senate:
1t is an error to say that the demo-
Gratis are in power while . faction of
senators chased as such-enough in
number 10 destroy the democratic ma
jority in the senate-are casting re-
lican leaders to defeat the democratic
tariff bill and are In open Instruction
against the democratic sentiment of
the country.
Tho president and the house Of rep
fesentatives are united in dcter1nina=
ton that the demociatic pledges of
1892 shall be kept in good faith with
the people. They have presented a
tariff bill which was the best that
the necessities of the case would au-
thorize-nct perfect but long stcp
in advance a measure of practical re-
form.
The senate refused to accept this
measure. Under republican control
by a ma jority composed of the regular
corrupt republican forces and gucr-
riIla contingent of bogus democrats
the democratic tariff bill appears dcs-
saved. it will be merely what the
house and the president can extort
from hostile. undemocratic senate.
The coal senators, the iron ore sena-
tors, the sugar senators and the col
lars and cuffs senator have rcpudiateI
democracy, repudiated the platform of
1902, rePudiated the popular instruc-
tions adopted at the ballot box. and
are determined to force on the coun-
try a tariff dictated by trust decd. by
the monopoly combine and by and by
the republicans. or they will prevent
the passage of my tariff bill. These
recalcitrants and reneSalcs arc not
democrats. They arc republicans,
bearing a false name end carrying
false cOlors.
These senators misreprcscnt ted their
states, the democratic CONSTITUENCIES Of
the country and the body, of the peo-
pie. They arc a bushwhaclling dctacll-
ment of the party of trusts, monopoly,
protection and organized fraud. They
have betrayed the country. They have
been ia lse to the duty which they were
instructed to perform.
II these false democrats shall be sue
cessful now in defeating reform tariff
legislation the result will not be
the nation. 1t will be simply another
republican victory-a victory of the
party of trusts. monopolies, class legis-
lation, of corporate greed and extor-
ton. reinforced by group Of sordid
and faithlcSS politicians who have vio-
lated party allegiance and forfeited
the name OF democrats.
This will be a calamity But it will
be no reason for giving up tho fight.
1t will be a reason for fighting thc flu
turc battles of reform with Increased
vigor, courage and zeal.
The people have been betrayed. But
the cause is not lost. The contest will
be continued. The faithless, the cow
ardly, the trimmers and the traitors
will be driven to the rear.
This reverse will be retrieved. Ect-
ter men will be clothed with the trust
to which these recrcants were untrue,
and it will be discharged in the spirit
of the instructions given by the voters
to their representatives. - Chicago
Herald.