Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-05-03

Let me classify approximately, says
senator ). NJ. Cullom, in the May
Forum the penalties which have fol-
lowed as the early result of the politi.
cal tornado of November, 1892. Far
below the very lowest intelligent est
mates made from statistics of value,
may charge the dominent party With
having caused an absolute and tangi-
bic loss in dollars and cents to the
Samrlay-uight recipients of weekly
wages, The working men and women
of the United States, Of $5000OO,OO
mean by this that 10y the depression
in business consequent upon the ,,-
vent 70 power of a political party
which is not responsible to any
higher authority, hardly even to pub
lie sentiment than half a billion
dollars in wages have been taken from
the years due OF men, women, and
children who stood ready and anxious
to give a good dollars worth of labor
for every dollar OF wages A thou
sand millions of dollars IL but a small
and modest estimate of the difference
between the value of farms and farm
products in March. 1893, and March,
1894.
But the story is not yet half told.
Corporate enterprises manufactures,
railways, tradesmcn, professions
every interest is rCa he'd These inter
ests in which capital has been so
largely invested, including every fac
tory, mill, store, shop, railroad, min
ing company. vess"lowner, and trans
pOrtation company. have sunk in val
uaton of investment and in loss upon
business, much more than 81 100000
600 in addition Add together, then,
the recorded results of wrecked in
dustry and stagnant business which
have met our eyes and ears; give
ample allowance for every hope and
ray If future sunshine; and upon the
most undOubted proof we find our
country more than S250OOOO,0O0 to the
bad in twelve months.
In the senate last week Mr.. Cullom
said the initial policy and the ground
work of the enlightened universe is
projection The civilized world has
grown out and away from barbarlc
free trade and has developed very
universal recognition of the protective
idea. Government means protection.
Any government must maintain itself
and must protect its people
The democratic assumption that a
q tariff for protection is unconstitutional
is Z effect an assumption that the
constitution Of a country may forbid
the enactment OF la VS. necessary to
the very existence of thc government
itself Such 4 position is an alb
Surdity When | remember, however"
continued the senator. that this same
distinguished authority at the same
time that it declared that protection
is fraud, also denounced the federal
election laws. recommended the repeal
of the tax upon state bank issues,
culogizcd the foreign policy of the
democratic parity and compelled its
work by nominating the present demo
cratic administration, my admiration
for the gods Of that democratic con-
Fentiou is sadly impaired. | suppose
IL is often rue that a body of men
gathered together may, by reason Of
their enthusiasm and by the absence
of Immediate individual responsibility.
commit excuses and 20 TO extremes,
both i'm language and action, which no
one Of them, acting i'm his individual
capacity, would thing of doing For
the wild and impractical vagaries
which the Chicago convention of 1892
formulated into platform, some ex-
PLANTATION like this must be accepted
as the only solution And for this or
ganzed anarchy. to which the country
owes its present difficulties. it can now
only be said that much Of the time of
the average democratic legislator is de
voted to disavOWing his individual re-
SponSibility and in proving to his con-
~.'u"ntS that. although he Is not n
Irotectionist. he is in favor Of protcc-
ton Of local industries in which they
are interested From the inevita BILE
consequences Of this crusade against
business and good times, even CoXey
ana his followers have mutinied and
9helled. The outraged people may
md expression for their woes in an
unusual and unwise manner, hut what
river misguided people may have done,
'' design, involve the country In even
small part Of the trouble and mis-
ca'et caused by the present democratic
administration
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