The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-02-21
PROVO CITY. FEB. 81. 1894
NEW YORK IN POLITICS.

Whenever a man becomes too great
for his party we say, overheard with
him." So should it be with cities and
states. Now it has become evident,
we5suppose, to even the dullegt on
locker in American politics, at least
from democratic standpoint, that
New York has grown too big for the
democratic party. For thirty-five or
forty years New York has dominated
American politics, no matter the party
in power or the individual who may be
seated in the white house at Washing,
ton, So long as New York was salts
fed to press schemes in which her
merchants had interest in common
with the merchants of other sections
of the country, people nor parties
grambled much but followeddocilelY
enough. But this thing of a conceded,
unquestioned superiority in time pro-
duced its sure and logical result. Not
content with furnishing the CONNER
cial law and policy Of the nation, her
lordly merchants and business men
went step farther. logical and
reasonable step as they deemed it, and
began to lay the law down to not only
the remainder of the nation but to the
government. Her bankers are wont to
over trade themselves and when it was
necessary to extricate themselves and
few score millions Of money were
needed, they made requisitiOn upon
the treasurer of the United States.
That worthy knew too much to refuse
and the nations money went out in
sufficient volume to bring the required
relief.
This is not democratic, any more
than it is republican policy. 1t has
been pursued under every republican
president since the war and was the
rule in force curing Mr.. CIeveIand's
first as it is now in his second term. So
it comes that the national financial
policy has come to be the New York
financial policy, or just what New York
wills it to be. This, alas! is not all,
The republican and democratic ma
tional conventions have come to be
but the expressions Of the Will of New
York. There was no other force either
at Chicago or Minneapolis, save only
New York's wishes. 1t was said at
Chicago, give US Cleveland and at Min
neapolis, give US Harrison, and after
wards joeoselY all over the union, "now
it matters little which is elected, we are
safe"-meaning by I'VE" the bankers
and dominators Of the government in
Wall street. Still the good people of
the United States are not alarmed.
The other day the president appointed
a New Yorker to the supreme bench.
That did not suit Mr.. HIPS faction of
New Workers and so Mr.. HornbloWer
was sent to the right about by the SEN
ate, which is subservient to New York. !
Another New Yorker was nominated. !
and be. too, got his walking papers,
from the same source.
The president would not dare to ap-
point a consul to any first class place, |
like Liverpool, Hamberg or Glasgow
without consulting New York. Now
we think this New York Cesar of ours
has grown entirely too great, no matter
at all about the meat it eats-and it
will have to be taken down a notch or |
two. 1t is time for the west, for the
south and the northwest, to be taken
into the account, a little.
New York has had her day, and if
we would ever have ours we must
seize it now-or in very few years it
will be too late. We want nothing but
a reasonably distributed equality of
chance. We do not want it all, as new
York does. We want recognition,
must have it, and if it is not con
ceded, we will simply reach out and
take it. We have the power and are
only enslaved because we do not re-
sent it.