Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-12

wisest administration Of government
and the most Wholesome laws do not
avail 70 save n party from temporary
disastrous overthrow Moreover, the
whole teaching OF the protective syS-
TEN trains mon to depend. not on In
dividual effort. the plain virtues OF In
dusiry, thrift and temperance for pros
! perity and material comfort, but on
government aid and laws OF congress.
Let me add also, that we, together
with all our progressive nation. are
now paA8lng through an era q clange.
/ Of unreal ana VI somewhat tumultuoua
/ agitation. The rapid adoption of tie
7 great instrument OF modern industry
and trade, the complete revolution
which these are bringing about IN pro-
auction and distribution. the steady
obliteratlon OF handicralts, the dis o a.
tion VI many Indus-ries--all these, To-
gether with the unsettled relation be-
tween labor and capital have swept
us into an era where FOR some years
IL may be Increasingly dincult for
any one party TO hold on 70 the fed
eral government for any long time.
Without attempting to appOrtion the
responsibilities Tor the hard tines be-
tween the two parties and etoutly dis
claiming any large share Of II for the
Democratic party, ] pass from these
CONGRATULATIONS to the second point
and that is The defeat Of tarin re-
form
~ do not believe the people have re-
buked or discarded tariff reform IN
their action last Tuesday. for when
look over the whole country, / do not
fnd that TO have been the common
ground OF their action. No 1ueatiou
was ever 80 wei and 80 thoroughly
fought out IN popular 4iBeu8aipn bu4ore
them as the question Of reforming and
reducing the tariff. Ia every cam
paign from that OF 1856 to that OF 1899,
II has been the grcnt issue and in every
campaign except that of 1855, the Demo-
cratic party has won q decided Victory
on that issue 10 contend. therefore
that the people have now cha8tiaed the
Democratic party for doing what thoy
nut hem mo power 10 do Is to question
their Intelligence. II they inflicted
chnstisemcnt because OF It's dealings
with the tariff, Il has been rnthor be-
cause the parry ala not carry out with
sufficient proHnptness and thorouhness
the work they had 10 do ana ho.d re-
sponaiblo the whole party FOR the action
or Few ~ delaying that work no
where more vigorously Denounced tbon
In the Democratic press Of the country.
IT Is hazardous, OF courre. 10 in
duiEe IN hypothesis, but have no
doubt that had the bill which nlased
the house on tho FIRST Of February
passed the senate as early as April or
May In substantially its original shape
the result IN Missouri and la many
other sections OF the country would
have been reversed and the Democratic
party might have weathered the In
dustrlal storm with credit II not sue
CESS.
Not only ala this long delay and the
mutllatiuna OF the house bill chill aud
anger the Democratic masses. but 1t
Kept thu business OF tho country in
tiie torture OF suspense ana uucer-
talniy, thus hardening and eNasperat-
Ing cue crala and storing up WRATH
against the whole party for the actions
~ small number OF ita pubNC SER
wants The bll as nnaly passed,
though a vast Improvement on the
Mckinley hiA, was allll So obnoxious
in some OF lB featured that the prrai-
dent allowed " 20 become q law VITA
out his signature. ana It has been IN
operation TOO short a time before tue
prehcnd It's bonenys
again, ! do MOI accept the view that
tnriu reform has suffered dcicat, Dee
chuse have not anywhere found lie
publican candidates advocating u rec
peal " the law. They have denounced
lt In general and disclnlmed Rgunst
some rates which they deem locally OBJ
lccliuuahlc, but nowhere presented nm
affirmative platform demanding ia res
peal and a return to prior condition.
I'm tarin reform. Us In reforms grn-
orally &c Ia tho first stop that IL "a"
hardest and / have always coutendVd
in ounrress and IN the hustings that n
We could once make substantial
breach In the projection System the
hrst reform ana lta visible banctita
would carry thcm 10 q gradual over
throw Of The entire system, without any