The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-11
THE LATEST INFAMY.
A POPULIST PAPER "RUBS 1T INTO"
A DEMOCRATIC CONTEMPORARY.

A DEMOCRATIC CONTEMPORARY.
A Thick and Thin Party Editor Discovers
That "There Is No Difference Between
Straight Talk For voorhees,.
Under the heading 1.-The Latest In
fanny the Indianapolis Sentinel of
March 9 broke loose as follows:
The senate committee has made it's report on
the Wilson bill, and the report is simply infa-
NOUS 1t shows that the Sugar trust, the
Whisky trust, the railroad and coal combine
and the iron mine combine have had their way
with the committee, and the whisky man from
Troy has had his demands granted as to collars
and cuffs. The Sugar trust is given a donation
of fOur-tenths of a cent per pound, which is, in
fact a greater advantage than the Mckinley
donation of fve-tenths with one tenth addi-
tiOnal as against countries which pay an ex-
port bounty, because the duty of l cent per
pound on raw sugar added to this gives the
trust absolute command of our market as
against any outside competition. If Mr.. Have
meyer did not dictate this section, he dictated
1t to some one who did dictate it. 1t is simply
an outrage on the people and on the Demo-
cratic party. 1t is thing that cannot be ex-
are not intelligent. And the bounty of cents
agallon on refined molasses is equally indefen-
s1ble. Ii 1T be Democracy to give such favors
as these to notorious, lawless trusts, we know
of no way in which Democracy can be distin-
guished from Republicansm.
1t must be pretty strong dose 70 thus
sicken such thick and thin party organ
as The Sentinel. But an idea gets
through the thickest skull at last, and
even the buzzard's stomach revolts
sometimes. The Sentinel 'knows no
way in which Democracy can be distin-
guished from Republicanism - Neither
does anybody else. The only pretended
difference for some time has been on the
tariff, but even The Sentinel admits that
they have come together there also The
''sham fight" has been terminated, a
truce declared, and both old parties APP
pear under the same flag The Whisky
trust, the Sugar trust and the other trusts
have simply taken possession of their
own. They got what they wanted un-
der the Mckinley bill, and they retain
what they want under the Wilson bill.
1t is not matter Of the slightest conse-
quence to them whether the dominant
party be labeled Republican or
Democrat. - All is fish that comes to
their net, and Democratic sucker is as
palatable as Republican eel Each is
good when fried in fat Each bites at
the hook when properly baited, and each
is landed in the Unsuitable NAV Of the
octopus.
The Sentinel's belated disgust is
slightly amusing. If it has been reading
The Nonconformist for the last year, it
should be too well informed to be sur
prised at the conduct Of it's ''trusted'
leaders. It was not simply a vulgar bar
gain and sale, as The Sentinel describes
it. It was a compliance with contracts
long since made to do certain things if
restored to power The Wilson bill,
poor makeshift that it is, was passed
by the house to soothe such Democrats
as really believed their party would re-
form the tariff. The senate Democrats
use this sham bill as club to make the
trusts "come down." and after that is
done they have accomplished all the tar
iff reform they want. What right had
The Sentinel to suppose that lot of
men who had betrayed the people and
belied their promises On all other vital
questions would prove true on the single
one Of the tariff? It saw old Voorhees,
sell out on silver. It saw him bargain
off lifetime conviction OH bonds. It
saw him turn a double somersault on
banks. Only the faith that passeth all
understanding could induce one to hope
that man false on all the intermediate
tests would stand steady in the moment
of supreme trial.
The English poet Congreve, enamored
Of prostitute, racked his brilliant
brain for something complimentary to
say Of her in sonnet he was preparing
Not single quality which usually
adorns woman could be urged by the
puzzled poet of his mistress. At length,
in desperation and at his wits ends, he
admitted that though Chloe was false
and Chloe was common she was at least
constant while possessed. - Even this
poor recommendation cannot be urged
In behalf Of the political harlot whose
repeated debaucheries have at length
turned to loathing the stomachs of his
most charitable friends. Though long
'possessed' by the Democratic party, he
has never proved constant y He does
not hesitate to go back on his ''friend"
in favor of the latest seducer. The adj
vertisement "to let'' is always dis
played, and no one who has the price is
ever turned frol door, The truth
is that this man t only a political
but Psychologist. and sociological puz-
zle. Any one who has studied his long
career is puzzled beyond measure, not so
much that he always goes wrong as that
even by mistake he never goes right
Indianapolis Nonconformist.
Discomfort Is Ripe.
Hon. L. Leonard, member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the National Alli-
ance, in speaking of reform work in