Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-13
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Both the groa, parties, Republican
and Dsmsofatlc, nro rccroant to theil
fundamental phnciplcs. Both arc
jasuy chargeable with troaohcry to IN,
piain lmpor. Of their platforms. Botu
are uudfserviug VI the cordial and
unquala ii support OF Intelligent and
patriotic cit.zeue. 10 follow either
patty Implicitly would be Us fatal az f5l
"a, Judge on the bench to 10 guided
porumpofily blythe attorneys on either
side Ola case before him.
Parties are becoming more and more
PARTISAN as the years roll on. More aud
more aro they special pieudor5, repre-
rrnihtivts q special nnd selfish inter.
eats. There was time when parties
were e1p3nunt8 OF principle; nud their
assumption 0i power meant the prcva.
Irncu and supremacy OF those pfinci.
ulrt. But now political platforms ate
designed 10 got In on rather than u
chart uf principles 10 be eKumpliGcd
uy uithml administration. la former
times au election contest meant "a gen.
rfnl decision u The people a. 10 policy,
tut nov Is simply means thnt tue cue.
ce.Hul pariy has got the tillr,s, aud
That they Will fhupc the policy 80
ns 10 hold the offices nslloug ns possible
when The Democrats under Jeliur.
cen fret triumphod over tho Federal.
iHis, and when the Republicans under
Lincoln fret triumphut over the
Democrats, in either case 10 meant %
"a
administration was in every way IN
keeping with that principle. But nov
the sucCusH OF larry, ynuther lic'
publican or Democratic, docs moi mean
that tue platform Is 10 be enacted into
law. That platform 10 but the gutter.
ing generality, the diplomatic rninphcf-
MALTA; 10 10 tho lom'tom that thc mUii-
Gle men beat 10 The ltn1 Of tue pro
cptsiJu. Ia oidon iimta they hni hired
moufurrG Tor funeral occasions; and
with well paid zeal uid they make the
wclkiu ring with thnir dismal lamvula.
tons. So today there ere platform.
mlEuu wh0io functions ceaiewhvn the
Infly is b0ostedlut0 puwer.
10 such things are true, what u the
solution OF 80 Whence arises the
mystery aud the tfcncnefy2 What is
the cause VI the difference between
the iuv.ulahility Of platforms uow anu
forty years agt2 The differences afi.ts
from The fact luut IN former time8 the
itu.8 were ali declared, he c9Fc was
folly mado uu both sides. hut now
there ufu wheels within WHEELS. The
most potent issue 30 never revealed.
This leaders of both parties utr
Boz possession OF "A common
secret; and they are both play.
iug Tor this deeper and llrFer
tukr, while the platform mAkcfs tvUp
Tho people, tho mighty mac Of v1terst
deeply concerned abOutsUme Irrelevant
ana Trivial contention.
Why was % that iast fall, year ago,
tue AR Tcsouudod with protection anu
Tree trader Every school house awoka
TO tue ccho OF tne parry slogan. Onr
would have supposed thnt President
Cleveland would not let congtuusmen's
seats get cold Gro they were again
occupied by tie champions Of turil
reform. But no sooner was tho
election over than tho contention
dies away, anu In its stead the
money question rists into view. There
wns no special agitation about finances,
hut ~ soon ae the election 10 over u IN
discovered that finance AMI not tariti
is tho cause Ui all trouble. The speclal
session was called, aud Instantly u
minority VI the leaders OF both parlle4
ket together ON common gT0uui. Ihty
know well enough thnt tue noisy cleo.
tlou was q sham battle. They know
that the real issue is ono Ia which the
leaders OF both parties stand together;
anu against thou are smaller mum.
Der Of lcn1efs representing the gfrat
mnsstB Oi the people, mighty
host who arc largely In.
formed or mipiniomeI as 10 tue !
great Issues Involved.
Do the people know thnt the great
battle * behind tho scenes, that |
the haI1 Of the trumpet, |
tho pttlo Of the drum and
the glare VI tho torGhllght nru but the |
din auc confusion that distTacl atten. |
ton from the stupendous drama that |
10 belug enacted? Do tho people know |
that Throughout, tie election contest |
lhcy were playing with loaded dice,
and that whether II wege Harrison OF |
Cleveland the game wag won against 1
,hemg DO the people realize that the /
Hfnhltr issue Do one that IL plotted iu |
Europe, ana that tho monieI /
CLASSES OF BOTH parties arc |
representatives OF that issue IN |
THIS country; that these oluncs have
controlled the party nominations Tor
perhaps thirty yeaiH past; that what
ever tnc platforms, thoy have the men
on either siio who will I
carry uul thdir purposes when elected;
That the presidents anu cnbiuets are
'.Ways such us 10 do their will; that
with unyieldiug ami ruthless treat ihi-
hidden policy has g0uo forward unu I,
now II II well nigh au accomplished
TACT IN the civillz d WOril2
What IN this issue, anu what does %
meau2 II Is tho money. isfur, aud J,
heanathai the loruship oithls world has
asstu from the hands OF royal blood
lnd klngly pterogative ana lights OF
.Fimogculturo 10 those OF wealth aud
NE money power aud that hencelorlh
money rules uycf the thrones u kings
inu presidents, AMI controls tho des.
.lnies ut the masses Of mankind, II
means that tho money power IL forging
10 way 10 nniyemal dominion; that
laIious nre lying PROSTATE before 30,
IOuhl hand ana ioO,i that In every
,venue Of life its heavy hand l. ie!l.
rus power Is as abnormal iu the body
lolitic az ~ cancer In tho human
i0Iy' IL Is selfish, unphllgnlhrop-
70 unpagtiOtlc, IN every way
nalgn and adverse 10 tho general
Welfare. lts policy is to augment the
ndebledntss OF tho w0rld, 20 initiate
uulnNllls al pFpIii iufn uuuuutulu.t. l