Saint Mary's beacon., 1894-12-20


benefit this bill win bring and claim il Is
because Of their success ut the recent elec-
ton.
The party, torn and distressed by inter.
nal distraction. were lily prepared To face q
disgruntled constituency, that looked only
TO substantial results. The promised relief
never came. II is true we were Just emer.
ging from the dark night Of McKinleyism,
but tie rays of the present bill had not
reached their vision, and at the recent
election they either kept away or voted for
the party that was the source Of all our
troubles The very same conditions, In an
aggravated form, that struck down the re.
publican party in 1890 and 1892. struck
down the democratic party in 1894
The result in 80 and '92 was attributed
Oy the democrats TO the tariff. This was
only partly 50. The result at the recent
election is attributed by the republicans 10
their fight for protection. This position Is
no nearer the truth than that of the demo
crats. To suppose that both are correct il
10 suppose that the people have stulsified
themselves
The position of either party in the CON
test was only al incident The moving
cause was the deep distress and grinding
poverty of the people. Borne down for
years by this republican party, they turned
ID the democratic party because they prom.
ised them relief. With equal celerity they
turned from the party because they did NOT
find 1t. Ii Is the only method the people
have, short Of a revolution, To emphasize
their extreme displeasure, and they strike
hercely If they strike not wisely.
In the light of present experience. IL is
doubtful if the democratic party cou Id have
maintained their as tendency in the nation.
even bad President Cleveland convened
Congress Immediately upon his inaugura-
ton, and Congress had acted with ali p,s.
sible dispatch. for the time that necessarily
would have interviewed in the considera
tinn and preparation of any tariff measure
with the certainty that the business of the
country and the condition of the people.
already depressed, would as certainly grow
worse Daring its consideration and contin
utnce, would tell fe4rfully against the par
~ In power. IL made but little difference
u the suffering rsasses who or by what
means this trouble was br, ughr about. IL
was sufficient for them 10 know that tho
branches OF the government, and right or
wrong they looked to them for relief They
did not seem to reflect or know that the
thirty years Of misrule by the republican
party could not be rectified in day or a
year. The laws that Cleveland was called
upon to execute were republican laws, and
untll they were repealed and better laws
enacted, it was utterly impossible for times
to improve. This, ! repeat, in their neces-
slty, they did not stop to consider, but like
the adder III the fable hey stuug the hand
that was surely, if tardiiy, warming them
into life
These sudden upheavals of the BODY pol.
ltic, as If by precnncerted arrangement, 10
my mind, Is menace to the perpetuity of
our free institutions. Il may be that like
the volcano, which after days ofsubterran
EN- muttering, suddenly belches forth its
pent up fury upon the heads Of the devnt
ed people, TO be followed by a season of
comparative rest. So these cnnvulsions
may tend to clear the political sky, but in
either case thev point with unerring finger
to the fires of disc intent that slumber with
IN 10 The moralist, the statesman, and any
!aver ot his country, the solution of these
conhitlons opens up field Of anxious
thought
posed to antagonize law and order, unless
provoked by conditions they feel 10 be un
ialr. 1t will be we'll if our lawmakers look
THIS matter squarely in the face, and ifpos
sible. apply the remedy, otherwise this dis
satisfaction may Overleap. all bounds and
snbmerge this once contented land with
open revolution. lhe masses of this coun
try are IN restless state OF ieTment. Sub
stantlal relief in some way must Le forth
coming, or. the consequences may be visit
ed upon the guilty and the innocent alike
we are passing through a trying ordeal ir
our national life, and God grant that peace
and order may be the outcome and con
tentedness once more bless our land.
How will our Legislators act for the re
mainder of their term. now just to com.
nencedE Will they learn wisdom from
disaster. l fear not elimination and re.
crimination- mud singing is now in order.
ana that 1t will be fully INDUCED in is al
ready apparent. The administration and
antl-adminisfration democrats will each
insist thaG the result of the recent elections
indicates the position they have all along
mantaincd, and the short session will pass
with little or nothing accomplished towards
remedial legislation
The spectacle of a great party with
victorious enemy in front torn by intestine
strife Is sad 10 contemplate. "a house di.
v'ded against itself must fall" Nothing
| VIII or can be accomplished unless Con
gress has the patriotism To bury past diff
ierences and work in unison. Much NAV
yet he done towards repairing the disaster
That has overtaken our party, because of
, their failure To measure up To the party's
promises and the expectations of the peo-
pie.
Messrs. Editors, have given you unbid
deb, and somewhat at length, nv views
upon the questions of the day, and the
causes, rs | under-tand them, that have
led up To our latest defeat You can take them
Tor what they are worth. If you deem them
worthy, you can give them place In your val
Hcd paper, II not, consigu them TO the waste
basket Sufficient TO say that no one save my
self, Is responsible for them. I have consulted
no one, and while do not feel myself cornDe-
tent 10 discuss the great economic Questions OF
tafiE and finance intelligently or entertain
ingly- knowing that other aud abler minds
have grappled them nnsuccessfIIly. Yet I
have given you the faith that is within me nv
the lights that God has given me.
Neither am pace-hunter III II be poSsihle
Tor me to make a living I'm the private walks
OF hte. never expect to seek Office and nm
pretty certain IL will never seek me. But sirs.
am q democrat" and believe I'm the prfncI-
pies of the party. They run hard by and nnr
allcl TO those of the Constitution As long "a
webnfe Tree government In fact, so long will
the principles OF the democratic party survive
IL - this that causes my sOiicffIIsie and leads
me To raise my feeble voice i'm nv country-s
behalf Years are multiplying upon me- years
OF earnest endeavor and struggle. Had fbeen
willing to barter my principles for lucre-,SeIl
my birthr1ght for mess of potaEe.- IL might
have never done. and while we. MeSsrs. Eli
tors. 10y reason of the enequitable laws under
which we live, have labored. and still struggle
no reason we should leave them as a legacy 10
our children. Rather. by any means in our