Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-07-18
EDITORIAL BRE VITIES.

i'S VyiouHy VI Ine nOD is tne worst
OF all tyrannies, and Gatling gun is
its best solution
The sympathy strike means the solu-
ton of labor problems by the ssnd
bagging of the public.
1t will be memorable in history as
the Administration that cut down
every body's income aud taxed what
was left.
The principal fact in the political
situation is that it is only necessary to
give the Democrats rope and they will
do the rest.
The Democratic idea OF relieving dis
tress il to nominate rich men for office
on promise to bleed freely for the
benefit of the party.
The past week will be remembered
as the one in which Senator Harris
assurance Of the passage of the tariff
bill was knocked out.
The greatest strike of all WAS Cleve-
lands strike against silver. The
damage it has done and is still doing
is simply incalculable.
Coxey would be out Of place in the
next Congress. If he were to go there
at all this present body of blunderers
should have included him.
The Arkansas Democratic State Con-
vention remained in session. for three
days, and yet did not work itself up to
the point of indorsing Cleveland.
Debs is the kind of labor reformer
who doesn't care whether workingmen
earn wages or not so long as he can
keep his name conspicuously in the
newspapers.
Let us stand still and see the saliva
ton of the law. 1t will surely come,
by peace, we hope, but by force if
necessary. Let US hope for peace, but
be ready for force.
Hill was the only Democratic Sen ator
who voted against the sugar schedule
which is designed to put fortune into
the treasury of the Sugar Trust at the
expense of the people.
Under Harrison the Treasury had
sufficient stock of both gold and silver.
Under Cleveland its stock of silver is
discredited, and its stock of gold is in
constant peril Of evaporation.
Mr. MacVeagh is not likely ever to
be Senator from Illinois, but he is in IL
fair way TO pay handsome price for
hearing Democratic politicians talk as
if they thought he could be elected.
This is good time for the railroad
companies to get together and stay to-
gether in defense of their right to
render their appointed service without
dictation from mischievous and ire
sponsible organizations.
Secretary Carlisle has not yet made
any preparations for selling bonds to
replenish the depleted gold fund. but
the necessity for such action stares him
in the face all the same, and his only
way to avoid it is to resign his office.
The public be ID" said Mr..
Vanderbilt a few years ago, and there
was chorus of rage from one end of
the country to the other. "The public
be d." says Mr.. Debs at the present
time, and many seem to think he utters
a solemn truth.
The fatal defect in the philosophy of
the strikers is that it justifies the infiic
ton of severe injuries upon innocent
parties by the general blocking of busi-
ness and interruption Of the facilities
by which traffic is conducted and the
wants of the people are supplied.
Senator Vest says,"I shall by every
vote and word of mine encourage sculpt-
ure, painting, music, literature, and all
that makes our human life better":but,
of course, he doesn't really intend to
antagonize the interests of the Demo-
cratic party in any such radical way.
The tariff bill will probably get back
to the House during the present week,
and then Chairman Wilson and his
friends will have an opportunity to
show what they propose to do about
measure which practically signifies
that they don't know enough about
tariff reform to go in when it rains.