The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-25
CoxEYism ANo M.xiNLEYiSM.


x0e Protection ttiitt ~ 80
Logical Conclusion
The secretary Of the American pro-
iective tariff league writes IL the World
protesting against the leagues being
held responsible in any wise FOR the
Coxcyitc armies" IL Is probable that
we were mistaken in naming the League
as the specific source from which the
Coxeyitcs were receiving aid. Never
thclcss. week ago there were unmis-
taxable signs that the protcciionists
were lending the movement aid and en-
enlargement Of "A substantial character;
just rs there are signs now that they
dropped il when public attention was
called To the earmarAs OF partisan ma
nipulation.
And in spite Of protests and disclaim-
crs nothing Is more obvious than that
Mchinlcyi>m and Coxcyssm stand in
the relationship of cause and effect
For twenty years the protectionists
have taught by speeches in congress
and on the stump and through their
party press that when anything goes
wrong with business. or even with any
particular industry, congress should be
called upon 10 set things right Their
doctrine. put forward on all occasions.
has been and is that laws make pros
perity or bring disaster. and that the
remedy for industrial disasters is more
laws or changed laws
In what does this differ from Coxey-
ism? The Coxeyites are III distress
They claim 10 be willing To work but
unable TO obtain work. and 10 repre-
sent millions who are suffering priva-
ton by reason Of this condition OF
things They follow the teachings they
have heard for years and turn to Wash
ington for help. They ask congress to
pass laws which they claim will bring
relief
Even their plan OF presenting "a pc
tition in boots" is borrowed from the
MckinleyiteS How many times dur
ing the last dozen or twenty years have
the capitol and Washington swarmed
with people who had gone there to ask
congress to pass laws or 70 levy taxes
for their special benefit? How long is
il since the protectionist spellbinders
and newspapers were shrieklng in
chorus because the democrats OF house
and senate refused to give hearings"
10 bands OF people from all parts of the
country who insisted upon telling con-
grcss what kind OF laws and taxes they
wanted for their own benefit?
Does tie fact that the Mchinlcyites
had the money tor had it put IN for
them TO go 10 Washington in passen-
ger coaches give them any rights not
possessed hy the Coxcyites. who for
lack of money must walk or steal rides
on freight trains?
The plain truth is that Coxeyism is
simply Mckinleyism reduced to an alb
surLity by being carried TO its logical
conclusion. and though a burlesque
in its present phase il will haze one
good effect. We shall hear less here
after of congress and congress-made
laws as the remedy for industrial
troubles and trade depression. We shall
see an end made of those petitions in
boots" which the palace car Coxeyites
have been thrusting upon congress year
In and year out We shall see the honest
American doctrine of self help put in
practice more and more.
Elindly and unconsciously, with but
q nebulous idea of what he is doing.
the grotesque Coxey is great reformer.
His absurd army will be turned into
a circus sideshow at twenty-five cents
admission and then melt away into the
police station. almshouses and casual
freight trains But he has Taught a
lesson that will not be forgotten He
has opened our eyes to the extent u
which our social structure has been
undermined He has set men to think.
ing. and as the first and surest result,
of that thinking halt will be called
upon that form of state socialism
known as Mcki,leyism Y. World
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