The sun., 1894-03-23

hseeasy once impi.atsd snd nourishsd
auoona people accustomed 10 earn their Nv
Ins BY hard work. is dificult TO eradicate.
| The inauisItive zeal Of the slmoners In
"prying into the homes Of the poor, look
ing for their sorrows and the weak
nesses of their characters" is more
unbearable than the hardship OF their
lives. as It seems to the Imagination Of
these charitable spies. II also tends to
weaken and destroy their self-reepect. and
thus drive them into the downward path
which leads to chronic pauperism.
The true help for the need that exists
must be extended by the enactment OF laws
at Washington which express the will Of the
people who put the Democratic party In
power to make them. The people are wiser.
more faithful. aud more philosophical than
the Congress which started out by treach-
erously defying their command and out
raging their interests. Give them the tariff
for which they voted and which the Chi
cago platform promised, and all will be well.
Deceive and betray them. and they viii be
depressed by doubt and uncertainty.
The Lenten season this year has been re-
markable for its mildness OF temperature
and for the unusual healthfulness OF the
town. The death rate has been low for the
season. and the vital statistics genetally
have given no indication Of widespread suf-
fering provocative Of disease and destructive
OF the physical strength Of the people. Such
hardship as there has been has not weakened
their vital force to the extent that they have
succumbed easily TO the assaults Of the
maladies usual to the season. Meantime
the condition OF the town as to cleanliness
and sanitary precaution and regulation has
been extraordinarily good. The moral sit
uation has shown Improvement likewise.
indicating that the labors Of both the
police and the spiritual pastors and
guardians have been performed thoroughly
and intelligently. Serious crime has not
increased with the increase OF poverty.
The public order has been preserved with
notable success. Under conditions which
in European cities have provoked social
violence, and even alarming anarchistic
demonstrations, New York has remained
peaceful and peaceabe throughout the
winter. 1t has shown itself to be one Of the
most conservative communities in the
world. and Is under popular municipal Gov
ernment which is most powerful and most
successful in repressing turbulence and pre-
venting assaults on life and property. No
great capital Of Europe lie SO far secure from
social savagery as this city governed by its
democratic people. And that prominence
has been especially and signally maintained
since Tammany Hall. objurgated. slandered.
and libeled by Mugwump envy. jealousy.
and malevolence. has obtained complete po-
litical control OF the town.
This community. accordingly. approaches
the revivifying sunburst OF Easter in a con-
| dition which is full Of hopeful promise for
| the new season Of fruitfulness 1t will usher
in. The faces OF the people are not gloomy
and surly. but bright With expectation and
expressive OF physical health and moral
well-being. II the Democratic represent
atives in the Capitol at Washington shall
turn out to be as truly and faithfully Dem
ocratic as is the Democracy Of New York.
| the happy end OF our troub les Is at hand.