The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-07-14
4 foLioY or DISASTER.
legislative Treason PerpetrAted By Re"
publican SenAt0rss

Legislative Treason PerpetrAteo ~ 1s0
publican Se1At0res
Republican senators have assumed
an attitude that cannot but bring
upon them the strongest condemnac
ton of the country. 1t Is their de-
termination to insist upon . re ason.
able discussion Of the pending tariff
measure. Had they not stopped to
construe this announcement it might
have been accepted as asserting an
honest desire to still further enlighten
themselves and the nation on the sub
ject under consideration. They would
have at least nv oided confession OF a
purpose involving the direst disaster
that leRisla tive treason could Mt this
time inflict upon the people of the
United States. They boldly a-ow the
adoption of dilatory tactics as a means
of killing the measure for which every
material interest of the country is ap-
pealing as the one means of avertinR
impending ruin.
in this cold-blooded avowa1 there is
a depth of treachcry, contempt for
popular rights, a cruelty toward suf-
fering humanity, a wanton sacrifice OF
the means to restore prosperity, such
as has no parallel in the annals OF civ
ilized government. The shallow pre-
tense of reasonable deba te' is worthy
of men who thus hold party superior
to country, and for the attainment OF
political ends will go to a length that
imperils our national existence. There
is not a ray of light that they can
throw upon the question under consid-
Grafton. There is no point OF view
from which it has not been ap-
preached. no argument w ich has not
been advanced times without number
| and for its full weight. Yet these men
| who hold in trust the highest interests
of the people deliberately propose to
extend the dreary waste Of talk and
drivel until tho bill is killed, though
| the country share the same fate.
| If they can prevent it there will be
| no longer sessions nor will they dis
comrnode themselves by meeting at
night. Their policy is not to hasten
| legisla ton, but to prevent it. With
the demands of the people in their ears
| and a scene of universal disaster about
them. from which there is no escape,
| save through the deliverance of rem
edial legislation, they assume the part
| of Nero. as he watched the conf]agra'
| ton of Rome. Welded to the idols OF
| protection, intrenched behind the
| wealth of combines, trusts and mo-
| nopolies, they are deaf to the popular
| appeal and sacrifice patriotism to the
same monstrons iniquity which has
brought calamity upon free people
Their mendacity is that OF the syaterr
| they represent Their cruelty is that
which has legalizcd robbery and e,S
acted tribute from masses to fatten tine
Golfers of favored bepeficiaries-
1t is difficult for n free people, vested
with the sacred right of self-govein
ment, to tolerate such a conspiracy n
this. In times OF general prosperity
with the people employed and com
Portable. a line Of policy inspired bJ
political consideration, might be &C
guessed in, though not approved or
Conditions do not permit OF such ar
acceptance OF the situation at this
time. Business IS stagnant- Thou
sands are out of employment Capita
wants to know the legal restrictions
under which it must operate before /
will come out of retirement. There il
a spirit of unrest that should b'
soothed, not aggravated. There Is
just and reasonable appeal made b.
the people to their representatives
which should be speedily granted, no
| scorned The republican senator
have assumed responsibility tina
only the insolencc of protection wo'll
dare to suggest.-Detroit Free Press.