Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-06-08
The Only Remedy.

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printing press as the necessities OF the peo-
Die require and all will 90 merily on to the
plenty and prosperity they dream about.
The well meaning but very impractica-
BILE prohibiticnist comes to the front win
his little platform and says "all you have
to do is Join the prohibition party, vote
our ticket, we will carry the day, then
everybody will be good, the old Adam VIII
be taken out of people, tney VIII not os
hunting the forbidden fruit any more, ana
a veritable millennium will follow IL you
will only vote our ticket" and so IL goes
round among those who have hobby TO
ride. and ride it day in and day out as loEg
as they get people to listen, and the col
lections are as liberal as the meetings But
TO the average, moderate, thinking, level-
headed part Of the people, none OF tnese
things are satisfactory, either TO the cause
or the remedy. The cause is back OF all
this. and once that is found the people nnu
the remedy.
The records of our country show that IN
the wear 1892 there was more general ac-
tiyity from one end Of the country 10 the
other in business circles than IN any preVl-
ous wear of our history. The Tolumn OF
business done in the country was never as
great as in the year 1877. Ine "ase
earners of the country OF all classes were
never as fully employed as IN 1917, nor
was there ever year IN our history uuiins
which the wages earned would buy rs
many necessities and luxuries OF lite as In
1892 This being the condition OF affairs
in that year, what has brought about sucn
A sndden and radical change IN the ousi-
mess world, and caused such want ana prl-
vation TO be abroad in the land IN so snort
a time after such state OF prosperity we
think TO anv reasonable, unprejudiced per
son the cause ia not hard to find, and the
remedy is easily applied. This is gov
ernment of the people; we form part oil u
and az we apply either one or another pol-
lev to managing the affairs OF the country,
30 we have prosperity or adversely as we
choose in oar elections.
For thirty odd years the people mace
choice of and were controlled Dy the poiicy
advocated by the Republican party, "ltn
changes from time to time as exPeiience
indicated; the last change embodied IN the
legislation known az the Mckinley BilP
which was the cause that led to the gener-
nj prosperity Of 1892 In that year the
Republiean party, with its candidates,
mast history, and platform for the future
was before the people for their decision IN
the fall election. The Democratic party
with its promises and candidates was be-
fore the people asking TO be entrusted
with their affairs. (The little impractlca-
BILE. visionary, side shows, as popuiist,
peoples party, ETC., ETC., we rake not into
account az they cut no figure only as they
contributed to the success OF tne Demo-
cratic party and are to that extent resPoh-
sible for the times we have. Tne ciailhs
Of the two parties are laid before the peo,
pie, and when the election takes place ana
the results are counted up we hnd the
- tha rrQnnfQptnr1nQ
OF Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Illinois and some other localities conclud-
ed they would have change, and voted
the well tried policy of the Repuohcan
party down and in favor of the Democrat
ic party. This was the decision made by
the people and if it has not "panned out
to their liking those who voted for the
change are to blame and no others. The
whole ground was canvassed before the
people in the campaign, they were INFORM
ed by Republican newspapers and orators
what the result would be il they voted TIE
Democratic party into power
In the face of this warning the people
made the choice they did, and we are now
having the fruits of GLORIOUS Democratic
victory"
The condition of affairs we now have
was to be expected alter the majority yot-
ed as they did 1t 10 but the legitimate
result Of the people determining to try the
Democratic policy, which is unAmerican IN
every way, Just the policy England and
other European countries want TO nave IN
force In this country 80 they can reap the
benefits of our trade, and having made the
choice they did in 1892; all we can do is to
try ii awhile, and after having tried 1t, II
the people don't like it they can make the
change they desire, as provided by laws
made by ourselves, when TIE time comes
to make choice of policy for another four
years. There IL no use railing away at
Cleveland he is but the representative OF
his party, neither better nor worse, but
fair representative in every way OF the
men behind him, they are in the majority,
have the responsibility, and will do as they
think best in conducting the affairs OF the
people. But what q pretty mess they are
making of it. During the Republican CON
troll business all over the country
was good, the revenues Of the government
ample to pay all running expences and ap-
ply the surplus TO paying off the debt and
cancelling the obligations OF the nation,
and in ten years more, had the people been
wise in the election of 1892, the debt would
haYe been reduced to a mere nothing; the
balance OF trade has been 80 largely IN our
favor, which balance had to be paid by
foreign countries in gold, thereby swelling
the 'Trold reserve" our treasury from year
to year, and gold would have become
80 plenty that the relation between gold
and silver would have equalized itself and
we would have had no "silver question"
for demagogues to make 80 much ado
about, Our trade would have gone on in
creasing with foreign countries. and cities
and towns and country would have kept on
growing and improving, with employment
and business for every man, woman and
child that was industrious and willing TO
do something, the stream of business would
have flown on smoothly with plenty for
everybody as long as they remained wise
and looked after American interests The
United States would become the mannfac-
turing and commercial nation Of the
world, New York City would have out
striped London and become the financial
center of the world, and our gold mines,
our silver mines, our industries Of all kinds
would have been under friendly control,
would have gone on prospering and to
prosper with contentment and happiness
all over the land. But alas for all this!
The people were not wise, "like the frogs
In the fable they were not satisfied with
well enough, 30 choose stork for king
that as soon as chosen devoured the frogs
except few that escaped" The people
in 1892 decided to turn the management of
affairs over to the Democratic party for
four years. That Democratic policy il but
the re-echo of what foreign manufacturers,
foreign merchants, foreign importers,
foreign bankers, foreign agents generally
want done In this country. Its policy is
unAmerican, against the interests of our
people in every walk of life, and in favor
Of foreigners generally. All the hundreds
Of thousands out of employment, anxions
to work and can't get work to do. and
those who are working at reduced wages,
are in this condition by reason Of the adop
tion by the people at the last election OF
this foreign policy advocated by the Dem
ocratic party; it has been 80 in the past
every time It has been tried and will be in
the future as long as it lasts, for like causes
always produce like effects.
This being our condition the remedy il
with the people themselves, they have it
all in their own hands and can apply the
remedy when the time comes. II cannot
be done by abusing Cleveland or Congress
or our Courts, or our manufacturers who
have shut down their works, or our coal
operators who have been obliged to reduce
expenses to keep going at all. ave, the
people," have made laws by which We are
governed, under these laws we must ope-
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