The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-13
PARTIES A DELUSION.
Henry George Says Power Currupts an,
DenaoraIixes Them.

Henry George Says Power Currupts and
DemoraIizes Them.
CHICAGO, Oct 13-Henry George says
IN an interview:
Put not your faith in princes. have
lost faith in parties, whether new parties
or old parties. Ali parties obey the same
law Organization, power, always brings
Inc temptation to use that organization
and that power for private benefit 1t is
true to a certain extent that d party will
carry out the principle to which it is
pledged But you must make that prin-
ciple very clear and plain No such
vague principle as seQual rights for all
and special privileges for none" viii do
That has been the principle of our Dem
ocratIc parties. 1t must be specific.
4 am one OF those who honestly
worked for the election Of Grover CIeve-
Land did not expect much. l have
not been disappointed. 1 still think his
election accomplished the great object
that | hoped for il, to aid IN .he break
Ing down Of the old parties. Aided
could not expect much for this reason,
that we had no definite promise.
Nov, If we are TO expect anything
from any party we must make our de-
mands definite, clear, unmistakable- l
do not agree with the POpulists in every
thing. Why should i? For instance, 1
regard this money question as a ques-
ton Of comparatively little Importance,
whether we have silver money or gold
money or paper money. So long as some
men can draw the earnings of labor from
other men by selling them the right TO
use what was here before man came on
the earth it will make no difference.
characterization Of silver? Why, men
were tOiIing for mere pittance before
decentralization Of silver was heard of.
What difference would it have made?
1.-Two blcycliSts tell in one of our mag
aZi0aS this month Of their lOnrnaV
through Asia tell how they interviewed
the great Chinaman, Ii Hung Chang;
how he said TO them. "Do you buy offices
in the United 5tates?" and how they hes
itated for while and then told him that
they did Our government Repu blican
Democracy=as il has it's eXemplitication
ii the United States today. is rapidly
passing-aye, in many places it has al
ready passed=into a despotism Of the
vilest and meanest and most cruel kind.
Have you read the revelations of the
Lexow committee Of the state senate in
vestigating the police department of New
York? Revelations. I say-revelatiOns
to no man whosreally knows what is 60
ing on. The municipal government Of
New York has clearly degenerated.
Taxs, not merely taxes that are collected
for public purposes: taxes Of blackman
the great corporations. man who
ought to know=Abram S. Hewitt, the
man who few years ago saved society
from me=who ought to knOw-has de-
cIared that illegitimate taxes levied in
the city Of New York on blackmaiI
amounts to more than all the taxes that
are paid in for the municipal govern
ment
go higher That Democratic ma
chine that calls itself the democracy Of
the state of New York lives and grows
strong on similar blackmail, making il
commodity to be bought and sold The
i'm position or nonim position of taxes is
bought and sold
go higher still. Have we not seen in
the congress of the United States within
a few months how the power of the
trusts was greater than the power of the
whole people clearly expressed at the
pollsy Have you not seen in this city Of
Chicago, under a so called Democratic
administration. the mercenary troops, the
standing army of the United States,
thrown into the state against the will of
the governor of that statef-and for the
purpose of keeping the peacer And,
worse still. we have seen that act OF
Democrat president lauded by the press
all over the United States. When it
comes to this that standing army must
keep the peace IN u country like this, the
republic, if not dead, is rapidly dying.
And today what do we seec With the
o-called Democratic party in control of
all branches Of the administration, the
standing armies for which we have today
no legitimate use, being gathered in
great barricks around our principal cities.
What for? Te put down the revOlts of
the nanr"