The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-29

| Mr.. Cleyeland's suggestion az being JUST
| IA UNEQUAL and unjust as Mckinney -
| He saws all men who bring imports 10
| the United States should pay taxes upon
| those imports. according TO a rule 'na'
hoars IN exactly the same way upon all,
and no specious pleas OF how
nrlncipie of discrimination Will ad-
vantage here and help there will ever
overcome his fundamental objection-that
the principle is at last one OF favoritism
that gives one man an advantage mat
Il denies 10 another man. We think IL
most unfortunate for the Democratic party
that Mr. Cleveland has again pressed ms
notion forward. IL will never be acceP'eu
as Democracy by those VINO constitute
the real backbone Of the party, because
IT is unequal and unjust. and those men
will never tolerate any proposition Whit
ever that sets equality and justice upon
one side.
san deprecatlng the writing and pub
lication Of this letter. we can, neverthe-
less. cordially sympathize WITH the foi-
lowing In It:
1.-THE trusts and combinations-the COM
munisrn OF pelf-whose Vaccinations nave
prevented us from reaching the success
we deserved should not be forgotten or
forgiven. We shall recover from our
ast0nishment at their exhibition OF power,
and IT, then. the question Is forced upon
us whether they shall submit 90 the free
legislative Will of the peoples representa-
tives. or shall dictate the laws which
The people must obey. we VIII accept and
settle that issue as one involving the IN
teerity and safety OF American instltu-
tons
The people of the United States have
never vet fully understood the brazen
effrontery with which trusts and monopo-
lies marched up to the Senate OF the
United States and ordered their (own)
senators" land they own many
one Of them). to frame the tariff bin as
they desired II to be- We ind In the
Congressional Record for August Sd
speech Of MIR. r. L. Johnson, Of ONO,
from which we make the following eX-
tract:
Thus our bill got into the Senate. Then
came the fine tactical WORK OF the dStV1c
politicians who manage the business WHiCH
the leading trusts have with the Ohi'su
States Senate. and who have manaHed 20
skillfully that our biz has never ye1 peen
voted on. nor TO this day has any bc.nofs
crat I'm the Senata been put 70 the test Oh
openly refusing 10 record his vote lot q
reduction Of taxation that his party was
trying 10 make These managers went
around privately 20 Individual senators
asking what particular piece OF pIotertiS1e
robbery they would like to have preserVen;
and out Of these replies brand new ON l
was framed which was carried thfoueh
the Senate under Democratic caucus
agreements Nor was this process OF
formulation" confined TO Democratic sen
ators whose votes might fairy nave pTrh
deemed necessary 10 pass the bhl. Ike
publican senators who under no cfcuih-
stances would have voted for a Demo
cratic bill were approached in the shinr
way. and IL Is said on GOOD authority
that some Of the most important schtd-
ues in this Senate Dill were W VIZ ~
Republican senators accorded this priv
lege. not in return for promise 20 V"te
for the bill but as an inducement not 10
fllbuster. And not only this, but mem
hers Of this House were approached III
the same way. and asked what protecteI
interests in their own districts they "ou,u
like to have taken care OF In the senate
bin.
We'll did Brice. Of Wall street, New
York. who represents the State OF Ohio
I'm the United States Senate, say 70 "a con
gresham. Come in and get whatever
Won want for your district It's a free
lunch" II was the most dshonorabie,
scandalous. disgraceful scene ever enacted
on this continent. The people OF the
United States must demand that their
senator's shall be elected by their own
direct vote. or the Senate of the United
States will corrupt them from top TO Dot
tom and cause them 70 lose their lDer-
ties and everything which is valuable
in their character.