The advocate., 1895-03-13
LEI the People Answer.


I feel that IL would be good reading for
your many subscribers, and I hAvs de.
cided to ask you to reproduce it. The
article in full is as follows:
WHO is I'd BLAME2
When things 90 wrong there iS nearly al
ways an tfforb TO plaos the blame on some
body else besides ourselves, This is espe-
cially true in politics. Hence IL is that the
democrats place the responsibility for the
present demoEaizsd condition Of public sf-
fairs at the door of the republicans, while
she latter are equally certain that il is all
owinBtc the wicked democrats. The POpu-
liass say IL is both.
There is an occasional exception TO this
vnle, and among them is the Plttsburg Dis
patch, staunOh republican paper. Discus.
sing this question editorislly, 1t says:
sIhe people, in order to fully under
Etand the source OF the trouble, must rOCoR-
niSb ihat the process which has drained the
igsasnry and injured the national credit
spmmencsd with the lavish appropriations
and the reckless policy Of the republican
congress in 1890, and has been aggravated
by the same eXtravsganCes and greater stu
pidily Of the democratic regime.
''The republican congress which scattered
Che auPpluP; which reduced revenue to the
level Of former expenditures, and at the
same time expanded expenditures to pre-
viously unknown total, aud which endesv-
OPGd TO con cesl the dtfoit it had created by
such juggling as that of laying hands on
She trust funds Of national bank deposits
for the redemption Of their notGs, has the
responsibility for beginning the process Of
depicting treasury which before had been
full 10 OVerAoWing. The democratic re-
Gime has the responsibility of continuing
10 spend more than the revenuep, Of using
the redemption fund TO pay current e1
psnsea, Of muddliDg nearly every financial
question, end Of failing in every attempt
&tEemedial legislation,
''The plain truth Of the matter is that the
present difficulties Of the treasury are due
70 the iDcsE Eaoity and lack of principle dis
! played by politicians, without regard to
party lines"
The Journal makes the following com.
ment:
The key TO the si uation is found in the
last paragraph. It is lack Of principle on
The yaHb Of politicians. Included in that is
the fact that the East has shaped the policy
and the actions Of both parties ever since
che close Of the war. The West and South,
though largely in the mSjoFity and possess
ing community Of interests, have allowed
Che East 20 shape the course Of legislation
and TO build platforms for the parties. We
must carry New York, you know, and as
goes New York, go goes Connecticut and
New Jersey. So the.party platforms have
been constructed to suit New York and one
candidate on each ticket has been chosen
from New York and the legislation of the
country has been shaped TO suit New York,
and behold the result.
There can be ro improvement until West.
EN- and Southern members Of congress
throw aside ell partisaDship when il comes
% business matters such as the currency
end the tarf. 1t has been clearly demon
ntrAted that il is useless to put any party in
sniirS control OF the government ss long az
u allows itself to be dominated by the E lst,
OF course, "the process which has
drained the treasury and injured the ma
lcnal credit" commenced under rspubli'
can rule The New York Post Of Fsbru
eSy 18, 1893 said: "At the conference ol
bsnkerp with Secretary OF the Treasury
Enniar Hasta1dsY. il was practically de.