New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05

Tn. r.-ul'> II elections throughout The country
show r.ucnl>'vly tllt There has been no chang"
al,cr>, % Republicans coz IN favor ~ tn" Demo
cratic party since last November Her" ana
Their. Democratic apathy or inhiif"rcnc" i
named Us 4 cause - results which are never.
;h,l,>> simply uc>pliclhlc. urie>> for he apathy
itself an ADEQUATE, cause is found l. i not in
accord with experience 10 attribute these results
to the bad conduct Of officials IN certain states
.r c.ii-~ II would be- more crc,li'abl" 10 III"
r.,plr if they hld shown greater readiness I"
puui~h ri>cility or crime; II the shameful con
duct If ruler, IN N'W York Brooklyn. Jersey
CIV aud Chicago had been more swiftly resented
AMI prIuishci 10y respectable voters Of the party
Tim. i i~hpnnrrl: If many men in other cities and
su,,ll,r towns AMI even in rural districts. had
risen M in u body Ia teach their party that II
could DO, retain decent support anywhor" II It
made itself tie hired tool Of backmailcrs and
criminals in The mos' important cities Their"
has never been evidence that HE grca' body ~
Democratic. voters were willing In This effective
way to punish their own leaders for wrong
dnlur To attribute The VAST dcugc Of Demo
cratic disapproyll which has swept over the
country to the misconduct in certain cities would
be- contrary 10 all experience and ah>urlly I'M
philosophical
Di~pl,u~,,rc because business i poor is no; a
sufficient explanation because business Is dis
tnrtly better Than il has been. but the Hood
or popullr Indignation and rcbIkc i plainly not
abarins. bu, rises higher every month There
has been more business in March than there
WIS I'm October. but the majority against tn"
Democratic party and policy rises higher in
April than November 1t is Il cllnllllativ" dis
,b. Il, ,,f
more undcccivcd regarding the nature Of In"
| Democratic pocr and the real causes "f their
misfornncs When the panic came Democrats
| falsely asserted II was the fruit Of II Republican
| law which must be- repealed. bul The repeal did
| no, help things. and the people saw that The pre-
| tcncr WAS false. Again. when Congress was
| spending months In changing the tarn, Demo
| Gratis continually asserted that aboundinS pros
| pcrty would come with removal of burdens i'm
| posed hy Republican laws. But the Democratic
| tariff when IL came brought no relief. and again
| The people saw they had been cheated. Even
then II was asserted that only little more time
was needed: that the new law had not yet mani
| tested its bcncfccnt results. But with every
| week the people see that It's results are not
| bcnciccni and grow more angry because they
| have been cheated.
| The practical effect is felt in wages more than
| anywhere else. For thirty years men have lied
TO the voters. saying that the tariff had nothing
10 do with wages. All last year Democrats were
| asserting that their duties We're everywhere high
| enough 10 compensate for the difference In wages
| between this and other countries AS soon as
| business settled to the new and more blessed
conditions people were assured. they would get
as good wages ever. Business has been re-
covering. Democrats tell us daily, but the work
| Ing people do not get the old wages Every
weeks payment brings home 10 them the fact
that they have been pcrsistcntly cheated. and
| that the Democratic policy was not intended 10
and in the nature Of things, cannot maintain the
wages formerly paid. That discovery il the ono
| thing which affects the minds of the great body
Of voters, because most Of them are wagc-carn-
ers. They are learning that the sort of business
revival for which Democratic statesmen look
means more severe competition with the labor
Of other lands; that It's coming does not restore
wages but only makes II more clearly impos-
sible ~ restore them, aud that the policy Of the