The advocate., 1895-09-11
CONSISTENCY.

Poi0SLbpu tubL appeared IN Gn0 ADVO-
CATE q few days before, wherein the
ADVOCATE charged that the panic of
1893 was the result of a deliberately
planned conspiracy between the Wall
street agents of the Rothschild syndi-
cate, and the, present administration;
and that the same outfit controls the
party machine of both the republican
and the democratic parties. We do
not propose at this time to enter into
any extended argument upon these
questions. We have already published
the evidence of the conspiracy to bring
on the panic and it is not necessary to
reproduce it. 1t was lost upon the
party y-blind editor of the Champion and
it's reproduction would not remove the
scales from eyes with which they have
become 30 intimately connected. Just
to show the consistency of the Cham
pion, however, we will reproduce a por-
tion of the editorial referred to and
follow it with an editor ial of later date
for the purpose of comparison. The
Misrepresentation referred to in the
first quotation relates to our charge of
conspiracy and that the conspirators
control the two old party machines.
The following is from the editorial of
September 1.
Just such wild Misrepresentation as the
above has done more to create the present
state Of affairs than anything else. In 1892 the
ADvoCVTE lent itself to scheme to mislead
republican voters and help swell the demo-
cratic victory which has resulted in palsy Of
the arms Ct industry, destruction Of Ameri-
lean commerce, the debasement of American
currency and the discomfort and idleness Of
American workmen. Had the followers of the
ADVOCATE been sincere In their pledges made
before the election, the populist congressman
would not have joined hands with the cohorts
Of President Cleveland to strike down an
American protection system and place the
wage earners Of the country at the mercy Of
the British syndicates who govern Wall street
and dictate the policy of the United States
treasury department II the ADVOCATE was
not 80 thoroughly saturated with socialism,
1t would be decent enough to state that NO
populist senator or congressman ever voted
for the policy that made the growth Of the
United States the most phenomenal and en-
during in the history Of the world.
One would Judge from the above
that the editor of the Champion is an
ardent believer in the republican sys-
tenn of protection, an ardent believer
in the theory that a protective tariff
really protects the American lsborer
and sustains wages in this country
above those of the "psuper labor of
Europe" But a little later he dis.
covers paragraph in an eastern pa
per that gives his mind a different
tack, and, forgetting all about what he
had said before, he really succeeds In
saying some sensible things. The fol.
lowing is from the Champion of Sep
tember 4:
1t has long been understood that foreign
labor was crowding out the native Americans
In the coal regions, but to how great an ex-
tent Is not generally known. The report Of
the miners examining board for the ShAmo-
kin district shows that during the last fiscal
year sixty-seven certificates were issued to
native American miners and 408 to foreigners,
Of whom 86l were Poles, Hungsrians end
Italians. The introduction Of so many men
Ignorant not only OF the language OF the coun.
Try but OF the precautions necessary In such
hazardous occupation as coal mining 10 to be
deprecated on more then one account-Phils-
delphia Bulletin.
That touches point often made the subject
Of comment In the Champion. Free trade in
wage-earners is one of the greatest menaces to