The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-06

actually befalien the country. Bot the
Democratic majority was not even ca
pable Of allowing itself to be helped
and saved. Month after month il
wrangled and fioundered, sinking deep
er and deeper into the mire, while bus
iness went 10 ruin and the whole Ma
ton suffered as il had not before in q
generation.
Partially rescued at last in spite OF
itself, this proud and puissant party
next essayed the work of tariff reform.
That was the thing for which il had
been crying for many year. That
was its one great war cry, Ifs chief
stock-in-trade, its very reason for exist
enee. And, after weary months OF
haggling and jobbery, what a mess II
made of it! 1t formally repudiated
every alleged principle it ever had. Ii
branded as a lie the platform upon
which it had come into power. And ii
gave TO the Nation at last, a the con-
summate product of its best thought,
maturest deliberation and ripest states
manship, IA foul and formless thing
which its own chosen leader declared
to he an act of 'perfidy and dishonor. "
Upon the third scene i'm this tragic
travesty the curtain has just fallen in
which once more the Democratic ma
iority abjectly begged help from IFS
foes, and succeeded in making for itself
a record Of british ignorance and Grim
inal disregard of the public veal for
which even its own annals can scarcely
furnish parallel.
These are but three great salient fea-
lures of domestic maladministration
Abroad, the party, or its chief, at one
point pursued a course that viii forever
toe fittingly known as policy of in
fanny" At another point it was weak
unto abiect cowardiee. At Il third it
went ont of its way 20 insult friendly
Power, and then basely surrendered its
own wards to be tortured to death by
savaces. Against the weak il bins-
tered; before the strong it cringed.
And in almost every quarter of the
globe il studiously contrived to cripple
American trade and secure the closing
Of market doors against American
goods. Between these leading situa-
tions,n at home and abroad, it kept up
a constant byplay of incapacity that
would seem preposterous were it not
criminal, and would be amusing were
ii not detestable. Only two years But
what two years for self-respecting,
country-loving Americans to look back
upon!
Never did a party assume more abso-
lutte power, with a clearer field before
il, than did the Democracy two years
ago. Never was a party dismissed
from public service in circumstances Of
greater ignominy and dctestation than
Is the Democracy to-day. As for the
blame Of ii, who shall tell where it i
to be placed? The President charges
il against the Congress which he has
chad on his hands" and a large fac
tion in that Congress charges il against
the pompOuS autocrat who has striven
TO eXalt his personal policy above the
Constitution itself. At one time, with
a certain pig-headed rightness, the
President has sought Republican aid in
checking the madness of the wild
horses at the Capitol. At another,
the least bad element of the Democracy
in Congress has looked to the same
source for aid i'm thwarting the White
House policy Of infamy." President
and Cabinet, Senators and Representa-
tives, all are tarred with the same stick.
4 great throng of the latter now step
down and out of the Capitol, amid the
Nations mingled feelings of relief and
contempt. The former, by virtue Of
the quadrennium, remain To vex the
land for two years more. Upon them
both alike comes to-day the Nations
sternest condemnation He are all
Improbable servants" Two years of
Democratic government bat they are
ended at last, thank Heaven And
the country viii not want their like
again for two full generations.-N J.
Tribune.