The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06
THE DECEPTION EXPOSED.
VOsssu Last Fall Were Buncoed BY Re-
publi~an misrepresentation.

yNe OGSefJtCN cAFOSCOs
Vssssv Last Fall Were Buncoed by Re-
publi~an misrepresentation
1t Is largely assumed by our rcpub
iican friends that the men Of demo
cratic untccedcnts who voted the re-
publican ticket last fall will do 80 this
year and next for the same reason.
Hence they entertain very lively hopes
Of victory in Kentucky this year and
OF sweeping the country next year.
This view omits several important
factors. Last year the republicans
told the people and made some of
them believe that the democrats
brought on the panic and were respon-
sible for the depression in business.
They told the people that the tariff
bill which became law last August
would be followed by reductions of
wages. suspensions OF the mills and
general distress. They also promised
that if control of the house was given
them they would put an end TO tariff
agitation.
la view OF this plan Of campaign. yet
fresh in the minds Of the people, SEN
ntor Lcxow. OF New York, recently
said that the rise in wages must neces-
sarily be temporary, for unless it was
SO the rcpu bliflns ''were wrong and
had been wrong al the time" Yet
the increase ia wages has continued
and now they are higher in some in
stances than they were before the
panic. This is revelation to more
people than Senator LcxOw. IL must
be especially "A revelation To those who
thought last fall tina. the democrats
had caused the panic. What really
caused the panic is thus told in an ex-
change:
THE reason for the passage OF the sherman
act was stated long ago by senator Jones. OF
Nevada. who was one OF the con.errces. The
Mckinley bill was sent to the senate by the
house about the middle OF May. senator
Jones served notice on his republican COLI
leagues when the silver bill was in conference
committee carly In July that II the committee
did not agree enough votes OF republican san-
nlors from silver states would be cast against
the Mckinley BILL which had not been taken
up for consideration 1T that tirns. TO defeat
That threat was effective. AMI the silver COM
promise bill was passed, and then the Mcixin-
ley bill went through aftcrward. Every one
can see now that 1t would have been FAR bet
ter for the republican party II that threat hal
been treated with Indifference Had the
suit been the defeat OF the Mckinley bill the
democrats would have been deprived OF the
ammunition which enabled them TO win the
sweeping victories OF 1922 and $50. AMI to pass
the Wilson g orman bill There would have
been no industrial panic In lc93-ea II there
had been no legislation on the silver question
there would have been no increased purchases
Of silver ana no financial paaic in is9j
The candid ana truthful statement
is taken from that well-lsnown repub-
lican paper, the Chicago Tribune. of
July 9. 1895. In the light of the facts
there set forth it is clear that the voters
who hold the balance of power in the
elections of last fall were buncocd by
being made to believe that the depres-
sion in business. reductions of wages
and general distress were due to the
accession of the democrats TO power
and the tariff legislation that followed.
such republicans as Senator Lexow
aud the editor of the Tribune see
clearly enough now that this is not the
case, and it is not to be presumed that
the democrats who were deceived last
fall can be induced to vote the rcpub-
lican ticket = second time for the same
reason.
The extract cited from the Tribune
shows that the corrupt bargain by
which the Mckinley bill and the Sher-
man bill became laws was at the bot
tom Of all the business troubles of the
last two years The Wilson bill. there
fore. had nothing to do with them, and
If business revival and advance Of
wages should not be permanent it will
be due entirely To matters affecting
the currency. and not at ell to the re-
vision OF the tariff. The currency agi-
tation is the only thing which now
threatens the continuance Of prosper
ity. Whether the republicans, when
congress meets, will keep their pledge
not to revive tariff agitation remains
to be seen. At all events, it is pretty
clear that they will not be able to
work the tariff as the cause Of bust
ness depression for any democratic
votes at the coming election. That de-
ception has been pretty cffcctually ex-
posed by the ''incxorable logic Of
events. louisville Courier-Journal.