The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-06-07
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The Real Reason OF the Ressltisa AssInss
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The results Of elections throughout
the country show conelnsiyeIy chat
there has been no change adverse TO
republicans or in favor 81 the demo-
cratic party since last November. Here
/ and there democratic apathy or sndif-
ference is named asa cause OF results
which are nevertheless simply mex
plicable, unless for the apathy itself
an adequate cause Is found. It's not
IN accord with experience to attribute
these results 70 the bad conduct OF of
ticials In certain states or cities 1t
would be more creditable TO the people
II they had shown greater readiness to
punish rascality or crime; II .he shame.
tul conduct OF rulers in New York.
Brooklyn, Jersey City and Chicago had
been more swiftly resented aud pun-
ished by respectable voters 81 the
party thus dishonored; u many men in
other cities and smaller towns, and
even in rural districts, had risen up In
body 10 teach their party that It
could not retain decent support any.
where II il made itself the hired tool
OF blacismailerS and criminals in the
most important cities. There has never
been evidence that the great body of
democratic voters were willing In this
effective way to punish their own lead
ers for wrongdoing. To attribute the
vast delugc of democratic 1isapproval
which has swept over the country to
the misconduct in certain cities would
be contrary to all experience and abb
surdly unphilosophical.
Displeasure because business Is poor
is not sufficient explanation. because
business is distinctly better than ii
has been. but the flood OF popular In
dignation and rebulse is plainly not
abating, but rises higher every month,
There has been more business in
March than there WIS in October, but
the majority against the democratic
party and policy rises higher in April
than November. 1t Is cumulative
displeasnrc, and obviously grows as
people get more undeceived regarding
the nature of the democratic policy
and the real causes OF their misfor-
tunes. When hepanic came democrats
falsely asserted IL was the fruit OF
republican law which must be re-
pealed, but the repeal did not help
things. and the people saw that the
pretense was false. Again, when CON
gress was spending months in chang
ing the tariff, democrats continually
asserted that abonnding prosperity
would como with removal of burdens
imposed by republican laws But the
democratic tariff, when 1t came,
brought no relief. and again the people
saw they had been cheated. Even
then 1t was asserted that only little
more time was needed; that the new
law had not vet manifested its benefit
cent results hut with every week the
people see that its results are not
beneticent, and grow more angry be-
cause they have been cheated.
The practical effect Is felt in wages
more than anywhere else. For thirty
years men have lied TO tile voters, say
ing that the tariff had nothing TO do
with wages. All last year democrats
We're asserting that their duties were
everywhere high enough to compen-
safe for the difference in wages be-
tween this and other countries As
soon us business settled to the new and
more blessed conditions, people were
assured, they would get as good wages
as ever business las been recovering,
democrats tell us daily, but the work.
ing people do not get the old wages
Every weeks payment brings home to
them the fact that they have been per-
sistently cheated and that the demo-
cratic policy was not intended to and,
in the nature of things, cannot main
tain the wages formerly paid. That
discovery is the one thing which affects
the minds OF the great body of voters,
because most of them are wagc.earners.
They are learning that the sort of bust
ness revival for which democratic
statesmen look means more severe com
petition with the labor of other lands;
that its coming does not restore wages,
but only makes it more clearly mpos.
sible to restore them, and that the
policy of the democratic party is in It's
very nature calculated To grind down
the worker by removing the defcnses
against foreign competition. y. Y.
Tribune.
FACTS FOR DEMOCRATS.