The herald., 1896-05-31

for the exclusion OF meritorious and
necessary foreign products, which serve
to keep the comforts OF life within the
reach of all, is wise provision. But we
IT may be that the Jumped sum of
countless millions ir the hands of com
paratively few men in this land, by
.H-'rh they could bankrupt every saw
, wn.-- ssution and storehouse of In
a,.S,r., .nss l's y, th,. country In week, does
nos'ry uot dtys ln ,ts t s:i.r to q war tarifs
and one-sided favorl.issm upder the
disguise of equality. But ". uo4S, Sras,, ~,
1t may be that If this fsnstic~- 'ieat y
of an exclusion tariff matetfastxes ~"
reality. it's Inauguration will mark Az.
era OF eternal prosperity. free frof9 and
proof against the natural set-backs Sim.
liar to that through which we have just
been passing. But we doubt 1t.
Il may be that the silver question.
the .fat money" freaks, a too-frequent
ncendiafy press and hafr-brained DEM
agogues In influential positions in the
government regime, wherefrom they
have impressed the world Of investment
with their absurd financial theories
and something else-had an appreciable
bearing On the slump tfhdef whtcn
we have been suffering for few years
past. But we doubt 1t.
The desire for a change" may be
TeNelHtian To TIE de ioA o. ofN.
may not have existed. say, along ABOUT
1884 and 1Ss2 againi ana 1t may not have
been based on iustifiable grounds, II 1t
did exist. But we doubt 1t.
1t may be that the voters of the coun-
try will not place the deadly par
allel' comparison into operation later on
and see for themselves what Is the true
explanation of artificial imitation and
collapse, high prosperity and conse1uent
relaxation, riding on the crest OF IN.
wave and tumbling into the furrow. anu
othef t.amnles of cause and erect
transgression and retribution. But we
doubt 1t.
1t may be that our women are on me
wrong track in demanding suffrage ana
other privileges which they claim as
parts of their deserved prerogative. 1t
ls possible that women will have even
less influence In political questions In
the future than they have had in the
past; who can tell but that some wise
oracle who understands as much about
the theories and practical results or
distinctively Republican form OF gov
ernment as a jack rabbit does of the
metallic ingredients of a Krupp cannon,
will really convince the rest of mankind
that Withholding the ballot from woman
taxpayers is an undoubted blessing 70
the sex, and giving suffrage to an un-
American rabble of foreign born paup-
ers, unable to read, write or speak our
language. or appreciate the heneficent
spirit and intent of our institutions is
meet and proper: and 1t may be that
the fact this same hostile swarm or
aliens are thus enabled to decide by the
ballot whether our women shall have
the right to choose her own govern
mental officers. is perfectly just and rea-
sonable: and it may come to pass that
the examples of two sister states in ex-
tending to women equal political rights
(and which in at least one instance we
recollect. resulted in wrestling the state
government from the chaos and dis
grace of Popuist misrule). are argu-
ments against .woman's modest de-
mands
Yet. we must respectfully reiterate,
we doubt it,