The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-14

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The Record OF she Republican Party
The Republican party m#y wen be
proud OF the record which it is making
this winter and spring. 1t is truly and
consistently Republican in its total dis
regard of the people and the peoples well
fare.
In Congress. in both Houses of which
Il has a majority. it has made such a
record that we find the commercial or
ganizations of the country preparing ar
appeal to it to adjourn post haste and
give the business interests Of the country
a chance. One influential business man
speaks thus
AS a matter of fact, business in general
is stagnated, and | do not believe there is
a single industry but has a less promising
end encouraging outlook for the year
than it had three months ago. As the
junior Senator from New Jersey
SAID in his speech of a few weeks since,
aN business interests are languishing in
consequence of Congress being in session.
He said it was d menace to the country
at large for them to remain in session,
and for the best interests of the country
tn4t lQey ADJOURN. L DeiiSNG That every
good thinking man would agree with the
Senator in what he said.
Then we have the Legislature of the
State of New York, owned body and soul
by Tom Plat. passing It's. Raines bill and
its New York Commission bill at the
Boss behest. with frantic disregard of
all considerations of right, prudence or
deeency. We see one of these measures
railroaded through the Legislature. liter
ally by physical force, the hand of the
resentative of the people to violently
stihe and choke the voice of the majority.
Next, we have a carnival of corruption
at Trenton, where our own particular
gang of "reformers'' are passing bills de-
manded by the corporations and killing
those for which the people clamor. as
fast as the roll can be called. Here we
have one tool of the railroads. Mr.. Lower.
scurrilousiy assailing the Democratic
minority, because it is faithful to its
duty. and we have another specimen of
POLITICAL utpTdNlty Siltiu5 III tHC RPUNh-
er's chair and choking off a Hudson mem
her in the midst of his remarks upon a
pending question. and calling the Ser
geant-at-Arms to his aid to apply the
gag.
In Kentucky. we see the Republican ma
jority in control OF the Lower House of
the. Legislature deliberately vote Demo
cratic members out of their seats and Re-
publican pretenders into their places with
the deliberate intention of stealing a
seat in the United States Senate.
In Baltimore. whore the reform wave
rose very high last year. we find a Re-
publican Mayor, who, like Mayor Strong
of New York, seems to entertain a sincere
desire to be honest. inc%ontinently shorn of
all his powers and privileges by a Board
of Republican Aldermen, mad hungry
for spoils.
power. two years ago. they were to abol-
ish poverty at once. It was heralded
that their mere return to power would set
the wheels of industry humming once
more. Today they they are still howl
ing calamity. They have not had the
cohesion to pass one little bill affecting
the matters which were the subject of
its pledges. II New York. it has made
the Parkhurst publication the laughing
stock of the ages. In New Jersey, it
has violated every promise it made three
months ago. and ignored every popular
right, ever that Of free debate in the
Houses of the Legislature.
What are the people going to do with
this hideous monster which has got so
terrible a hold upon the government of
the country, and which is even now pre-
pairing to trade away the credit of the
country for the vote of the silver States2
VIII rational men of any class vote to
maintain this party in power? Will they
give it fresh opportunities Of subyertlng
every principle of right, and wrecking
every interest Of business and morality to
crafty its lust of power?
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