The times., 1897-06-18

| Hanna, Havcmeyer and Reed, and all the
| combination of the gold and bond syndi-
| Gates. tie trusts and nonoroIies and the
| Spanish ring, have dug for 1t.
I Its but too apparent that ali such al5ru-
| istic work is wasted. nspite Of thefriend-
/ liest adinonitons, the Administration elc-
| ment in the Senate has advertised Itself
| as the political agent OF the Sugar Trust,
and has coerced or '.pIacated' enough
votes to give that monster corporation
subsidy If countless millions, TO be wrung
| from the wretched earnings of niser
ab,e, despairing people. Throughout the
whole scheme OF tariff legislation it IS
''iamming through" under the caucus buck
and gag, t laughs at the idea of public
revenue. ieers at the oppression of the
masses, and seeks no thing bat the enrich
ment OF the trusts and monopolies, to pay
campaign debts, and to open new general
credit for future political corruption funds
To further this satanic policy and OBJ
Ject, the House OF Representatives, has been
sRbjugated aud suppressed by Thomas
Braekett Reed; and he, directly aided by
a kicked and cowed Republican majority,
has repeatedly and defiantly violated the
Constellation of the United States by de-
in the absence of quorum, and by ,ie-
claring the House adjourned for four days
without the consent Of the Senate. In
this, indirectly, lie has been assisted by d
bunch of scared Democratic sheep, with
out leadership, without the courage Of
their convictions; with nothing behind them
with nothing before them bat the certainty
Of political death at the hands OF their
incensed CONSTITUENCIES.
Between such Senate, and such IA
House, the rights and interests of the
people have been wrecked The domestic
policy OF the Government Is devoted 10
squeezing the life out of American toilers
end feeding their bodies to the sharks of
capital aud corruption It's foreign policy
is divided between the interests of the
Spanish bondhoIders and the Sugar Trust
on the one hand, and spectacular effect
npon- the Ohio election Oh the other. The
Hawaiian treaty is injected into the siuua-
ton TO start an Administration Il patriotic
grand stand play in Ohio politics, while
thebutcheries and outrages upon women (
tie hyena weyler viii be placdly per
mitted until it is time TO use them for
final effect in the same campaign, Just be
fore election.
Such things are depressing. They make |
us feel as the chiIdIen of Israel d d, TN
der circumstances graphically described |
in an east end London Salvation Army |
hymn:
by Babel's sad waters we sot ourselves |
down.
We sOt ourselves down for 10 cry;
And the suiRgS of our 'arps was that
wet with our tears.
That we 'ung 'em on trees for to dry. /
And the people all harsked US to sing |
'em some songs,
Some songs of our country so dear,
= '0w the ell can we sing the Lords |
sonEs?' says we,
In blConlin rum place ke this 'eIe?'
But why should we mourn? In fact,
why should not we reicice that com
tined paresis and madness have attacked
the cerebral vacuum OF the Republican
party within thiee months after assump
ton OF office? The waves OF popular
and execration are BOOM
ing all along the political shore. Old
and honored leaders OF the once great
party are prophesying it's certain destruc-
ton Nobody is happy. Nobody has any
thing influential TO say, or anything TO
get; nobody but Hanna and the campai gn
creditorsI
Arguing from a strictly Democratic stand
point, do we want anything better? OF
course, we do not. If the culpiits who
ate to be condemned at the national as
sizes of s99 and 1860 are accommodating
,nough to dig their graves in advance,
why should we object? Let the Repub-
leans 20 on preparing for their inpend-
ing 0bSequies. 1t is the only service they |
ire cSualHe Cf rendering their country |