The times., 1897-05-12

under the heel of the Autocrat. like a meek
aud caponized Christian There is nothing
strange in that, because the peppery and
pyrotechnic Mr.. Boutelle has sustained his
own extinction with equal humility. But
the eminent tariff author illustrates for our
own instruction the proposition that party
discipline, when carried too far, brings On
an attack OF worms, and that, after d tine,
some OF them will turn both painfully and
spitefully. Mr. Dingiey's party has pro
cetded to DO him up. 1t has torn and chewed
his bill into the saliyary globules propelled
by schoolboys at the teacher when his back
is turned. and that is niaddening; but it has
gone farther and done worse in loading
wool with such burden of taxation that
Mr.. Dlngiey's wooden mill, which possibly
did not lay in years supply of raw ma
teriai, is placed in position TO threaten its
Congressional representative with financial
paralysis as well as with parliamentary
paresls. This is why Mr. DingIey suddenly
develops particdal mania, runs amuck and
,ffers himself as states evidence
His exposure of the gold ring conspiracy
within the Republican fold, to use in
ternal taxation as q means TO raise a
surplus with which to impound and retire
the greenbacks, is valuable as being Of
ficial and conclusive, although the scherue
has been suspected for some time. Among
other things. it adds new chapter to the
story Of Republican control by and sub
serviency to the clements that contributed
the sixteen miliioL-tollar Presidential cam
paign fund. The trusts and monopolies
have had their full Will, and partly at
the expense of MIR. Dingley's woolen-nil,
interests. Now, the gold and bond mag
mates insist upon their share OF the plum
der. and would compe! u fiscal policy that
could be used to destroy their hated
enemy, the greenback. Just to encourage
administration and party support. they
even have begun a gold raid upon the
Treasury to illustrate their power to
PROSTATE the President and his tarire
followers il the latter do not bow TO
their diotation. Incidentally. they order
him to keep his hands OFF Cuba. ami, No
far. ne does it obedicntly.
That this is British-A merican gold and
bondsyndicate hold -upi is completely demon
strated Neither Mr. Mckinley nor his
party has believed in revenue policy. |
They have wanted protection for their
infant industrial friends, and have never |
calculated what their infant financial !
friends might demand or could exact; now |
they see it and shiver. In his inaugural |
address, Mr. Mckinley distinctly said; |
THE country is clearly opposed TO any |
needless additions to the subjects OF in !
ternal taxation and, in other days, he |
was the pure and persuasive apostle OF |
the free breakfast table," for which he |
prayed, pleaded. and postured. Now, i'll |
these degenerate times. he sees a vast |
increase OF the tax on beer, aud his free |
breakfast table wrecked by tariff OF |
10 cents pound on tea! He must hear |
it with what grace he can, since his con-
trihutory principals demand that some
thing should be done to retire the non
interest hearing debt of the people, and |
compel them TO pay more and more usmy |
10 the money and bond jobbers
The popular illustration OF the &c. o. |
p" ought TO he changed from the ele-
phant TO the camel. Straws, like the con-
fession of Mr. Dingley, not only show /
which way the wind blows, but they
are of the kind that 1t does not take many |
10 break the camel's back. Mfr. Dingley
and others are doing efficient work to
give us a House of Representatives, in
1898 that will not at all resemble the
House of Reed, and of which the a ut ocrat
will be lucky il he is member.