People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-05-28
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senate resolutions, hence Mr.. Reed,
whose power of veto is practically SUI
preme in the House, is delaying vote
of concurrence in that body. The
Senate may force Mckinley to consent
to avote by refusing to vote on the
tariff bill till the House acts on the
Cuban resolution, or the constituents
of the republican members may make
it hot enough for those gentlemen to
force republican caucus to make a
demand upon the speaker for action
that he will not care to disregard. If
anybody was in doubt about the fact
that popular government no longer
existed in the country, that doubt
should now be removed, and if any one
doubts the necessity for the adoption
of the Initiative and Referendum in
order to restore popular government
that doubt should now be removed.
Under the initiative and imperative
mandate, congress would have been
compelled long ago to grant belliger-
ent rights to our neighbors who are
struggling to break the bonds of tyrany
and oppression which bind them to
Spain. Long ago the national bank
question would have been settled and
even the tariff question which made
| life a burden to our daddies and which
we are in fair way to hand down to
our children's children would be set
tied at least to the extent of determin-
| ing whether tariff taxes shall be laid
for the purpose of getting revenue for
the government with small incidental
benefit to the manufacturers or for the
purpose of building up great trusts
With incidental revenue to the govern
ment. No honest citizen who thinks
with his head instead of his stomach
can look into the question of direct
legislation without endorsing it.
We invite the attention of the labor
unions to an article in another column
headed, Protection for labor as well
as capital"
At the last election the labor unions
voted largely for Mckinley and high
tariff They got Mckinley and are in a
fair way to get tariff that will almost
double the price of many things they
are compelled to buy. If the tariff
results in increasing their wages in the
same proportion that it increases the
prices they have to pay on protected
articles then they have acted wisely,
because they will get the increased
price for all their product while they
will continue to buy all farm products
at free trade prices. But will they get
any increase of wages so long as there
is no restriction against the foreign
laborer coming over and competing
with them at their oSn ,ors. Food
..-4-s ~ c4AeoP~l al 49,.
in Europe, hence the Eurt pean laborer
can make blankets, shoes, hats, cloth
ing, cutlery and every article on the
tariff list as cheaply here as at his home
across the Atlantic.
So long as the tariff shuts out his
product but not himself, what is to
hinder him from coming over in the
sueerage of the next ship and holding
your Dor down to its present price or
forcing it even lower than heretofore -?
Mediate on this query for awhile and
then go out behind the house and kick
yourself for being consummate idiot.
The interview with New York
banker published in another column
makes interesting reading. The honest
avowal that the millionaires of the
country are manarchists at heart,
should interest all who believe in d
republican form of government. 1t
will also be noted that our banker