The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-04-08

THE elections this spring demon
strate a state of feeling among the
people which 1t is the part of wisdom
to heed. There is evident a state OF
transition in party loyalty; a feeling
of rest.essE ess which will not permit
sufficient fir @ tn test the outcome of
any n-cyeIit. ~ designed to secure sta
bility in ts.e Ii, Gs of conducting public
affair People demand immediate
results from party victory simply be
cause tsy have been Taught to expect
them Am Wild and visionary PROM
ises made by irresponsible parties who
think deception legitimate party pro
cedure. The people are not wise, but
they exact the performance of prom
ises when their own well-being is
affected Republican papers discred-
tied the Mckinley administration 10
advance Of its being, by promises of
instant restoration of prosperity. The
pert paragraphs regarding the lad
vance agent of prosperity" were taken
seriously by the people. Country pa
pers formed a sort of syndicate to deal
in slushy promises of good times and
the metropolitan papers copied the
thoughtless jargon as evidence of re-
turning prosperityand proof ofthe con-
fdence felt that Mckinley had only to
say "open sesame and the obstruction
which hindered the coming of pros
perity would at once be removed. The
people have simply said this spring
you lie'' and have turned away IN
disgust from the false prophets who
imposed upon their credulity.
This restlessness on the part of the
people is an unhealthy sign, speaking
without regard to partisanship. Ii
may be hailed with pleasure by the
party Immediately profiting by it, but
it is weapon which is quickly turn
ed against those in whose behalf it
was used SO recently. 1t had its
origin in holding the democratic party
responsible for the panic of 1898. The
people with reason argue. that If ad
versity is the child of sudden circum-
stance, such as the advent to power
of the democratic party, prosperity
may likewise be an instant creation
They have been taught that govern
ment is the center of industrial activ
ity and the fountain of profit for in
dividual labor, and they demand that
government assume this function
without delay. Failure to do so or
the part of those administering pub
lie affairs is construed as unwillingnes:
and they are compelled to abdicate il
favor of some other healer who has {
remedy as prompt rs it is efficacious
1t is nineteenth century Arabian
! Nights entertainment, the loss of the
doctors head being the penalty fol
failure to effect cure.
The election this spring is victory
for no patent specific for the cure O
the present depression. 1t is reiec
ton Of the republican nostrum. Blu
the people are in temper to scan the
political almanac with a view of find
ing there advertised some paten
medicine which promises speedy relief
No doubt they will learn that Mexico
suffered from lassltude and was so re
duced in flesh, &C., brt experiencing
no relief from regular practitioners
was half inclined to give up the gbos
until induced to try a dose of free sill
yer, which put it on its legs at once
That is just the thing to attract a PEG
| pie who have been taught that health
depends more upon taking pills thai
in living in accordance with the law.
of health There viii be rush TO,
silver until the system is weakened b,
its use and then the people will be
come the victim of other quacks.
| We have apotheosized quackery
Is it not time we return to the tru
worship and place government on tru
| lines? We have wandered so far from
the true faith that return through the
wilderness of error is not easy. VIZ
are beset with difficulties because w,
have followed false leaders whose vo
cation will be gone if we return to tn
rock of principle and who will oppos,
it for this reason. The Democrat
party is committed to no theory O
wealth making as visionary as that o
the alchemist and as destructive O
honest industry. 1t is not cur plac
ito listen to the song of the silver sireI
until she has transforms us" int
worshlpers of the idea that govern
ment, the creature of man, is create
of wealth.