The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-04
4 LOGICAL SITUATION.

LOGICAI 81 VA iON.
Expecting the Republican party to
take any decisive action against the
mOnOpOlies and trusts is like expecting
a cat to drown her own kittens, and
those who still have lingering belief
that the LeXow investigation will
amount to anything. or who hope that
the Mckinley administration will do
something of consequence for the relief
Of the people. are sure to be disap-
pointed and undeceived.
MOnopolies, trusts and combinations
of all sorts, formed to enable the few to
enrich themselves at the expense of the
many, are the offspring of the Republi-
can system Of alleged protection, of
which We are sure to have another eN-
ample in the Tariff BILL for the passing
of which Congress will be called in
extra session after Mckinley has been
inaugurated. They are the result Of
government partnership with individ-
uals and classes wherein the former are
put in the possession of millions that
make it possible for them TO contribute
literally to campaign funds and to buy
up Presidencies and Legislatures that
may help and protect" them i'll their
raids on the pockets of the masses.
The Republican party to-day is the
champion of those who have already
made vast fortunes with the aid of the
Government, and who want to add to
them, as well as to put their friends
and relatives into good things" 1t
could not do otherwise than favor the
trusts, the monopoliStic manufacturers,
the favored national bankers or any
of the other big fry who fatten on the
masses. To think for moment that
its most conspicuous representative,
Mckinley, will try to cut loose from
them and select anybody for his cabi-
net who is not entirely satisfactory to
them is merely to blind oneself to the
logic Of the situation.
The money-making combinations will
be intrenched in all governmental
places of power so long as the Repub-
lican party remains triumphant. That
much is certain, and the people now
realize it.-New York News.
AIgcr.
A thick and thin Republican organ
declares: "The selection of Gen. Alger
is objected to, but the objections are
based on stories and rumOrS which
were exploded long ago. The critics
know that. yet so uncOnquerable is
their propensity for fault-fnding that
they cannot refrain from condemning
a selection with which people are gen.
orally satisfied"
Does not this beg the question? What
information has the organ that there
is satisfaction with the appointment of
Alger? As for the objections. is it true
that they We're based ON stories and
rumors which were exploded long ago:
Let us see.
1. Gen. Custer and Gen. Sheridan rec
the dismissal from the army
Of Gen. Alger because he absented
himself without leave, which was
in an active campaign, as
Ill old soldiers know, to desertion in
the face of the enemy. Is the story ex-
ploded? The story is part of the mill
ary records of the United States.
2. Criticism of Alger as business
nan is based upon a decision of the
Supreme Court of Michigan. The re-
>ort is published. 1t is part of the rec
)r(iS of that tribunal. 1t cannot be eX-
Dloded or effaced. 1t stands confront
ng Gen. Alger and condemns him.
8. John Sherman's condemna ton Of
Alger as a man who improperly used
money to further his ambition to be
nominated President of the United |
States stands in his printed memoirs.
It is not exploded.
The selection of Gen. Alger for the |
position of Secretary of War is not |
merely mistaken, unfortunate, unde-
,irable. 1t Is moral calamity.-Chi- |
ago Chronicle.
Congressional Extravaganza.
When Speaker Reed, a few years ago, |
warned his fellow-Republicans that it
would prove dangerous thing from a
,arty standpoint for them to furnish !
he country with the spectacle of
Congress" they paid but |
title attention to him. and what he |
oresaw did happen. There was a po-
itical overturning which completely |
staggered them and lost them control |
# the Government for four years.
The country has now had another