The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-05-21
EheDrmorrat-S Star
HAVE TIE REPUBLICANS RE
DEEMED THEIR PLEDGES?
Atlanta Constitution

III - III
Atlanta Constitution.
Under the heading Why Not Now?
The New York Times reitCrateS ITS de
mand that Mr.. Mckinley shall give Il
the country and to the world "oul
simple. definite sign that ''the prom
Use OF his election is to be fulfilled"
The New York sun takes the mat,
ter up, ald declares in plain terms
that the administration has done all
that it promised to DO, and all that it
can do" This would be very comfort
ing if there were any truth in the
statement.
The New York Times and The New
York Sun have both been posing as
Democratic newspapers, but their
principles have now fallen into so
loose and hopeless a condition thai
they are not able to say definitely
where they stand. The Times de-
clareS that the Republicans promised
currency reform, but they did no such
thing The Sun declares that they
have done all they promised to do, all
that they could do.
Meanwhile, The New York Herald,
which is neither Democratic nor Re
publican, declares that if the Repuo.
licans in Washington were bent on
wrccking their own party they could
not take a surer course to that end
than they have been blindly and OBJ.
stinately following since their return
to power
And The Herald cries out in agony
that the Republicans have as yet
done nothing to promote" prosperous
business conditions.
This is the simple truth, The Re
publicans pledged themselves to re
store prosperity, They sOlemnly as
surcd the pcople--Mr. Mckinley from
his front porch, and the whole gang Of
Republican speakers and editorS-that
the Endorsement Of the Republican
candidates by the people would in
evitably and infalllbly restore pros
pcrity. 1t was preached from the pull
pits, it was shouted in the streets, it
was printed in the newspapers, it was
told in the factories and workshops.
If you want prosperity ind0rse the
Republican candidates. If you want
higher prices, higher wages, more op,
]pOrtunities to work, and better times,
support the Republican party"
That was the pledge and promise,
All the other pledges were merely IN
tended to contribute to the lulillmcnt
Of the main promiSe-prOSperity, The
party favored a high tariff. Why
Because, according to Mr.. Mckinley,
it would give higher prices to the
manufacturers, enabling them to pay
higher wages, and giving the farmers
better markets for their products,
The party favored international bi.
mctallism. Why? Because the single
gold standard is not conducive t.
prosperity,
Now, how has the Republican party
carried out its main pledge? Where
is the great aggregation OF prosperity
Of which Mr.. Mckinley was announc
cd as the advance agent? Where ar,
the prosperous times that we're - nj
low his election? 50 far from 5ey=.
oping, business and trade c4-1 ..ol,
are more depressed now than They
were before Mckinley's eiec.l.n
Prices are lower, the demand for good.
is less, gold exports have been re
newed, and the next evil to come il
the leyying Of unjust and unnecessar!
taxes OF people who have no money tt
buy goods even at present prices.
And what is worse than all, Mr.
Mckinley and his followers seem t
are nothing whatever for these re
suits. The Republican House has re
tired from business. The Republican
Senators are engaged in increasing
the schedules Of robbery, and Mr.. Nc
Kinlcy is chiefly interested in return
ing his man Hanna to the Scnat,
from Ohio. That is the extent Of Re
publican responsibility, the sun anC
substance of their anxiety.
The New York Herald is right
The Democrats ask nothing better fol
their party than that the Republican,
should 90 on as they are now going
1t is an object lesson calculated tt
drive every honest voter in the coun.
try into the Democratic party.