The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-05-26
In q Fools Paradise.
New York Times

Except in Washington there is a
general awakening to the bIunders
and the perils of the Administra-
ton and the Republican party.
1t is subject of mems speech in
private and in public that in beat |
ing off one set of unsound and |
dangerous aspirants for power the
nation has committed itself into |
the hands of another set scarcely |
more heedful of its welfare and
equally bent on their own selfish
and harmful ends. These are not
merely the criticisms of political
opposition. The warming voice is
raised within the Republican par
|ty itself. ''Our over-patient and
heart-tired people" says Mr..
John Wanamaker, "our oyer-suf-
fering, much-promised people, be-
trayea and disheartened, no lon
ger haye faith in their party and
will turn to any leaderships that
offer promise of better times, be-
lieying that worse times can nev-
er come than those now existing.
From o Cabinet officer of the
last Republican Administration, a
Republican whose zeal and liber-
ality in the support of the princi-
ples of his party have given him
high place in its inner councils,
this is momentous arraignment.
But it is not their origin and au-
thorship; it is the irrefutable
truth of the words that give them
their startling significance. Mr..
Wanamaker speaks not alone for
the patient and heart-tired peo-
pie. He speaks for himself, one
of the foremost merchants of the
country; he speaks for the har-
rassed business interests of the
United States and the masters of
our stagnant industries, for mill
ions of weary Haen not only Of the
bench and loom, but of the Office
and counting room, whose unre
! mitting toll since the election O.
the "advance agent of prosperity,
has not piled one dollar on top o
e another. People are tired of los
4 and shrinkage, of year-long labo
that yields no return, and of tn,
t unbroken gloom. They have beel
q buoyed up by promises, they hav
: lived on hope. The promises ar
broken, and hope sickens as tn
! speeding season bring only a deep
g er darkness.
e Meanwhile, the nations Pres
Il dent and it's Congress, needless {
its distress and persistently with
e holding the promised and onl
+ certain remedy, compound gian
l. dose of their poisonous old pro
II lection nostrum and prepare t
8 force it down the sufferers throa'
The Ohio wool bandits force CON
e pliance with their demands b
7, threats of vengeance at the poll
le A coal baron Senator exacts
'r schedule that threatens to destro
he a mutually profitable trade of te
millions with Canada. The po
terry manufacturers impose rat
that bear heavily upon the buye
J Of the cheapest table ware. A lii
= en- thread interest boldly puts 8
:, outrageous schedule into the dra
- of the bill, and fraudulent meal
are employed to keep it ther
j. The Sugar Trust-by it's person
representatives. present in t
"a Finance Committee room, al
"a draws amendments which the
. author, disquieted by the indi
D., nant remonstrances of the pre-
90 of his own party, stammering
NV promises to explain and doesn
cf The controlling influence
l. their tariff making is the desire
. repay with protective customs d
: ties the men who gave money
20 elect William Mckinley.
~ Mr.. Wanamaker puts It, the ps
80 ty in power is fulfilling its pie
IL ges to those who wish to -"mai
-, tain particular projections throu
~ the money given by which ele'
I ions are decided.
~ The pockets of a people alrea
- impoverished are to be ripI
open wider to admit side by s.
with the hand of the Federal I
collector, the big and greedy paw
the favored manufacturer "
. :; paid for his privilege last year
- checks to the order of Mark HI
ma.
- Preoccupied with its outw'
creed of protection and exclusi
" devoted to the interests ,
commands of those contribut
of funds to whom it has farr
out the taxing power, this bl
II party neglects altogether the g