The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-05-27
.,uE COUNTRY AT PRESENT.
...r,.l nrpressiUu Resulting frem
Legislation Hostile Ia Labor
I~nterests.

calm and careful review OF the prog
: ~ the various influences at work
,oolding the destiny OF this republic
,nads toward optimistic conclusions.
when all things are considered. there is
.o,hsng that should be discouraging in
n. obstinate stupidity OF a considera-
NE norton of the masses whose polite
II hribe is a subsidized gold standard
orcan. or who at every election think
NOV drive shrewd bargains in exchang-
;ro their birtbright for messes OF pot
,are. Not totally impenetrable is the
present gloom OIL account of industrial
concessions, caused by corrupt legisla-
oon. hostile 10 labor II interests, although
II will continue TO hover around, with
,arying density, as long as the people
choose public servants who treacher'
,nsly become subject TO the control OF
,he class that is striving TO thoroughly
establish. for all time to come, n plu-
tocracy TO be supported in luxury by
The interest on bonds always TO be re-
funded and never TO be paid at ma
thrifty. think | can show why, writes
4. Renshaw, In the Mississippi Val
lev Democrat. The plain truth, which
was temporarily obscured in 1896 by the
subsidized press and politicians and the
muzzled preachers and professors, is
hound by natural laws to rise again tri-
umphant. Is ii not strange thatin that
wear a colossal campaign fund was able
10 successfully darken counse with
words OF deceit? Although the lines
were sharply drawn between the peo-
ple and their plunderers as never be-
fire since Andrew Jackson's day, yet
the confusion incident toa hurried. and,
for many voters, novel agitation, pre-
vented a cohesion Of reform forces.
However. there was n signal disintegra-
ton of the cement Of party prejudice
and a separation of right and wrong, 50
mat now. in the calm interim between
o%uadrennial election there is steadily
taking place. a recrystallizauon, u
which afinitics are inevitably drawn to
gether-the honest. unselfish and pat
riotic on one side. and the corrupt
greedy and pluiocratic on the othe'
side. II is not a division between thu
rich and poor for some of the forme'
are true blue patriots. while many OF tn
latter profess admiration for corrup
practices, claiming it is the smartes
man who ear sell for the highest price
Surely there can be no doubt as 10 III
result of a test az the polls between twN
such opposing forces unless the peopl
are woefulIy ignorant Of the issue. !
spite of the deep-laid schemes OF tn
dealers in unearned increments, TIA
course of the present administratio
has unmarked the hypocritical prefer
sions of the ~. Louis platform maker
and munied tones Of unmuzzled trut
are even now and then heard amid tn
din of the republican scramble f'
spoils. Up to the time when the CUBA
question overshadowed evcrythin
else. there has been at Washington
conspicuous an exhibition OF CORFU
greed that he who runs may read u
handwriting on the wall. The pres
dents cabinet with Hanna on the sid
Is largely made up Of repulsive types
fin de steele plutocrats. which, u
Creator be praised, will fade away WI
the century. and il compromises repr
sentatives of various forces that thren
en- the stability of the republic. IL
Encouragement is the undisguls'
champion of corporate tyranny; u
secretary OF the treasury representst u
respectable church. unconscious OF Z
insiduous encroachm ents of Mammo
the name Of the secretary of state Isl
SYNONYM of cold, calculating treac
erv. and our own assistant secreta
of the interior represents thatnumero
class Of republicans who stibe th'
honest convictions for pie. ! cam
conceive the possibility of an aggref
ton Of evil. such MS the republican par
has developed into. being Endorsed Il
wear or in 1900 by the people, unl'
Ahitophels dominate in the counsels
the three opposing parties Since !
~plutocrats are determined to establl
a public Indebtedness. the principal
which IS to be handed down through
future generations. the people ought
have enough Anglo-Saxon spirit to 81
IF necessary. so be it. But in that Ct
we will take care that we will be
creditors, and will take the debt
denominations Of from one dollar
fifty dollars and charge no inter'
We see the absurdity Of paying idl
for the privilege Of drawing upon
prod ucts Of our W labor