The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-19
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coming more and more apparent. Mr.. Cleve-
land disrupted his party in doing the bid
dlngs OF money syndicate which made
enormous profits out of scandalous bond
ueal. To-day all the trusts, all the monopo-
lies, every agency which is bleeding the
country has taken refuge under the wing
Of the Republican party because they fear
the Democratic party which has kicked
them out. To them party is means to an
end, and that end is to get rich at every
body's expense, right or wrong.
In my own State the railroads, who have
never paid their just and equal share of
the taxes have been faithful ally of the
Republican party: They put, up the money
the Legislature and in return expect favor
able measures and exemptions from paying
rdr eue p ta&s @ ask Me ona haVe no
is right and fair, and no more; but they
have been undisturbed so long and they
have in the past well succeeded in evad-
ing their rightful share of taxes, that an
attempt i'm the last Legislature TO ask them
10 pay more is denounced by them. their
hired newspapers and paid politicians, as
revolutionary and unrepublican
PINGREE NOT A REPUBLICAN.
81 have had something to do with this ef-
fort of the people of Michigan to get a
readjustment of railroad taxation and rates,
and every railroad attorney and railroad
doctor, every little country newspaper
editor who has pass, every politician who
hopes for financial favors to help re-elect
him. is out of breath crying 'Pingree is not
Republican They cry this because I was
elected on the Republican ticket by ma
jority of $4,000, being 27,OOO ahead of my
ticket, and they do not want me reelected.
King Doodle cries | am the party and there
is none beside me-. hope you Will excuse
me Tor using my own case as an ilustra-
tion, but I do so because | know more OF
1t than do of similar ones elsewhere.
Il believe in government for the people,
the plain people, just as Mr.. Lincoln did,
and / say that any So-called Republican
who thinks that the interests of railroads,
trusts monopolies or syndicates are of more
Importance than the interests of the aver
age man, had better get out of the Republic
an party in Michigan, for L am going to
fight it out on Mr.. Lincoln's PLATFORM no
matter what they call me: l believe the
people will demand this The Republican
party wants no men for leaders who wor-
ship the Golden Calf.
1t is noticeable that every rascal is al
ways an extreme partisan and hollers pa
triotism and party loyalty so that you can
not hit him without breaking plate glass.
The monopolist, the franchise grabber. the
lobbyist, the political apostles of Doodle,
are all extreme partisans, and when any one
exposes their schemes or obstructs their
and cry you are attacking the party. When
they elect themselves TO Office by main
force of money they ascribe 1t to divine in
tervention of Providence in behalf of the
nation and it's honor
"A party which does not rid itself of men
who make themselves prominent in it with
perpetuating the reign of the dollar will lose
its influence with the masses, and like a
church which accepts. robbers 1.-THE from
wealthy and influential pewholders who
wish TO ease their conscience, it will soon
be all such and none others. / have at
times seriously thought that the enactment
of law forbidding any church or insttu-
ton to accept bequests or gifts from men
OF great wealth and making them keep
all they have would tend to make men less
greedy Principles are greater than men,
and speak as a lifelong Republican when
| say that unless the Republican party is
led back into the spirit of the principles
which Mr. Lincoln so clearly stated i'm the
words which / have quoted, it cannot long
live as great party.
HOW TRUSTS DO THEIR WORK
Many of us lifelong Republicans who do
not train with the money power are heartily
sick of being obliged to condone and defend
the trusts which have come to board with
us indefinitely. We all know that the motto
of a trust is to charge all the market Will
bear There are many hundreds of them
now, and they cover almost the entire field
of human wants. Their work is noseless
and unceasng, but like the dropping of wa
ter. it will wear the stone. penny on
sugar passes unnoticed, but means forty
millions a year out of the pockets OF tie
people. Why make fuss about two cents
on OIL it amounts TO so little? But ii means
over sixty millions TO you. and so it goes all
along the line, form of taxation which
taps the pockets of the producer i'm such
a manner that he does not know whas Keeps
him poor.
"A campaign Of education has lately been
started which proposes TO teaca the DeoDle
that trusts are benevolent institutions and
under Providence Will make us all happy
Patent lnsides and plaSe matter is now
shipped out TO country newspapers for print
ing which they are paid, showing how trusts
cheaper everything. 1t is strange to what
extent men will go to justify wrong and
teach the people lies
You perhaps remember how before the
war many of the Clergy argued for human
slavery a divine institution and what a
great advantage il was for the POOR negro
TO be rescued from mis- African surroundings
and brought here TO this Christian land un-
der the benign influences OF the gospel The
question is to-day, do half fares on rail-
roads and contributions TO churches and in
stitutions influence the clergy to deal gently
with great wrongs? The masses of the Re
publican party DO not want to stand sponsor
Tor those agencies which are PLAYING the
mischief with this country's welfare anv
more than the Democrats do We have
however, some so-called leaders in our party
VINO nave more faith in the power OF mon-
ey than in the power of the voting masses.
There is no doubt that the power of mon
ey IN this country to-day is tremendous
II retains newspapers, il directs the great
heWs-dlstrlbuting agency and telegraphs IL
etects men 10 the Senate and TO the House.
II manipulates national and state conven-
uons. Any man who speaks against the
ABUSES which all recognize. is a marked
man, and the calling of names is In order.