The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-09-04
Ruled by MonopoIists.

4 hpuopHllSI-.
To the ordinary man. the wage
,arner, the recent rulings of Judges
Jackson and Keller in the miners
ltrike cases are in perfect keeping Will
he whole trend of events and conse
luences as manipulated by the Repub
lean party from the beginning of the
Mckinley tariff 10 the present time
That bill was n child of sin. born in
niquity, and its younger brother. The
Dingley bill. of like ancestry. is ten
old worse in spirit and action. and
We are now reaping the legitimate
'ruits of such legislation.
The Republican party is wholly re-
| ;ponsible for the condition of things
low existing. The corruptions Of the
| Republican party, as exhibited to-day,
are without a precedent in the history
If nations and governments. Design
ng and corrupt men high in authority
| and influence conceived the idea of Il
protective tariff. enriching Il few men
1t the expense of many. laying their
ieep-rooted plans of hiSh-handed dev-
| ltry and so sugar-coated their schemes
| lnder the guise of aiding infant in
lustries in the United States and in
| that the party is becoming more bold
with the change of every moon. until
constitution. laws and precedents are
wholly ignored
1t requires no strain of the imagina-
ton to trace the connecting links from
The incipiency OF the Mckinley bill.
when commercial competition WAS act
I'VE and healthy, down to this day Of
combines. trusts. injunctions, strikes.
military rule. disregard of life and lib
arty and all that an American holds
lear. The perspective in the panOra-
mic view of the Schemers' designs is
as plain 10 the eye as that Of Pixies
peak to the enthusiastic tourist
Say the Rockefellers, the Morgans.
the Gateses. the Hills. the Hannas. sit
ling on their respective thrones of
power and corruption with the broad
smile of complacency: Everything is
coming our way We control the Con
gress. the President. the Cabinet, the
Legislatures, the Courts. the isles OF
the sea. the vessels that plow the
oceans. We are monarchs of all we
survey" our rights none dare dispute.
4 President may order 20 per cent
reciprocity reduction-we can knock it
out. He may hear the tin-pail bri-
gade's demand for reduction in the
price of meat: we say, certainly. in
junction proceedings will stop the cry.
but increase the price of meat. and the
President is delighted. The poor miner
and his family, starving for the neces-
saries of life, when his fellow laborer
is forbidden 10 supply their needs
through the gentle hand of charity by
our judges injunctions.'
Great God. Is this all: Nay. verify
From Roosevelt to "Crunchill." from
Root 10 .'Hell-Roaring Jake" from
Dan even to Beersheba" there is the
dagrant and studied suppression of
truth and facts which are withheld
from the public
\ Senator Hoar may arraign and
plead, Babcock may devise and prom
Use. says writer in the Chicago
Chronicle. but while the one may main-
tain his position and dignity the other
undergoes heroic treatment. Impe
rialism is the legitimate outgrowth Of
Republican policies-murder. rapine.
theft. robbery, cruelty TO Interiors 10y
schemes unheard of in war-alI prac-
and Christianity and conducted secret
ly by cabal NJ Washington city in the
name of the government of the United
States
1t is not remarkable that the clergy
of our land are beginning to call for
relief from the usurpations of the ad-
Something must be done
to deliver us from our present dilem-
ma. Were it not such serious mat
ter it would be rather ludicrous TO COM
pare the position of some of the clergy
at this time with their conduct just
before the elections, when they AFRO
gate to themselves the high function
of eulogists of the God and morality
party" and the condemnation of every
man who does not subscribe TO their
views and vote their ticket
We have the remedy for our pres
ent political ills in our own hands if
we will use it. If every voter who is
suffering under the curse of the pro-
tective tariff would vote for his own
interest and not for the supporters of
this administration relief would ap-
pear as soon as the polls close on elec-
ton day because the wage earners
greatly outnumber the corruptionists
in high places But will they do it: