The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-01
sCHURZ ON THE SITUATION.
reIs Why the Democrats should
Win the House,

New York Stats Zeitung in regard to
.sa coming election, expressed his
views. which are printed below:
What do you think of the opinion of
s,,ch a Democrat as Senator Morgan of
Alabama, who believes it would be bet
,a- if the Democrats did not control
the lower House of Congress, because
under the present circumstances they
could only act the part of obstruction
lets?
This opinion seems to me utterly
untenabe 1t is tantamount to saying
that whenever one party controls one
branch of the Legislature and the Ex-
ecutive power, the opposition is bound
n Weld the rest, too, to the unlimited
control of the dominant party. This is
simply nonsense. 1t should be the en-
6eayor of every opposition to win what
ever strategic advantage it can. In
every constitutional government a
strong opposition, able to command
raspect, is a need. 1 deem it especially
important that the Democratic opposi-
ton should have a majority in the
lower House, especially just now. Such
a majority of course, will not be in
position to pass laws not agreeable
TO the Republican Senate and Presi-
dent. but the election of such a Una
ioritv will have a wholesome effect in
more than one direction. 1t will fur
nish proof that the people are dissat-
isfied with the dominant party and
command a halt"
You mean this with regard to the
tariff and the trusts?''
1T will be so understood in part and
II will be a very healthy thing for the
country. The Republicans claim that
the country owes its prosperity, and,
indeed the whole magnifcence of it's
industrial development to the high tar
it, This is a fairy tale. A country
like ours-of such limitless, natural re-
sources of wealth and an equally linn
itless productive energy of its popula-
tion-was bound to prosper and to be-
come great and rich with or in spite
Of any economic policy whether it be
that of protection or free trade. 1 be-
lieve, however, that the development of
this prosperity and greatness under the
policy of high protection has matured
a crop of social contrasts of corrup-
ton and of political and social demor-
alization which would have been spared
TO us under a policy of natural and
free development, if not altogether, at
least in great part. The question of
protection seems to me, therefore, not
a mere question of political economy,
but even more a question of political
morals. There is much talk about the
trusts some of. which develop into OPP
pressive and blood-sucking monopo-
lies. This is not their worst side. A
much worst feature is the political
power they exert and of which we al
ready have had a few abhorrent ex-
amples 1t is denied that the protective
tariff is the mother of trusts. I believe
rio 1nn 1ad f17av
tective tariff If not the mother then at
least the wet nurse of many of the
trusts. Of course. where the industry
of a country has been built UP on a
protective basis. 1t would not do to
jump with big and sudden bound
from the extreme of one policy into the
extreme of the opposite policy. The
transition must be effected with mod
GRAFTON and circumspection and GER
tainly also with decision. The Repub-
Hcans are guilty of plain sophistry
wnen they claim that the protective
tar1H should only be revised by its
friends, !. e., the Republicans. We
Know something of that by experience.
whenever Republicans, who are com
pietely dominated by the powers favor
ed by high protection, go to revise the
tarln, rates will rather be raised than
reduced. If we would really accomnIish
we must put political power in the
hands of those who are not dominated
oy the money power of the interests
Favored by the tariff and the trusts.
In other words, the Republican monop-
oily of power must be broken.
There Is, however another reason.
and one much more important, for the
WISH 10 nave the opposition control the
lower house. This reason concerns fbe
character and good name of the repub-
TIC. For number of years the Re-
puoncan party has had full control in
an branches of the national govern
ment. During this time we have wit
messed great political overturning.
me fundamental principles of the re-
pubic, hallowed by tradition, have Civ
en- place to a policy of conquest Inv
force In the pursuit of this policy of
conquest, things have been done which
nave put a blot Of shame upon tIfe-rep-
utdtlon or the country. 1t is no exag-
geration to say that If the Sultan of
turkey should begin again tomorrow
10 massacre his Armenians, to apply
me torch to their villages, to wiring
information from helpless beings by
means of barbaric tortures, he will be
IN a position to cite as a defense and
Justlncatlon of such despotic horrors
gnu as precedents, certain things which
nave happened under the flag of this
republic. To Americans who really love
Ihelr country this is horrible thought.
90 not believe that the Amer
lcan people would have tolerated such
tnlngs If they had known of them in
ume. Systematic efforts, however.
We're made to prevent the people from
getting a clear insight into those
events. Never, in the history of the
republic, have we had so much secret
eoVernment. In a republic in which
pubic opinion is to determine the
course of the government, it is above
all things necessary that this public
opinion should be we'll informed. The
people are entitled to the clearest and
most complete knowledge of public af-
AIRS Secret government is therefore
dosolutely incompatible with free in
s.ltutions. In this respect it is desir-
apie in the highest degree, yea, neces-
sary, that after the long exclusive
domination of one party we should
asain have a branch of the national
legislature whose interests are not
pound up with those of the ruling par
W such a branch as will have the
power to supply to the people the nee
essary light as to what is going on
II. and under the various departments
OF the government. shall therefore
vote for Francis Burton Harrison, the
democratic nominee for Congress in
my congressional district"
Vanderbilt at Wilmington
Wilmington, N. c. Oct. 31.-Frank
~ vanderbilt, vice president of the
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