The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13

the Republican party organization be
fore every national election fries the
fat ont of its benefciares with the I'M
that the beneficiaries will
be protected in the enjoyment Of their
benefits, if the yield Of the frying process
is satisfactory, and if not, not The up
shot is combination of bribery and
blackmai carried on with hardly any
concealment. In this very election
campaign it has been the common talk
how the protective interests and their
affiliations such as some OF the Trusts
and rich financial firms-are urged to
make another money investment in the
Republican party with the prospect of
a lucrative return.
The effect Of such practices, raised
to the dignity Of system, upon our
public life is obvious. The use of
money in election is an old complaint
which has troubled many IA patriotic
heart. But generation ago the evil
was n trihe compared with what il Is
now. The amount Of money now need
cd by the Republican party for running
a national campaign is enormous, and
constantly increasing. say needed,
for as the constituencies have become
accustomed TO u lavish flow Of money in
the political market, and ~ the appetite
grows while eating, the baneful evil
grows in vrulence from election to cleo
ton And this appalling Spreading of
the old abuse is distinctly owing to that
economic policy which required nation
al system of corruption, methodically
organized on the grandest Of scales, to
enable the beneliciaries Of Government
favor TO secure themselves in the enjoy
ment Of their benefits Nor is it hazar
dou4 to predict that this evil will grow
and grow and bring forth still more
dlreful results unless we put Il stop to
that economic policy
Here may be asked whether there
is not also corruption in places where
the Opposition the Democratic party
rules Unquestionably there is alto
gether too much it. But that corrup-
ton is local sporadic, subject to be
attacked and put down by the action of
local sentiment Bat rs it must be re
cognized to be-, II is not inherent in a
system Of national policy 1t is not en-.
,renched in immensely powerful in
terests upheld by the Government It
has brought forth nothing like the con
dition of things existing in that state in
which the worship Of the fetish Of the
protective tariff seems almost to have
altogether overruled the moral law, and
which by IN ohservant writer Of great
ability has with terrible force been de-
scribed ~ corrupt and contented, ~
Thus Democratic corruption however
noxious. can be reached and overcome
by local forces The Republican cor
ruption ~ organized by the combination
of protected interests on national
scale, can never be overcome SO long as
the policy Of high protection prevails.
This corruption will be all the more
firmly rooted ~ the protective policy
more and more develops It's tendency TO
strengthen ON the political field the
power of wealth ~ such We all have
observed that Of late years the appear
ance of very rich men in political posi-
tions has become strikiugly frequent
Nothing could Ice farther from me than
to object to the participation of rich
men in poIiticsif their wealth is coupled
with strong public spirit and ability
ON the contrary, heartily welcome it.
Blu what | do obserye withapprehension
i4 the preference given by political or
CARNATIONS to rich men for no other rea-
son than that they are rich: tot the money
barrel because it can feed Il machine
+ or lloat u candidates to the filling of
4 places Of influence and authority with
1 rich men tor their agents who are natur
ally bent upon serving first Of all their
own interests This is the way to build
upa plutocracy ~ it would be in our
case. not n plutocracy Of old and settled
wealth possibly sharing with the true
arstoCracy II SENSE of honorable obliga
ton to the community, but the worst
sort Of putocracies p.utocracy sharp
4 " looking to the proiitabcners OF its po
litieal Investments Il plutocracy 'or
tho make OF this kind Of plutocracy
our protective tariff policy has already
given us smart beginning, and may Il
kind fate save us from the full develop
ment Of 1t
Do expect the Democratic party il
successful, promptly 10 repress the evils
Of the protective policy? see ut pres
eut no other instrumentalty by which
Tint work can be- put in practical motion
and DO indeed expect the Democratic
i party in partial possession of the Govern
mcnt the Republican Senate being in
any event for season toobstruct changes
i in the tariff laws To- uncover to the
eyes Of the whole people the imquitir.
of the system to avail itself of every lie
gal possibility to relieve its yigors, ant
thus 10 start the rcformatory movement
with yigor and in nm enlightened spiri
in one word 10 prepare the field fol
the final overthrow Of that stronghold
of corruption ana tyrannical rapacity
DO not the Republicans 10y implication
admit The wrongfnness Of the aystem