Show TOO MUCH OF IT ALREADY A plea pica tn in behalf of partisan democracy that hits has become so somewhat new hat of 0 A chestnut in the fast east Is 13 beginning to bo be echoed among the slow coach democratic organs 0 the west vest it Is in substance that the evils of the present ent situation are the result of 0 long continued republican rule that the democratic party Is wrongfully blamed for these evils that tho the democrats cannot be expected to reform in a year the wrongs of a generation that it Is unjust to hold I 1 them accountable for troubles trouble 3 that were none of their bringing on and that they tire aro doing their best beat to right things and will do so eo if given a chance the trouble with this sort ort of stupidity la Is that no part of it la Is true the country was vitally prosperous all the time under republican management with the air single gle cloud of silver a c rime crime in which both participated but ml all the industries of 0 the country flourished under protection and the outlook for its continuance it was not lot until tho the democratic party came into power with its ito denunciation of oc protection as unconstitutional and its three threat to tear it up root and branch that american industries were paralyzed and labor was voa deprived of employ this denunciation and threat benumbed all forms of business manufacturers dared not stock up and continue their factory runs prok product luct was cut down to the lowest limit and stocks were reduced laborers a were discharged by the hundreds of thousands land and became wanderers wan derera over the land even imports were checked because the importers expected under the democratic poll policy cy to pres prea antly bring in foreign g goods at greatly reduced tariff rates consequently the governmental revenues fell a way away until tho the treasury became practically bankrupt and a large sale of bonds was negotiated gotta ted mid and more must be a soon cion bustness business everywhere bank to the lowest ebb and ruin overtook thousands of men while fill all this was going on what was the democratic party doing to afford relief in the face of 0 the fact that money hail had become so tight that banks in the great metropolis were all at practical suspension a democratic pretil dent called together a congress that was democratic Democrat lo in both branches and by the most shameless traffic frame in offices forced through a bill stopping what little littie fresh money supply had been available thus clinching the crima of sliver silver and making antl anti silver allver the special slogan of democracy when the regular session convened a tariff bill was reported to the house BO 00 like 0 so o virulent against all american industries that the country was shocked d and industry rece received tved a further stunning blow so vicious was this measure as it passed the house that the elections held in various places showed how desperately P pera Cra tely opposed tho the country was to its enactment and the senate took the back lack coming squarely to the lie IZ PubliCan ground of protection but in passing the Democrat democratic lo senators in majUL fied to surround themselves with a ea much scandal and ai to so th thoroughly 0 ro u ehly anny convince ince the people that no principle was behind their action acao n but ciftan often merely personal pain gain t that t L lic e land was jilted filled with disgust and wrath the people wont want men to be protectionists projectionists from principle when they fire are crotee tion zionists lats at all and not protectionists projectionists at the bidding of a a trust or because by being so they can make money in speculations the vile vila odor of 0 corruption and self seeking so taints democratic Sona senatorial tortal notion abellon toward this bill that no soundness Is left in it why then should any democrat ask for further time to demonstrate what his bis party can do it in already demonstrated that every move mode made by that party makes things worse instead of I 1 bat bolier or and besides what Is ii lone done Is by national scandal under a year and a halt of democracy the count rys ryn industries are paralyzed end and democratic as a a body feel it obligatory to come forward forwar dono one by one and purse purge themselves by oath of the taint of corrupt speculations specula tiona a sight eight unprecedented and one that makes dionest men hang han their cicada the apo of our foreign rei relations allons la 12 a national humiliation long jong drawn out the civil service Is 1 the most moot incompetent ever acm in the history of the cu country every step lep taken by tile the party but bat adds M to the tha national sham aha n ii and mlarry ml aery hoes D ass the weak democratic part partisan Lean pre presa think the people love this athla tort sort of 0 thing dhinsa situ situation atton that tho the atron strongest gest arid most loyal democratic newspaper of the country denounce with alth A bitterness which surpasses Briam teg oven even tho the denunciation of the republican press why then should the democratic party parly be given further ur lher unto to show what t can do it has ha pushed the nat nation 10 n to t the be brink of tile the precipice of euln to demand A a continuance of 0 I 1 Democrat emo cratto lo ru nilo le me antans ans not a correction of 0 anything whit ever er but added misery and wretchedness it means th that at wo we shall not stop at the brink ot of ruin but plunge into tho the abyss |