Show POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE the study of american history in its political bearings is practically unlimited that is the student arrives at no point where he can say that the subject is exhausted but there are certain bacat outlines that can be readily acquired whereby the learner can comprehend alie rise and policies of parties a nd the probable trend of politics and legislation in the future he will perceive that the country baa been quite evenly divided for a hundred years by parties having different names but representing the same principles essentially there have been but two great parties from the beginning to the present time on one side we have the republicans whigs and federalists representing unity nationality solidarity and governing power as directed toward the general welfare through legislative action on the other side we have individualism personal liberty and negation of corporate power and associated action on one side the parties believe in legislation as a means of public well being on the other public welfare is turned over to the free action of men and nations democrats wish as little government as possible republicans want government to promote public interests in every direction that is regarded as reasonable and proper now with these two fundamental ten dencine there have arisen in the political history of the country two great abnormal outgrowths growths out each taking color from the party and principles which gave it parentage the first was slavery which as the abnormal expression of democratic principles and policy sectional perversion of democracy the next excrescence is the infamy which started as an abnormal expression of republicanism it was a lie and a fraud and a libel on the republican platform but it gained a prestige and now it is as wicked and oppressive as slavery was tho great slave oligarchy was crushed by the people when they became fully awakened and aroused and the other will be crashed by the same agency when once the people understand the mighty wrong that has been done them A AM EVENING contemporary reproduces an article from the new york world and calls upon republicans to answer the answer is that there is nothing in the article for republicans to be concerned about more than democrats grover cleveland is doing more now than any other personage in america to produce a concentration of wealth A farther answer is that the statistics presented in said article are doctored all through we shall recur to the question at another time we shall show that free trade does nothing whatever toward the distribution of wealth great britain is the home of trusts and combines it is english influence and english capital that has introduced them into tins country the hew york world Is a miserably crazy paper when it undertakes statistical argument two years ago its columns were burdened with elaborate figures to show that wool would be more in demand and that it would command a better price were the tariff protection entirely removed A great many people believed that tho showing was correct but the merest shadow of free trade was chent to put wool down to within a fraction of free trade prices |