Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1890 — A Gigantic Political Trust. [ARTICLE]

A Gigantic Political Trust.

British journals usually have very hazy ideas both regarding American politics and American geography. On the matter of the tariff their utterances are •especially discredited by the high protectionists of this country. The following editorial from the London DaUy News is so pointed and so true, however, whatever motive may have”inspired it, that it makes good reading even in this country: “Mr. Blaine, scandalized by the excesses of American protectionist** is\

tight, for men, If not exactly for superior tofltegs. can now be witnessed In all its lurid beauty at "-Vashington. Mr. Blaine declared before the Senate oommittee that the McKinley bill was the most infamous measure ever concocted. The bill in question represents the attempt of the Republicans to divide spoils not of the party but of the nation. It is the most perfect machine ever devised for stopping every avenue or loophole by which' untaxed products may find their way to the American consumer. “In this sense it appears to bo too much even for the leaders of the Republican party, who after all have to consider how the Government of the republic is to be carried on. The last election was won by the subscriptions of wealthy manufacturers, and these capitalists as a consideration now demand the absolute right to dictate the fiscal policy of the administration. They are plain dealers. They have bought the Government in, and they expect the Government to serve their interests at the expense of the nation. They establish a gigantic political trust, which promises to pay better than all the other trusts'put together. All appointments are submitted to them. They have made a clean sweep of most of the free-trade incumbents of American offices throughout the world. •