Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — CURRENT COMMENT. [ARTICLE]

CURRENT COMMENT.

Wright and Hig Pkh. Cannot Mr. Wright see the inconsistency of acceptii g a favor like this from Pullman and then sitting as an examiner in a strike in which Pullman himself figures?—T. led j Blade. Colonel Wright investigating the Pullman strike with one ha d and waving a Pullman pass ii t. e other would make a grea hit as a living picture.—Grand Ray-ids Democrat. The fact that Carroll D. Wright has a Pullman pass will <au e many people to believe that hit judgment as an investigator of the Pullman strike cannot be unbiased.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. Being a “per onal f.iend” o' Pullman and car.- , ing a Pullman pass in his pccket, L; bar Commissioner Wrigut would have done himself hon r by declining to se ve on the investiga ing c ommittee.—Kansas Citv Journal. If Mr. Wright has a pa s entitling him to ride ireo on Pul man cars at any time he shutid have returned it to the gne ■ i efora undertaking the present investigation, which will prove of little vuh e unle s it is a i impartial and thorough one.—Buffa o Enquirer. If the admitted fact that he is a doadnead s cepe? and a close personal friend of Sir i.m rge Pul man ha> no bear ng what ver on his co diet in the str .ke inquiry, why k Ccmmissicner Carroll D. Wright' si highly incensed over its publication?—Louisvil e Times. If he was ■ ailed for jury duty in a case where the PuTman"Company was one of the litigants the fact that he hadaPudmm pass would, upon its disclosure beicre his acceptance, be cause for his instant rejection. If the dis overy was made after a verdict it would be sun cient cause for the granting of a new trial or the setting aside of the verdict. And the same would be true if he was the trial judge.— Terre Haute Expiess.

The Armor-Plate Scandal. A more disgraceful chapter of contractors dealings with the government would be ha d to find than is supplied by this inves Jgation.—Baltimore Sun. Both the Carnegie company and the government :ns ectors are handled without g oves in the *e port made by the investigating < ommittee, of which Mr. Cumtrings is chairman.—Mercury. The immense amount of noise about f.auds in armor plates and castings of nearly every kind for the navy has resulted at last in the arrest o two contra t is, charged with plugging Uncle Sam s plates and r lucking his pockets. —Louisville Courier-Journal. The officials of the Cat negie company will not relish t?e report of the committee a pointed to investigate the facts ie arding the quality of armorplate which has been furnished the government. Congre.smtn Amos Cummings is an adept n writing sharp and stinging criticism on o. casion.—-Boston Globe. The committee finds that it cannot speak concerning the Carnegie a-mor-plate scandal except n the superlative degree and the burden of the Congressmen’s complaint against the Pennsylvania iron-workers is “that the commission of such frauds is a moral crime of the gravest character.”—Newark Advertiser. Remarks on Mr. Pullman. If Duke Pullman has a single friend lei in 11l nois the fact does not appear on record. He is the most despised man of his day and generation.—lllinois Stale Register. When all this trouble shall be ended the memory of the condition of the Pullman men and the sac; that the strike brought that condition to public notice will remain—a lesson for the great corporations of the future.— Grand Rapids Herald. The Pullman company’s contracts with other corporations contain a provision that all differences shall be adjusted by arbitration, and tne people at large are lost in wonder why the rule does not also apply to his employes.—Springfield hews. Recent events are calling special attention to the management of the Pullman Palace Car Company, and the smaller shareholders think they are being squeezed to' death by the autocratic “boss,” George M. Pul man, whose arbitrary methods have immensely aggravated pub ic sentiment against the Pullman company.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. New York’s Disgrace. Never has any invest gation ink charges of official wickedness revealed so much o f what appears to be horribly discreditable.—\\ a.hin ton Star. The corn ption is a result of Tammany methods and its exposure will probably contribute to the downfall of that organized body. Journal. The investigation of po’ice affairs in New York €1 y is progressing with a vigor which is as surprising as it is certainly welcome to all honest citizens.—Philadelphia Bulletin. It reveals that it is the lowest and most bestial class of criminals that are able to purchase protection of those who are ostensitly employed and paid by public taxation to suppress crime.— Philadelphia Times.

Tillman's Manifesto. The drought in South Carolina will scon disappear, as G v. Tillman says ho will open the disj ensaries.—Florida Times-Union. Tillman setting up the State dispensary in South Carolina against the court's decision is a case c f other spirits against the spirit of the law. — Philadelphia Time-'. Just a; peace has completed the spreading of her bright wings Mr. Ti Iman takes occasion to remind the country that the Governor of South Carolina we have with us always.— Milwaukee Sentinel.