People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — Did You Ever Think of It. [ARTICLE]

Did You Ever Think of It.

If the Populist party was wiped up at the late election—as alleged by the old party press, for goodness sake let ’em continue in the wiping business right along that line.

Maj. Gen. T. J. McCoy will command the Republican forces in this county the coming campaign. His Brigadiers are Generals John L. Lamborn, of Remington, Geo. M. Robinson, of this city, and Clias. 0. Spencer, ialc of DeMotte post office.

The Republicans of this county surely think they have a big job befoi’3 them, for they, in reorganizing last Saturday, placed 113 men upon their county and township committees. In some precincts, they ran so short of material that they had to turn whole families into committeemen.

Prof. Waite, the great statistician, says 0,000,000 votes remained at home in the states where elections were held this last fall — “ 4,000,000 of whom,” says the professor, “are utterly dissatisfied with their own party.” If the old party politicians can draw any consolation from this they can draw for an unlimited supply.

Bishop McNeiuny. of Albany, who died last week, played an important part in the delicate and difficult negotiations carried on during the war to prevent the recognition of the Confederacy by Great Britain and France. He was secretary of the three commissioners. Archbishop Hughes, Thurlow Weed and Bishop Mcllvaine, who were sent to those countries, and he >was the last surviving member of that historic mission.

Last week's Republican said the Farmers' Institute, held here two years ago, was nearly ruined by the bloviating of two or three wandering Populist cranks, like Dr. Robinson. Two years ago our Institute was held in November, and the very instructors we had then, somehow, in a month or so, wandered into Purdue University and delivered lectures upon same subjects they had here. Since that time the state managers of Farmers’ County Institutes, have kept these Populist cranks busy wandering from county to county “ruining” Institutes. Who is move anxious to work politics into these farmers’ meetings than the Republican.

Secretary Carlisle, in his letter to the chairman of the senate finance committee, 'sa3 r s, “When my annual report was prepared it was estimated that tne expenses during the curient fi seal year would exceed the ]eceipts to the amount of about £28,000,000. The estimate then made was based upon the assumption that the worst effects of our financial disturbances had already been realized, and there would be a substantial increase in the revenues for the remainder of the year. The actual receipts and expenditures from July Ist to Jan. Ist. have been, r ‘ceipts, £162,030,384.05, expenditures, £205,643,428.99. If the same average monthly deficien-

cies should continue, the total difference between the receipts and expenditures on June 30th next will be $78,107,542.” Secretary Carlisle says, when he told us there would be a deficit of $28,000,000, he thought the worst of the panic was past; he thought a substantial increase of revenues would immediately set in. This was the pretended belief of all who favored the unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act would not make times better, would not increase our national revenues. He and the money changers for whom he acts are working for bonds and bonds they will have. The work of the whole special session was to bring about conditions that would force the government to issue bonds. The object of the special session is now accomplished and the dear people can foot the bill.

Andrew Carnegie, the great millionaire Republican protectionist comes out in the New York Tribune practically indorsing the Wilson bill. Mr. Carnegie says a moderate tariff law, passed by a Democratic codgress will prove more satisfactory than a high tariff law passed by a Republican congress, because it is less likely to be attacked and changed. The sentiment here expressed by the richest manufacturer in America, is opening the eyes of a great many people. The McKinley law is so rediculously unjust and the people so thoroughly understand it, that even its beneficiaries see that it cannot stand. This tariff question must be settled, we cannot have one congress raising it one year and another congress lowering it the next; such men as Carnegie are getting tired of fat frying this year and pauper feeding next.

Ouu Republican friends think no good thing can be withheld from us. if we but continue our protective tariff policy. They say protection has brought us all our inventions, given us gas. electric lights, telegraph and steam; it has hung pictures on our walls, given us the furs of the Arctic and spices of the tropics; it abolished slavery, gave us the Constitution of the United States, originated the free school system, dethroned Liliuokalani, explored Africa, and will, if continued, discover the north pole, find “the connecting link,” and establish communications with the moon. The only great things protectionists do not claim high tariff gave us are our millionaires, our national blessing (national debt) and our wonderful evidences of prosperity (*9,000,000 mortgages).

Chicago Sentinel. The man who builds the nicest house does not live in it. Did you ever think of it? ' The man who makes the finest coat does not wear it. Did you ever think of it? The man who raises the fattest ox does not get the best steak. Did you ever think of it? The man who works the most gets the least. Did you ever think of it? The president gets £50,000 a year—to run the government in interest of Wall street. It costs 50,000 working men one dollar each to foot the bill. Did you ever think of it? Against the £200,000,000 of new bonds which the Wall street pimp who occupies the White House proposes to issue the people who pay the taxes should raise the black flag of repudiation. Did you ever think of it? A campaign deeument distributed now will make a Populist vote next November. Did you ever think of it?

If you would work less and think more you would get along better. Did you ever think of it?

“There is only asix-pense difference between the man who works and the man who plays—and the man who plays gets it, ” says the old adage. It is about the same now-a-days. Did you ever think of it?