Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1896 — A VICIOUS POLICY.’ [ARTICLE]

A VICIOUS POLICY.’

tVM Trade Produces a Perpetual Deficiency, "The old conddije between populists and democrats has at last reached the highest level la politics. It is now In force between the president and the populistiuembers of the United States senate, united for the moment In an unprecedented scheme to prevent the federal government from raising revenue sufficient to meet its expenses. "The populists are against the proposed change In the tariff because it won’t give them free silver. Mr. Cleveland Is against It for the reason that he Is determined to preserve the tariff laws passed In tho democratic name, cost what it may. The country has already Increased Its debt by 1262.000,000 to preserve this monument of financial Insanity. Why shouldn’t It pay more. If necessary? "From the income tax the Cleveland. posuUst combine has skipped the policy of

abolishing: revenue and letting the government live by borrowing. Fortunately the principles of the democracy are immortal, however vulnerable the national credit. "t-N. Y. Sun (Dem.). It is gratifying to see that there is one democratic paper which has the intelligence and courage to lift its voice against the suicidal policy of that party in congress and the white house —a policy which is injurious to the country and disastrous to the party which adheres to it. That the government needs more revenue is apparent from every treasury statement. The house passed a bill which would have furnished revenue enough to put the government on its legs. But in the senate populists, free sil'oer democrats and honest money democrats united to defeat it. For once the two wings of the democracy were able to flop together. The two factions struck bands with one another and with the pops for the purpose of defeating a measure which would have made the tariff a little more protective than it is. S? They prefer a deficiency and the present law to no deficiency and a slight, advance in duties and protection. They would rather continue to borrow than lose the smallest fraction of the advance made in the direction of free trade They would rather issue bonds to all eternity, and, strange to say, the Sun is the only paper which censures its party leaders for their vicious policy. It tells the truth, but neither senators nor president will heed it.— Chicago Tribune.