Beginning Of The End

The pretense by the Republican leaders and newspapers that the result in Chicago was caused by dissatisfaction with the corrupt political maohine in that city is the veriest bosh. It is the direct consequence of the reaction from the disgraccful mcthods followed by Hanna and bis political freebooters last f all. They intrenched themselves in Chicago. They made it the citadel of their nefarious campaign, tbeir base of operations. There they centralized and set in motion all the agencies wbich carried the election for McKinley. Their glibest orators therein held forth nightlyanddaily, pouring ont lying promises of a land that woold flow with the milk and honey of prosperity the moment the apostle of protection should be elected president. There they plotted and carried out the elabórate plan of coercing the votes of the workingmen of Chicago, and tbrough their abettors and aiders, the railroads, the manufacturing corporations and other forms of aggregattnl wealth, they extended their menaces and threats against breadwinners into every city and county throughout the length and breadth of the land. There they erected the stronghold wbere they assembled and actively employed all the villainies by which the people of the United States were cbeated out of a fair opportunity to declare an untramtneled verdict at the polls last November. There they played their shameless confidence gaine and there they promulgated their rosy promises that have turned into black deceptions and hideous lies in the sight of the people. These are the causes of the reversal of the verdict of November wiíhin a little more than five ruonths by a plurality of 80,000 votes in favor of a Democratie candidate and Democratie principies. It is the beginning of the end. In it is visible the handwriting on the wall dooming the Republican cormorants who now have control of the government to inevitable defeat in succeeding elections. It is the uplifting crest of the wave that will gather force as the days wane and roll higher as the seasons pass, until it will sweep from power the money sharks, the trusts, the leeches of commerce, of trade, of transportation and with them the chief executive and the congress that have dared to preach that tariff robbery of the people is a national virtue and who are holding the country down to be pilfered by the men whose money aided so effectually in putting them into office.