, 1890-10-23

long argument, to prove that the
legislation of republican rule since
the war had favored the monopolist
class to the utter detriment of the
farmer and the working man. The
war debt had been saddled upon
the weaker classes In the repeating
of that act of congress, which
ordered every man owning 10000
worth of property to pay ,ohc-third
of his income for the liquidation of
the debt. The demonetizatlon of
silver created the commercial panic
of 1873.
In 1878 n relief bill called the
Bland silver bill passed both houses
of congress, was returned by the
man then pretending to be presi-
dent, and repassed over his veto.
For twelve years silverhas remained
rs good currency as gold, and will
so until the provisions OF the re-
Gently passed silver bill come into
effect. In accordance with them
the coinage of silver VIII cease next
July, and the decentralization of
that metal will Immediately ensue.
BY the terms of this bill the govern
ment is buying silver In quantities
of not less than 1000 ounces, How
can Il miner, who never has more
than 1000, deal with the govern
ment? He must sell, If at all, to
Wall street brokers, who are paying
80 cents per ounce and selling to tn
government at 81. 10, as 1t Is buying
bullion at that rate, though the
nominal price is $l.20. The bears of
Wall street are now using every de-
vice to lower the price of silver.
Therefore the chief evil of this bill is
that 1t gives onr silver fluctuating
value.
1t has been the custom to believe
men In office, and some deserve IT,.
Under Grover Clevcland's economi-
cal administration n surplus acCumu-
lated to the amount of 800, 900, 600.
1t was n great question what to do
with 1t. There was n suggestion
that 1t might be used to develop
this Western country. There is
none of it left now, however, to
develop anything with.
Regarding the tariff question the
speaker began with the assertion
that two years ago many republi-
cans hereabouts had predicted that
the number of sheep in this state
would vastly increase If Harrison
was elected, and that the price of
woolen clothing would drop very
considerably. What really had
happened? E'iity-siX woolen fac
tories had failed. and the annual
wool-clippinY fallen over 100000
pounds. The speaker went on to
mention number of the changes
in the tariff which the Mckinley
bill had introduced and which all
tended to show that the duty on
luxuries had been lightened, and
that the price of most necessa-
ries increased. 1t had been
brother Winston's boast that
that the increase of the duty on inn
ports of tin was u triumph of saga
city, because it encouraged the de-
velopment of single little tin mine
in Dakota, which was the only one
Of the kind in this country. In fact
1t was sufficiently evident that
everything in the Mckinley bill
was designed to favor monopoly.
The iron regions of Pennsylvania,
the factories of New England, every
where presented trightiul contrasts
of the difference in condition be-
tween the monOpolist and working
man and woman which had re.
suited purely from our high pro-
tective tariff.
Before the war our foreign COM
merce was 90 per cent. of that of the
world. Now one could go from
Cape Flattery to the port of New
York and never see ship flying the
American flag.
In conclusion the speaker said he
was not half as afraid Of that much
dreaded republican majority as the
audience were. He had not en-
tered upon a mud-slinging cam
paign, and could hardly afford to
indulge In that practice even if he
felt disposed to. But if defeated he
would return home with, the proud
consciousness that, as an old hunter
once said of n turkey he had winged,
he had made "those fellows roost
lower.
SPOILED THE CLINCHER.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Carroll e
speech, the white.headed old dem.
ocrat under the waterfall popped tc
the front of the stage and an.
nounced his intention of adding q
"clincher'' to what that gentleman
had said. But his weak voice
rambling namely upon something
nobody could understand, was quick
iy drowned in the music of the band
and the yells of the crowd MS they
left the hail.
TOM BURNS DROWNED