The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-04


achieve American independence. And that con-
tinued until this constitution was adopted.
Then that first law was passed with refer
ence to the industries OF this country which
George Washington signed, and what was the
result? Every man is acquainted with the fact
who has read the history OF that day that i'm
mediately upon the enactment and the going
into force of that law industries in this country
were started, prosperity came, the poverty from
which We were suffering was dissipated- The
government had money to meet its running ex-
penses. and at once gained good credit as
government among the nations of the earth II
was continuous prosperity until the free trade
idea again became uppermost in 1915 and struck
down that first protective tariff legislation, and
then we returned at once to the same condition
Of poverty bankruptcy and business stagna-
tion and that continued until 1924, when we
again to extricate ourselves from that condition
resorted TO protection, and at once prosperity
came again. That period continued until 1882.
and here is the testimony OF Andrew jackson
as TO the result Of II upon this country. In his
message TO congress in 1882, he says:
"'Our country presents on every side marks Of
prosperity and happiness unequaled, perhaps, in
any other portion Of the world
"Notwiths landing such were the prosperous
conditions OF the country, Calhoun, who came
into the leadership of the democratic party at
that time, in the interest of slavery again sue
ton. Commencing with the enactment of the
free trade laws OF 1898 an era OF adversely set
in such as the American people had never before
known, even during the poverty-stricken times
imme ediately after the revolution That period
brought us to the panic OF 1885,. Thomas II.
Benton, speaking OF that period, said that the
fires were out in the furnaces, the mills were
Idle, those who had been called to labor were
turned out OF employment and in the .Shole
land there was no sound OF the hamme:, eX-
cept the hammer of the sheriff and the suc-
tioneer.
1--WE got out of that difficulty in 1870 by elect
ing on a protective tariff platform old Tippe-
canoe, the first Harrison, and by returning TO a
protective tariff system in 1872 At once pros
perity came again, but it was shori-lived At
that time slavery was making a desperate ef-
fort to maintain itself, and in lS46 that element
in national politics succeeded in again fasten-
ing upon us free trade legislation, which re-
manned until 1861 period of fifteen years. 1t
was the most emphatic free trade period the
American people had since the constitution
was adopted over which George Washington
presided. Every democrat who talks to you
in behalf OF the tariff will take occasion 10 tell
you, as l tell you, that il was typical free
trade period But they will tell you what
won't tell you. that it was an era of great pros
perity, and they seek TO justify free trade by
reason Of the prosperity they claim the country
enjoyed during that period.
Now, 10 show you that 1 am not mistaken
about that, have little testimony here that
want to offer. Gen. Stevenson, this democratic
candidate tor the vice presidency, is citizen Of
your state. He is a representative democrat
Certainly no democrat would question his state
ment while he has the second place on the tick
ct His word ought TO be just as good as Gro
yer Cleveland's for they both had about the
same kind of experience with respect to the
L-.l s-,A IL e.
That is the way he got 10 be general When
his party came into power with Grover Cleve-
land at the head they made him general post
master. Well, here is what he said in speech
at his home in Bloomington on the oath day Of
last August:
The decade and half eKtending'from the
passage OF the low tariff of 1876 TO the beginning
of our civil war has been truly called the golden
period Of our history. The cost Of the necessa-
ries OF life had reached minimum, and at no
time in our history was it easier for the wage
Garner TO support his family. The farmer, the
mechanic, the day laborer alike realized the
benefit OF low taxation A benefit, why: Simply
for the reason that it lessened the cost OF food,
of clothing of every article that conduced 10
his comfort Our manufactures did rot Ian
guish. The fires did not so out in our furnaces.
The wheels and spindles we're not idle in our
great lives of industry. The demand for labor
was not lessened nor its value deprecated
THE Mckinley bill Is the last act of the re-
publican party with respect to this policy. That
bill has been most persistently attacked by the
democratic orators and their press until about
four or five weeks ago, when they suddenly
quit. And why? a dynamite bomb was ex-
ploded in their camp in the official report OF
Commissioner Peck, of New York, on the labor
statistics of that state. Commissioner Peek is
good democrat He was appointed by Grover
Cleveland when that individual was the chief
magistrate of the Empire state; he was APP
pointed and reappointed by David b. Hill and
was continued in Office by Gov. Flower. So his
democracy is beyond question Commissioner
Peck reports that in the frst year after the
passage Of the Mckinley bill the labOrers in
that state received s., ,337, coo more than in the
year before its passage. He reported that
there was net increase in the value OF prod
ucts in New York Of s3l, 600 as compared
with the previous year. He reported that he
had found something more than 5000 individ-
ual cases in which wages had been increased to
the extent Of s2S II per annum. That spoke
volumes for the Mckinley bill.
Then the democrats went after Commission
er Peck and actually arrested him for the crime
of having reported the prosperity of this cOun-
try In the platform Of the republican party
we declared in favor OF "a protective tariff high
enough TO equal the difference in wages abroad
and here. The necessity for protection now is
wages, and wages alone. In our early days it
was 10 foster our infant industries. When the
republican party came into power il came not
only to save the union but to do something for
humanity. and one OF its first results was to in
crease the wages of the country to the present
high standard We pay higher wages here than
are paid anywhere on earth
Let me simply exhort you TO look beyond the
questions and look 10 the men. For what I'M
der the heavens does anybody want TO sec
Grover Cleveland president Of the United
States: What has he ever done: He has been
wrong ever since he came to the estate OF man
hood. He has been on the wrong side of every
great question that has entered into American
politics. When he came TO manhood there
were two claims in respect Of slavery. One
was that il was divine institution and So
cial blessing and the other was that il was an
accursed blight that ought 10 be exterminated as
soon as possible. Grover Cleveland was on the
side OF the first claim and Benjamin Harrison
stood on the other side. James Buchanan
was the leader OF Cleveland and Abraham Ian
coin was the leader OF Harrison. When Abra-
ham Lincoln called for soldiers Benjamin Har-
rison volunteered and went. Cleveland volun-
teered. but il to stay at home. When he
and Stevenson were both drafted both sent sub
stitutes. SO il was with respect 10 every ques-
tion growing out Of the war. They stood with
the party that pronounced the war Cnconstitu-
t;onal and opposed the issuing Of the green
liant and most illustrious chapter Of American
history has been written and Grover Cleveland
has no right or title 10 I single line or
word in it. We abolished slavery with
out him We raised the army without him
We provided the financial means to pay that
army without him We sent it TO the front and
maintained il there without him. We put
clothes on our soldiers and guns in their hands
without him They won victories at the front
without him II the fate Of this country had
been left to Grover Cleveland and the like there
would have been no republic to-day. II our
fate had been in his hands, think you. people of
Chicago you would be swelled with pride and
Justly, because honored with the worlds fair:
There would not have been any worlds fair in
the United States There would not have been
any United States of America bound together
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