The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-18
PROJECTIONS Shield.


WHICH, As LINCOLN SAID, GrvEs
'sHoPE TO ALL AND IMPovEMENr OF
CONDITION TO ALL
NV young friend from Nebraska the
other day took one Of bis farmer consti.
tuents down from the cannibll tree long
enough to use him for the purpose OF
pointing the moral and adorning that
tale of the ssplundered homestead" or
ssthe adventures of q young married
couple" You remember that he repre-
sents young man in the act of selecting
ga young woman who is willing to trust
her future to his strong right ARM and
beginning to build a home which is the
unit of society.
The picture represents that he is robbed
| by the tariff on lumber, on paint, on
furniture, on carpets, on tablccloths,
ION knives, forks and dishes, On spoons,
on everything that enters into the con-
struction and operation of that home. "
And to make the picture all the more
pathetic and absolutely hopeless, the
artist gives the unhappy couple no sign
of defense except the lung capacity OF
the Democratic party yelling at the top
of its voice, Islands offin [Great
laughter.
Now. without stopping to point out
that the actual price Of every article that
enters into the construction and opera
| ton of that home" has been reduced in
price by the Republican policy of making
them in the United States instead OF
buying them in Europe, want to ask
my friend, or any other man in this
House, to name me country in the Old
| World where a young man without
money can slip his right arm around
girl without means and take her into
home of his own or give her even pros
pect of home, which is the unit of
society2 Applause on the Republican
side.]
/ have talked to hundreds of people
from Ireland, from Scotland, from Den.
mark, from Germany, from the mount
aims of Norway and Sweden, and they
all tell me that days work in the
United States goes further than anywhere
else in the world toward putting roof
over the head of family, paint on
cottage, music in the parlor, newspapers
on the stand, carpets on the floor, dishes
on the table, something to eat in thd
dishes, and the divine light of love and
| JOY in the sweet faces of wifi and chill
| dlen.
They have come into my office again
and again, husband and wife together,
speaking IN broken English the language
| of the thriftiest countries in Europe, to
ask my help and advice in mailing lit
tie American money to the Old World
for father or mother or brother or sister
! or sweetheart, living in lands where the
labor of lifetime is not enough, after
Paying daily expenses, to pay their pas
sage upon an ocean steamer. Ihave seen
their tears falling upon the paper as they
wrote out their message of hope and
courage from the only country on earth
where human life is lifted above the
level of hopeless drudgery fer the poor.
have often stood in Castle Garden,
at the gateway of the Republic, watch.
ing that restless throno out of every
kindred tongue ana tribe OF people. /
have seen young men standing there
holding in their hands suit of sttaxed"
American clothes for brother arriving
on these shores out of the very countries
where clothes are the cheapest. I have
seen ycGng women timidly hiding under
s'taxed" American cloak the bright
colors of a new hat for sister who had
Just come from land where everything
is so cheap that nobody can buy any
thing.
Nor could keep out of my heart
words of welcome to those who have
loved our flag even afar off, and have
come hither to better their condition and
open the pathway of fortune to them.
selves and to their children. And the
day is coming, is nearer than the Demo.
cratic leaders of to-day may think, when
these fugitives from the hard conditions
of the Old World, and their children
after them, will stand as unit with the
Republican party 70 keep the shield of
American law before, the cottages of
American labor. l
/ have not as much interest as some in
the current agitation that seeks to shut
the door of the great Republic in the face
of mankind. do not feel that we have
been here long enough ourselves to be-
| gin to complain about the arrival of
other people. believe that men and
women who know by experience the bur-
dens of other countries are likely to serve
the commonwealth as we'll as those per-
sons born among US who go about COM
planning that American life is not worth
living; that our pockets are picked, and
that our houses are entered by duly
authorized burglars, and, our household
| goods so nearly all stolen thatit is hardly
worth while to interrupt the larceny.