The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-10-13
THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC GUN

the generals, cOlnelS, captains ana lieu
tenants on the stage, but was surprised
not seeing John Nagle the leading spirit
amongst them, but found him standing
guard at the entrance, and the idea struck
me at once that he was deputized to in
tercept any suspicious subjects with a
tendency toward becoming disturbing
element. So when I approached him,
he companion-like took me by the hand,
and invited me 10 take a seat with him IN
front OF the stage, where we could hear
and see better. Although I suspected
bis motives we sat down.
The band struck up America" after
the last tone subsidized the Hon. JOS.
Villas introduced the democratic candi-
date for congress Owen Wells.
He made brief speech, drawing little
applause for Cleveland, promising to be
around ogain soon when he would whack
her up, transferring the most difficult
task to teach good democratic doctrine
to DIR. Senner whom he introduced.
This gentleman made a dignified APP
pearance, wore specs, of course; who
otherwise could recognize German lit
erateur and orator? Now / sympathiz-
ed with my companion John having to
sit it out, without understanding the
German language. After listening half an
hour congratulated him upon his ignor
ance, and wanted his sympathy because
l was tortured, owing to my superior un
Outstanding.
In the course Of the speech when
light applause was rendered, John want
ed me to interpret the meaning, but as /
could not do this without disturbance,
which [ dislike in an audience, told
him it did not amount . anything. L
take this opportunity to give my friend
John true Interpretation of that speech,
of course in condensed form,
He first generalized on the good dem
ocratic, and bad republican principles of
course, and his first imaginary hot shot
| fired was when he said that the repub-
| licans were as much for free trade as the
democrats, because in 1884 they promised
| a reduction in the tariff, aud that an
| investigating committee recommended
| that it be done, but owing to the manu-
fac.urers' interests and questionable in
| fluence it was thwarted.-
He further says that the republicans,
attribute the prosperity and higher
| wages in the country to the tariff, which
was all bosh, the higher standard of life
in this country required, he says, higher
wages and earnings in all professions.
| This was one reason and Cd, the more
| naturally favorable condition of this
country, our country being comparative
| ly thinly settled, each inhabitant having
more territory and resources at his dis
| posal, than the Europeans who owing to
| the denser population do not live under
such advantages to make it plain, each
| inbabitart horo has 100 acres to live from
/ while in Europe they have only 10 acres
| This was the other reason.
Well these seem to be clinchers. But
|
that the foreigner would gladly adopt a
higher standard of life if he could, the
ID that when [ came to this country In
lS4S the population of this country was
about one-half of what 1T is now, conse-
quently, each inhabitant had then about
200 acres to live from, while now only
| 100 acres; and still the prosperity the
labor, the earnings Of all classes were
| net near as high as now, SO this argu-
ment falls fat. We must look for other
causes and these are found in protection,
and safe money.
Then he worships Grover Cleveland,
and to prove that he is in love with the
Germans, he quotes from his Buffalo
speech, in which he says:-'I respect the
Germans honesty, their intelligence, their
enterprise. 1 love their song, their music,
poetry" and what not, this soldering
with honey of the Germans was nauseat
ing from which they will not recover till
after election.
Then he commenced kicking the corpse
of Bennett around the audience. My COM
panion John hearing the name mentioned
got the drift of the argument at once and
now, we were as the proverb says:
Two souls with but single thought
Two hearts that beat
FINALLY he closed with the assertion that
the republicans were trying to scare the
people like little children with the Tam
many Tiger and wild cats. but the peo-
pie were too intelligent to fear such scare
crows, it was all nonsence to believe that
the democratic party would ever allow
the issuing of state bank notes which
were not entirely safe, and rivetlng his
eyes on me put the question, whether
any one believed they would? Now I
could not stand it any longer. 1 had with
great will power restrained my feelings
SO far, and so [ answered, Eyes, if you get
into power" and asked the privilege to
give my reasons which was reluctantly
given.
= "Your platform says, we are IN favor
of the repeal of the 10 per cent. tax on
state bank circulation. This means that
Al states Will be at liberty to authorize
issuance of state bank notes on any
kind, or no security as it may choose.
have personally experienced the wild cat
period; want no more of it.
"Do You not know" he replies, that
our tried and honest Cleveland would not
tolerate any kind of money, the value of
which was questionable" Ny answer
was "Your honest Cleveland, if elected, |
has no more power over the state banks |
than the man In the moon, as soon as the |
10 per cent. tax, which now is equivalent !
to prohibition is removed.
Feeling himself being drawn into a |
corner, he applies funny comparisons, try
my IN the mean time to gather thought !
how best to change the subject, and said: |
Surprising you played cards and lost, |
would you for this reason never play |
cards again 2"-To which my answer is:
IF had played the wild cat card for 10 |
years and always lost,-lost, and then
changed to national bank note cards for |
30 years and never lost a dollar, [ will |
not play with wild cat cards again but
will stick to my lucky national cards."
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