Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05

constituents down from the cannibai
5 tree long enough to use him for the pur-
| pose of pointing the moral aad adorn-
inc that tale of the 'plundered nome
stead" or 'the adventures of married
; couple You remember that hef repre-
sents q Young man in the act OF select
inc 'sa Young women who is willing to
trust herfuture to his strong right alm''
: and beginning to build Il home which Is
the unit Of society.
The picture represents that he Is rob-
bed bv the Tariff on lumber, on paint,
on furniture, on carpets, on tablecloths,
son knives, forks and dishes. on spoons,
on everything that enters into the foA7
struction and operation OF that nome.
And to make the picture all the more
pathetic and absolutely hopeless, the
artists gives the unhappy couple no
sign of defense except thu lung capacity
OF the Democratic party yelling at the
ton of it's voice, Hands OFF, [Great
laughter,
Now, without stopping to point out
that the actual price Of every article
that onteres into the construction and
operation Of that home" has been re-
duced 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 to me
country in the Old Wprld whore a young
{ man without money can slip his strong
right arm around girl without means
and take hen into home of their own
or give her even the prospect of home
which is the unit OF societyo Applause
{ on the Republican side.
! have talked to hundreds of people
from ireland, from Scotland, from Ger
many, from the mountains of Norway
and Sweden and they all tell me that q
DAYS work in the United States goes
, further than anywhere else in the world
towards putting q roof over the head of
? family, paint on a Cottage, music IN
Ii the parior, newspapers on the stand,
carpets Oh the floor, dishes on the table,
something W t<tu III VIC hl3iiCo, <tliN I'll W
inc light Of love and JOY in the sweet
faces OF wife and children.
They have como into NV Office again
end again, husband and wife together,
speaking in broken English the lam
guage of the thriGtiest countries in Eu-
rope, TO ask my help and advise in mail
ing d little American money to the Old
World for father or mother on brother
or sister or sweetheart, living in lands
where the abor OF &, lifetime is not
enough aftor paying daily expenses, to
pay their passage upon an ocean steam :
er. have seen their tears fall upon
the paper as they wrote out their mes
sage OF hope and courage from the only
country ON earth where human life is
:. lifted above the level of hopeless druid
gerry for the poor.
have often stood in Castle Garden,
at the gateway OF the Republic, watch
ing that restless throng out of every
, kindred tongue and tribe of people. |
have seen young men standing there
holding in there hands Il suit Of taxed"
American clothes for brother arriv-
ing on these shores out of the very
countries whore clothes are the cheap,
est. have seen young women timidly
hiding under taxed American cloak
the bright colors Of q new hat for sis
tor who had just come from u land
where everything is SO cheap that no.
body can buy anything.
Nor could | keep out of my heart
words OF welcome to those who have
love dour flag even affair off, and have
come hither 10 better their condition
and open the pathway Of fortune to
themselves and to their children. And
the day is coming, is nearer than the
. Democratic leaders OF to-day may think,
when these fugitives from the hard con-
ditions OF the Old World and their
children after them, will stand as unit
with the Republican party to keep the
shield OF American law before the cot-
Il tagcs Of American labor.
: ! have not rs much interest as some
J III the current agitation that seeks to
Z shut the doors of the great Republic in
! the face Ct mankind. | do not feel that
We have been here long enough our
solves to begin 10 complain about the
arrival OF other people. | believe that
men and women who know by expert
ence the burdens of other countries are
likely to serve the commonwealth as
we'll Is those persons born among us
+ who 90 about complaining that Aneri-
can life is not worth living; that our
/ pockets are picked. and that our houses
i. are entered by duly authorized burg
:, lars, and our household goods SO nearly
|. all stolen that it is hardly wort,a while
to interrupt the larceny Congress,