Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-18
"The Flundered R"nes-ead."


The other day Representative Dolli-
yer, Of Iowa, made a speech in Con-
gress on the "PIundered Homestead, !"
in which Re said:
My young friend from Nebraska the
other day took one of his young farmer
constituents down from the caunibll tree
long enough TO use him for the purpose of
pointing the moral and adOrninG that tale
OF the ''plunGered homestead Or the ad-
ventures Of q young married couple"
You remember that he represents q young
man IN the act Of selecting "a young WOm-
an who is willing to trust her future IN 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 fur
nlture, on carpets. on tableclothS, ION
knives. forks and dishes, on spoons, on
everything that enters into the construc-
ton 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: Hands off -
[Great laughter
Now. without stopping to point out that
the actual price OF every article that enters
into the construction and operation OF that
that home has been reduced in price by the
Republican policy OF making them in the
Europe, | want 10 ask my friend, or any
other man in this house, TO name to me Il
country III the Old " ord where q young
man without money can Slip his strong
arm around girl without means and take
her into a home OF their own or give her
even the prospect of q home which is the
unit Of society? Applause on the Re-
publican side.
/ have talked to hundreds of people from
Ireland, from Scotland. from Denmark.
from Germany, from the mountains OF
Norway and Sweden, and they all tell me
that :; DAVIS work III the United States
goes further than anywhere else in the
world toward putting roof over The head
OF q family, paint on the cottage. music III
the parl0r, newspapers On the stand. car
pets on the floor. dishes on the table, some
thing TO eat in the Dishes and the divine
light Of love and joy il the sweet faces Of
wife and children.
They have come into my Office again and
again. husband and wife together, speak
ing in broken English the language Of the
tlrftieSt countries IN Europe, to ask my
help and advice in mailing little Ameri-
can money to the Old World for father or
mother or brother or sister or sweetheart,
living in lands where the labor of life
time is not enough, after paying daily eX-
penSeS, to pay Their passage upon al ocean
steamer. I have 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 for
the poor.
| have often stood in Castle Garden, at
the gateway Of the republic watching
that restless thrOng out of every kindred.
tongue and tribe Of people. / have seen
young men standing there holding in their
hands SUIT Of taxed American clothes
for brother arriving on these shores out
OF the very countries where clothes are the
cheapest ] have seen young women tim
cloak the bright colors of new hat for a
sister who had just come from land
where everything is so cheap that nobody
can buy anything.
Nor could | keep out Of my heart words