Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-07-21

proven true to its record. The las,
time it had full control of the Govern
ment it wrecked the nation. 1t has
been robbing the nation at the rate OF
$3.50, coo, 200 Il month since Grover
Cleveland was inaugurated. In view oil
these facts the assertions of Democratic
orators like Crisp and McNlillin are su
premely ridiculous as well as utterly
false. The nation has good cause to
fear the results of the rule Of men who
falsify as well as destroy.
S%quirming from the Platform.
We have always insisted, says the
Dolgeville Herald, that the Democratic
party is a dishonest party; that is, that
it makes pledges to the people which it
intends to keep. 1t is a party
that promises everything, especially to
the ~wage-earner. and ends by bringing
the country to the verge of ruin by the
distrust which its incompetency and
~rascality spread through the land. The
Buffalo Courier, a very prominent
Democratic paper. is the last instance
of an attempt to squirm away from the
Democratic platform. In Il recent issue
it says:
We do not believe that there is a large nu H.
Der Of Democrats who recognize the platform
adopted by the Chicago Convention Of 1872 as
an fnfallible decla ration Of Democratic princi-
Piles and policies, and that the party must re-
gard itself as absolutely bound by every sem
tence and expression Of it. Most Democi ats
political document will admit that, IL 1t were
to be adopted again, 1t could be materially i'm
proved by certain changes.
In other words, the platform having
done its duty as "a means to get in en-
is now to be repudiated. This is thor
Oughly Democratic, thoroughly in ac-
cord with Democratic tradition and
policy. 1t is the justification for all the
charges OF dishonesty that are con-
stantly leveled against the Democratic
party by the Republicans press. We
have claimed right along that Grover
Cleveland and the Democratic party do
not dare put into effect the Chicago
platform. The claim stands!
The Condition of the armer
How are the farmers getting along
under Democratic rule? They were
the ones that were to be immediately
benefited by the coming of the Demo-
Gratis into power. They were to he
rescued from the wicked robber barons
of the tariff and geteverything cheaper,
even labor, while the prices of their
products were to be higher than ever.
Now two of the principal products of
the farmer are wheat and wool. How
do they stand?
Wheat has fallen to the lowe It price
ever known, while the price of wool
has fallen o low that wool growing i;
impossible. The farmers ~throughous
the entire Northwest are preparing to
slaughter their hocks. Wool that scld
in the Great Falls market last season
| af liz Tn ~ panfs nn. nn,,pl mill nnr,
bring only from 9 to IL cents. In this
single item Of wool the farmers have
already suffered a loss Of tens of mill
ions of dollars.
Nor will the wool manufacturers
benefit for any length of time from the
low price of wool, for as soon as the
American wool industry has been wiped
out by the Democrats the foreign inn
porters will put up the price, for they
will have unimpeded control Of our
ma 'ket. The force of the situation is
beginning to dawn upon the farmers.
A Serious Charge.
The very serious charge is made
that the New York stockholders, T..
G. Benedict & Co., personal friends of
President Cleveland, made q fortune
by buying stocks through having re-
ceiyed "a private tip ahead Of every
body else that ar extra session of Con-
gress would be called in August. The
news OF the calling OF the extra session
so early naturally strengthened the
market and sent it up several points.
! MIR. j. f. Benedict, a member Of the
firm, denies that he received "a tip"
but admits the purchases of stock, and
says he "surmised that an extra session
would be held in August" The Presi.
dent, like Caesars wife, should be above
suspicion, and the public will not UNI
naturally think Mr.. J. E. Benedict's
explanation altogether too thin" 1t
surely is a very remarkable cOinci-
dence that a stock-broking firm, Of
which the senior member Is q most in.
innate friend Of the President and has
been concerned in stock gambling
operations for his account before,
should suddenly "surmise" that there
would be an extra session in August ut
the very time when every paper in the
lan1 was printing the Presidents re-
peated refusal to alter his call for Sep
TENDER.
\ Significant Con rast.
During the four years that elapsed
between Grover Cleyeland's first and
second terms what did he do? All sum-
mer he tished in Buzzard's Bay, while
during the winter he speculated in
stocks in Wall street and made over
two millions In the securities OF the
very "monopolies," like the sugar trust,
that he so energetically denounced
from the platform during the campaign.
Since he left Washington what has
Benjamin Harrison done? He has
quietly returned to his law practice in
Indianapolis. Next February he will
go to the Leland Stanford University,
where he will give q course Of lectures
on constitutional and international law.
Is not the contrast as significant OF
the two men al it is OF the two parties
they represent?
Democratic Times.
It would have been hard to convince
the one-legged Union veterans" say
thirty years ago, that the time would
come when "one-legged Confederate
veterans" would kick them out Of office