Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-02

One of the most VA lua bic cOntrlbu-
tionS to the litcratu of the present
political campaign, is the article below
given, in which Mr. c. w. Phillips, the
editor of the Dcs Moincs Artisan, and
life long democrat, promulgateS as
his honest conviction that the present
administration is incapable of guiding
the old ship of state: that it is the
threatened adoption of its free trade
and wild eat money theories thai has
filled the skies of the commercial world
with the Sombrc clouds of disaster. and
that the ''only hope for the immediate
and permanent Improvement of the in
duStrial masses is found in the main
tcnance of the principle of protection
to American labor and an honest
currency" The article which is given
in full, merits the careful reading and
thoughtful consideration of every
voter:
An ARTISAN OPINION.
We have arrived at the forks of the
road. The political and industrial stu
alton in the Republic is such that labor
is the most interested factor in the ulti-
mate results of the pending campaign.
While the artisan is political paper,
at the same time it is non-partisan
advocate. Yet i'm spite of its non-par-
tisan attitude it IS compelled to look
existing conditions in the face. and de-
tcrminc conclusion embodyiug its
best Judgment, and give utterancC to
words of truth and sOberness" in the
interest of its specific constituency
the toilers.
The inauguration of Mr.. Cleveland
to the preSidency-last March-had
such disastrous effect upon the bust
ness situation. and so rcvolutionizCd
commercial conditions, that profitable
manufacturing and commercial era was
at once prcciptated into Il condition of
doubt. and 50 alarmed the industrial
capitalists of the Nation that a crisis
| was developed that eliminated in
/ positive and widespread calamity
! far reaching that it touched all of the
/ industrial and labor employing inter
/ CStS of the entire country. Factories
/ closed. FORCES shut down, glass makers
pulled their fires. banks both suspended
| and failed, the great transportation
! corporations began To rctrpnCh, and all
I eliminated in the discharge of hun
dreds and thousands of mechanics and
| labOrerS. and thus set adrift in the
country vast army of idle men who
were evolutionizcd from condition of
self support and comfort to a position
of beggars and aims takers.
These alarming facts have resolved
local state issues into National issues
in state campaign, and confront the
Republic with political and economic
! questions as important as any that have
ever been presented to great people
FOR adjudication. So alarming We're
the conditions confronting the new adj
ministration that MIR. Cleveland felt
called upon to call an extraordinary
session of congress to deal with the
situation, and try to find a remedy to
stay the progress of the disease that
was ruthleSsly invading and destroying
the material progress of the Nation.
and making paupers of its grand army
of wealth producers from Maine to
California. Congress is democratic in
both branches, and the democratic
party must he held responsible for the
acts of its legislators. For weeks the
new congress has been in daily session
at the capital, and yet has totally failed
to bring forward any measure of relief.
or to suggest as much as an intelligent
plan for the redemption of the country
from the grasp of the doubtan disaster
that's throttling the industries and de.
strOying the commerce of an industrious
and intelligent people. Failing to
grasp the situation. the democratic
congress, by incapability. or the great.
or crime of willful obstinacy, or both
together, has failed at every point to
proceed with the business it was con.
vcned to do. But instead, it switched
off into partisan legislation to the
dctriment of every interest that ever
Ill, 4 - L.. al
greatest government in history. Not
only has congress failed to act in the
best interests Of the people, hut has
widcncd the gulf between disaster and
prosperity instead of bridging it by
WISE and patriotic legislation.
Let the mechanic or the la borer he a
democrat or a republican, a populist o,
= prohibitionist, if he is a thinking
man and comprehcnds the simplest
principles of political economy. he
must by this time be persuaded into
recognizing the great fact that present
conditions have come about through
fear that the principle of protection t.
American industry is in danger of being
set aside by an adverse action by dem
ocratic law makers. Not only that. but
there are Other fears hanging in tn,
balance threatening to still further
destroy confidence and rctard the re
turn of industrial prosperity: Cd Thai
gold will be made the single standard
of money, and silver be permanently
demonetized; ~ That the Nationa
banking system will he DESTROYED, nn6
! replaced by state banks of issue.
The thesis Of democracy of TO-DAY
may be grouped into two-line sen
tence, thus: Free trade. single gold
standard, an unprotected ballot box
and pauperized labor.
On the other hand, republica niSm
contends for protection to American
labor; for the double standard of gold
and silver: for National currency
based on coin: for congressional elcc.
ton laws; and well paid labor.
With the Artisan it is not question
OF party; but question as to which sci
of principles as herein defined, comes
into closest touch with the greatest
masses, and will soonest lift from the
republic the Ovcrshadowing doubt tina,
has put brakes upon the machinery OF
manufacture and the wheels of com.
mercc, and has damned the stream OF
industrial employment that six months
ago was mighty torrent. upon the
bosom of which was carried the great
est volume of commercial exchange.
both interstate and international
known to the history of the world.
For these reasons, and for Others
that will in due time appear in these
columns, the Artisan is favorable to the
candidacy of Hon. Frank ID. Jackson
forgovernor of Iowa. and wishes repub,
llcan ideas to prevail in Ohio and Mass
acnusetts on November next
In promulgating these statements
the Artisan in no way relinquishes it's
n labor principles. But scanning the
political, and more particularly tie in.
Gnstrlal sky, its only hope for immc-
: date and permanent Improvement of
i the industrial masses is found in the
maintenance of the principle of Pro,
= lection to Labor and the honest dollars
} OF 'our daddies"
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