The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-04
FIFTH EDITION,


Has It ever occurred to you that the
two clnGses OF men who, more than
any others, are responsible for the de-
feat of the Republican party last fall
and the election OF Grover cleveland,
have been the first to suffer for their
ncR They are the retired capitalists
and the organized laborers of this
country. Well. let us see whnt they
have received up.to date and what they
are likely to get In the future.
Mr.. Capitalist did not do 1t with his
eyes closed or through Ignorance.
Ills motive was entirely selfish and
mean one, for by 1t he expected to
increase the purchasing power OF his
income at least one.half. He we'll
know that II his Intentions were car
ried out what 1t would do for the poor
man, but he did not care so long as he
could furth er his own interests. But
there was one thing that Mr.. Capital
ist did not consider. OF course he
did not calculate that the result would
10 any way Interfere with the value OF
| his capital What Ia the result up to
date? Why, II he has stocks of any
| kind, their value has deprecated any,
| where from ono-Quarter TO three-quar.
| tors,
II his savings are invested In houses
In this city, II not already empty, in
many cases the tenants cannot pay
their rent because they are thrown out
OF employment on account OF the
panic. There are more empty houses
In Wilmington to-day than has been
known before In Its history. II he
holds Western mortgages, he docs not
know whether they are worth any
thing or not; so you see Mr.. Retired
Capitalist Is feeling none too we'll
pleased over the result which he help.
ed to bring upon his own head. There
are two things that you cannot get
him to do now-one Is TO own that he
voted tho Democratic ticket last fall.
and the other lie that he will ever do u
again.
Now for the other class-the me.
chnnio and the laborer-they who
yelled and bawled and sang for q
week after the election. until their
throats were raw Rejoicing over the
election OF Cleveland and singing
"Grover, Grover, Four More Years In
Clover" ETC.. etc.
What have you got or received In ad-
dltion TO the sore throat and hunged
eyes that you got by the loss OF sleep
and other causes during the time of
your rejoicing over the election OF
Cleveland. A great majority Of you
have got vacation for an Indefinite
length Of time and many more will
follow. have no doubt you will 10
able to buy many goods cheaper, as
your Democratic friends told you thae
you would, but / think that your
trouble will be to get even the email
amount that 1t will take to purchase
the cheap goods. Flour 10 very
cheap, made out OF 80 cent wheat-the
wheat that Senator Gray and Con.
gresham Causey told the farmers
they would get SLIPS per bushel .or.
. Their prophecy was not reliable.
There Is something else that You
will got when these factories that are
/ shutting down all over the country
, start up again. You will find a lower
scale OF wages that you Will have to
work for. and brought about by the
change 1t will give the manufacturers
; to do 1t by their being compelled TO
shut down. or course. II they start
up again, 1t will be when thousands
/ are idle, who will he glad to work Tor
anything they can get, and you know
, 1t Is the most natural thing In the
/ world for all men to try to get any
thing they have to buy as cheaply az
they can-you can't blame them fol-
that.
You know you voted for the princi-
ple OF buying everything cheap, but
little did you think that 1t would hit
i you. You believed Bayard, Gray and
Causey. The farmers believed that they
. would get I'll .25 for their wheat. You
believed that you could get Hour made
from that wheat for from $3.50 to "a
per barrel, when 1t takes five and one
. half bushels OF wheat to make q bar.
rel Of Hour.
There is something else that you
have seen up to date: ...-
, Salary
Thomas F. Bayard. Ambassador to
v | England --s,..........s.....s. ItsoIa
i George Gray, Senator..,.... .,,.... b.oOt
, John W. Cnussy Congressman. 300
Thomas Hoicomb Sixth Auditor of