The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-14

them on every hand. Was this a sensible
course OF action. we'll founded. and one
which ought TO be followed by their
brethren in New York and all over the
nation9 What is the present condition OF
things ard what ought We as sensible men
to wnnt7
THE CAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION.
The past two years have been months
of suffering IN the house of the people.
Not starvation nor privation of the abso-
lutte necessities of lite, for this country had
accumulated too much of the worlds
goods the past thirty years that utter
want should paralyxe and kill, but that
want which Is the great unhappiness of
civilization, the want Of comforts TO which
We have been accustomed. aud will draw
no pictures of the Idle mills, silent ma
chinery, men without work. money or en-
pioyment. capital unused. and labor
wasted and lost with each days setting
sun. That picture Is too familiar TO you
all. Nobody can charge this fairly TO the
terms of the tariff which now exists. any
more than 10 the tariff which used 10
exist.
What caused all this disaster every
body knows who has any business sense.
1t was the utter uncertainty, the appalling
doubt as To what would happen 30 us.
Who could build on shifting sandf Dur
ing all the time the so-called house bill
was pending men could only fear the
worst. for the house bill was about the
worst thing which the unwisdom of men
ever devised in these iate years of Chris
tian civilization. This bill went TO the
senate. many a Democrat voting for 1t.
not because he believed In il. bat because
the same would make IL nearer deceney.
THE SENATE AMENDMENTS.
at is q fashion among Democratic con-
ventions nowadays, | notice, to de-
~
demand that they shall he reiegaisd TO
private life. This is absolutely human in-
gratitude. Notwithstanding ali the bad
actions of the senate. and they we're
many, they saved the Democratic party
from annihiiaiion. Why do yon suppose
these senators, these Democratic senator's.
made go amendments 20 the house bill
Was it cut OF pure, premeditated wicked
ness2 Or was it on the demand OF their
constituents1 Did the junior senator from
New York hang out tor collars and cuffs
at the direct instigation of the devil, or
because he lived IN Troy7 Did Senator
Smith rescue some of the manufacturers
OF New Jersey because the fend whispered
in his ear, or because he heard the human
voice OF his eonstituents7 but did not
come here 10 discuss the relative merits Of
Mr. Wilson's or Mr.. Germans systems.
Both are Democrats. Nor do 1 care 20
discuss the merits of the senate bill. 80
Tar as Is fr&sgia1st bE1S1&NS
dustries ali is well: so far rs IL does not
all is wrong. in my thinking. but IL IL the
law Of the land. not with my consent, and
for that matter not with the consent Of
the Democratic candidate for governor.
TO Esd THE UNCERTAINTY.
There is another fact. As long ss Mr..
Cleveland stays in power the evil cannot
be recsiled- What, then, remains ~ not
for the Republican party or the Demo.
cratic party. but for the people 81 the
United states TO DO. DO se sant GER
tAinfy or uncertainty from nov until Isss37
We can lay aside all our personal feeling
and sgree that the great and paramount
curse % this country for the last eighteen
months las been uncertainty. Nobody
dared 20 start ia business or go ON stth bis
business so long a. no foundation eouId be
discovered. Business is not gambling 1t
tries It's best 10 sAke no chsncss. What IL
demands mere ani more every year Is GER
tAsatv What. then, shall the business
World do 10 procure certainty as the base
os Is f8tasr scfionaY IL IS necessary. in
order 20 arrive at proper conclusion. TO
discuss or decide shat party - best OF
xhieh is worst.
Would the success q the Democrats
farty this fail produes certainty Let as
see xhat they say themselves IL they the
leaders. ii-. yoa soasd rot trnss them. IL
they tesi taa trath you can fsnd no ress for
the soIes of your feet ga any Ar4raG. The
Dem nscrAtlc chairman oE the s4ys and
means committee. who was a leader unsii
tks D.faoerst!c ssnztor from Marysaad