The Louisiana populist., 1894-10-05
Hon. II. w. Ogden's Speech.

the citizens of Natchitoches OF
Monday. The civil court, polio
jury and school board, all meeting
on that day brought out a consid
cradle crowd, and when the meet
ing was called to order by Col
Jack at II o'clock there was /;
large audience.
Mr.. Ogden rehashed the old tar
iff talk seasoned with abuse Of the
Republican party and the glOries
of the Democratic party. He pro
ceeded to show las he claimed) tina,
by the new Democratic tariff law
the people had been saved $780,
100000 a year by the free wool
schedule, but failed to state that
the wool growers of the United
States had lost nearly that by the
decline in the price of their wool,
and he also failed to state that the
American wool growers had been
forced to drive their sheep to the
slaughter'pen and have them butch
cred because they could not afford
to feed them for the wool they
produced-at the present prices.
He claimed that the manufacture
er's tariff on wOolen goods had
been reduced to a considerable ex-
tent, but he also failed to state that
the manufacturers profit under
even the reduced tariff would be
greater with the free wool sched-
ule, than it was before under the
tariff on raw wool; he also failed
to state that under the Democratic
tariff the profit arising from the
tax all goes into the hands of the
manufacturer and none of it into
the hands of the wool grower.
He admits that the two old par
ties will not take up more than one
question at time, and that it is
not likely that the two great par
ties Oem. and Rep.) will take up
the money question until after 1896.
That the Democratic party had no
free coinage plank lat a ratio of IS
to y in its platform, but he hoped
and prayed that it would have.
This is as near as Mr.. Ogden could
come In saying that the Democratic
party was in favor of the free coin
age of silver. Mr.. Ogden also
stated that a political party that
had control of the government was
wholly responsible for the legisla-
ton of that government, and that
therefore the Republican party was
alone responsible for the demone-
tizatiOn of silver in 1873, and he
the low prices and hard
lines to very great extent to
hat infamous act. But our friend |
Ogden never once opened his mouth
.bout the infamous action of the
Democratic party in demonetizing
'ilver in 1898, by which act the
armers of this country have lost
hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Sherman law of 1890 was a
Republican law and did give us
bout fifty million dollars year
chen it ,cas executed, and even this
mall supply was cut off by the
Democratic party.
Now we deem it very strange
indeed that this distinguished gen.
lemen who poses as the farmers
riend should seek to keep so i'm
'ortant a matter in the back ground
or no other purpose than that the
'eople should be mislead into the
elief that the Democratic party
Tas their friend. Such as this will
o longer work, for the people are
90 well informed to take it down
S of yore. Thanks to the system
+ education now being conducted
y the Peoples party.) Why not
ut all questions fairly before the
eople and let them as intelligent
len choose for themselves? Mr.. |,
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