The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-05-18
REPUBLICAN SPEAKING.
Hon. Roswell G. Horr's Enthu-
siastic Address to the
Voters of the County.

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lay afternoon to as many people as could
get into the opera house. Among the
I audience was good sprinkling of demo-
Gratis and populists besides many ladies.
On the stage were NUMBER of promi-
nent local republicans. After a couple
of choice selections by the Marine band
Mr.. Horr was introduced by Mr.. Wag-
goner, chairman of the republican conl-
1nittee, and the speakers reception was a
most enthusiastic one. During the hour
and half he spoke his listeners were
deeply interested, and frequently they
were coilvulsed with laughter by his
amusing anecdotes and quaint SMILES.
THI.N AND NOW.
During the year 1892" began the
speaker, 81 travelled through twenty-one
states, and do not recollect having Wis
tied Oil the entire tour a single city or
town where the factories were not run
ming on full time and full-handcd and
where the people were not receiving
good wages and living we'll. Within the
last II months l have beer: through IS
OF those 2 states, and in each city 1
found the factories either closed down or
running on half time, with the oper-
atives receiving lower wages and i'll cor
responding lower spirits. Thoughtful
men were asking, and still are asking
What does all this mean?' AS tell you
what it means will also state that am
one of the fellows who told you SO.
EARLY and late I told you that if you
| took the business management Of this
country out Of the hands OF the business
party and put it i'll charge of 4 party
without business experience, trouble
would come. It has come. But while 1
knew it would come, / did not think it
would come so soon. Now let us see
how and why it came Philanthropy
should begin at home. A mans first
duty is to his family, then to his city,
then to his nation, then to the world.
The American people have no show with
the men who are framing the Wilson
bill. Wilen they see the head of a new
industry appear above water they hit in
stead OF helping it to rise. You want to
work fer people who CAN pay you. 1t is
the employers ability to pay that makes
prosperous country. Free trade does
not aim to help him, and through him it
! stabs the wage Garner.
AS TO OREGON.
''In Oregon find a new party that
| proposes to r-store prosperity to the
nation by running paper mill, to make
money plentiful by simply turning a
wheel. This party wants the govern
ment to loan money to the masses at two
per cent but leaves us at loss to ascer
tain where the government is to get the
money And what about security? The
| people who are worst off are the people
who have nothing to offer as security.
OH the loan, Or any security at all? Why
not tell the borrowers that they need
not worry about either principal or in
terest? That would give all Of us money
and remove necessity for work. This
populist idea is III direct contTariness to
the universal idea of being. To live,
people must labor. It is not our duty to
make people discontented with their lot.
It is bad public teaching to advocate idle
ness
The speaker then went into the his
tory Of money, showing that gold and
silver came to be universally adopted for
coinage because they represented value.
'The only good paper money" he con-
tillucd, ''is 7 bill of promise to pay i'll
something else of material worth. Our
greenbacils were good only 50 long as
yor could have cash III exchange for
them. get 50 tired of this tall, of The
government furnishing the people with
all the money they need. The govern
,nent cannot keep the people supplied
with money unless the people provide
the government with it. Uncle Sam can
not make money out of nothing any
| more than he can build roads through
the states without laying himself liable
to arrest for trespass.. The people must
furnish themselves with what they need
and can do 50 if the tarih-tinkers will
give them chance.
Bombsiell after bombshell was hurled
into the populist ranks when Phelix Do
dele arose and attempted to call the
speaker down. But Mr.. Horr was ready
for him and gave to the wou1d-be legisla-
tor several good thoughts to carry home
and ponder over. Mr.. Dode1e seemed
very much concerned about the depreci-
ated currency that was paid to the SOL
diers during the war and when asked if
he had been enlisted in the cause of his
country's defense he family replied that
he had not, when the speaker remarked
that he was giving himself great deal
of uneasiness about matter that in no
way effected him. This brought the
house down. Cheers were given to the
speaker, while Kisses and loud cries Of
''sit down. were accorded the Soap
creek populist as he took his seat in a