Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-11

Lincoln, ILL.,. oct. 10.-1n point of
numbers the demonstration the DEM
ocracy Of Logan county made today in
honor of Vice President Stevenson was
keen disappointment. The day was
raw and chilly, high wind setting in
early. growing more violent Us the day
progressed. The vice president spent
the night here as the guest of friends.
iIe was escorted 10 the hotel at 10 a.
m and held n reception until ~ o'clock.
The outdoor meeting which had been
arranged upon 4 grand and compile
mentary scale was abandoned at noon
aud a hail resorted to. The city was
profusely decorated with Ilags, banners
and bunting.
The vice president was introduced at
o'clock by DR.. Ambrose NJ. Miller,
Governor Altgeld's main manager.
Mr.. Stevenson said:
"In the presidential contest Of 1892
the battle was fought and won by the
Democratic party almost upon
the single issue of tariff re-
form. Upon the issue OF re-
duced tariff taxation. upon the ne
cessaries OF life, as against high pro-
| tectlonism, Mr. Cleveland was elected
AMI the Democracy restored to power.
For the first time within third Of II
| century the Democrats in 1898 controlled
| this presidency and both houses of con-
| grass. Under these conditions the
| country had much to expect of the
| rhetoric party now restored to power.
| How has the party kept faith with the
! peaple? What steps have been taken
al hn mo- Of
/ Has the Democratic. party kept their
word Of promise, or broken 1t? Has
1 II made an honest effort to make good
| its promises in its platform and upon
| the hustlings? This is the question
NOW submitted to the peaceful arbitra7
msnt OF the ballot.
'yiive me your attention few seconds
and shall endeavor TO show that the
| Democratic party has kept faith with
| these who mtrusted 1t with power
! by its fight against monopolies, fos-
| tetcd and strengthened by more than
a third of a century of Republican
| legislation. Long strides have been
taken along the line Of true tariff re-
/ form"
The speaker showed the conditions
Leading up to the panic of 1893 and pic
tured the financial distress of the coun-
try 1T that time.
dGear in mind" he continued, "that
| this was the actual condition while the
| Mckinley law was still in force, and be-
fore an arm had been lifted by the
! Democratic congress to change the
existing law. These are the stubborn
facts with which the Republican leaders
arc now confronted. They cannot deny
the TACT that the conditions sprang into
exlbtence under the Mckinley law, but
theT tell US they were a result of n want
| of confidence by the country in
the Democratic party. l beg you TO
reflect upon this assumption for one
moment. Who elected Cleveland and
sils-tly declared that after constant
/ Republican rule all branches of the
government should again pass under
| Democratic control2 Have you forgot
ten that the American people by
plu. slity of 1872 in the electoral college
elected Cleveland over his Republican
| competitor and yet Notwithstanding the
fac. that the people by this unprece-
dented majority elected Cleveland you
are told that the people Immediately
contemplated with apprehension and
alasm what they had themselves
achieved at the ballot box.
IN addition to this you are told that
the condition existing at the close OF
the Harrison administration was the
result of apprehension upon the part
of the American people that
| the Democratic president and congress
would endeavor to tinker with the
! tariff with the benefciaries of high
protection. any attempt to reduce taxa
lion is always 'tinkering with the
tariff The object OF protection. as
you know is to enable the producer
10 cell his goods at an Increased price
over what he would be otherwise able
10 secure in the open market, The
higher the tariff. of necessity. the
higher the price charged the con-
sunier. In order to shield themselves
from, the responsibility OF the evils
brought upon the country by the
enactment OF the Mckinley law, he-
publican orators and papers declared
these evils the result not Of what the
Rem Sblicans had done, but OF what
the Democrats might possibly do. In
othtr words, IN order to escape con-
demhatlon from the evils resulting
frorn their own vicious legislation, Re
pub:bcans are driven to the assump-
tior that the people shrank with
horror from the contemplated tarlh
r.fo.m for which they had so earn
estl. and emphatically declared at
the POLLS. Can a more monstrous as
SUMMATION be imagined2 1t Is one mat
disc; edits the intelligence OF the
Anne ican people Both at the cleo
ton. OF 1890 and Of 1899 the Mckinley
law lad been condemned. / come now
to l~pnslder the question as 10 how
far the Democratic party has re-
deer. "a its promises-how well II has
kept -aith with the people. It promised
a rg~@siction OF the expenditures OF the
COVE ament. This promise has been
mad good by q reduction OF the ex-
per 'stures S2s 900, 900 over those OF
the ,i'evlous year, when the executive
ard senate were Republican. In this
couapction 81 must be remembered
also that the sum appropriated by
the present DsmaarAti.' aAnsrA-A Ear