Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-04-26
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Totals. .....-..-.... FOE, 598, $3.50 &l2D, 500, 5S4
Under tho law OF 1890 almost every
new pension granted carried with it
dating from the day OF the APP
plication to the date Of the first regu.
q monthly payment, and these ar
ear OF pensions swelled the total pay
ments for three yeas, from 1891 to
1893 inclusive, far above the normal,
and far above any possible future re-
quirements. Death not only sadly
diminishes every year the number OF
living war heroes, but the amount of
9 paid naturally declines with
the number OF new claims. The esti-
mates to-day indi. ate that nearly s2O.-
COO,lO0 OF the cure mt years apr opri-
tion will be unspent. We hotbe that
by Secretary Hoke Smiths favorite
sioners without notice.
Cause and Eject.
Why did Rhode Island 90 Republic
can by 5000 and more in 1891? Why
did 1t 20 Democratic by almo-t 1860
in 1882? Why did the Democratic plu-
rality fall to 17S in 1893? We submit
q few figures In answer to these ques.
tions.
The number Of wage-earners EN-.
ployed in the factories Of the State
stood in 1892 At 1909. This was the
Mckinley year, the unprecedentedly
prosperous year, the year In which
workmen were told lit Is the unions,
not the tariffs, that create high wages"
and were told also that to aswipe the
tariff would be to hurt their employ
ers, described by the Democratic
press as "robber barons." without hurt
ng themselves. Many Of them believed
what they were told, and therefore tae
State went Democratic by 1900 plu-
rulity. But In 1893 the possibility Of
Democratic tariff tinkering became
plain, and 90 the number of wage-earn-
ers employed became less, being but
IL, 40. This demonstration Of the in
innate relation OF protective tariff to
the demand for labor caused the wage
n to put on their thinking caps,
and the Democratic plurality Of Loo
In 1872 fell to us In 1899. In 1894 the
dangerous possibility Of Democratic
tariff tinkering had become q danger
u probability, and the number OF
employed mill and factory operatives
Kinley year Of 1892 to TO- 1868 In what
seemed likely to be the first disastrous
Wilson wear. Every wage-earner was
charmed, and 30 there was q Repub
lican plurality Of 5000 registered at
the election of 1884. All this 10 a.
plain - A B C.-Chicsgo Inter Ocean.
Tura Them Out.
They lack leadership: they lack
statesmanship; they lack cohesion;
and, worse than oil, they lack patriot
ISM" These r the words OF the
Philadelphia Times, one OF the strong
Democratic newspapers Of the country
and . frm supporter OF the administra-
tion, used In sYesking Of the Democrats
In Congress. This IL . sharp arraign.
meut OF the mon who are responsible
for the conductsof Federal legislation,
| but no impartial observer OF events d
Washington doubts that the statement
10 true. This being the case, II b moi
strange thst the people have II Al
10. improve every opportunity 70 70
buke the mon who have proved false "a
their obligations.
BY the test m0ny Of those Of their
own political faith these mon nxe con
| demned q unworthy Of conddence.
Lack Of stAtesmanship h men Who -
suIae % direct the affairs Of their conn.
~ II ha0 en1n9h, but lack ol patriot
I'm y Wugso 6nd II cannot hsaover
1oo1oA. 0eoxt Mov6mbee tho1o