Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14

body can charge this fairly 10 The
terms of the tariff which uaed 10
exist What caused all this disaster?
everybody knows who has any bust |
ness IL was the utter uncertainty.
the doubt as to what would hannen |
to us. Who could build on shifting
sander During all the time that the
socalled house bill was pending, men
could only fear the worst, for the
mouse Dill was about the worst thing
which the wisdom Of men ever de-
vised IN these late years OF Christ
IAN civilization. This bill went to the
senate, many Democrat voting for
u, not because he believed in 1t, but
because the senate would make II
nearer decency and fitness. DO we
want certainty or uncertainty from
now until 1896? We can lay aside all
our partisan feeling and agree that
the great and paramount course OF
this country for the last eighteen
months has been uncertainty. Nobody
dared to start in business or go on
with his business so long as no found
alton could be discovered. Business
is not gambling. 1t tries its best TO
take no chances. What II demands
more and more every year Is GER
tainty. What then shall the bust
ness world do to procure certainty
with the basis OF Its future action?
1T Is not necessary In order to ar
rive at proper conclusion to discuss
or decide which party is best or which
is worst
would a success of the Democratic
party this fall produce a certainty. Let
us see what they say themselves.
II they, the leaders. lie to you. you
would not trust them. II they tell
the truth, you can find no rest for the
soles of your feet on any Ararat. The
la on a "a nf ha xtfa ND
means committee was a leader until
the Democratic senator from Maryland
stripped him OF his armor and dragged
him around the walls Of Troy, de-
clared before the house adjourned, and
to the cheers of the Democrats. that
the fight was but begun. He FASTENED
back to his constituents In West Wiz
ginla, to reiterate the same notice,
crossed the waters to proclaim again
to the British, and refreshed by that
touch Of his mother earth, vlbrated
back to renew his declaration. Surely,
he does not mean peace and quiet
ness, Nor has he the slightest idea
OF the value thereof. Mr.. President
writes to Mr.. Catchlngs that this Is
only the vantage ground for new
attack. Mr.. Hill declares that only
the citadel has been carried, and that
he Is going back for the rest of the
town. These men seem backed up by
all the official Democratic power, The
Democratic president seems to be with
them. 1t does look as II the only men
In the Democratic party who have any
disposition to try their own work, were
senators from Maryland. Ohio and
New Jersey, and they are being hooted
at in all the Democratic conventions In
the United States. and where, as in
ohio they were not maligned in set
terms, the presiding officer proclahas
/ ri M n NJ
tage ground for new attack" and such
unwholesome advice.
at is pretty evident to any sem
! sible man that quiet and certainty are
not to be hoped for in Democratic sue
cess. On the other hand the Republic
cans are forced into such a position that
they must for the next two years give
to business that certainty which 1t
| must have to do anything successfully.
| We could not make any change for the
/ better from our point Of view because
/ Cleveland and the senate could oppose
! We certainly should not do anything
/ to make the tariff worse for that is
/ contrary to our principles. 70 sum 1t
| all up in word, this appeal to busi-
ness men, and by business men. mean
almost all the people Democracy prom
| ises war on business certainty, while
| the Republicans must give you rest.
| We do not promise you prosperity for
| these conditions are not of our choos-
| ing. We do not recommend the SEN
ate bill. II was not of our enacting,
hut 1t is very certain that II there is
anything in it. the only way to get at
| 1t is to give II a chance.
"Of course. business in this country
must revive in some small degree If we
can have peace. 1t cannot stay where
/ IL IL now unless American enterprise
| Is dead and that can never be. we
| shall have struggles over wages and
lessened profits. and Increased coupe
tition to contend with and whatever
failures to protect there are in this
bill. will find themselves out. That
much hurt will come, that wages will
not again reach their former level, |
do not doubt; but we shah learn at
the costly school Of experience and per-
haps learn enough to pay the cost OF
tuition one thing which led this whole
country into the error of 1892 was the
history of the last 80 years. During all
that time, We had been prosperous,
wages had increased, 30 all parties
agree, in the ratio of from 81 TO SIN;
so that whoever got a dollar In 1860, in
1891 got for the same work a dollar
and seventy-oue cents and that Sl.Il
bought nearly as much as two dollars
did when the world was so years youn-
ger.
'The generation Wnlcn hVeu uluer
r.. j. Walker and James buchanan
had passed away A new generation
had come. Having lived all their lives
In prosperity, with increasing wages.
people came to feel that prosperity
was a natural thing something born of
the climate, perhaps, or Of the soil.
and utterly disconnected with the gov
eminent.
'For the last eighteen months II has
slowly crept into the minds OF all the
people that there have been some
brains put into the government of
this country during Its thirty years OF
prosperity; that all this happened not
by luck and chance. but by good man.
aeement and sound ideas. j am not
going to enter into any panegyric on
the Republican party. 1t is party
like another. with many good deeds
and some bad ones, but on the whole
friend OF the currency, OF honest
living, of prosperity, and fair inter
prefer of the peoples wishes, giving
them as good a government as they
wanted and often better. Virtue In this
world Is comparative. We never get
perfection. All we can say is that one
man is better than another, and that