The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01

nor nave discussed them, from any partisan vicw. have no desire tonight to speak of party politics, strictly so called. There are times when we can sacrifice and must sacrifice those feelings for the good of the country What we need to-day is to take Q calm and sen- sible view of our situation. with view of as- pertaining what is wisest for us to do Remem- Der that we are not now to discuss questions of sentiment or the principles which underlie the government or land of liberty. What we are to discuss are matters which relate to our personal happiness and our personal comfort. And yet believe that questions of material wealth, questions of material comfort under lie all that is best in our institutions. believe that people with comfort and well-distributed wealth-and history bears me out in that opin- ion-lead on to larger freedom and a loftier liberty. GApplauselI
 But, however that may be (and men may differ with me upon that question:, there is no doubt that in next November the election will turn upon business questions, and upon busi- ness questions alone Let us, therefore, con- slider them in the cold light of business duty. Business has long ago ceased to be gambling. There was time when 1t was not so. There was time in the old days when we traded with Tar India and China. when single adventure might mean for man wealth for all his life, or an utter and complete ruin and prostration. Gold and silver mines, stock purchases and sales, were less gambling than the business of
 
 in, business Is founded upon different princi- pies. What the business man demands of his country is ability and certainty, Profits never come to him to-day in great lump sums, but in the aggregate of smaller sums. Did it over oc- cur to you to ask yourself why 1t IS that the business man pays the larger freight to have what he wants brought by rail instead of be- ing water borneS Why does he not save his moneyr For by water you can carry with greater degree of cheapness. It is because water-borne transportation Is long in arriving. and the element of time enters Into the trans action, and time is the breeder of uncertainty.
 Uncertainty Is Not Wanted.
 Why Is 1t that modern business to-day de- mands of the railroad company faster trains for freight than 1t used to demand for passengers' Why must we have the swiftest steamersS It is because the business man must have the element of time obliterated so far as he can. He would rather pay more money and take less profit to have uncertainty removed from his calculations. [Applause.l And if that is so with the business man, how much more is 1t with the manufacturer. To-day the manufac- turer does not make large profit, but he de- bends upon bis smalle= profit upon large number of articles, Whenever q man makes a product of machinery he has to pay for his labor, he has to pay for his material, he has to know what competition he will have when he brings his article to market [Applause.l
 Unless he knows 1t he does not dare to make the article. This Is the unfortunate condition in which this country has been for the past two years No man dared to buy materials, for no man buys materials for amusement No man dared to hire labor, except from hand to mouth, for no man can pay for labor unless his money is to come back to him. That has been the cause of the stagnation in business. That Is what has been the cause of what we sum up in two words, fraught with misery ts the people, hard times. tApplause
 "Now there are to-day two elements of un- certainty, two great causes of this temporary curse of the American race The first is that we don't know what the senate bill Is about yet lApplause.l And we never can know un- til we have a trial Of 1t, and we have got to have trial for one simple reason. that is that the constitution of the United States doesn't permit repentance in certain cases. even though we seek 1t carefully. with tears. lAp- plause.l We have a president of the United States fin for two years more. Now have no desire to speak unldndly of him or to detract in any way from any of the virtues he may pos sess. [Laughter.1 For this is time for reasoning and not for scoldlng: but do say upon this particular question, if you believe himself he is worse than his party. Therefore we can have no rectiflcation of the senate bill as 1t stands under the most favorable circum- stances for the next two years. If that be SO and I am obliged to appeal to the intelligence of this audience whether 1t Is or not-if that be so, the next question is: Is this thing to grow no worse, if 1t cannot be made any betterg Can it be made worse, and If so, how?
 No Hope of Redress in Sight.
 "Uncertainty, as have already shown you might venture to say with your approval, If proved to you-is the bane of our existence to- day. One would suppose that every thinking man from one end of this coutry to the other would be satisfied of this. More then that, one would suppose that every man who had the re- sponsibilty of this government upon his shoul- der would be permeated more than all the rest with this belief and sense of duty. New ertheless the chairman of the committee on ways and means of the United States house of representatives decided amid the applause of his friends that this is only the first attack, and that he means to pursue this suject until the bitter end.
 "The leader of the party, the chief magis- trate of this nation, has declared that this is only Q vantage ground for new attack. Now, you either believe those leaders or you do not If you don't believe them what is the use Of having them around? tLaughterl If you do believe them then you have to face the Ques- tion: What do you want for the next two years, certainty or uncertainty
 Now, mark you, I am only speaking of the temporary subject of this present election. When the whole broad subject is opened in 1896 we shall have learned wisdom enough and have gained strength enough to take care of that question thenI trust in a manner that will be convincing forever. tGreat applause.l But let us endeavor if we are wise and sensible men, to have wisdom enough for to-day and trust to providence for wisdom enough for to- | morrow, for those who have sense enough to get through yesterday should have sense | enough to get through to-day. tApplause.l There are two things which are absolutely | necessary for good law upon this and upon every other subject, First, the law must | have sound principles which can be depended upon; and second, those principles must be | satisfactory to the public sentiment of the community. This is government of laws. This is q government by the people It is not always the highest sense of the peo- pie that governs; 1t is very seldom the lowest | sense that governs The very ideal of govern | ment is the average sense Of the people. How | shall that sense be made good sound common | sense? By educationY Yes; education at any | price During the last two years we have had | education. lLaughterl It has been bitter | cost. Nevertheless if it has taught us that the | solid foundations of this country rest upon | protection then we shall not have paid the last l two years penalty in vain Applause. And | when we have come to the consideration of this | question in it's broader aSDect we shall be able |