The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-10-17


ing: if he shall dccliHe TO run his de-
clination will DESTROY both himself
and his machine BY bringing upon his
party utter dcmcraiZation and de-
feat lie has become the victim Of
his own polit les. and the responsible
itv for his fate rests entirely l}p,tn
himself. Nov York Post (muy.)
PROPHETIC WORDS or D1Alsl:.
The following so!ernnly prophetic
words were uttered by the Hon.
James g. Blaine in October, 1890.
Read then III the light Of the present
day experience, and see if they are
not being fulfilled to the letter by
the action OF the dcmocratic party
now in power:
II love my country and my country
men. | am an American. and re-
joce every day Of nv life that ! am
enjoy the genral prosperity OF my
country anll'knoW that the working
men or this land are the best fed and
tile best clothed Of amy lHb0rcr> o.!
the face Of the earth. Many or
them have homes Of their own. They
are surrounded by all the comforts
and many Of Tic luSuricS Of life. !
slluddcr. however, III the Thought
that the iiar must come Wlen,alI
this Will be changcd: when the gen
cral prosperity Of the country will b.
DESTROYED: when lie great body ot
Workingmcn in thi, land. who arc
now so prosperous. Mill bear their
wives and children CRY for bread;
THAT the day must come when tire
Factories and manufactures o1 this
Hand will shut down. and there Will
bc HE silence Of the tomb. And the
reason why il must be 50 is this:
| The GREAT southern wing Of he DEM
ucrati; pirty are Determined to rS-
tnb]sh the doctrine Of free trade in
this land. They will be assisted by
their northern allies. The fight is
now on. There is Il great body Of
visionary but educated men who are
cmpIoypd day by day IN writing free
trade ESSAYS and arguments in favor
OF Hat doctrine. which find their
way into every democratic newspaper
in The lA1C
.lhe great body Of or, people
have experienced. themselves. the
SllITcringS which always result when
Il he protection principle are laid
aside. Poisoned and excited by the
wild statements OF the writer's and
the deinagogt" appeals OF democratic
speakers the result will Ic Il at.
| in t lie very near future. thc>" forces
which are now working. will be
strong enough to defeat at The polls
the party Hdvu~H1ing protection. t
must Inevitably follow that lnccr-
t.oiEty and doubt will cnSIlc.
''Ihc business men If the country,
Fearing the destruction, will decline
in business: consequently mills Will
be shut down and the workingman
be thrown o"t Of employment. Tho
people will then see. us We have
never seen before. that they cannot
be pluSprrouS and have work Whit
this principle is threatened. In ,h'
midst uf suffering 'licy will learn thai
he onl !, way they can b" prosperous
and happy is to vote for the party
which will build up thc industries b,
which they have gained LIVELIHOOD
because hey can Sc" clearly tha
when Il nlanslflctOrv is shut dow
there is 40 demand Ter The thin!
which lnry haNr to sell, and 1lai i
their lal,or =
How 1yu" 'Er foregoing is ever.
citizen 0f.i his; republic now has Al
, opportunity Of iNd ring for himself
| All lie n!i:,cries and misfortune
L which tti;S profound statesman pro
: Nictcd have roulc 10 pass. They ar
+ upon us row. We feel them iii tn
depression in the value OF our prop
: rr'E. in tn" loss OF our credit. IN tn
, closing Of our mines. mill, and factC
: ricS and in the hundreds Of thousand
!: of idle men who are 1rampin9 thi
: fair land in search OF employment
our people are now experiencing IN
'SuifrrinyS which always result Whc
the protecting principle is cas-
aside" The question now is, vii
they |rn'i' by t he su1erjngs they ar
: ROW undergoing and return TO til
prosperity they enjoyed before tn
democratic and nopuliSt parties IN
T. dprtook to fui>t free trade upon ,hi
Il nation: We think they will.-Intc
Mountain.
g one Consolation it Will Have.
t There is one consolation in til
-i,i RI Of