The sun., 1894-10-14

prolonged calllope Rroan1. who has been out OF
! by Joining in the old chorus Just as II he had
| neyer lost step in the procession. tLauRhter.1
| Our task cu tais side was never mors difnGult.
| To recur r. Mr. Evsr,s's suggestion. what would
he the stete of mind % aoy counsel for ths plain
,orney no Ed 'S fSy ry whsa e 81,
| clients guilt and had overwhelmed him with all
the reproaches and epithets and denunciations
patton would be absolutely gone, and even
Joseph Choate faint applsu.el or Rollins Or
silence as best he might.
"PERFIpY AND DIsHoyoR."
| Such IL the condition Of the Republican speak
sr today. There is no way In which he can Inn
been In the habit for some years Of speaking OF
the Democratic party in terms which seemed 70
not found entirely satisfactory, and yet never
dreamed Of using words about the party or Us
1@ Maine 70 Resa
Italicized In much letter writing by great and
sSs RSs0 shs1. shPsS s
cal party: with .psEildy and disSSnor, and
were chosen MS BY the Chief Masistrste Of the" their
own selection. When / saw Senator Gorman in
fully call witness after witness TO prove that
their party chief had begulled them into the
! thought how far short IN the last campaign
had fallen Of describing the actions liable TO re-
suit from the supremacy Of the party to which
have therefore no no sPlthsts 1.-THE e bestow to-
this campaign seems TO be gone. Yet in some
ways do not regret 1t. five can no longer talk
never was better opportunity for a little bust
ness sense for a little OF that wholesome wisdom
Let us then commence with frank admission
that the action OF the Democratic party and its
country were perfectly natural and thai as I'm. in
divtduals the Democrats are not responsible
therefor Nor S can we venture to say that we
filled, for | am persuaded that no man on our
side dared TO foreshadow one-half OF what has
enough. II we who were their enemies did not
prophesy this measure of calamity, the ordinary
Democratic voter could not have dreamed Of Il,
and therefore did not have It In his heart.
THIS Is TO BE A EoN-PARTIsAN SPEECH.
IL is because am sure from outward and visi-
BILE signs, and notably from the elections in
their partisanship and are willing TO do their
share toward saving the country, that l am
willing to lay aside mine and discuss on reason
able terms what It is best to do here and now
for the common interests. Whenever the prin-
srndses their awysrs csn Law sy ydSWn S,qe tbeT the
weapons. So when In politics q great mis-
take has been made. so great that all men
and the case can be stated without exaggeration
Of the merits of your own side or abuse OF the
fectly fair this side Of the river OF death. for
prepossessions and lifelong associations can
when men who have never before acted together
can think alike. These times are shown by the
Maine is a state where Democracy IA rock
ribbed and ancient as the sun, and yet In Maine
& Of vss
years ago, when the deepest depression, the
suit OF the war. rested on the Democratic party.
was exceeded by 1000. do not think you
quite realize what that majority means. II New
York State were to give 800, 900 1t would hardly
crease. None Of us expected such a majority.
There was no special organization; there was
Many Of them voted with us. and very many
more stayed at home. determined, some by out
spokcn, action ,d md some BY silence to show their
which they saw about them on every hand. :,
Wa, this sensible course of action, well
their brethren in New York and all over the
Unionp ICries Of IT can bel What e the
present condition OF things and what ought we
as sensible men to want?
THE BUSINESS DEPRESSION.
The past eighteen months have been months
OF suffering and stagnation; not suffering and
suffering in the houses OF the people; not star
walton, not deprivation of the absolute necessi:
too much OF this worlds goods the past thirty
years that utter want should parsyEe and kilt;
ST' tRe ssas Sdiappns.. SGs shei
we have been @ aecustomed will draw RI no cI,Sn pio
ture OF idle mills, silent machinery, men with
nGasS sna Ss WITH
days setting sun That picture is too familiar to
terms G% OF the kf tarlff which, neW @ exists snS nS
more than they can 70 To the sI tariff which used 70
knows who has any business sense. 1t was the
utter uncertainty, the appalling doubt as TO
shifting sandsf During all the time that the so
called House bill was pending men could only
worst thing which the unwlsdom OF man ever
devised In these late years Of Christian cviliz-
Democrat Voting for Il not 40 bee because A he Believed
In IL, but because the Senate would make II
nearer decency and fitness.
Democrats out" the crowd hoWied.i We Wen must s
bring about certainty. But where are we TO
ge Ana tf What ABOUT the pemocrstc py leaders
[" Gone hshing!" howled mani
PRAISE FOR THE pEMocRATIo SENATOR'S.
It Is the fashion among Democratic Conyen-
ocratic Senators and to demand that they shall
be relegsted to private life. This Is absolutely
bad actions of the Senate-and they were many
they saved the Democratic party from ami
thsss dS $40 amend
ments 20 the House bill? Was IL out OF pure pre-
the demand OF their constituents? Did the Junior
Senator from New York hang out for collars
or because he lived ' a rroy DS Senator smith
rescue some OF the manufactures OF New Jersey
because the nend whispered into his ear, or be-
cause he heard the human voices Of his con-
stituents2
tiere Mr.. Reed was forced to pause for q few
seconds To allow the crowd TO have its laugh outl
But do not care here and now 10 discuss the |
relative merits OF Mr.. Wilson's or Mr., Germans |
system. Both are Democrats. Nor do care TO |
discuss the merits OF the Senate bill. SO far as
1t protects reasonably American industries all is |
Hut It Is the law OF the land not with |
my consent and for that matter not with the |
consent OF the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor
UNCERTAINTY.
There Is also another fixed fact. 30 long as
Mr. Cleveland stays ia power the evil cannot bo
rectlted. What, then. remains. not for the Re-
publican party or the Democratic party, but for
The people OF the United States 10 dOf DO we
want certainty uncertainty from now to
1895? We can lay aside all our partisan feel
ing and agree that the great and paramount
curse OF this country for the last eighteen
months has been uncertainty. Nobody dared 10
start in business or go on with his business
70 long no foundation could be dis
covered. business Is not gambling. II tries Its
best TO take no chances. What IL demands more
md more every year is certainty. What then
shall the business world do To procure certainty
Is the basis OF its future actiOn7