Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-11

you be surprised at the difficulty of passing q
parasites. set upon the body polite by Republi-
can legislation, must be piucked OF and de-
stroyed If the republic is to live.
The senators who fought our battles In the
Senate are entitled to our gratitude, rather than
our censure, that they did 30 well under circum-
stances SO adverse.
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.
If the senators from all the states had been as
faithful as those from Missouri and Arkansas
monopoly would have been driven in utter and
PLY, all were not SO faithful The truth is, the
Senate ia not what 1t ought to be. Every year
| become more and more convinced that a radical
/ reform in senators al methods Ia one of the cry
/ ing needs of the hour. To begin with senators
should be elected by direct vote of the people
| they represent. And until that is authorized by
! law unh-sitatingly and heartily approve the
, growing demand that senators shall be nomi-
mated. as governors and other officers are nomi-
mated, by State conventions. The Illinois plan
should be adopted by all the states. In that
way the people can have some direct voice In the
selection OF their senatorial representatives.
FREE RAW MATERIAL.
1 agree with the President that our manufac-
turers should have free raw materials. Give
them free raw material, and send them forth,
the World for the markets Of ii the WorIS But
| that is not all, Mr.. President and gentlemen or
| the Senate and House of Representatives, that
| is net all. want, also, to give the home con-
| sumner o chance, as we'll as the home manufac-
| turer. / want the articles manufactured out of
| our free raw materials carried very close up to
| turer Is to have cheaper wool, the consumer
| must have cheaper wootens. III the manufac-
| turer Is to have cheaper lumber iron, coal and
| so on, the consumers, who represent the masses
of the people, must share In the benefits. ]
| the free raw material they want; but 1 would
| not require the farmers and workingmen of Mis-
souri, to pay them dollar of tribute.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
| The old story that protection Increases wages
h i insDs Is stale o1 as
| ceive intelligent men 1t ts the common ex-
perience that every increase of tariff rates is
this result is not necessary, for if half the pro-
| tectionists cay be true, then every increase in
| the tariff should be followed by an advance in
| Every act which has increased tariff duties has
only strengthened monopoly and augmented it's
the laborer il employs and the consumer it robs
Every increase of wages which labor has wruug
from the capital employing it, mss been accom-
pIished through organization. Organization IT.
labor surest buIWaIk
Capital asks how much labor can be had for
dollar. Labor asks how many dollars cau be
had for so much work In that contest, with
out orgar ization, labor would play sorry
part. Labor organizations are often visionary,
and sometimes both unreasonable aud unjust
They attempt some impossible things, and d.
some foolish ones But in the main they meal
to do right. 1t is fashionable just now to de
nounce labor organizations: do not. ap
prove and encourage them. The laboring mer
of America love their country. They are lie
voted to its institutions. There is no duty OF
he citizen they are not ready periodically to
discharge / resent, therefore, any effort t.
bring them into disrepute or put odiuin upoi
the enterprises hey project for self protection
servatiye and weIi-ortiered Srganization I de
spise the professional agjtator, the man of idi,
hands and busy tongue. who has inHaence To-
,ale. But honest organization heartily COM
mend.
Labor organizations should be on bushes.
plane, and marshaIed under sincere, intelli-
gent and practical leadership. Labor should
tariff viii never Contribute farIning to ils
treasure. Il will create trusts and pour
golden stream into their Golfers, but will bring
home. Protection ia a fraud; it is robbery
Those whs imagine that the war upon it L.
at an end are mistaken 1t will not cod unit
otherthrown. 1 am glad the President Is in
censed. am glad the senate and house are H.
stood in the way and prevented complete tri-
9mph of the Democratic policy: Let the Presi
now. Let there be no mock heroics, no playing
to the galleries. With sincere and honest CO.
DeW Victories even Yet before the espration
Of the present Congress.
SILVER COINAGE.
The Governor next discussed the question OF
silver coinage. declaring himself more strongly
to bond issues ' Among other things he said:
Within the last twelve or eighteen months
snd
the cause Of silver coinage to gold monometai.
ism have been witnessed. The suddenness of
St PauI's conversion has been eclipsed by the
lightning rapidity with which some whilom
friends of silver have somersaulted into the
witness ed more dazzling acrobatic feats in the
whole history and range Of political gyInnas
tics During the present month Senator e Mills h
stase, took occasion to say:
"Now. just as we have succeeded, the land Is
filled with discomfort and complaint; number
Of dissatisfied spirits have gone off from the
party, following some strange leaders, who pro-
pose to make them rich. The fl ee and unlimited
coinage of silver is one question on which we
may differ. 1t is not ques ton of government,
but simply matter Of business want to say
you were to throw your minis open to the COIN
age of the world. not another dollar would be
coinage TO gold and limited coinage to silver
In the United States silver dollar is worth leo
cents because it is based on gold In Mexico tits
worth but 50 cents, although the Mexican dollars
contain more silver than the American dollar.
1.-The question with us is whether or not it Is
wise to open our minis to free and unlimited
s'In the first place. there is not, as I said.
any silver to come into cremation; IN the
in the third place, you couldn't get dollar
unless you worked for 1t.
'tJones aud Stewart and the other nine
owners want the mlnts thrown open free to their
product. but tell me, how are you to get one of
these dollars out Of jones' pocket? There is
only one way to get dollar honestly, and that
Is to work for 1t.
again you hesr something about per capita.
We have S24 per capita In the 80 years of the
greatest prosperity of this country. we had only
81 per capita If you had $50 per capita under
the present taxing system, you would have no
more money than you have now.
81 have been one of the strongest advocates
of free silver; have spoken for it and written
for it. / was in Congress when silver dollar
was worth per cen! more than gold dollar
When Germany was attempting to demoneti2e
silver, / was in favor of throwing open our
minis to free coinage; in favor of leading the
way.
.'But when 1t had fallen so per cent, knew 1t
was impossible. IL would Oe simply foolish,
when all the other civilized countries are
against it,
The senator speaks of ''strange leaders who
to ma % rich - / nrnsume he refers