Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-15
AHIJNGR Z M An S SONG
SPEECH or. SENATOR DoLPH UPON
FREE TRADE LEGlsL ALTON.


The Way to Insure Prosperity-The Wilson
Bill Piebald Hotchpot sympathy For
the Unemployed-An Eloquent Speech.
The present bill is neither tariff for
revenue measure nor protective meas
ure. twill not, when enacted, as con-
fessed by it's advocates, provide revenue
sufficient for the support Of the govern
ment, but it is proposed that we shall
resort to a war measure to supply the
deficit which will be caused by the re-
duction of duties on imports, It is q
hotchpot, piebald, dolly warden,
an aggregation Of homogeneous provi-
sions. It is the confessed product of an
unholy compromise, the paternity Of
which no one will own, and of which,
if we may judge from all appearances,
the senator from Indiana (Mr. Voor-
hees) has washed his hands and has left
the responsibility for it's passage to the
senator from Tennessee (Mr. Harrisl
Hopelessly divided, proved to be in
competent, drifting with the tide, the
Democratic party would do itself credit
and confer a blessing upon the country
by acknowledging it's incompetency to
deal with existing conditions and step
ping down and out and letting the party
which successfully conducted the gov
eminent for third of century, with
the exception Of four years, when the
Democratic party was helpless to do
the country harm, take charge OF the
administration OF the government, pro-
vide for the necessities Of the treasury
and restore confidence between man and
man and business prosperity.
I was surprised yesterday, when the
senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gal
linger) in his most excellent and able
speech asserted substantially that the
people Of this country had already be-
come convinced Of their mistake, had
already learned the object lesson which
the condition Of the country affords and
were now sorry that they had ever in
trusted the Democratic party with pow
er, to hear the senator from Delaware
(Mr. Gray deny that there had been any
expression of public opinion upon the
subject of the Wilson bill Sir, every
state election and every congressional
election which has occurred since the
last presidential election has been pro-
test against the Wilson bill. In every
such election the people Of this country
have placed the seal of their condemna-
ton upon this administration, upon the
Democratic party and upon the free
trade proposition of the majority in
congress, and in every town meeting
and in every municipal election the op-
position to this measure has been en-
phasized by Republican victories or in
creased Repu blican votes.
If the peopleFof this country could vote
today upon the question as towhether the
Wilson bill should become a law or not,
the verdict against the bi Il would be.
Overwhelming. I will state more Ii
the Democrats Of the northern states to-
day as Democrats, without being driven
out Of the party, without having the
party lash applied to them, without be-
ing denounced as Benedict Arnolds and
as traitors to the party, could vote upon
the question as to whether protection to
American industries should prevail in
this country or whether the southern
idea Of. the tariff should prevail, the
Democracy Of the north today would
vote in favor of protection to American
industries aud set their seal of condem-
nation upon the pending measure. All,
if the foresight of the workingmen Of
this country had been as good as their
hindsight, the Democratic party never
would have succeeded Mr.. Cleveland
would not today be president Of the
United States, and the Democratic par
ty, controlled by the southern Democ-
racy, would not today be in control of
congress. This idea has been put into
verse by some one under the head of
''Hindsight. 1t is to the air of *'Yankee
Doodle:'
One year ago
We struck the blow
For Grover and free trading.
l. With loud acclaim,
With streets aflame,
With marching and parading.
"Grover, Grover was our cry,
! -Four years more of Grover,
With the free trade flag on high,
/ Then We'll be in clover" 5.>
We little thought
! L The fight we fought
| And won-delusive clover!-
! Would bring instead -.
| But paupers' bread *
| To men who cried for Grover.
''Grover. Grover" was our cry,
| -Four years more of Grover"
, With the free trade flag on high,
| The souphouse is the clover.
| They told US then ~~-
We workingmen 49,.
/ Were robbed by laws unfeeling.
No man today
@11 Has that to say, ~@
| g. IT'S workingmen are Stealing
/ Stealing rides from town to town, l.
Thinking still of Grover. :.
T Every freight is loaded down,
But none can find the clover.
/ They told us, too,
How we'll they knew
Twas for our great promotion
That goods should be
! Admitted free E
/ From lands beyond the ocean.
/ a million hungry men since then
Have thought the whole thing over.