The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-10-25

ate could oppose it. We certainly should not do anything to make the tarin worse, for that is contrary to our principles
 "To sum 1t all up in n word. this appeal to business men-and by business men mean almost all the people-democraoy promises war on business certainty, while the republic ans must give you rest. We do not promise you prosperity, for these conditions are not of our choosing, We do not recommend the sem ate bill. It was not of our enacting. But 1t is very certain that if there is any good In 1t the only way to get at 1t is to give 1t a chance
 "Of course business in this country must re- vive to some small degree If we can have peace. It capnot stay where 1t is now unless American enterprise Is dead, and that can never bo. Wo shall have struggles over wages and leSsened profits and increased competition to contend with, and whatever failures to pro- tect there are in this bill will find themselves out That much hurt will come, that wages will not again reach their former level do not doubt but we shall learn at the costly school of experience, aad perhaps learn enough to pay the cost of tuition
 Wilson Held Up to RIdIcule.
 We shall learn, among other things, to avoid the chairman of the ways and means and his entire school as men who are pursuing q bygone dream, Did you notice how that gen- tleman adorned his last address by an out burst of enthusiasm which showed how much his head was actually in the clouds? l cite It. not because 1t is of much importance, but sim ply us showing the leadership we have now. The battle for tariff reform, said he, has been wonderful and inspiring contest
 "I well remember the close of that contest when, to use tho language of the democratic correspondent of the democratic Times of Chi cago, every member of the house democracy had been morally and le2islatively whipped I remember well how every time rose that day I tb lyaA tt-an field devastated by a haiIstorm, They were devastated not by us-for they had hundred majority-but by themselves. little thought that should hear :that that scene was inspir- ing Wonderful 1t was, indeed, but inspiring never! Perhaps the orator, when he used both words, was not thinking of that scene, but of the brilliant dinner in London, where his legs were under the British mahogany, and he was cheered by the applause of real friends
 Eighteen Months of Disaster.
 "Perhaps, however, he meant to refer to the condition of this country the last year and a half Perhaps this wonder and inspiration came from the deserted workshops, impending cuts in wages, struggles between employers and workmen. Perhaps in cloudland there is something cheering In the fact tha5 only 100 miles Of railway was Lutlt the first nine months of this very year of our Lord, the lowest record for thirty years. In the last six
 
 great Pennsylvanla railway has spent 5000 900 less than usual in it's expenses. That fact means that S500O,00o less has gone out in wages Co trainmen, in new buildings, in exten- sicns, in engines and cars
 Tn 2 wc-a, Tho workingmen of this country have lost th-t vast sr=l. Perhaps when you add all tho suspensions to expenditures on the part of all the roads, there Is something so truly inspiring to the reformer that he can tlr 1T to such lovable condition of human affairs But this world, welded to material good, will think otherwise. and long for the better days gone by.
 Experience an Eloquent Teacher.
 Education Is the necessity of the human race-not book education, but education in the working of human affairs My best consolation in these times is that some lessons are being learned, not out Of the books, but in more solid fashion, out of experience Nor is the lesson to be learned only by those who voted wrong Some of us who voted right have much to understand as to the foundation of things. Perhaps the knowledge which comes to us comes fast enough for practical life.
 When years ago we defended protection on the ground of infant industries, we stated good grounds for the establishment of manufac- lures, but to-day protection, which is not tax ation of the many for the one but merely
  the markets of the country, is the best method of distributing among the people the cod given gifts to enterprise of which our country is so full. should not be for 1t if did not be- lieve that protection was only a method Of making this country, in the admirable lan- guage of Senator Jones, do all it's own work.
 Cause of Republican Defeat in '92.
 But if protection tends to a division of the wealth of the country, why have the working taA tla AaY, tf. frly hat they who are most concerned failed to see this great advantage to them of which you preach? An, my friends, this human nature of ours is queerly made up. A man cares infinitely more for a little thing which is present than for great thing afar of and, as he thinks, contn- gent. A man will be set wild by sand in his shoes and give no thought to the question of . final place of punishment for the wicked. A man will be deeply outraged by bug in his cup and give no heed to Q thunderstorm lower ing black in the distant sky, but when the thunderstorm breaks and capsiZes his tent, us this one has, beats him black and blue with hail. and leaves him damp and shivering. he realizes the difference between a storm and q bug. believe that the workingman this year and hereafter will say to his employer: You and l will adjourn our fight We will go to- gether to get something to divide, and after that we will fight on the divide, for we cannot longer fight when there is nothing to fight for.
 Another thing which led this whole country into the error of 1899 the history of the last thirty years. During all that time we had been prosperous wages had increased, so all parties agree, in the ratio of from si to sL 7l; so that whoever got s1 in 1860, in 1891 got for the same work s17l, and that sl7l bought nearly as much as & did when the world was thirty years younger
 This country has had enough of promises What 1t wants is character Anybody can make promises. Even the democratic party, dishev- eled and torn, continues to promise, and IS ready, notwithstanding a ream of dishonored paper already protested at the bank and marked mo funds, to issue all the notes anybody will take don't wonder. When politician in my own state, now dead, after helping to muddle away S250,000 out of the treasury of the state Of Maine was asked by MT Blaine why he kept issuing his notes after they could only be sold at 50 per cent he replied that he thought he could stand 1t if the buyers could There is no reason why democratic leaders should stop issuing promises as long as the public will take them. They are never redeemed We republicans cannot compete. We try to pay as we promise. If you pay your notes you can not afford to swappaper with man who doesn't pay.
 Incompetent to Govern.
 Tn saying what have said about the demo cratic party mean no disrespect to individual