The morning call., 1894-10-24
Talk to the Blue Hens
Chickens.
ALL ILLS REPUBLICAN
And All Good of Necessity
Democratic.
CAMPAIGNING AS A FINE ART,
The Minister. to England Hard al
Work for the Party in
Power.

tnuslaStlc Democrats, VINO gathered 10
greet Thomas f. Bayard. United States
Ambassador to Great Britain. Mr.. Bayard
was greeted with tumultu0us applause,
and spoke in part as follows:
II believed, standing as / did, more
than 5000 miles away from you, but look
ing across the sea that divided US, when
l saw the consequences of measures which
had been adopted in this country; when
l saw grave errors that threatened the
welfare of the people of this country
which were upon us when / left my home.
which were coming upon us when last
stood in this very place to bear my testi-
m0ny of what l believed to be true and
when i saw my expectations and my fears
fully realized; when l saw the conse-
Quences of suffering. of financial panic
Dreeipitated upon the people of the
United States; when l saw business
paralyZed; when / saw bankruptcy staring
honest men in the face, when l saw con-
| fdence blanched and timid; when / saw
capital cowardy-it always is-shrinking
| from conflict at the moment its services
were most needed; when l saw all these
| things, saw the wreck and the suffering
that you were undergoing here. my
| friends, l cannot say l was surprised.
| only can say that l was grieved, and
am here tonight to put before you the
question whether you will invite again
the evils from which you have barely
escaped, or whether you will place power
again in the hands of party to whom
America owes her worst woes and her
greatest suffering. TApplause.]
This is the question, and it is no idle
question-it is one fraught with the
deepest interest to every one who hears
me-"
Mr.. Bayard compared the condition OF
the country on March 4. 1884, to the state
of affairs four years later, when for the
first time since 1861 the Democratic party
had President of its own choosing, con-
trolled the House by a large majority and
had a scanty almost nominal majority In
the Senate. All the measures that had
been passed and the consequences of
| which were exhibiting themselves, had
been enacted by the Republicans. He
! then said:
! II the trade policies OF the country have
| been unwise, If the distribution OF public
powers 10 private hands and private use has
followed, for all of that The Republican party
stood then, stands to-day and will ever stand
| responsible. There was a danger when he
| Democratic President of 1888 had stated 10
| the people that by an honest and strict collec.
tion OF The taxes, by an honest and economical
| expenditure Of the funds of the Government
surplus was gathering and had gathered that
! was dangerous TO public bushes and was USE
| less ana ought 10 be abated. If there was
scarcity OF money created by the accumulation
| in the Treasury, the obvious method was 70
| diminish The source of sever-l supplies so that
| the people would pay less and enjoy more and
] public business be not disturbed by a con-
! gested treasury. That was commonsense 1t
was honesty, but il did not suit the purpose of
the incoming party. They said mo" When
| they came In they said: ''As 10 the surplus
we will soon manage hat" God help the sur
plusi And the surplus disappeared amid
| profligate, excessive, lavish expenditures for
| the purpose OF making the people of The
| United States believe that the Government
should support the people and not that The
| people should support the Government. Zap.
| plausel.
! But into power they went and instantly
| there was enacted, upon the demands OF the
| influences that controlled their party; that
control their party to-day; that are seeking 10
! govern this country now by precisely the same
| methods by which they sought to govern 1t
| then-ipstantly the demand came that they
| should hand over TO The men who led The Re-
| publican party those powers of the Govern.
ment that are essential TO its existence; they
demanded that their powers should be banded
over for private uses, for private profit to be
divided and parcelled as though it were the
| plunder, the spoils OF a csptured city or
province Into their hands-the longest and
the greediest fingers elutching the largest
share-tDey passed the taxing power OF this
nation. Every man who had a loud cry; every
man with an unscrupulous grasp; every man
who was promised as a reward for the money
he had furnished to corrupt the votes of poor
men-to each Of these has been handed his
share of the plunder. And what was the out
come? Let US describe 1t in one word-profii-
| gate. Expenditures had changed the surplus
| into a deficit that emptied the treasury and put
| 1t in debt and then a bill Of enormous taxation.
! WIS laid in the name of protection TO American
| Industry. the Mckinley tariff law, and then bill
urged on by the same principles by those who
| owned the mines Of silver and were interested
| In their deyelopment-the bill which bears the
name OF Mr.. Sherman-the Sherman silver
purchase bill NV friends, those measures had
| been passed before the election OF 1892
Public policies do not always Declare their
results quickly. Ii Is like the habits OF man.
! He lth has no symptoms. You merely see that
the step Is light. that his eye Is clear, that his
| color is fresh, and you say the man has health
| On the other hand, IL the habit Is one fatal 10
health, You do not perceive it at once, but
gradually and gradually the evil habit pro-
| claims itself. 1t tells upon him, but not until
his constitution may be undermined, do you
| perceive the haggard face, the feeble STEP the
| CLASSY eye and ali The symptoms of illhealth
| upon that man. They do not declare them
| selves In day, bur declare themselves they
will. And so OF people; so Of all those policies
of trade or currency; they cannot speak stimuli
taneousy, but, my friends, they will speak in
| Time.
The attitue Of President Harrison and the
men whom he had in the Cabinet, especially
Secretary Of the Treasury Foster, as he sat
| there smlrking and rubbing his hands and
smiling was that: "This will ourlast this ad.
minislratlon and the Democrats shall shoulder
the rum that our iucompetency aud corrup-
! tion have wrought"
| This is the truth: ii stands written on the
sky; II stands written forever IN history.
The remainder of bis address was con-
! fined chiefly to state issues.
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