The morning call., 1894-09-25

OF the American voters would insure an
early return to prosperity. Thirty years
OF almost UNINTERRUPTED prosperity had
brought upon the stage of life people
who had never learned by experience the
lesson taught their fathers of so-called
tariff reform or free trade, Practical
leaders, who had felt the misfortuues of
Southern free-trade domin alton, had to a
great extent passed away, young men who
had seen and known nothing but pros
perlty had come to rule and dominate. A
life of continued successes had nerved
them on 10 secure the impossible. The
theory of tariff reform seemed to please.
but now they were face to face with
condition.
The Democracy had promised when il
secured control of the executive aud of
both house, of Congress that it would do
great things. In 1892 the people OF the
country voted TO give The Democratic party
power. The smoke of battle had hardly
cleared away when the conservative forces
OF the country stood aghast and appalled,
at the result.
The speaker traced step by step under
reserve. the issue Of $4,000. 600 in bonds
and the general business instability which
characterized the present admins tration.
Besides this Mr.. Loud gave picture in
words of the country as it was under Har-
ris0n's administration. Cleveland's claim
the Sherman act would bring about the
Cessation of hard times was cOntrasted
with the result which followed that repeal.
MIR. Loud showed what the mere threat
OF tar IF reform had done and which the
country had been brought to by the partial
accom- pishment Of that threat. Cleve-
lands administration was compared to
that OF Mr.. buchanan. Said the speaker:
Mine months of Democratic rule had
brought US 20 this, and if You were to COM
pare it with the message of President
Buchanan in 1859 you would see the great
similarity IN conditions-the one after a
term of free trade. the other after simply
year of threat. Repeal OF the Sherman
law did not bring the promised prosperity.
so in December the President presented
his second panacea-a sure cure for all the
| Ills distracted nation is heir TO. Mr..
Cleveland was determined the people
sh uli take the medicine. If it killed the
patient. l admire his courage, but ques-
| ton his discretion"
Protection was spoken of as the great
| American system which made the nation
prosperous. The Populst party was
| spoken of as but an ally OF the Dem
ocracy. The result of the adoption of
the Wilson bill in It's effects upon Cali
! fornia was shown at length. The loss
! TO the wool-grOwer. the fruit-grower and
| the men engaged In other industries was
| given in dollars and cents.
The excessive appropriations of the
Congress which has just adjourned were
held up as an example of the way the
Democratic party kept its pledges of
! economy.
The foreign policy of the Cleveland ad-
| mInistratlOn, especially with respect to
Hawaii, came in for some singing criii-
! cisms.
MIR. LOnd denounced the Reilly funding
bill and declared in favor of foreclosure of
the Government mortgages. In cnncIu-
! sion he said. referring tn the young voters
who had voted for a change in admintstra-
ton: This generation has witnessed a
splendid series of statemanIike achieve
ments, so uniform in excellence and so
secure in results that it seems a wonder
! that they should have looked for better 4;
but we looked, and now realize that in our
everyday sensible world it is better to be
| safe than to be sOrry"