The times., 1894-04-20

no American workingman; It takes
employment from him because in the enc
couragement of foreign importation IL az
minishes the demand for American pro-
ducts. To the extent that it diminshes the
demand for American products, II dimin-
ishes the demand for the American pro-
ducer The use of foreign article which
Democratic revenue tariff encourages.
means less use or no use of like domestic
article. So long as labor is cheaper in
Europe and conditions are lower there
than here, a free trade or revenue tariff
upon competing goods tends either to de-
stroy domestic production or to level labor
and every other condition to the foreign
standard.
An Enemy to American Prosperity.
A revenue tariff is an enemy to the Am
erican shop, the American workingman,
to American prosperity, and American in-
dustrial independence. 1t has not single
element of patriotism. 1t has no national
spirit or instinct. To supply the needs OF
the treasury is its chief and exclusive
concern. 1t has no other 1t is q
sure precursor to national pow
erty, national bankruptcy and in
dividual distress. 1t is the forerunner
of hard times. 1t is without a single
worthy triumph. The years in which 10
has been tried in the United States excite
neither our respect nor pride. 1t has fur
nished no inspiring page in our history.
Its record has been one of deficient rev.
enues, greater bonded Indebtedness and
universal want among the people.
Sets People Thinking.
| The prevailing widespread distress emphae
sizes the necessity for enlightened public poll
Icy and wise craftsmanship. The indiffer-
enos which has besn too prevalent for many
| years, has given place to a deep and absorbing
| interest in public affairs The masses of the
| people are considering economic questions
more earnest y than ever before, and are
aroused to their Importance as affec ting their
| own individual happiness and prosperity. 10
| wisely guide them calls for the exercise Of the
highest wisdom, coolest Judgment, and purest
| patriotism. NO party safely be trusted
| with the sacred interests of the people or tho
contro OF the government without it possess
| . fixed, honest and enlig tened purpose.
| Singleness OF purpose Is necessary to every
| reform, indispensable to wise administration
and legislation. The want of this quality is
the infirmity Of the present administration
and the present congress. Their victory was
due to discomfort of every XII d. 1t was not
the result of unity of purpose. nor of lofty
and united public sentiment. 1t was the out.
| come Of
Misguided Judgment, Pique, Passion and
Prejudice.
The majority of those who voted for Mr..
| Cleveland and the present Democratic con.
gress did not agree upon any principle or poll
| Icy. They had their several different reasons
for opposition to the Republican party.
and their temporary union was not inspired
by devotion to Democratic principles, pur.
poses or policies. Free silver men voted the
Democrttic ticket; opponents to free silver
or to any silver In our circulating medium
voted it; the widest infationists as wei as
tnose tnfexibly opposed to every form of in.
fation of our currency, voted it; the protec.
ZIONIST voted 1t because he did not believe the
Democratic leaders would be reck ess enough
to disturb the tariff; the free trader voted it
In the belief that the Democratic leaders
would demolish all custom houses and
tnaugurate unrestricted commerce with all
the world; tue single tax men, the disciples of
Henry George voted it, while thousands who
hate all such vagaries voted it, the silver
standard, the gold standard, the double stan
dard, the paper money advocates and the advo.
oates of state bank money voted it; pension.
ers voted it, and those who were certain that
tie Democratic leaders could be counted upon
to wipe out all pensions voted it. And when
1t was all over and the victory was won by
these various antagonistic and contending
elements, the realization of their hopes and
the enactment of any legislation for the good
OF the country were of course found to be
ut erly impos IDLE.
Failure and disappointment
were bound to follow an administration and
congress thus chosen, and the whole coun try
suffers a, result The administration and
congress are without compass or rudder. Be-
fore they have accomplished anything-while
they are yet wran Cling about what they will
do-the people have ecome g. dissatisfied
as to burn with impatience for an opportunity
to repudiate them. A general election was
never before so much desired as now, and
never so much needed. The altogether ton
| idea that fhara iai In, facf
ence between the two parties, and that the
country will prosper equally well whichever
may be In power. has been completely explod d
by one years trial of the Democratic party.
That difference has been shown to be SO vast
as to fill the country with astonishment. It is
a greater question than who shall hold the
Offices In fact it has been demonstrated that
the success of one party or the other means
all the difference between national happiness
} and prosperity and national discomfort and
: distress.
On which Side?
What part shall you, my fellow countrymen
OF the state of Minnesota, take in the settle-
, ment of these great and press ng public ques-
tions? May we N. hope that the spirit Of
Justice and patriotism which animated you in
the critical days of the past, when the people
, OF the Northwest lead the hosts Of freedom in
the great contest with the slave power, may
still inspire you to even mightier efforts in
behalf of the fundamental principles of our
SoNciHmcht VI OuT inuustTldi lnuepenQ-
I ence and prosperity? Standing before this
vast assembly, recall the words of William
! II. Seward, spoken to the people at st. Paul on
Sept ~, 1860, when he said:
I"The virtue which is to save this nation
must reside in the northwest. On both sides
[ of this stream are the people who hold in their
, hands tue destinies of the republic. That
some great tates are to be built up in the
valley of the Mississippi, 1 know. You will
no LONGER hear hereafter If the old Dominion
state; dominion passed away from Virginia
long ago Pennsylvanania is no longer the
Keystone of the American Union, for the
Arch Has Been Extended
from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific ocean,
, and the center of the arch has moved west
ward A new keystone is to be built in that
arch. New York will cease to be the Empire
state, and new Empire state will grow up in
northern latitude where the lands are rich
and where the people who cultivate them arc
/ free and equal. That state which shall be
, truest to the great fundamental principles OF
: the government, that state which shall be
, most faithful and most vigorous IN develop
ing and perfecting society on those principles
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