River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

two years ago seem % be nov. How uncOu-
yiucing woa.d the democratic orator lie II no
were % take his place here tonight. laugh
ter Don't you remember how he tailed 10
you about Tin plates Laughter D0a't you
remember hos be agouized 10 you over the
worEingmans dinner pals Laughter lie
was going 20 pay tive cents more fer d dinner
pail. bat the dinner pll was fun then, it Is
empty row. lPro'prged applause and il
ulll b. . long yea. before the w0rkiugm is
again fooled ~ that empty dinner pail
l. tighter and aHp'cuse.l
Here j. another little thing from the New
York World, aud I marvel that they should
have presented IL, after all hat men have
eGectuaL II Is headed-for Il is pictOrial-'A
Nut for Mckinley 70 Crack Unfortunately
FOR you. Mr. Mckinley Is not present but
viii crack that nut myself Laughter and
applause.I Here is the legend on IL Cotton
cloth, 1888 l0is cents, 1854. o. cents. Now,
surprising that those Two statey1ents are true
land the place where I ind them is not an aB-
so.ute guaranty that they are true). Laugh
ter suppose them both 70 he true, what is
the res. % lie stOrys Why. the men who made
tha. cotton cl1th in 1894 have already suffered
10 Le. cent think 10 per contradiction IN
their @es. and they are on the verge OF suf-
fCr4ng, if tLoy have not already suffered. 10 per
cent cheaper, and they lose % per cent on
their wages ENppilusc.l Now, there is that
nut cracked "a 7pla lse.l There il is. craeked.
aud very mast. inside. Laughter and ap-
plause
Producers and Consumers.
That -sCuld have teen a good thing when
the democratic party was busy catering 10 the
Colsum.r. Why. IN those old days We had
uoJhiui but cor -umers. The idea OF the DEM
ocrati party o the American people was that
they were sitting in rocking chairs al day
ioag and eating things ,Laughter.l Why,
the American people, thank God are pro-
ducers- Applause And they mean 10 con-
suHe the equivalent Of al that they produce
iBe4cwed and l0ng-eontiuued applause That
doctrine Of two years ago would do Tor south
ern planters and their slaves. The people that
aid produce didn't consume; the people that
didn't produce did consume OF course they
were not interested IN high wages for their
servants. What they were interested in was
the exhaustion Of our rich land, and the ex-
haustion Of race u servants and the con-
sumption at tho che pest price possible, Of
goods from across the water.
when / nave pointed out 20 you the nature
Of markets and their dependence on w1ges.
have also pointed out to you more important
thing stil and that is that il is one Of the Grst
duties Of o nation that means 10 be prosperous
10 look out for the wages Of its citizens. Jap
plause and cheers But, after all. the wage
Garner mast look out little for himself He
must NOT allow himself to be blinded by any
him so as 10 forget the bigger quarrel with
those who ar, bombardng him with heavy
guns from distance. Ii IS amazing TO me t.
see how ans man can fail To see that every
bale Of foreign goods brought in here the re-
suit OF cheap l.hor, is pitting SO much cheap
labor against the dearer labor Of this country.
Applause But II you don't see 1t to-day
the day viii come when you viii see it, and I
Nill tell yod how. a voice. We ste it nc.,
There exist in China and in India and in ia
pan gret quarrics 81 lO-cent, 20-cent and 30
cent labor. The world has got 10 be SO pe4ee-
able now that capitai goes anywhere
Machinery also goes am where. Some day
o. other the enterprisius Briton viii establish
his factory in India. in China in Japan-the fact
Is. he is doing It now-and when that happens
TO any extent. a1d hope It may never happen.
then you viii begin to understand the neccs-
sitv of protection tor your happy homes lAp-
plause
NOW you have listened to me with great
patience during somewhat dry discourse in
watch. perhans oWing - the exhaustion OF adj
dressing ..rge an audience. have not pat
the facts on H. AMI clearly as ought. New
er,hclcss / am going TO let it rest in your
minds. rucimentary as 1t Is. for future thought
for THAI day when We come 70 rectify the tariff
bill that is now upon uS.
iie spares the Democrats.
wow, sou have noticed that ere In party
meet. lg. surrounded by republic ms. ! have
SAID 40 unlsind Things about democrats. I have
at least three reasons for that. In the first
place, could not use epithetS. for I should in
fringe upon the presidents patent. Applause.
J could not deuounce tenn as unsuitable to
govern. and propose to relegate them to the
rear because the democrat c convention and
the democratic platform have already done
that for the best of them Applause. And l
say deliberately that those senators, whatever
evil they have doue. and they have done a
rf.- al eefn H..
defending them that those senator's who
helped transform the Wilson law into the
present law have been benefactorS 10 the DEM
ucratic party and saved them from annihila-
ton Applause Ms second reason IS that
hate TO strike man when he Is down. APP
plause and laughter.l The third one is that
am c,pecting-and ! do not think / am too
charitabIc-thau many OF them will bring forth
works meet for repentance. Applause and
lauehter.l
Now. ] have not ndulged in any paneFyric
OF the republican ,,arty. II does not need my
small praises. ] IN quite well aware that # is
"a human institution. that il has sometimes
fallen short q ths aspirations and hopes Of its
lest men. but during thirty years it has done
wonderfully we'll There Is one remarkable
circumstance in its history and that is the
control Of this country for one and thirty wears
for / do not count the first reign OF Grover
Cleveland as int rupt,gg the succession, for
we were then living under republican institu-
tions ana republican laws" lAppiausel
some Lessons from History.
Are you aware how remarkable that fact is
in the history OF the W0rld-in the history Of
the world that continues for thirty-one years
The same party 10 power; IL is without par
al.eI Ia he great Puritan upbcayal, when
Oliver Cromwell sur1ed 20 the top OF the
wave. How many wears did that LAST Why,
IL was only e.,ven years from the death Of
Charles J. - the return Of Charles H. Charles
the tyrant went out, and in eleven years came
back Charles H. with his mistresSeS ana has
dogs. The French revolution was the greatest
upheaval that ever convulsed "a nation. And
score Of years. In that case from Bourbon to
Bourbon was twenty years aud in our case
thirty-oue fGreat applause
In that case from Bourbon TO Fourbon was
twenty years. auf IL our case thirty-one.
Laughter NoN In v hat. on what rested that
ong reign: Upon one thing undoubtedly.
I CON The fact thai O.-.cg that period we
pubLr"n party rCore>C nted the average sem.
meut AMI average feeling OF the American peO-
pie II the United States applause and, ac-
cardiEg % ms theory of government. that is
high praise.
Now am going to tell you one thing also
friendly 20 the democratic party I believe
that these last two years will make the demo-
Gratis even those that remain unchanged
ter citizens than tRcy ever have been before
Applause. During the last thirty years. III I
may say SO IN all kindness. they have been
more CT less moro9e. Laughter They have
been inclined 20 be severe in their criticisms
Of rs. Every small failure has been maguidei
into a crime. Now that condition OF mind was
perfectly natural, for Tor thirty years they
hay. been the subjects OF continuous defeat
Ask Yourself il sou had been IN their position.
would not yoUr feelings have he precisely
G heirs. and would you not have become sOvrcd
and embit,erCd: But hereafter il cannot be
What Democrats Must Think or
whenever democrat more vehement than
another shall be heard to declaim in the old
fashion against our wickcducsS in our next
thirty- years applanse some ludicious demo-
crat is going To take him aside and whisper
gently n his ear. This is ali undoubtedly true,
but don't you rem amber the two years when
we were IN power laughter I hope my
demo, tic brother viii pardon me my little
jest arJ say 10 himself after all that il is not
entirely Jest ana thas we may all live to-
gether hereafter IN greater happiness and with
less aceEbity.
Now my friends, I have not spoken to you
about your state politics. IL would be unbe-
cousing IN me. as a stranger. 50 TO do, but if
You viii permit an observation from an OBJ
serve from a distance I will say 20 YOU that IL
seems 20 US that the democracy has given you
! state government ana "a c!Jy government
worse than the national democracy has given
yen q national government
what in the world ever caused y1u TO make
the mistake Of ls92 cant imagine. Laugh
scr. Every Incentive in life you had % do bet
which has ia Il Chicago. which is the wonder
Of the world applausel is the FIRST manufac-
ing state ia this great union. Under thirty-one
Years q. reuubllcau rule YoIr growth in wealth