The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-10-17

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duced by Gov. Flower. Tumultuous
applause, lasting for some time, fol-
lowed the name of the gentleman.
Congressman Cochran spoke as fol-
lows:
1.-TWO years ago had the honor
to open up the campaign which re-
suited in the election of Grover
Cleveland. Tonight | stand ready
to give an account of the mann Ell
in which the administration of
Grover Cleveland has held its stew
ardship. l believe Americans can
not be deceived; that they can dis
Germ between right and wrong; be-
tween a system of legislation which
is for the good of the common PEG
pie and that which degrades them
The Democratic party is responsible
for two years of government, not
for twenty years of misgovernment.
If the bad times which have over.
taken us be the outcome of these
years of republican misrule | believe
the people will be able to trace the
evil to its source. The Democratic
party has been for two years over
the PROSTATE form of American in
dustry. The party led by my friend
Reed tells you otherwise. But will
the people believe him? We are
nation with fields as fertile and
mines as rich as they were thirty
years ago, yet our mills are stopped
our factories closed. Why these
hard times? If they came not from
God they came from man. Why,
my friends, this panic could not be
caused by any legislation which
could be enacted in one or two
/ years. No, the legislation which
caused this was the outgrowth o.
twenty years rule of the Republican
party. "The commerce of this ma
ton is the commerce of the individ
ual. For the years of its rule the
republican party has advocated Il
system of protection. This combin
ed with a debauched currency, is
the powerful factor which has
brought us our closed factories, un
employed thousands, our hare
times. If any man can show me
how protection protects the work
ingman, / will be the greatest OF
protectionists. There has never
been supply in this or any country
that met every demand. But what
we want is that supply which will
fill the demands which are compati.
bic with the economic prosperity
of our government. So-called pro-
lection does not give us this. We
must have Il free circulation of
money. You have noticed that
whenever the slightest uncertainty
has attached itself to the currency
of country a paralysis resulted
And when the banks and manufac-
tories of this country were strug-
Cling through the dark cloud that
hung over them, the plundering re-
publicans turned their backs on the
treasury they had looted. 'Tall
to me of protection. Projections
from whom? Protection from
what? What country has our ad
vantages, our people, our resources:
what country is Germany seeking
protection from2 From what coun
try does England wish protection,
if not this2 Go into the west the
cause of the strikes, which have
shaken this country time and time
again, have been attributed to
Democratic rule. But what are the
real causes, if not the bare system
Of tariff protection, which the Re
publicans originatedH Our country
is not developed to its fullest re-
sources and never would be under
such a so-called protective system
of restricted production. Whatev-
err may be the reason for for the
vote cast-personal spite, vindic-
tiveness or what--the interpreta-
ton is cast upon the result by the
people of this land will be Democrat
ic justice against Republican injus-
tice and spoliation. If the Repub-
leans should win this fall they will
show preference for personal graf
ifcation rather than national prir-
ciple-they will show that they had
rather knock man down than sci
a nation up. The good American
citizen, sitting quietly by his freside
instead of being on street corners,
will make up l0,OOO-fold in his vote
for David B. Hill over the cohorts
of corruption.
Congressman Cochran was loudly
applauded at every point, especially
when he mentioned the names OF
Cleveland, Flower and Hill. The