The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-01
TWO ADMINISTRATIONS CONTRASTEp.
Colonel Nields Compares Harrison
Times With Cleveland
Times.


My Fellow-C Citizens: We are all here, and
I wish l had a voice that would reach out
over this vast audience. 1t is the greatest
audience that l have ever seen since the
war. There are some things that this Demo-
cratic administration has done for the
working masses of this country. 1t has
given them more holidays and longer holi-
days than they ever had before In their
lives. daughter and applause) They have
done one more thing: They have removed
all apprehension that the employers are
thrusting their hands into the employees
pockets UP to the elbows, for the reason
that they have taken from the hands of
the employers or their workingmen every
thing else except put their hands in their
own pockets. The Democrats Of this state
have given to the workingmen of this city
a long time to sit on the stone coping
around the Court House and on the streets
in this city. They have given them a long
time to hold their own hands in their own
empty pockets. Qaaughter) l will tell you
what 1 heard an Irlshman say the other
day. Now l have the greatest respect for
the Irish, because OF their wit, for they
are the wittiest race in this world, and the
humor in the American comes from the
blood in his veins that he got from the
Irish race.
This Irishman said Jimmie, like Gro
yer Cleveland. He is my friend"
Patrick" says Jimmie, what did he
ever do for you?"
"Oh," says Patrick, He has given me
the longest holiday l ever had in me life."
CLaughter)
And they have done one more thing:
They have created a new order among
men. You all know we have the Ancient
Order of Masons, the Order of Odd Fellows
and all those orders. Well, they have
given a new order among men; they have
given you an "0rder of Industrious Pill
grims." Laughter)-an order known as
"Coxey's Army containing thousands of
men, organized and marching over this
land, out OF employment and obtaining
their sustenance only from the charity and
benevolence of the people of the country
through which they pass
Now, when these Democrats are charged
with bringing this condition upon this
country they have the effrontery to allege
that this condition was brought about
under the Mckinley law They say that
all of this condition was brought about be-
fore the Mckinley law was repealed. Is
that true? Voice: mo, no.')
Let us look at the facts. In 1892, prior
to the election of Grover Cleveland all the
factories in this country were running full;
every man who wanted employment could
get employment. In this city houses and
buildings were going up all around us.
Laborers, artisans and men of all classes
were receiving high wages Voice: "Now
you are getting at IT'D Brcklayers were
receiving more than "a a day; artisans
We're receiving from SIS to SIS to $40 to
s24 a week, Is that not true? (Voice:
Yes. How about the laboring man?'')
The laboring man was receiving his 80 and
S12 week. There never was a time in
the history Of this country when a days
wages would buy as much of the necessi-
ties OF life as they would then. Never,
gentlemen, never. That condition of things
continued in this land until the 4th of No
vember, when Grover Cleveland was
elected upon the Democratic platform.
chief plank in which was the opposition
and hostility to the protection of American
industries in this land Another plank
was the abolition or the repeal of the tax
upon state banks that these banks might
issue an unlimited amount OF state bank
notes-'Shin plasters''-and wildcat
money. At the same time there was elected
to both branches of Congress a majority
of Democrats pledged to carry out these
plsnks in that platform. Then it was. with
these dangers threatening the industries
or tba country and thts nartv having tho
wboIo nouar ~ Tho goyernmant that tho
business of the country became as thor
oughly paralyzed as If the industries had
been handed over to the Government of
Great Britain; then it was that the faeto-
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