River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-10-18

they are doing business on their own hook.
naughter) They have got no aid from
hat great conservative party that guided
this country through war and peace
for more than thirty years, and covered
1t with a prosperity and a glory, the like
Of which had never been seen before But
my fellow citizens, they have passed a law;
tariff law such as it is naughter). A
law which nobody approves of who
lives under our flag. law which
he president of the United State de-
clared was in violation of party princi-
pies and party pledges, and which If IL
passed he did not see how the Democratic
party could look the people of the
country in the face. (Applause). And
which after its passage he declared
to be the very communism OF pelf,
law which he refused TO sign. A law
which he did not have the backbone to
veto. That man of courage, that man of
independence that man of whom ii is said
he is better than his party 1t is no Won
der that Senator Vest in Kansas City the
other night quoted the Spanish proverb
when he said you mustn't throw dirt on
the breakfast you have to eat daughter
and applause) A law, my fellow citizens,
hich never was considered on the Com
mittee on Ways and Means of the house;
never was deliberately considered by the
Finance committee of the senate; never
was considered by the Conference commit
tee of the two houses, a law which the
before its final passage voted never to
accept it, And yet within three days
they did accept it, and they did il because
the agents of the Sugar trust said it
was that bill or no bill. and in all proba-
bility none tApplause.) A law which the
senior senator from New York, Mr.. Hill,
one Of the greatest Democrats of the eoun-
try, declared was in violation of every
Democratic promise. He not only spoke
against it, but he voted against it, and
when he went back to his constituents they
rewarded by giving him a nomination for
governor in the great empire state. TAP
plause 4 law which Senator Mills OF
Texas land | ordinarily disagree with HIM
0augLter) says has not the approval of a
thousand people in the United States: and
| believe him. Ii has no friends here. Its
friends are beyond the sea great cheer
ing). They owe no allegiance to our gov
eminent or fidelity to our flag.
Ear. Wilson Quibbics.
81 see MIR. Wilson made his opeking
speech 10 his constituents at Charlestown,
w. Va. lie made it yesterday. When he
was on the other side. banqueted by the
great pmereial body Of London. he said:
THE Republicans for thirty years have
been putting up defenses to keep your
products and the products of other nations
out. The Democratic party is now en-
gagged in tearing down those defenses."
That was his London speech. His Charles
town, W. Va. speech he has amended so
IL reads according to the newspapers of to-
day: THE Republican party have been
for thirty years building up defenses. The
Democratic party is now engaged in tear
ing them down-not to let your pro-
ducts in, as he said in London-'but to
let our products out; uaughter)
Why my distinguished friend don't
seem to comprehend that we don't
nut any tariffs on things that are going
out. We put our tariffs on things that
come in. (Applause) | will tell you what
his policy has done. 1t has put working
men out on the streets and has beggared
industry all over the United States TAP
plause) But my fellow citizens, bad as
their bill is, even before il had become
law under the constitution, the president
having refused to sign 1t, every Democratic
leader from Mr. Cleveland down-now re-
member this was after the passage Of the
law. after eighteen months of uncertainty
and distress and disquietude among the
business men OF the country. after the
distress OF the wage earners OF the coun-
try, after they had passed their law,
they publicly announced to the business
Of the country that their law is not a set
Element Of the question at all; that it is
but the beginning; that II is the first
step In the direction Of tariff reform; that 1t Is
the entering wedge 10 free trade Why, even
Mr. Cleveland says the war has only Just be-
gun War against whatf War against the in
1ustries and occupations Of the people. War
against whomf Against his own fellow citizens
over whose republic be presides by the voice OF
the people. lie has become warrior in peace.
He was peace man in Great eheering)
And 50 while the business interests Of this
try have been waiting all these months for
thing matter what. they could adjust their
business to IL. they publicly proclaim that you
need not try to adjust your business to IL for
this is only the beginning and have got
other session Of tie present congress in which
we have full control OF the government. Do you
know how TO stop his further on in
iustriesf 2
voice: "YOu bet"
II believe the people do know how to stop
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