Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-14
SPERRY,s ABLE ADDRESS.

He ElOquentlY ExpOunds the Princi. ples of Republication at a Meeting of the Swedish Republican Club Last Night He Tells Them to What she Business Depression Is Due- Better Times N ot to be Expected Under the Present Conditions o1 Democratic Mfsrule.
 At the meeting of the Swedish Rerubli-
 can club in the Boardman bailding, last evening, addresses were made in English
 by ex Postmaster N. D. Sperry and in the
 Swedish language by K R. Huffman at
 present residing in Branford but who
 during the last. campaign was one of the
 chief workers for republican principles
 among the Swedes of Wisconein and Michi-
 gan.
 MT. Sperry was the first speaker of the
 evening. His remarks were brief but to
 the point and clearly and ircontrovertibly
 set forth the disadvantages under which
 the country is suffering in consequence of
 democratic misrule. MT. Sperry spoke in
 part as follows: Z
 "What have to say to night will be in
 the shape of talk and not of speech.
 My theme will be, What's the Matters'
 Two years ago our country wss in the midst of prosperity. Every one had plenty
 to do and plenty of work. I told you then that should there be 8 change in the administration there would result just such a state of affairs as we have tonight. The democracy in their platform de- clared that the tariff plank and the other principles of the republican party were frauds. They succeeded in making the majority of the people believe thst protec- tion was fraud. Much of this was done by means of money sent into this state by trusts. They succeeded in making the people believe, by the aid of money and articles manufactured abroad and dumped on us for us to consume. They succeeded at the polls, and you see the result in ths condition of the country to day.
 ''What's the mattera Has the low tariff gone into effect yet? Nol But when the democratic party had the power to tinker with, the tariff as they pleased, with 8 pres. ident and congress, then came depression. They propose to make tariff go low that we cannot manufacture anything here but what ws can uee. We must manufacture goods so low that we can sell them as low as we can buy goods obtained from the other side. The manufacturer here cannot make his goods aud sell them at such prices unless the salaries of the workmsn are reduced to an equivalent of that paid on the other side. No one will buy the goods where they are manufsc- tured, for no one has money to purchase hardly the necsssaries of life.
 "What's the matter? The democrats at Washington are endeavoring to make sectional tariff and want to bring about direct taxation. The man who has an iu- come of $4,000 they want to tax 3 per cent. That tsx will, in the end, inevitably come out of the pockets of the working man. In the, case of manufacturer this direct tax will be charged up to the ex- penss account, and the expenses being larger he must either buy his materials cheaper or cut down the wages of the men. In order for him to do business that tax which are being made by the workmen or put of your wages.
 ''But this is not all. They are tryin to lax your little savings in the saving banks 3 per cent. Thus you see they are cutting your wages, cutting your hours of labor, and then in addition want to tax your lis- Ele savings. This is what the democratic l party is trying to do at Washington in the | halls of congress to, day. Why are times | not bsttera Listen to what Mir Dun of the | Dun Mercantile Agency says in reference | to the question:: Two billions of dollars ae says, 'have been taken from the pockets of the wage earners of this coun- ny This statement was made on the loor of the senate . day or two ago and lot denied by tho democrats there. They ouldn't deny 1t, for they know 1t was true. This is what's the matter. Two billions of lollars have been taken from the pockets f the workingmen out of circulation, and