Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

almost Immediately following the pine
Tree state, the state Of Maine, gave 70 ths
.sepepIlcan cause nearly 40, 900 plurality
ne IKE OF which has never been given TO
mat cause in that state before. lann,anssS
ana mat splendid statesman, the or.
speaker or the house OF representative
Mr. Reed (great appiause) was elected nv
IA increased and overwhelming majority.
~tApplause.l "'"'S'
Even the south Revolts.
Not only, my fellow citizens, has this
revuision taken place In the North. but we
see evidences OF 1t In the South. The
Susar planters OF Louisiana. less than a
montn ago, met In convention In tha c,tv
OF New Orleans. 1t was a convention corn,
posea OF men who hitherto had ALWAYS
acted with the Democratic party-Demo-
crats py tradition, education and NV cus-
TOM, VINO had believed that the industries
Oh THIS country could be trusted with that
party, and had voted 1t repeatedly into
power at last were forced to abandon that
position and publicly proclaim that the
Democratic party cannot be trusted with
tue material interests Of the country. and
tney declare their alliance hereafter with
the national Republican party. We bid
them welcome, as we bid the tens of thou
sanos and hundreds of thousands OF Demo-
Gratis all over the country. who this wear
mean to ally their fortunes with the Re-
pupllcan party for what it represents and
Tor what 1t accomplishes.
Every Industry Injured.
What. my fellow citizens. has been the
occasion for this marvellous change in
the public mind? 1t can be answered in
a single sentence: The Democratic presi-
dent and the Democratic congress have
been running this government for nine
4 Teen months and Anrfnr that ts-.n t.a.t-
else has been running. daughter and ap-
plause). Every ente Use Of the people
mas been interfered M.Lh; every industry
every occupation, every investment has
been disturbed. | care not what in
Vestment or property or value you
name. every one have been inturiously
affected since that fatal November day
In 1872 (Applause). Labor has been little
employed, and when employed, at greatly
reduced wages. There has been no cessa-
ton in the waste of wealth, wages and
property. In all these months. Universal
distress has hung over this people and the
appeals to charity have never been so uni
versal and inCessant, and their necessity
never so manifest, as during these months.
Congress has trified with the sacred trust
confided 10 it by the people, has imperiled
their investments, their property and their
occupation; have quarreled among them
selves; quarreled, and then compromised
n upon their own testimony have been
compromised.
Everything but Prosperity.
W have everything we had in 1892
this year but prosperity applause and
laughter) and that we bartered away for
a change of administration We have got
the same money we had in 1892. we have
got the same men. we have got the same
manufacturing plants, we have got the
same splendid skill, enterprise and genius
in our people, but we have got a new man
agement, and the people Of this country
haven't confidence in that management.
Applause.) And Is 1t to be wondered at
Why they haven't had any experience in
managing the government since before the
war. loud applauseD
A Laugh on Wins.
Senator Villas says in his speech which
I had lying on the desk, delivered in the
city Of Madison on the 9th Of September
that we never had such prosperity
0aughter) from the beginning of the wal
as we had during the first administratio
of President Cleveland. Why Of course
we had prosperity during the first admin,
istration of President Cleveland. We
were living under Republican laws, and
we had a Republican senate that stood in
the pathway of any proposed change by a
Democratic house and a Democratic
president. He boasts Of the splendid sur
rlus President Cleveland turned over
10 President Harrison. He boasts
Of the credit OF the government
during those four years. Why bless his
soul. every dollar of it was collected un'
der laws written by the Republican party
Every one OF them. (Applause.) And the
country knew. every business man under
our flag knew, that while the senate re-
manned Republican they could not change
or amend a line Of those laws. Applause.J
All Mr.. Cleveland did during his four years
was to execute Republican law. The
trouble now Is there Is no Republican sen
ate. there is no Republican house, and