The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-05-20
WESTERN DEMOCRAT TALKS.


Editor Leader.
The Evening Capital generously do
mated numerous copies of Thursday
evenings issue In which appeared the
speech of Judge Havens at the Repub-
lican convention held at Oklahoma
City. Tuesday the 18th inst All
through the speech las reported) are
rounds of applause. Mr. lIaveus
draws a dismal picture and howls as
.oud as any calamity bowler about the
hard times brought about by the elec.
iion of Grover Cleveland lie tells OF
the silent factories, the idle labor the |
destitute homes, but he fails to even
hint at the real cause
Were the factory hands. the railroad |
employees and coal miners of the coun- |
try. closing factories and mines and |
suspending operations of railroads by |
refusing to labor, by either demand !
ing an advance of wages or resisting
reduction and the press voieing the |
sentiments OF the party Mr. II repre-
sents would howl at them as cummun.
lists, anarchists, etc, for not letting
foreign Paupers take their pla es auu
let their bosses, the mitlouaire manu-
facturers of the east, increase their
millions. Y0t that is the main cause
of the depression
of the depression.
The manufactures OF the east is
on strike, and he has a surplus of his
product on hand, and he says to con
gress. "lt you redu;e my protection
from pauper manufactures of Ep rope,
guaranteed me by the Republican
party for the past thirty years not
withstanding used their paup, ,r labor
ers to cut down the wages of Ameri
can labor, we will go on strike
make the country believe the Demo
cratic party is responsible for the de
preston, utilize those whom we hav,
made tramps by the importation o
EuroIes paupers and have them ap
peal to congress to let the tariff alone
We will then find an empty market
hungry mez willing TO work at an,
price, and all will be WELL" Tha
system has been practiced for years il
the anthracite coal region of Pennsyl
vania-put the miners on strike, re
duce the output of coal. AMI advauc
Ehe price to the consumer.
Mr. IL. said, For thirty.two year
the principles and policies of the Re
publican party controlled the admin
istration OF our public affairs.
Yes, he might have continued an,
aid, at the end Of that time such wa.
the administration of affairs. tha
Ohio's 10000 Republican majority wa.
reduced to O. Illinois 4c, 900 to 10, OO
Democratic. Iowas 60, 900 to 600
Kansas So, 900 to le. 900 for the Pop
ulist ticket, and many other states re
dueed their Republican majoriues il
I.Se proportion. Their administration
of affairs also reduced the percentag,
of the owners OF the wealth of tn,
nation from seventy-three to twenty
nine; as ia a public speech male by
Mr.. Bryan. of Nebraska, in congress,
lately, he stated that 30 per cent. q
the people of the United States owned
all the wealth while II per cent. were
paupers- That assertion is yet un.
coauradieted. When President Cleve.
land vacated the chair in 1889 in favor
of Mr.. Harrison he left sIO0, 600 600 in
the treasury, besides the reserve of
500, 1000, 900 for the redemption OF
greenbacks. The tariff barons fearing
that as dangerous omen to their pet
scheme OF protection advised their
agents, the Republican party, TO
speedily dispense with the surplus.
which they did. that Democratic ad-
Ininistration would not have that. as
IA excuse 10 reduce the tariff, aud
should they do 80. would hayea de.
felt II MIR. Harrison knew the true
history of his party and wished TO ad-
wise his fellow Republicans. could and
should have said the administration
OF affairs by his party has always
been to build up the East at the ex
p<nss OF the West until tod ~, as the