The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-18

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this fall produce certainty? Let US see |
what they say themselves. II they, the lead
ers, lie, you would not trust them. II they |
soles Of your feet on any Ararat. The Dem
ocratic chairman Of ways and means, who
was a leader until the Democratic senator
and dragged him around the walls Of Troy,
declared before the house adjourned, amid
the cheers Of the Democrats, that the fight
c Mas in west Virginia to reiterate
the same notice, crossed the lifting waters
to proclaim it again to the British, and re-
freshed by that touch OF his mother earth,
Surely he does not mean peace and quiet
ness, nor has he the slightest idea OF the
value thereof. Mr.. President writes to Mr..
ground for a new attack. Mr.. Hill declares
that only the citadel has been carried and
that he is going book for the rest of the
Official democratic power. The Democratic
press seems with them. It does look as II
the only men in the Democratic party who
We're We're the senators from Maryland, Ohio and
New Jersey, and they are being hooted at IN
all the Democratic conventions in the
United States; and whereas a IN on. ono d taey
ing officer proclaimed the doctrine Of re
newed war; Of vantage ground for new at
tack and such unwholesome advice
Republicans Must Give Certainty.
"It is pretty evident then to any sensei.
BILE man that quiet and certainty are not
to be hoped for in Democratic success. en-
the other hand. the Republicans are forced
into such position that they must FOR the
1Hxt two years give to business that GER
tainty which it must have to do anything
successfully: We could not make any change
for the better from our point OF view be-
cause Cleveland and the senate would OPP
pose. We certainly should not 90 anything
to make the tariff for snn that It np IN
a word, this appeal Is to business men and
by business men; mean almost all the
peep Vile
give you rest We 90 noa promise you
prosperity, for these conditions are not Of
cur choosing We 10 not recommend con oeaa+, tae
But it is very certain that If there is any
good in It, the only way to, get 1t out is
to gye it eb ha1snss. IN the country must
revive to some small degree If we can have
peace. 1t cannot stay where 1t Is now un.
less ga Is
wages and lessened profits and increased
competition to contend with, and whatever
failures to protect these are In the BIZ VIII
come. That wages will mo-. again reach
their former level do not doubt; but we
shall learn enough at the costly cnoS 10
pay the cost of tuition We shall learn
among other things to avoid the chairman
OF the ways and means eommttee, n ana ms ms
by-gone dreams. Did You notice how that
gentleman adorned his last address by an
much his head was actually in the clouds?
cite it, not because it is of much impor-
lance, but simply as showing the leadership
said sail he, has beer sNi wonderful Inspiring
contest I well remember the close OF
that contest, when. to use the language of
nf OF
| the house Democracy had been morally and
| legislatively whipped I remember Wen
@ucR hes looSed tnif IKE grain eid d
vastated by a hail storm. They were not
Devastated by us, for they had hun G1t9a
thought should live to hear that that
| scene was inspiring.' Wonderful. it was.
indeed, but inspiring never. Perhaps the
orator when he used both words was not
| thinking of that scene, but of the
Brilliant Dinner I'm London,
where his legs were under the British ma
hogany and he was cheered by the applaust
Of real friends. Perhaps. however, be
meant to refer to the condition Of tins Gown ~
wonder and Inspiration came from the de
serted VIZ rksLops, impending cuts of wages
and
cheering in the fact that only LOO miles O.
railway were built the first nine months o
ord for thirty years. In the last six months
OH portion only OF ITS lines, the grea
Pennsylvania railway has spent 5000 O
1 means that s., ooo, 600 less has gone out j!
wages to trainmen, in new buildings. il
extensions, in engines and cars; IN word
the Workingmen of this country have los
that sum. Perhmaps, when you add all tn
suspensions to expenditures on the part Q
all the roads, there Is something SO trul
inspiring to the 1eformer that he can reall
long to stir up strife so as to prolOng sue
q lovable condition Of human affairs. Blu
this world, welded to material good, vii
think otherwise and long for better day
gone by.
Education is the necessity of the huma
the working of human affairs. My bes
consolation in these times is that some les
sons arc being learned, not out of books
but in more solid fashion, out of experience
Nor is the lesson to be learned only b
. those who voted wrong. Some Of us VIII
: voted right have much to understand as
the foundation of things. Perhaps til
knowledge which comes to us comes fas
enough for practical life. When years az
we defended protection on the ground :
infant Industries. we stated good ground
+ for the establishment of manufactures; bs
to-day protection, which is not taxation {
: the many for the one, but merely metho
: of securing to everybody in America til
t markets of the country, was the best nett
, God-given gifts to enterprise of which Q,
country is SO full, should not be for it.
I did not believe that protection was onl
e admirable language Of Senator Jones, q
l all it's own work. should not demand il
? retention. It is perfectly true that prospe
! ity of any kind leads to large fortunes fl
' those who have the genius to organize gre;
; enterprises, but this is the case everywher
Sir Joseph Whitworth, the great steel ma
! ufacturer in England, did not die paupe
e and Lord Armstrong and the Rothschilt
/ hardly seem in the way Of impoverishmen
+ Ny consolation when see great riches, +,
l own up to the same envy that afiicts II
brethren OF those who are better off tha
1 n.yself, is that all those
Riches Are, OF No Profit "
y TO the owners unless they build railroa,
: Or mills or dig Examinations for the poo
= est OF us out of the bowels Of the cart
o The more prosperity there Is the more the
q Is to distribute, and there is the chance tn
d the orker. whether with brain or nuscl
e had to wrest from his employer his snar
" am Lot the author OF this idea. It com
= from q PENNSYLVANIA workingman who d
= ciared before the committee on ways al
): means that 1t the congress would only pa
!! laws which would enable enterprise
l. make profits, the workingmen would $
ir that they got their share. AMI this We
n Jay, in the strike which is or was goil
4 on In Massachusetts, the very basis Of t
~ argument on both sides is the price of Il
y goods and the consequent profits. The or
q tors on the other side have always declar
/ that no strikes would come when they h
power, but they have not passed away "
On the contrary, more loom In the futu
l0n VOL IN ha6 in ho acf fril :