The herald., 1894-10-14

by the actions OF men and not by theil
speech.
Maine 10 a state where Democracy II
tock-ribhed and ancient as the sun. and
yet in Maine the Democracy so expressed
themselves that the tidal majority o
600 given years age, when the deep
est depression. the result OF the war
rested on the Democratic party, was ex
eeeded by ii 600. / do not think you
realize what that majority means.
New York ststs were TO give 800, 900 II
would hardly exceed it; $4,000 would
represent only the increase.
None Of us expected such a majority
There was no special organization. The
Democrats did it themselves. Many ol
them voted with us and very many no ore
staid at home, determined by out.
spoken action or by silence to show
their appreciation OF the result of the
party's government which the- saw be-
fore them on every hand.
Was this O senaible ceurse of action,
we'll founded and which ought to be fol.
lowed by their brethren in New York
and all ever the nation? What is the
present condition OF things and what
ought we as sensibls msn to want?
Tbs past 10 months have been months
Of suffering in theshouses of the people.
Not starvation, not deprivation of abso-
lutte necessities of life, for this country
has accumulated teo much of this
worlds goods the past 80 years that
utter want should parslyzs and kill ;
but that want which is the great un-
hsppiness OF civilization. the want Of
comforts to which we have been &C.
custemed. I wil draw no picture OF
idle mills, silsnt machinery, men with
out work, money or employment, CAPT.
tai unused and labor wasted and lost
with each days sstting sun. That pie
turs Ia too familiar to you all. Nobody
can charge this fairly to the terms Of
the tariff which now e1ists, any more
than to the tariff which used to exist.
What caused ali this disaster every
body knowa who has any business
sense. 1t was the utter uncertainty,
the appalling doubt as to what would
happen to us. Who could build on
shifting sand2
During all the time the so-called
house bill was q bill pending, men could
only fear the woret, for the house bill
was abcnt the worst thing which the
unwisdora OF man ever devised in these
late years Of Christian civilization. This
bill wentto the senate. many q Demo-
Crut votiuk iOI AZ, hob UochEho ue DoueVed
in it, but because the senate would make
10 nearer decency.
It is O fashion among Democratic con-
ventions now-a-days, l notice, to de-
nounce certsin Democratic senators and
demand that they shall be relegatsd TO
private life. This is, absolutely inhuman
ingratitude. Notwithstanding all the
bad actions Of these senators, and they
were many, they saved the Democratic
party from annihilation. Why do you
suppose these senators, these Democratic
senators, made $50 amendments to the
hoUse bill? Was it out of pure premed-
itated wicksdnsss? or was 10 ON the de-
mand OF their constituents? Did the
junior senatorlfrom New York hang out
for collars and cuffs by the direct insti-
CATION Of the devil, or becouse he lived
in Troy? Did Senator Smith rescue
some, OF the manufacturers of New jersey
because the friend whirpered in his ear,
or because he heard the human voice of
his constituents?
But i did not come here to discuss
the relative merits Of Mr.. Wilson's or
Mr.. Germans sYstems. Both were
Democrats. Nor do / care to discuss
the merits OF the senate bill. So far ss
it protects reasonably American indus
tries sll is well; 40 far as 1t does not, all
10 wrong, In my thinking, but 1t ia the
law of the land. not with my consent.
Snd for that matter not with the CON.
sent of the Democratic candidate for
governor.
There is another fact. As long az Mr..
Cleveland stays in power the evil can
not be rsctiisd. What, then, remains
is not for the Republican party or the
Democratic party, but for the people of
the United States to do. Do we want
certainty or uncertainty from now until
1896? We can lay aside all our per-
sonal feeling and agree that the great
and paramount curse of this country for
the last Is monthe has been uncertainty.
Nobody dared to start in business or 20
on with his business 80 long as no foun-
dation could be discovered. Business is
not gam bling. 1t tries its best to take
no chances. What it demands more
and more every year 10 certainty. What
Ihen shall the business world do to pro-
cure certainty as the base OF its future
xctions? 1t is necessary in order to ar
rive at . proper concluBion TO discuss or
decide what party is best or which is
worse.
Would the success OF the Democratic
party this fall produce certainty? Let
us see what they say themselves. II
they, the leaders, lie, you would not
trust them. If they tell the truth YOU
can find no rest for the coles of your
ieer on any Ararat.
The Democratic chairm an OF the ways
and means committee, who was leader
until the Democratic senator from Mary
land stripped him of his armor and
dragged him around the walls of Troy,
declared before the house adjourned.
amid ths cheers OF the Democrats, that
the fight was but begun. He hastened
back to bis constituents in West Vir-
ginis to reiterate the same notice, crossed
the lifting waters to proclaim is to the
Britiah, and refreshed by that touch of
his mother earth, vibrstsd back to re-
new hia declaration. Surely be does
net mean peace and quietness. No, he
has not she slightest idea of the value
thereof. Mr.. President writes to Mr..
Cstehings that this is only the vantage
ground fer new attack.
Mr.. Hill declares only the citadel has
been carried and that he is going back
for the rest of the town. These men
seem backed mp by all the oficis Demo.
cratic power. The Democratic press
sides withsthen. 1t does look as ii the
only men in the Democratic party who
have any, disposition to own their work
were the senators from Maryland, Ohio
and New Jersey. and they are being
hooted in all Democratic conventions in
the country, and where, as in Ohio. they