The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-03-22
sAUK CENTRE HERALD.
BLAINEs PROPHECY.

The financialau industrial conditions
that have prevailed ever since, the acces.
sion of the democratic party to complete
power has recalled prophecy uttered
by James 6. Blaine while the republican
party was still in power, but not too
early for that clear headed statesman to
foresee the triumph of the democratic
party at some future national election
and to foretell exactly what would fol-
low. The words of Mr.. Blaine's remark
able prophecy are as follows:
81 love my country and my country
men. am an American. and rejoice
every day of my life that am. enjoy
the general prosperity of my country,
and know that the workingmen OF this
land are the best paid. the best fed and
the best clothed Of any laborers on the
face of the earth. Many of them have
homes oftheir own. They are surround
ed by all the comforts and many of The
luxuries of life. l shudder, however, at
the thought that the time must come
when all this will be changed, when the
general prosperity of the country will be
destroyed, when the great body OF work.
Ingmen in this land. who are now so
prosperous, will hear their wives and
children cry for bread; that the day must
come when the great factories and manu-,
factories OF this land will shut down,
and where there is now life and activity
there will the silence OF the tomb
And the reason why this must be is this:
The great Southern wing of the demo-
cratic party are determined to establish
the doctrine of free trade in this land.
They will be assisted by their Northern
allies. There is great body of vision.
airy but educated men who are employed
day by day in writing free trade essays
and arguments in favor oil the doctrine
which find their way to every newspaper
IN this land. The, great body OF our
people have never experienced themselves
the sufferings which always result when
the protective principles are laid aside.
Poisoned and excited by the wild state
ments of these writers and the dema-
gogic appeals ofthe democratic speakers
the result will be that in the very near
future these forces which are now work
ing will be strong enough to defeat at
the polls the party advocating the doc
trine of protection. 1t must inevitably
follow that uncertainty and doubt will
ensue. The business men of the country,
fearing the destruction of the principles
Of protection, will decline to engage in
business. consequently mills will shut
down and the workiDgmen will be
thrown out Of, employment. The people
will then see as they have never seen be-
fore that they can not be prosperous and
have work swhile this principle is threat
ened. In The midst of their sufferlngs
they will learn that the only way they
can be prosperous and happy is to vote
Tor the party that has built up the indus
tries by which they have gained liveli
hood; because they will then see clearly
that when the mandatory is shut down
there is no demand TOR the only thing
which they have to sell, anu that is their
labor"
The day OF democratic victory came
and the results could not have been let
ter described if Mr.. Blaine.s words had
been written yesterday. The lesson con-
veyed in the latter part of the prophecy
has been well learned and next fall and
in November, 1896, the people will
rectify the mistake of 1892 to the best of
their ability by banishfng the democra-
tic party from Washington for another
quarter OF a century at least.