The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-01


municipal control and management brings
these Institutions and principles to their
severest test, and We watch from all our
country this great contest which is now
being waged in the city OF New York l
ibsi illustration V 70 be % added W to those which we
have had in the past, that when things
have become utterly bad. men, without
their institutions and Of their homes and
set things right once more .
involved in this contest In New York. A
Congress Is to be chosen, and these con-
stituencies in the great city of New. York
are to exercise important influence in de-
Gliding the question whether the control or
the House of Representatives at Washing
ton shall be wrested from the Democratic
party Our government at Washington has
now a more important relation TO the busi-
ness of the country than ever before. In
nished by State bank institutions and when
our interstate commerce was LETT 10 regu-
late itself or withons p we toSnS n.S
which the national government has upon
the business affairs of the country. Now
Now the regulation of these interstate. rail-
roads has been assumed by Congress, and
we reaiizs as we the never far o9ehes
strongly every mans interest, wnetner ne
be rich or poor. throughout the whole
I'm t1ss2 the gentlemen who had been
platform makers for thirty years were
called to the unaccustomed duty or making
laws. The trouble with the Democratic
party now is that il is an incoherent party.
Who could tell what ii was gong 10 90
what its position on the .v ,ar,m snasS of that
position historically, Ii was proposed tnat
the revenues of the government should De
raised by customs duties and that our man
ufactures and our workngmen should have
the benefit of such measure OF protectlon
as came from duties upon foreign imports
adequate to the support or the seneral gov
ernment.
LIKE THE GRAsSHoPPER.
'"This incidental protection was talked OF
by every one as thing conceded and de-
sirable. but when they came to frame their
platform OF 1892 this doctrine was ever
thrown. and the party went into that cam
pagn upon the proposition that protection,
all protection, protection incidental end OF
a purpose, were Unconstitutional This dec
laration, in spite of the court decisions, in
spite of the opinions Of the most eminent
jurists in our country, was adopted as the
principle upon which the Democratic party
was pledged to revise the tariff and admin
lister the government l think, perhaps, OF
all the insects the grasshopper Is the one
most without objective point. No one
can tell nor does he know himself when he
Hamps Ha an tSs Snere Re or NAV be
in a horse pond. A lack OF purpose per-
vaded the party. and was largely instru-
sion under which the. country mas been Ia
boring for two years.
Mr.. Harrison dwelt at some length upon
the dissensions that have marked the his
tory Of the Democratic party in the last
two years, and particularly in its dealings
with the tariff question. After describing
gressman had contended for protection for
the particular industry OF his district or
State, General Harrison touched upon the
alleged attempt of representatives of the
Sugar Trust to influence legislation on the
taT tn;a ae eai ne saa te rs
losses that have fallen upon the country
as the result of this attempt of our Dem
may call that revision which is indeed
intended to be a demolition. There has
of oeef fbe some eyl tmes wRich came upon the
country upon Republican legislation. can
well understand how man can be free
peachment of his mental or moral standing.
But / cannot understand how any man or
could pass from the Mckinley bill to biz
framed upon the lines of the Chicago plat
form without business convulsion that
What was the first result? 1t was pause.
Mr.. Cleveland himself, in his letter to Mr..
Wilson, described the country as timidly
awaiting this experiment of legislation upon
the tariff
q win not attempt to picture ss.n the ,,r;ad sad
the last two years. Call it panic-it is
hardly a proper name for 1t. for panic
implies movement. and that was death: h:
The character of the condition was this:
There was a shrinkage. a drying up Ev-
cry man who had securities found them
tate tat found it shrinking in value and hard
of sale. Every man who worked for his
living found his place imperiled or his
whatever policy is responsible for bringing
this condition upon the country carries
| very heavy burden"
SHERMAN LAW NOT THE CAUSE.
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| the Democrats to fix the responsibility upon
the Republican party. upon the Sherman
bill. THAT law repealed" he said, "the
| money that had been drawn out of the
banks flowed back and from that day to
this the bank vaults in our great COM
mercal centers have been full of money
| and there was no use for it. No new enter
| prises. no enlargement OF the lines of busi-
| ness in any direction but contraction, and
| from that day to this we have had con-
dition In which money was abundant and
cheap. and as abundant and cheap as II
| such that they had the courage to use It
| in business"
Mr.. Harrison ridiculed the theory that
tariff reduction would open new markets
| sit might Just as well be admitted" he
| said, that this chasing after the markets
the wages of our working people, for how
| can one compete who pays for his labor
81 day with another making the same
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| help but feel that In country like ours,
| where our social security. in time of peace
| depends upon we,l-conditioned and we'll
! disposed laboring people. and where the de-
| fenses of our flag and our institutions de-
| pend upon the strong arms and patriotic
| hearts Of our workingmen, ii would be
| disaster to bring In a condition or wages in
| this country so low that hope would go
out of the heart of the men who toll in the
| mills
| went only a week two ago through
| busy section OF my own State where in
| dustries stimulated by the discovery. of
| natural gas as a fuel, had sprung up
| in the last six years with marvellous rapid
| ity / walked through lines of worllmen
| from some of those shops bearing on their
hats this legend: Wages q per cent Off
| So it is-down, down, down. My country
| men. let us stop this war on American
industry and American homes. Let the
| greatest OF manufacturing States
! by her people in this election, speak
| SO that their voices shall be heard from
| can to ocean in condemnation OF those
who have brought the disasters upon the
| country
"Good Democratic Times"