The herald., 1895-06-20

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and that Though that membership we
have played most important part in the
history of the nineteenth century. From
the day the Republican party came
forth a young David to do battle with
the mighty Goliath OF slavery, it has been
the right arm OF the republic. All legis-
alton which has met the needs and E.
mands of the kpeople has been proposed
and enacted by the Republican party.
During all these years the Democratic
party has stood opposed to every measure
that savorsd OF advancement. During all
these years the arsenal and arms have
been a resistance and obstruction of Re-
been the party OF opposition; they hav g
stood in the way always; they have never
had any pickets thrown on the line of ad-
vanced thought. 1t was but natural that
at lasG when Gale d upon to assume the
reins OF government by one of those spas
modc errors of the people they found
themselves entirely un fitted for the task
before them. Although replete with po-
iitical shrewdness. Democratic leaders
nave been lacking in craftsmanship; they
have been fioundering in the quagmire of
legislative stupidity for three long years.
Every attempt at statesmanship in in
teInal affairs in diplomacy in for
eign affairs has brought ruin
on the one hand and humilia-
bedrag gled, found guilty by the people
on every count of incapacity, laundering
ad infinitum the Democratic leaders in
sheer desperation have turned their faces
in new direction. They have taken upon
themselves the agitation OF the currency
question in the hope that they may again
fool the peopel and; recover the position
they so deservedlv and completely lost.
But they cannot escape their fate, no
amount of silver agitation can turn the
minds OF the people from the fact that
under thirty years OF protection and reel
procity this country developed as no other
country has IN the istory of nations and
in three years OF threatened free trade
and tariff legislation the Democratic
party has brought disaster and ruin TO
thousands and thousands Of American
homes. They cannot blot the figures OF
the treasury department. whic h show
that under Pesident Harrison's admins
tration two hundred and thirty-three mil
lion dollars were paid on the public uebt.
and that the public debt under President
Cleveland's administration had been in
creased over one hunrded and fifty mil
lion dollars; or that under the Mckinley
law there was provided revenue OF hve
million dollars in excess of the require
ments of the government while under
the Wilson law there will be a deficit of
from sixty to one hundred million of dol
ldios nO Obly law pasoCd W tuo Doihp-
cratic congress has been declared un-
constitutional by the supreme court OF
the United States. They will not be per-
mitted to escape this responsibility. No
amount of beating the tom toms or rails
ing the dust over the currency question.
will blind the people to the fact that three
precious years of the commercial life of
the public have been sacrificed by the
Democratic party ON the altar of free
trade.
The question is not shall we use more
silver. There IS no opposition in this
country to the enlarged use OF silver if it
can be brought about without disturbing
our present trade relations with other
countries, but the question is shall the
American markets be open to the world
on a cheaper basis than to the American
citizens themselves? Shall the workmen
and tradesmen of foreign countries enjoy
the privileges of market III ide valuable
by the higher ideas and intelligence of
the American people, when they in no
way contribute to that condition. pay no
share of the taxes and in no way assist
in sustaining the American government?
This country is vast empire. with
resources and facilities SO boundless that it
can prod uce ANYTHING needed by nan. 1t
is yet in it's infancy; it is ten times more
capable of development today than it was
ten years ago. We have just begun to take
ln6 TlcEtS ITOD1 tue fulutss our
are Just learning the science of produc-
ton at the least cost. As n nation we
furnish the greatest market in the world
This is largely because OF the higher
wages and higher civilization of our la
boring classes. America, with one
twentieth of the population OF the world
produces one-third of the manufactured
articles. and the consump tion of products
by the American people is almost half
the conms apton OF the entire world. Is
such a market fo1 our own product worth
keeping for ourselves? Is it surprising
that England is constantly working for
entrance into such a market? If the
workmen of England and other countries
had the same wants, the same pleasures
in life as our own workmen there could
be no need OF protection to our indus
tries. The American workman has made
what was at first a luxury today a neces-
sity, and he has been able to attain the
luxuries by the Republican principle of
paying American wages to American
labor.
The factory and the farm are the two
great producers of national wealth. When
you stop the music of the spindle and
the roar OF the factory you leave the pillow
to rust in the farm yard. When the fac
tories were closed, the workshop deserted,
labor idle, the entire network of our in
dustrial system disorganizzed and the
frightened owners OF money had locked
it in their boxes or hidden it IN the
chimneys, it is not surprising we found
our currency circulation too limited and
that there was a general demand for an
increase. 1t is in keeping with the
record OF the past that the Democratic
leaders should strive to take advantage
of sentiment ,created largely through
their own blunderlng and then 60 shout
ing from the housetops their devotion to
silver, in the hope that they may through
this agitation be saved from oblivion.
The facts are that the Democratic party
lever did anything for. silver in any of
the years it was in power. During the
years before the war, when free coinage
did exist, the Democratic party did not
coin two million of silver dollars; and vet
can party has coined over three hunded
millions of silver dollars and issued three
hundred millions of silver certificates
against silver purchased. There can be
no disagreement as to the enlarged use of
silver. There are few orlnone who are not
in favor of this. The question is how
can it best be brought about? 1t is a
question OF economics and not Of politics,
and as such sshould have careful consld-
Grafton. We must keep in mind that
none OF the great commercial nations of
the world. the nations OF intelligence and
civilization, are users of silver alone, and
the tine is past when any one nation can
found its financial existence on basis
not in accord with the other great pow
ers. The intercourse of nations is becom-
ing 50 interviewer by means OF the tele-
graph and the cable, and so changed are
the conditions of trade, that it would be
impossible for any one nation to adopt a
system of currency not in accord with the