River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-07
The First Installment Of Democracy
Ending March a. IRos.

II
eddy.ng slums Of the ocean a hetero-
geheous conglOmeration of political
4 rif raft and flotsam. What a lott
| And generally bad lot. In state
and nation the incongruous, the
preposterous, the absurd and i'm
possible allied themselves together TO
overthrow the established order of
good government and stable pros
perity, and TO substitute chaos,
cussedness and discomfort. Never
was there such a procession Of
believing blatherskites, Illuminating
fakirs and fiamboyant fools since the
experiment of self-government was
| initiated. Pennoyer, arose on the
western horizon pestiferous and
misunderstanding a defiant telegram
to the president to ''mind his own
business" Waite of Colorado
Illuminating fire and smoke and
reveling in visions of 'blood up to
the horses bridles." Leweliing of
Kansas setting himself up as the
supreme ruler of the universe and
outyelling Mary Yelling Lease.
Stone of Missouri threatening TO
cheat the creditors of the farmers out
of just claims unless they would agree
TO settle for fifty cents on dollar.
The unspeakable Altgeld of Illinois
with contempt for law and sympathy
with anarchists and defiance of the
United States government. Peck of
Wisconsin with maudlin sympathy
for rascality and a laundering for
notOriety by the wholesale pardon of
criminals. And Coxey, "red headed |
and rampant" emerged from the |
fog and slums with an army of |
characterization humbugs that spread |
themselves out over the land toward |
Washington like the frogs of Egypt. |
with highway robber demand to |
Congress for S5OO,OOO,O 900! And Debs
of the single monosyllabic patronymic |
rose suddenly from meaningless in |
significance into such a ''skyrockety |
height of EN- blazonry'' by the clatter |
Ofhis submaxillary trip-hammer as to
astonish the gaping millions and stop /
the wheels of ten thousand locomotive |
engines. And the government of I'll,
United States through its presid nt
and secretary of State lending its
powerful influence for the overthrow
of a republican government in |
Hawaii! an autonomy in which |
former citizens of the United States
our friends and kindred-were preefii-
NJ lily Interested This was 1.-THE
most unkindest cut" A shameful
betrayal of faith and tradition that
stirred up such a hurricane of indigna-
tion that the jealous Gresham showed
signs of conscience and the obdurate
pachyderm, Grover Cleveland, was
evidently embarrassed in his ultimate
designs. And the 53rd Congress!
There are two hundred and fifty
lOusand words in the English
language. 1t would require the
whole dictionary to describe "these
plastic aggregations of invertebrate
uaits," as they constituted this
notorious Congress. The elements
were incongruous, antagonistic
Missionaries. The hard money man
and the soft money man, the gold
bug ard the silver worm, the high
protectionist and the revenue re-
former: the free trade ass with ears
like d pair of cavalry boot legs" And
what did they do? What didn't they
10? 1t would require volume ia
answer. Their promises? They
were magnificent. Job speaks of the
lass filling his belly with the East
wind That was prophecy of the Sc
democratic promises. They abolished
some things. The French Revolu
tlonists abolished God. But the
country survived. Congress abolished
prosperity. And the trade of the
country died. They abolished the
reciprocity treaty, to which the credit
and honor of the nation were pledged.
rhe exports of the country suffered
in consequence. They passed a tariff
for raising revenue. 1t failed to
raise sufficient revenue for the
ordinary expenses of the government
~ SIG, 100000 and besides it left
suspended for payment S250,000,00O of
appropriations. 1t caused depression
Ia the volume of trade in the country
50 that in 1894 it was Sl6, SOC, 900, 900
less than in 1892.
rhe closing session of the 5]rd
Congress came to an end on Monday
Jhe 4th of March. The southern
Jrigadiers have been relegated to the
rear for many years TO come 50 far as
controlling congressional legislation
is concerned. In the next congress
a strongly Republican House will
stand as a barrier in the way OF
Brush entertainments upon the
Interests of the people of the United
States and the free trade gang can
reflect upon the fact that they have
reached the end of their string in the
way of free trade laws in this country
with an absolute certainty that the
Congress and president elected in
1896 will be of pronounced protec
tiOn type. The elections held in 1894
give abundant assurance of this and
radical change in recent tariff legisla
ton may then be confidently looked
for. There is general rejoicing all
over the land at the demise OF the
5ord Congress. May this country be
saved from another such calamity of
incompetence and imbecility. 1T is
bad to be dead, but it is disgusting t.
&c dead humbug."
Debs, the leader in the great A r.
U. railway strike which cost many
human lives and millions of dollars i'm
treasure, instead of being in Jail Or
prison is out on speech-making tour
and was at Superior last Monday