The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05

otto citizen should be aroused to promptly
meet and effectually defeatit
In the His hest Degree ReprehcnsibIe.
'It Is a cause for painful regret and So
| llcitude that an effort Is being made by
those high In the counsels OF the allied
parties TO divide the people of this country
| Into classes and create distinctions among
us. which. in fact. do not exist. and are
| repugnant TO our form of government.
| These appeals to passion and prejudice
are beneath the, spirit and intelligence of n
| free people, and should be met with stern
| rebuke by those they are sought to infiu-
ence, and l believe they will be; Every
| attempt TO array class against class, the
| classes against the masses. section against
section. labor against capital, the poor
against the rich. or interest against inter-
est In the United States. Is in the highest
degree reprehensible.. 1t is opposed to the
national instinct and interest and should
be resisted by every citizen.
We are not nation OF classes, but OF
sturdy, free, independent and honorable
people, despislng the demagogue. and never
ring effort endangers popular government
and is a menace to our liberties. 1t is not
new campaign device or party appeal.
1t is as old as government among men.
but was never more untimely and unfor-
tunate than now. Washington warued us
against It. and Webster said In the senate.
propriate at this time: L admonish the
people against the object of outcries like
these | admonish every industrious la
against such deluson. l tell him the at
tempt is to play off his passion against his
interest, and to prevail on him In the name
OF liberty, to destroy all the fruits OF
liberty
Protection of supreme Importance.
Another issue of supreme Importance
Is that of protection, The peril OF free ,s 81,
experiencing the effect of partial FREQ
trade. The one muse be averted; the other
to the doctrine of protection and was never
more earnest In its support than now. IL
to Increase the hold of that system
on the, party and people II Is found
three years. Men realize in their own
daily lives what before was to many of
them only report. history or tradition.
They have had a trial of both systems |
and know what each has done for them
Demanded by Public Exigcncies.
washington in his farewell address, |
September IL. 1856 100 years ago. said, AS |
curity, cherish public credit One method /!
of preserving ii is to use It as sparingly as |,
possibly: avoiding. the. accumulation. of |
debt, not only by stunning occasions of ex- |
pcnse, but by vigorous exertions in time |
OF peace TO discharge the debts which I'M
avoidabc wars may have occasioned, not |
ungenerously throwing upon posterity the |
burden which we ourselves ought to bear
ITO facilitate the enforcement OF the |
m N, = which ne announces , ne deGi.ared
hear In mind that towards the payment of |
debts there must be revenue; that to have
revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes
can be devised which are not more or less
inconvenient or unpleasant: that the In
trlnsic embarrassment inseparable rom
Is always n choice of difiiculties) ought 10
be decisive motive for q candid congtruc-
ton of the conduct OF the government in |
making IL; and for spirit OF acqciescence |
In the measures for obtaining revenue |
which the public exigencies may at any
time dictate
animated by like sentiments the peopie
Of the country must now face the condi- !
tons which beset them. The public ex-
igencies, demand prompt protective legls-
Of further debt by providing adequate rev.
anues for the expenses of the government.
If elected president OF the United States
{ will be my aim to vigorously promote
this object and give that ample encourage
ment to the occupations of the American |
people which above all else is so impera-
lively demanded at this juncture of our ma
tional affairs.
Our Condition in December, 1899.
"In December. 1892, President Harrison
sent his last message to congress. 1t was |
an able and exhaustive review of the con-
dition and resources of the country. II
stated our situation so accurately that I |
am sure it will not be amiss to recite his
official and valuable testimony. There
never has been time in our history, saidhe
wages were so high. whether measured ty |
he currency in which they are paid. Or
BY their power to supply the nGcessare
of prices has been such as to give asri-
culture a fair participation in the general
,rSoislperiiy The new Industrial plants es;;
~, to October p. lSS? number a45,
40 1860. and the number of additional en-
Jloyes, 1926 During the first SIX months |
II the present calendar year, I25 new fac
Mills, IS Knitting mills, 26 wo,.len mills, Is
~: mills, plush mills and lincY mills.
u ne NE 40 e9tton mills, p haze been built
'crlbes the happy condition o. the country
il December. 1892.
Our Condition Since aad Now.
The messages of President Cleveland
ration TO the present time abound with
of the deplorable industrial
ana financial situation of the country.
While no resort to history or official state ,
nent is required to advise us of the present ,
condition and that which has prevailed
Turing the past three years. venture to
sage, August 5, 1893. addressed to the Fifty" |
-hird congress, which he had called to-
gether in extraordinary session. The eX-
stence of an alarming and extraordinary
business situation, said he Involving the |
welfare and prosperity Of all our people.
has constrained me to call together in ex-
-ra session the peoples representatives in |
to the end and that through the
wise and patriotic exercise of the legisla-
i've uulitS Win WHICH tnby solely are
charged the present evils may be miti- ,
gated and dangers threatening the future |
nay be averted. Our unfortunate financial
blight is not the result of untoward events |
lor Of conditions related to our natural re-
sources Nor is 1t traceable to any of the
Affections which frequently check national
growth and prosperity. With plenteous
'rops, with abundant promise of remuner- ,
ltive production and manufacture, with
unusual invitation to safe investment and
With satisfactory assurances to business |
suddenly financial distrust and
ear have sprung up on every side. Nu-
nerous moneyed institutions have sus- | ,
pended, because abundant assets were not
available to meet the de-
hands of frightened depositors Surviving
corporations and individuals are content
% keep In hand the money they are usually
anxious to loan, and those engaged In |
legitimate business are surprised to find
hat the securities they OFFER for loans | .
hough heretofore satisfactory, are no ,
onger accepted Values supposed to be
liked are fast becoming conjectural. and
oss and failure have invaded every branch
II business
Cause OF the Change.
What startling and sudden change |
within the short period of eight months |
rom December, 1892, to August, 1893. What |
lad occurred? A change OF admiristra-
ion; all branches of the government had
)een entrusted to the demoCratic marty |