The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-07
From the Chicago Times Herald

try than can be atOned Tor py any ue-
cade of restored prosperity, and yet the
men who have brought about these dis
asters still pose as champions of the
people. still insist that the Judgment OF
the business men of the country is to be
set aside in favor of the greater In
telligence of the entire political crop
failure of the United States.
"Once Bryan said give us free trade
and there will be no more seventy-cent
wheat in Nebraska. He said the pros
perity of the labor depends upon its
opportunity to buy things cheaply. He
now says the prosperity of the labor de-
pends upon doubling the price of every
thing that labor buys. Today he stands
before the American people with the
same old political prospectus. Every
promise renewed, not line of it
changed. except that he has struck out
after the word free the word trade
and inserted in its stead the word sill
ver.' My countrymen, just as bust
ness proposition, just as matter of
American horse sense, in view of the
utter and disastrous failure of the old
promise, don't you think that you
ought to demand a little collateral Sc
curity before you accept the new?
PROTECTION
"And TODAY the same man who in
sisted that free trade was the only thing
essential to the improvement Of the la
boring mans condition now says that
the tariff Is not an issue. / know there
the many good. patriotic Democrats in
the State of New York who insist that
the Republican party must remain
silent In this campaign upon the ques-
ton of protection; but, my good Demo-
cratic friends, the Republican party
cannot stultify its history or repudiate
its platform. Under its protective pol
icy this country came to its greatest
measure of prosperity, and to new pro-
tective legislation this country looks
for its return to prosperity. We desire
sound money Democrat in the country,
but If you are so welded to your free
trade theories that you prefer to vote
for Bryan, free trade. free silver. panic,
lawlessness, and anarchy, instead of
assisting the Republicans to save the
country, much as we regreat 1t, we must
leave you to your choice. The Republic
can party must insist. and does insist,
that our revenue shall be sufficient to
meet all Governmental expenditures
and provide for the gradual extinguish-
ment of our bonded indebtedness. 1t
does insist. and 1t must insist, that
of the United States shall be done by
the people Of the United States under
the Stars and Stripes. Under the legis-
lation which gave us protection and re-
ciprocity our exports steadily increased
and the balance of trade was contin-
ually in our favor. Under the Wilson
bill our exports have steadily decreased,
and the balance of trade Is continually
against us. What Is the trouble? No
lack of money, for we have as much
money in use as in the years of our
greatest enterprise and business sue
cess. What we do need is a restored
confidence in our monetary system and
increased opportunities for the use of
capital. The other day man spoke to
me on the street, saying: Sir. can you
tell me where I can find a job?' l re-
piled: My friend, have you seen a job
running loose in the United States
since the repeal of the Mckinley act?
In 1892 our streets were full of Ameri-
can jobs looking for men; now our
streets are full of men looking for jobs.
When the Wilson bill was passed the
American jobs went across the water
They will never come back until there
is displayed upon our seacoast the an
nouncement that sound money, protec-
tion. reciprocity, and William McKin-
of the United States"
Senator Thurston then attacked in de-
tail the revolutionary Chicago platform
and the Popocratic appeals to section
alism and class prejudice. OF one plank
of the platform he said:
THE Chicago platform endorses the
so-called Contempt of Court bill recent
ly passed by the Senate. evidently in
tending to claim credit for the measure
Growing out of the proceedings in the
Debs case there was seen the necessity
for some modification of court pro-
cedure in the manner of trial and pun
ishment for contempt of court when the
acts of constituting such contempt were
not committed in the presence of the
court. Several senators, myself among
the number, introduced bills for that
purpose. They We're all referred to the
judiciary Committee, and by the Judi
ciary committee to a committee.
The subcommittee drew and reported
the bill that passed the senate, giving
to every man charged with contempt of
court committed outside of the pres
ence of the court the right to meet the
witnesses face to- face the right of trial
by jury. and the right Of appeal to the
highest tribunal in the land. The sub
committee which drafted the bill was
Senator Hill, of New York. Senator
Villas of Wisconsin. and myself. make
this statement that the country may
understand that all of the men who pre-
pared that bill are unalterably opposed
to the Chicago platform. Two of them.
one Democrat and the other Repub-
lican. are vigorously opposing the cam
didates of the Chicago convention,
while the third is still in political exile
sadly considering the subject of predes-
tination, and murmuring to himself:
/ will or I won't: