The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-21

gTeat benehesnt doctrine of prot "a
y, MAs parrot cry. Il was stattsd r,ssl,es
i,eus,y ~ pompcratic leaders, and even
~ AT C9eveiahd himself, t6r 81 dSh
Ana personal ptirposas-they Were amt
and they wanted back ia Once n NE
cry composed OF deceItfui. iyinF. can't
ing phrases. such as ..the cor,,r,s,iitlTfa
o. pelf-the robbery OF the few AZ
tne expense Of the many" 1.-THE down.
srooqen, tQrin ridden fnrrnerd s.ths.
n!oated tarin barons,r "the class 3SIt-
intatlou. the wage-earners unprot6o-
yea trodden under the heel Of protscfS i.
capuaL and many others. 1t Wa
communtStic cry. quick to stir nj, al
content wherever content abIded. 5 ~
~ appealed to every selfish, evil. teals
Gus instinct In human nature. IL was
simple gospel OF unrest, diRcontef1t.
unfeasoning opposition TO existing con-
unions based on neither logic. renSof,
nor common sense. It was taken ilp by!
every pettifogging Democratic lawyer.
newspaper and ward politician, and ii,
als cant phrases were drummed into the
ears OF every farmer at every CROSS
roads. into the ears Of every iaborer In
mine, mill and factory. The universal
penaeea for all the Ills It lyingiy man
uteetured was "a CHANGE "a ci,anra.s
ne weal stuck to and repeated often
enough comes to be delivered after
aWnile. Even che liar himself by re-
peating the lie can 30 sin against his
memory as to believe his own Ne.
" Is said that q blindfolded criminal
on surgeons table was once 40
wrought upon IN his IMAGINATION by q
crowd Of doctors deceiving him into the
pelset that dripping water was the
blood flowing from his veins, that he
actually died without having lost q
drop Of blood In fact.
The farmers. the mechanics the wage
earners, the laborers In mine, mill. and
factory became restless. nervous, dig
sausnea, discontentod under the consI
stant repetition OF this parrot cry--Ho
untrue. unpatriotic,, unNisa and disan-
trous and at last IN mad Blindness,
STUCK the Democratic tin Fooltirs n
their hats, raised the D Democratic battis
song OF Grover. Grover. -Four More
years OF Grover. Then wen be In.
Clover,"and brought about the demands
ed change. And what a change 1t was.
my countTymeni =
rot that had an inherent right by ma
ture and birth to raise the parrot cry.
This Polly, like most OF them, had cant
phrases, some OF which were not alto
gether religious. One day She got
down on her perch. where she had sat
IN quiet content as sleek and Handsome
ana plump and pretty as any Poll par
rot could be. She walked around on
the moor quietly enough until she saw
great big house cat sleeping peace
fully and contentedly on the rug by the
tre. That cat aroused the Cleveland
Wilson free trade Democracy in her
and with q scream OF "Blanked rascal
she sailed in to have a Democratic
change OF the observation-disclosures
order. She was rescued In time
fortunately by her mistress, but for an
hour that parrot sat. with broken wing
and blood-stained. bedraggled feathers,
on her perch in solemn, meditative al,
lence. and then summed up the result
with Poor Polly. poor Polly, -
fool. Polly - fool, Polly"
Men do not gather grapes Of thorns
nor figs OF thistles." These Communists
tic appeals TO the worst elements and
10 the worst passions Of men could only
result IN one way. Nothing of good,
only evil can come from the arraying In
bitterness, labor against capital, class
against class, brother against brother.
In this great republic we must rise or
fall together It was q sowing to the
wind. and the fairest land under Gods
sun stands in financial sacls-cloth and
ashes to-day to make confession that Il
has reaped the whirlwind.
Many thoughtful Democrats felt that
the course was wrong; that the policy
o. mad free trade and communism was .
total departure from the tenets OF the
party as advocated by Jefferson, MadI-
son and Jackson. but from long affil-
tation and prejudice and partisanship
they voted the ticket, many with the
hope and full expectation that the Re-
publicans would control the senate and
that Victory would give to their party.
~ Il had done In Cleveland.s first adj
mlnistration. the patronage without the
er to attempt q fdlhi1ment Of the insane
pledges OF 30 called tariff reform so
rechessly made.
The foul conspiracy succeeded and
the Cleveland-Wtlson combination
found themselves in full control OF the
government. and. in consequence. we
do not have a campaign OF theories to
make this year. but OF facts.
We will not be true to our country. to
our institutions and to ourselves unless
we sweep aside all side issues and come
at once to the marrow OF the evil. It Is
simply trifling to talk about the cur
rency question, the silver question or
any other question, until we settle this
tariff question. For thirty years, under
Republican protection. there was not
the slightest trouble with the currency
question, or with the silver question.
We provided for the largest use OF sill
yer ever known and we never heard
once OF the endless greenback chain"
that has been the nightmare of this
administration. While we want sound
money always, the dollar OF the farmer,
the dollar OF the wage Garner, and the
dollar Of the capitalist. all to be equal
and each one to be equal In purchasing
power to any other dollar. we must
have sound protection to make 1t so.
Protection tho Basis.
Protection Is the very stomach OF the
financial body polite. Poison 1t and
you paralyze the commercial, the man
ufacturing. the agricultural and the
mining arms and limbs, dependent upon
Il for nutrition. Go to the root Of the
evil, remove the cause of our troubles
and all these minor questions as to
what kind OF money we shall have or
how It shall be coined, will settle them
selves quickly.
Experience Is the dearest teacher we
have. 1t may not be pleasant 20 the
Cleveland-Wilson combination to re-
view the effects OF their almost criminal
policy; and 1t may not be pleasant to
any OF US who have suffered so deeply
from Its baneful effects To recall these
reEults. yet stern Justice requires US In
o republic OF freemen governing our
selves to take q full Inventory Of che
condition Of our country. DO fully In
formed and call to strict account before
the bar Of our Individual udgments. the
acts and policies OF those who have
been our administering servants.
Grover Cleveland's election sent q
thrill Of apprehension through the
whole country. There had been a per-
Tod Of four years OF unparalleled
prosperity. More capital had been In
vested In mines, mills and factories
than In any other four years. More
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