Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-29

/ . L.
(The Temporary Chairman)
missioned representatives in this conyen-
ton to profess anew our political faith by
public declaration of its cardinal princi-
| pies, to reaffirm our allegiance and devO-
ton to the national Democratic party. and
| to select delegates to represent the state of
! Wisconsin in the coming national convention
| to be held at Chicago.
/ In March, 1889, the Democratic party re-
linquished control of our national affairs
and turned over to it's successors treasury
overlooking with the surplus then far ex-
ceeding the legitimate needs of the govern
ment. eThe music of the hum of industry
thrilled the manufacturer and artisan; the
smoke of ten thousand manufacturing plants
night to those seeking the Mecca Of material
advancement. Capital was remuneratiye,
labor received it's just, reward, prosperity
! happiness reigned supreme in a land OF
plenty. The only serious problem then chal-
longing the intelligence of the people was
cratic principles prescribed the only ra-
| tional remedy, to-Wit: Curtail the drain
upon the resources Of the people.
But change occurred And the Repub-
lican party, the foster mother Of trusts, the
handmade Of extravag ance, invited the pro-
| tected classes to lay their hands of greed
upon the golden streams drawn from the re-
| sources of the people and direct their course
! from the national treasury into the Golfers
of the favored few; and the surplus disap-
peared as flowers and foliage before swarm
of Egyptian locusts. The Republican party
representing the government and the pro,
| tected barons, the favored class, entered
into a partnership to wiring from labor and
extract from industry, by the most vicious
| species of tax legislation ever devised, the
hard-earned reward Of honest toll. ExtraV-
! agance, corruption, disregard of the rights
! Of the people, marked the conduct of the
unholy combination, eliminating in a billion
dollar Congress and ENGRAVING system OF
pernicious laws entailing permanent an
| nual expenditure of upwards of five dollars
| c9Dit9 every soul In the republic.
In 1892 the people, by decisive majority,
/ through the agency OF the Democratic party,
reasserted their independence and relieved
this pOlitico-piratical combination from the
active control of the government. A Demo-
cratic President; ever to be reYered as one
of the greatest statesmen this country has
produced, assumed the direction of the af-
| fairs of state. But scarcely had the party
of the common people entered upon the dis
charge of the duty consigned to its keeping,
than condition and not theory confront
ed it. The inevitable result OF Republican
financial and industrial crisis of modern
times convulsed the republic The Repub-
lican party, alone responsible for this dis
aster and distress, necessarily flaming from
its extravaganza and class legislation;
moved not by patriotic Impulses to aid in
relieving the ruin it had wrought; Nero.like
| lulling itself to repoSe in the ecStacy OF it's
satisfaction to the doleful strains OF the
Tyre by it attuned to the air of national
| misfortune; actuated alone by the hope of
| enjoying transitory political ascendancy;
attempted to embarrass the government to
/ obstruct and prevent the enactment OF
needed and remedial legislation. Probably
no epoch since the foundation of the gov
eminent afforded greater opportunity for
the exercise of true craftsmanship; but the
Republican party, by a system of obStruc-
| tive acts, piratical in their nature and trail
| lived every effort on the part of the admin
! istration to afford relief.
A Wobbly Ship of State.
Rut while the grand old ship of state has
been belabored by the great financial and in
dustria storm that ragged upon the agitated
sea of the recent commercial crisis, at the
/ helm stood the undaunted captain disdain-
| ing to accept assistance from pirates who
exacted as condition the enslayement of
/ fine masses, refusing to be influenced by the
! Judgment of those moved by selfish pri-
| waite interests actuated alone by the high
est natriOtic considerations of national hon
or, with pertinacity Of will that challenged
and received the admiration of the intelli-
! gent world, he pursued the course toward
the goal of national security avoiding here
/ the shoals of private bankruptcy, there the
narrows of debased currency and conse-
quent national reputation. Neither the i'm.
/ nortunities of friends nor the threats of
enemies Influenced his conduct; but with
! steadfastness that all admire, he braved all
/ perils and remained at the post of duty, con-
serving our national honor and preserving
invielate our national credit. And to him
] more than to any other man who rendered
! distinguished services during the crisis the,
/ patriotic citizen who loves his country and
! Insists that it's honor shall remain unfair
/ nished, will extend grateful homage ana
say "Well done, thou good and falthfui
But conditions following the determination
of great conflicts often and generally 90,
differ radically from those that existed or
attended their beginning And while the
great issue of previous national contests IS
! preserved and the lines thereto are Sharply
drawn, still the paramount issue presented
is, Shall the Democratic party OF toQay
stand where it has stood for upwards OF
century of it's existence, for STAPLE curren-
cy measured by a standard that the enllght.
ened Judgment of the commercial nations OF
/ the world have established and that expert
ence has approved? Here and there traces
of lukewarmness and apostacy may exist;
/ but the great Democratic party TO-DAY, esPe-
i cially the component part represented Dy
/ the Democracy of Wisconsin, as ever, insists
that the honor and integrity of this nation
| shall be preserved; that it's promises mace
in the hour of dire necessities Of our great
] living or the widows Of those dead, that all
our obligations, no matter what the occasion
or when issued shall be redeemed; no re-
pudiation either in the way of debased cur
rency or change of standard shall or will be
! permitted the honor of our natlen, IKE the
| field of blue ia our starry banner, must anu
shall remain without blot or STAIN Inc
credit Of eur nation. like the immutable
/ principles upon which our government rest
must and shall remain unchanged and IN
changeable.
GlOrifies Democracy.
The Democratic party knows no individ-
ual; neither the rich nor the poor. us con-
| Germ is not the advancement of the interests
the fey but the DanGars nnfo
the things that are Caesars and to the
American citizen, artisan. .agriculturist,
merchant miner and manufae5uref nne
/ fosters combinations or trusts; nelther Iuf-
theirs their interests nor enhances their
profits 1t recognizes the great law OF COM
nensation-that no one citizen can be unduly
| benefited without detriment to some other.
# uses neither the hoe of the sugar planter
nor handles the ladle of the steel manufac-