The news & observer., 1897-05-21
AND INGALLS,
TALKING TRUTH. sny

who has always peeh 7"
| nortcr. talking in I: commercial centre
! fax davs ago about the depressed cohu''
| o.; of +r.dc and business sald: i de'
| clare that can see no difference peI"een
| :, Cleveland panic and a Mckinley poo"'
10 i NOT the only man who is taking
,+ :, meotinp about the failure OF the
Renublicans to restore prosperity anu
,,,out tho evil conditions that SURROUND
our nolitical life. Recently, Mr.. Jonh
Wanamaker gave expression IN speech
To some sentiments that brought down OH
his head the wrath of the Hark Hanhas'
Ou,vs and all that school of poiltlcs.
Mr.. Wanamaker was severely critici%eo
in certain quarters, and attempts were
made to induce him to qualify his pam
and truthful utterances. His reply was:
Il am not apologizing for that speech,
nor do | propose to defend it," Here
arc some Of the essential parts of the
speech.
The country is not prosperous. -.
The tide will soon set in strongly against
the Republican party. unless the depres
s:on of business is altered. Idleness and
want breed bitter discomfort which VIII
never no overcome until fhere are ample
employments.
..Tbc foes America has to fear
are our own patient and heart-tlred peo-
ple. our own suffering, much-promised
people, who, betrayed and disheartened,
no longer have faith in their party. ana
will turn to any leadership that offers
better times. believing that worse tunes
can never come than those now existing.
.rhe young men :.re growing up Indif-
fercnt to Republican principles. with no
respect for parties Of broken platforms,
who use national and State patronage in
payment Of election contracts There
are immea asurable depths Of misfortune
for this nation and State if the contin-
ned use of corporation and public moneys
and the dispensation Of Federal and State
patronage continue to he controlled in the
interest of office-hOlders to hold office for
themselves and to- heneht those who
desire to keep government contracts or
maintain particular protection through
the money given by which elections are
decided.
There VIII most assuredly come Il day
when there will be mighty revolt ana
resistance resulting in /; revolution that
will give birth to Il new political party.
These are not the words of the social
ist. the disappointed. the poor. They
come from rich and influential Republl-
can himself not wholly free from the evils
he exposes, but so much better than any
other man Of his party in Pennsylvania
as to make him stand like Saul in their
presence. Mr.. Wanamaker's prediction
is certain to come true. The patient peo-
ple are growing tired Of trust and cOrpor-
sation domination mt their expense. The
day of awakening and the day of wrath
are Fastening on.
Ex-senator ingalls,, of Kansas. is III
Washington We quote the following
from the Washington Star:
Senator ingalls, has travelled extensive
ly over the country during the last year
and has had unusual opportunities 10
observe business conditions. When ask
ed if he thought the times are improving,
he replied:
..Since the election in November |
have been in all parts Of the country,
from San Francisco to Boston, from
Montreal to Atlanta, and it is the concur
rent testimony that times have never
been harder nor money scarcer than now
Every branch of industry languishes.
Rents, incomes. interest and profits have
dwindled. Prices Of land, farm products.
and general commodities have sunk lower
and lower. till in many localities the most
valuable improved farms in rich regions
are absolutely unstable. Nature has
been beneficent; harvests abundant;there
has been the early and the latter rain;
the Mississippi valley is burdened with
cribbed corn; crop prospects We're never
better; skilled and crude labor is plen-
ty; the equipment OF machinery is nm
rivaled; we have all the conditions for
good times. but they linger. Possibly
they are coming, but they are not here.
Many will not be able to wait much longer
for their arrival. Multitudes have al
ready fallen from afhuence to need, and
many other multitudes have sunk from
comfort to penury and want Of daily
bread"
What will be the effect OF this condi-
tion on the political future OF tho coun-
tryT'
The people are patient. They are Ia
tional. They don't expect miracles. but
they are tired Of adversity. They are
not looking for the miraculous draught
OF fishes, or the change OF water into
wine, but they want to see credit and
business raised from the dead. They
would like to have idle men who are will
ing to work earning wages. 1t does not
console them to be told that there IS sur
plus Of money in banks to loan at small
interest They don't want to borrow
money, but to sell corn. The man who
mortgaged his farm five years ago for n
fourth of its value would like to have it
sell for enough at least to pay the debt.
They will give the Republican party a
fair chance, as they gave the democrats
four years ago. Should we fail to secIre
public revenue and restore prosperity they
are like to try some other experiment.
Sometimes a sick man who has found no
relief from the regular physicians buys
IA bottle of patent medicine, or consults
a faith doctor and gets we'll