The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-03
!, He { NT0KE, HEN Up
Mr.. Window Ratified the Skeletons in
the Populists' Closets at the
Opera House Last Eve.

- AAs8sA OSyiiC fAlSO lOIe5 HIS f-uF
Rubbed the Wrong Way DUR
ing the Operation.
| The crowd at Jesmer's opera house
| wa not so large as some we have had
this this year but twas a good representa-
tive audience and it was evident that
they had already made up their minds
to vote the Republ lean ticket this fall
This may have been the result of Mr..
ITowne's speech the night before or It
may have been on account of the good
memories our people have Of the con
ditions Of two Years ago. Mr.. Window
made a. plain talk giving the people
Ifactssinstead of flights of oratory.
. He began by calling attention to the
statements of the Democratic speakers
that the party was not to blame for for
the hard timesswhich obtained during
its rule. There was panic due any
way and the party was unfortunate in
coming into power at that time for the
seeds of the panic were already sown.
Mr.. Window showed that this condi-
tion was not apparent to so great a
lPopulist authority as Gov =Boies, of
Iowa, when he wrote his message in
January 1892, nor to Grover Cleveland,
| the head of the Democratic party at
| that time. None of the Democratic cam
| paigneIs mentioned it either but on the
contrary instead of calling attention to
that, promised to make times even bet
ter. The panic came only when bust
mess men found that not only had a
democratic president been elected.
but also asDemocratic majority in CON
Igress. This party was then. in a posi-
ton to carry ont its threats of thirty
years standing and capital was fright
Iened. Merchants who in the spring
had ordered goods for fall trade were
afraid that free trade would affect the
prices of these goods and counter
manded the orders. The wholesaler in
turn was forced to cut down his order
from the mills, and finally the mills
lwere forced to shut down from lack of
work and labor was without
ienplo yndent Ia4fre 1,as1ic sii1eforr eame
from distrust and fear of the Demo
cratic party then in power. We
bought our goods of Canada, England,
Germany and other countries, while
Jour laborers walked the streets in the
army of the unemployed. Mr.. Win
dom then painted the dismal picture
of the la borers' homes, and the men,
cries OF his hearers told them that it
was aIFtoo true.
The Democrats themselves were
scared and did not dare to pass a gen
uine free trade bill but gave us mou-
Igrel tariff which was even more harm
full. Their platform was like that of
Ia railway cara good one to get in on
but poor one to stand on.
Then came the bond sale at4 and 5
per cent. and this in time of piping
peace. Mr.. Window compared this
sale to the sale of the present year
when Mckinley sold his war bonds at
8 per cent. and the people clamored
for more. When the time came for a
change the people were ready to make
it and since the Republican party has
been returned to power our conditions
have changed. One thing is sure to
follow every Democratic reign a
i bankruptcy bill made necessary by the
folly of the party.
In our district in 1896 but ten saw
i mills were running and they only with
Ia day crew. Now there are over 80
running with both day and night
crews. Then a common laborer in
Duluth mills got 81 to sl.25 while this
fall the same laborer draws S1.T5. The
only time it suited the Populists to
| talk facts was during 1896, for Ignatius
i Donnelly, when he formed that party,
4 had put a skeleton in each mans
closet and he enjoyed the sight OF
Suffering which was then in the land.
i Paying his respect to the Democratic
Estate and congressional ticket Mr..
Window showed that there was only
lone real Democrat on the ticket Old
Kelly, a telegraph operator at s45
per month running for attorney gem
eral. The Others were either Pops or
1 renegade Republicans 1t had been
necessary for the opposition to fill
their ticket with these disgruntled
{ men because the respectable Democrats
had left the party. He warned Re
/ publicans against apathy this year and
advised them to vote the. legislative
/ ticket straight if they would re-elect
1 Cushman K. Davis to the senate. No
/ independent candidates were pledged
q to him and experiments were danger.
], Gus.
q Mr.. Towne came in for a roast and