El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-02
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prosperity, of wealth., of commerce, OF
agriculture, of manufacturing, of en-
plOyment, OF wages, and of the enjoy
menis of comforts and luxuries among
all classes has been greater in this
country, as shown by official statistics
in the past thirty years, than in any
other period Of it's history
from consider tiOn the three wears in
which its people suffered under the
lOw-taritf law which he helped to
frame, and in support of which he does
not utter single word. He also talks
wildly about the repression of life
and happiness which is inseparable
from long course of declining prices, +"
when he knows that no period in the
history of the country saw greater pro-
gress in employment or earnings or re-
duction in prices of articles which la
Dor must purchase than the period
between 1873 and the adoption of his
lOw-tariff law, which paralyzed indus-
tries and ''re pressed labor and the hap
piness'' of those who we're profitab IDLY
employed before lis adoption.
CHAIRMAN BUTLER.
Chairman Butler, whose life In a
North Carolina village of 20 inhabi-
tants has given him wide experience
in finance, max sup mis- address of such
choice terms as conspiracy, "stealthy
ares" trusts. "syndicates, "mon-
OpOlies, 'tyrannous spoilation," ''in.
dustrial slavery and ''sordid wealth"
5and does not utter a single definite
statement upon which to mention the
fact that the ''indu7trial slavery and
widespread poverty" TO which he al
ludes came under the tariff legislation
OF the party with which b, now urges
cooperation, Or the fact that he makes
his appeal in the interest of the great
est and most impudent trust. composed
of millionaire silver-miue owners, that
ever attem pted to control legislation.
''CHAIRMAN'' TOwNE.
"Chairman" Towne, who found no
fault with the policy of the republican
party as long as it was willing to keep
him in Office, now urges cooperation
with the two parties whose policy he
then denounced and attacks the party
with .whc he then co-Operated as
''cOnspirators, with whom honest men
should no longer co-ope-ate He is
equally careful not to make q single
definite assertion as a basis for reply
to his appeals to prejudice and passion
81 only urges others who cooper rate
with the republican party during the
thirty years in which it brought un-
eXampled prosperity to the country to
now join him In cooperating with that
party whose lack of patriotism he
formerly denounced and whose prin-
ciples he respected as dangerous until
he saw in it the only hope of restora-
ton to the public crib.
1t is q curious combination, these
men who with sundry others Of their
class are now bowling about wealth,
corporations and trusts and syndicates:
Jones, the head of a great cotton
baling corporations: Stewart, a million
aire and member of the silver trust:
Warner, owner of gold mine and a
man of wealth: Teller reputed owner
of a silver mine and other corporation
| interests: Butler, head of corpora ton
which publishes newspaper which he
describes as having larger circulation
| THAI any other paper in bis state, Alt
geld, a wealthy man who compels his
tenants to agree to pay their rent in
gold; Bryan and TOwne, servants of the
silver trust: and numerous others
equally identified with the greatest Or
} eaniZation of wealth. And for what pur-
pose? To get themselves and their
friends reelected to office, and to serve
| the interests of this monster com b ma
ton of capitalists who are seeking
through these very men to destroy the
financial system of the United States
| for selfish purposes.
| It is an IL bird that befouls its own
! nest. The men who make this attack
upon the institutions of their country
and seek to stir up prejudice and pas
sion OF false statements about suffer-
ing, and want, an oppression OF labor,
know that 70 country in the world has
prospered as has the Unitel States
since the adoption of the system OF
which they mplain, and that the con-
dition of the people here is vastly
superior to that of the citizens of those
countries which have the system which
they are urging upon the people of the
United States. Mr.. Jones and Mr..
Butler know that their own section is
now developing new Industries as il
never did before and Mr. Towne knows
that the people of his section are rap.
idly paying off the debts accumulated
during the rule of the party which he
then denounced but with which he now
seeks cooperation.