, 1898-10-03

said to the sheep men Of this state that
it is not a republican protective tariff
that has made them prosperous, but
that wool has risen in the markets of
the world, and they have simply got
the benefit of the raise. The most re-
markable thing about it is that in the
face of having said this, the young gen
tleman says he is in favor of a tariff
on wool for the benefit of the wool
growers Of Wyoming. Uaughter.)
But why in the name of common sense
does he want a tariff on wool if it
doesn't benefit the wool growers? The
party to which he belongs declared a
short time ago that a protective tariff
was contrary to the spirit of that mag
nificent instrument at once the sheet
apchot of our political faith and the
Il ark of our liberty-that il WIS alb
solntely unconstitutional-and still
this young man says that though a pro-
tective tariff has moi raised the price
OF wool He is willing to do an "un-
constitutional thing and place IA pro-
tective tariff on wool, What
started out TO say was this: That he.
and other people in his party claim that
the price of wool has advanced in for
eign markets as much as it has in this.
and that we are simply sharing in COM
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the advance. When | first heard this
statement | thought that perhaps it
was true. as | hadn't investigated the
question thoroughly. but on investiga-
ton | find that Australian fleeces ad-
vanced in the markets Of London one
quarter of a pence or one-half a cent
between 90 and '9S. ard that other
leeces with which cur wlols come into
competition have gone down to a point
years past. and our wool has in two
years doubled in value.
My friends, | could never quite I'M
derstand why some classes OF poll
~ticians feel called upon to nauseate
their audiences in order to gain their
votes. | have never been able to UNI
derstand why it is necessary to turn
peoples stOmachs in order to gain their
confidence: but | know it is a fact that
certain parties depend for their votes
uran the cry Of calamity-and I have
wondered where the opposition, is to
get their calamity this year. This glor-
ious year that has added 50 much TO the
history of our nation: this year that
has seen the farmer and the ranchman
and the mechanic jingling so many
successful in all lines of business: this
year that has shown to all the world
the valor of American arms. that has
carried our flag from the Indies of the
west to the Indies Of the east: that has
made it possible for us to paraphrase
the proud boast once uttered by the
flag the sun Fever sets, but ! find that
the world isn't wide enough to circum-
scribe their efforts in this direction,
and so they have gone to the drouth
cursed island continent and the burn
ing plains of India and a little later
they will drag before your gaze the rot
ting carcasses of the sheep of Australia,
and will march before you the horrid
figures of the poor starving and dis
eased Hindoos CT the Deccau; and they |
will endeavor to make you believe that
all these horrors have to do with the
campaign in Wyoming this year. Gap
plause.) There's a bird-a sort of a
fowl, that floats over beautiful summer
landscapes, dotted with flowers and
covered with fattening kline and wav-
children are playing in the gardens:
where all is peace, joy and plenty: and
this horrid creature. with its terrible
breath. swoops over these landscapes
where all is life, and happiness. and
purity and sees none of it. But away
down there in the corner OF the hedge
laughter) lies the rotting remnant of
an extinct life, and this vile creature
hovers and hangs and gloats over it
and the rest of the beautiful sight does
not appeal to it; it only sees the putri-
flying remains in that remote corner;
ard so many of our DOliticll friends on
the other side pass over all the glory of |
the latst year; all the improvements in
the conditions Of our people. all the joy
that has come into the hearts of
American citizens. and they go to the
ends of the world and drag in all the
misery that somewhere or other may |
always be found on this s~in-cursed