Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-12

81 the former year prOphesying no relief,
but continued falling prices. 1o-cent corn,
2:I-cent wheat. 3-cent cotton and general
distress until free silver came. Bryan and
free silver were defeated.
lie described then how prosperity fol-
lowed McKinley's election and the restora-
rflu Of condolences. He declared that not a
democrat who made a speech in 1886 could
point To 4 single prediction made then
which had come true
tn" democrats predicted we would nave
foreign trade That trade was now
Larger than at any period In our history;
The prediction was contraction OF the
currency The currency had increased
S4rEttspt UtN in three years me pIeblStIpi
WAS for panic and disaster me country
was Enjoying prosperity unSui pd$-tu ~
the history Of any country lettering 70
The. question Of antitrust leStSld 'lpil ne
Challenged any democrat to point out any
addition which could constitutionally De
tgltd-. ~ The Sherman antitrust law. ne
,II-s,urrI entirely from MIR Bryan rem
Ky FL. c,,uien,led that Congress could not
;,--aif corporations in the states: that the
,..s,fa, should control and regulate their
own domestic AFFAIRS
Rejoicing of Prosperous Land.
In conclusion Mr.. Grosvenor said: Mr..
Chairman. the republican party does not
need oral argument in the halls OF Con
gre5s nor dissertations In the press OF the
c.tIutry upor. these vital questions There
voices WniCn pFOCid4ui tux Il lLittil4- u
r.pubIicanisrn that do not depend upon
human ORGANIZATIONS for their effectiveness.
From the pine-clad hills of Maine to the
utmost southern extent Of New Eng ana
the whirl OF the spindle. the ring OF the
hammer and the shout OF happy, WtII-pdlu
operatives is a constant and most YociteFOuS
prOCla ma ton of republican triumph. from
New York 10 San Francisco. all along the
mighty avenues of travel and traffic the
voice Of commendation and exultation be
cause Of republican legislation and repub-
liyaH intel igeuce and republican states
rnurshp goes up in the breezes of the
morning and are sung vesperS at the
hour Of evening twilight. The mighty vol
umes ~ flame and smoke pouring from the
Chimneys of enormous industrial establish
mrnts wave beacon light to heaven an
upunciug the triumph Of protective tariff
and sound money. Mingled with the click
Of the pick in the coaI' measures of Ohio
Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia
Is the voice of our working men, well paid
where starvation wages We're in force, well
I'D where starvation stalked with gaunt
horror. wei clothed. well educated. salts
hed. contented, happy Their voices sing
praise for republican intelligence and
publican patriotism mingled with the fallen
coal measures and the ring of the impIe-
mAnts Of industry.
"On every railroad line from the Pacific
shore to the Atlantic coast tens of thou
sands IF laden cars mingle the voice of
machinery with the Endorsement of repub-
lean action The happy husbandman upon
N+4G mn .ipi4S u acres OF fertile SOIL as ne
returns from his labor bringing his sheaves
with him, realizes in an advancing market
wider demands for his product, the entering
of a Jubilee and his voice IS heard in per-
petual argument in favor of sound money
and pro eCtion.
The scratch of the pen upon the record
IN the northwest and the southwest as it
cancels the millions of mortgages placed
there IN the hour Of democratic distress and
starvation. now Cancelled by the payment
uT money that has come TO the owners of
these splendid farms through the intelli-
EeEce and patriotism Of republican admin
lsiraIi'n, joins in the grand cry Of iudorse-
ueHL all along the line. As in the oldcn
time the morning stars sang together for
Joy ana all the sons of God rejoiced. so
from Maine to California from the north
u the south from the east to the west.
sons Of toll. sons of business the sons of
America. join in the glad shout that browns
t.l- feeble voice Of partisan speculation and
partisan drnInCiatioE in the grand. glori-
uHs. ringing chorus Of a redeemed and
happy nation
Great republican applause1
NewIaBds and Sbmfroth Against.
Mr.. Newlauds New followed Mr.. Gros-
Ne10r I'm opposition to the bill His argyll
t ent Will lie found in another column.
Mr.. Shafroth Cob in opposing the bill
arsuei that at the foundation of the pros
ptFity in the Harrison administration, the
depression during the Cleveland administra-
ti"n and the prosperity under the present
administration lay the supply of basic
money During the Harrison adIniuistra-
-tL'n the sherman purChaS sing act added four
milton month 10 the supply. The re-
peal " that law at the beginning Of the
cleveland administration brought disaster
and the great increase in gold production
ana the consequent increase in basic money
counted Tor the prosperity under the
present administration.
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