Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-23
DENlSok'S ADDRESS
AT CEDAR RAPIDS
Speech Of the Temporary Chairman
Of the Democratic State
Convention.
PAR1yR ecoRps ARE coNrRAs1eo
Republican,. Alwny. the Urholders
of neutrality-suspicious. and I'm
pertnlism---Tho itctotd of
Democracy.
PARIYR EcoRDs ARE coNrRAsTeD

Oh AtIviteSc...Aru sto hnN 1Nl-
pcrialism--. Thu ltctotd of
Democracy.
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 16.-The address
of Hon. j. f. Denison, temporary
chairman of the democratic state con
vention is given below:
MIR. Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention: -Four years ago the rcpublt-
can promise maker was abroad in the
and vill'hcationi the other half was
promise and prosperity. In one sentence
he condemned the monetary policy that
had served his country for eighty
years and In another he painted in radi-
ant hues the advent of labor fur all and
luxury for many, He told the electorate
Kinles's election would open the mills,
employ labor. push up the price of the
products of the farm. He told the peo-
pie that the smoke OF factories would as
cend TO the skies until the heavens were
hung In black. that the huns of the
busy wheels of Industry would drown the
complaint. He said that for every labor
er there would be sixteen jobs, and for
every hushel of grain hiEh. price, All
this would come as Il smile of beneicent
Providence upon the election of the great,
the good, the godlike Mckinley.
Some men were frightened by his de-
nuncliltlOnS, some were teFVlIled 3DN ms
threats and some were deceived by his
promises
The present chief executive was chosen
at least he was duly declared elected.
and the people waited for the rise of
smoke, the whirr of wheels. the song of
contented labor and the pastoral chant of
plenty from the. farm. A subservient
party press, unmindful of tie truth. pro-
claimed in "free-plate' matter Prosper
ity has come" But the factory doors re-
manned closed. labor stood idle and grains
40 IN Ia& vstrr ian, Tar1GS
OF the blacklist In all the panic days. The
people waited for prosperit%-and 1t did
not come.
Again the prnmtse maker came upon
the stage, His tale was. tho same but
his time was changed. The six months
following the election of Mckinley had
ures than amy previous six months In
our country's history. Wait. said the
promise maker, until until Mckinley Is
come indeed. Again the people waited,
the man of Mark was duly invested with
power and patronage, but In spite of this
the promised prosperity did not come.
The Promise Maker Again,
And yet a third tins tho promise inaker
came forth. Like Pharaoh of aid he
again he changed the time nt Ms tune tune
Wait, he said. until Mckinley can call
and then prosperity will come in deed
and truth. Congress met In extraorii-
nary session, accepted the advice of the
assd q re aes anS bnaugh pr as the eoa ar
Of trusts; They christened their new
L. labor ,g,s .pinsley and again they shouted
an no p is hum o nh a
try was heard. confidence" did not
make business, nor did promtseo produce
plenty.
Washington was lii sack cloth and
ashes. Tho promise makers We're dumb
with despair. When. 10! out of the ORR
cnt arose a wall of suffering and want
India held forth her fleshless hands and
pleaded for bread. From our ports went
charges of British imperialism might be
provisions y stream of gold came into
our land. The American farmer was
helped In demand and price for his prod
and had something left to spend with the
retailer, the retailer gave an order TO the
1obber and the jobber drew, upon the
then. did the factory wheels begin to
The conspiracy Of "confdnnce" failed;
PRAYERS of the revercnt Hanna were un-
answered-but the gods of want, The
sinister dcities that parch the wheat
the lower Nolga, affected what the cleo
tion. the inauguration and the tariff tax
failed to accomplish. And yet, in spite of
scream the records show that the year
1s97.the first. of William of Canton-gave
us 1881 business failures with Liabilities
aggregating the enormous total of $751;
3S2.07l. This was the first year of the So
called prosperity, And this despite the
fact that the international money inter-
country, that they We're bolstering up the
gold reserve instead of lootins the treas
ury, that multitude of public claquers
by day Had the country waited for the
republican party to bring n change in
business conditions 1t would be waiting
still, rich In confidence" but poor lii
purse Our harps would be hanging on
the willows still and our songs but Jere-
maids