Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-21
THAT FOOLISH CALF.
ER. HANNAS APT ILLUSTRATION
OF Tt1s Is UE.

Real Question IL whether Prosperity
Shall Be Continued, or tina democrats
BE Allowed To Destroy the Ccndiuons
which iSruught Good Times.
Senator Hanna is developing into
snly a logical but an entertaining
campaign speaker. At the Youngs-
town meeting his speech was entirely
impromptu, but it cluglt the immense
crowd. He began by discussing the
Democratic platform assertion as to
the paramount issue of the campaign,
and showed that, after all, the real
issue with every man is prosperity, in.
dividual and national. The United
States has grown and prospered be-
cause OF the industry of its people. Ii
the conditions created by law are sucl
as to deal 4 deadly blow to industry,
the people suffer the consequences.
The full dinner pail is not the mere
representative Of a good dinner, but
it is the symbol of that individual
prosperity which makes not only
good dinner possible, but comfort in
the home, proper care of wife and
childien ana the accumulation of say
ings for the inevitable rainy day.
prosperity" MIR. Hanna said, rests
upon the foundation Of confidence.
Therefore, all issues combined and
boiled down are whether we will have
a continuation of the conditions which
bring prosperity, or whether We will
foolishly entrust the destinies bf the
nation once more to the Democratic
party after the experience we had
from a similar experiment in 1892"
Then he added:
There is not man before me-not
one who works in the mills at Youngs-
town Or in the Mahoning valley-who
has not passed through the very scene
and results of change of policy, and
therefore every argument presented by
Senators Foraker and Depew is ratified
by the knowledge and their own eX-
perience that your own business and
personal benefits must come from a
continuation of these conditions
Why, my friends, what is the OBJ
ject of the Democratic party in bring
ing in these collateral issues except TO
distract your attention from the very
fact that you are prosperous and that
every promise of the Republican party
made ut st. Louis has been fulfilled,
that every prophecy has come to pass
and that you are reaping the benefits
of those prophecies and promises?
Now it is a game Of politics only TO in
ject into this campaign these issues
that are simply collateral, i. order to
distract your attention.
Il can not better illustrate that fact
and warn you against being led away
upon false issues than to repeat a little
story | heard at Asbury park the other
day at a meeting there.
"lt was told Of farmer boy who
was driving home his COW and calf at
night from the pasture, and meeting
a steer en- the road the calf followed
the steer and left its mother.
The boy started to run after the
calf to bring it back, but they both
ran from him and after exhausting
himself he stopped in the middle of
the road and shaking his little fists at
the runaway calf, said:
You little fool you little fool you
darned fool, you'll ba sorry when sup
per times cores daughter and ap-
plause).
Now, | say, my friends-and when |
say my friends, the wcrkingmen, l
mean every word of it-I say, my
friends, who are working in these
mills not only in the Mahoning valley,
but all over the state of Ohio, do not
follow steer, for if you do you will
be sorry when super time comes"
| want to say just one word in con-
clusion The people in Ohio never
shirked a responsibility, but the people
of Chic have always responded when
there was a note of danger, and willie
am not a pessimist, and whilst
would not throw a single shadow
across our broad pathway, | want to
tell the Republicans not only of Ohio,
but of the whole United States, that
there are Republican votes enough
north of the Ohio river and bounded
by the two oceans to elect William
Mckinley in every state, but 1t is nee
essary that every man do his duty.
(Applause.) It is necessary that we
shall not by overconfidence remain at
home expecting that our neighbors
will do that duty for us.
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