The Caldwell tribune., 1900-04-21

whole Democratic party OF the
United States and all their co-agita-
tors and co-operators have launched
their boat in support of principle
that will bring to the labor sections
of the United States millions upon
millions of hair dressed vagebonds
to cut down the prices of wages.
If you will give the coal operators
Of West Virginia the right to bring
BY ship1oad those Filipinos as
American citizens, clothed with.
their rights, they will drive the coal
miners of West Virginia to 80 cents
ton or death and starvation.
Let us be plain about it. Let us
look the country in the face. Let
us tell our constituents what it is
all about. Let us have no more OF
this nonsense. Daily and hourly
come letters to members of Congress
saying, "What is this about? What
is this contest that is said to be
splitting parties into pieces?' Why,
my friend, it is this question,
whether we shall put IS per cent.
of the Ding1ey duty on the sugar
, and tobacco that come from Puerto
Rico and IS per cent. of the Ding
ley tariff on goods that go into
: Puerto Rico, and take that money
from the trusts and the dealers and
: operators and expend it for the ben
: eft of the people of Puerto Rico.
t That is all there is to it. @Not by a
: long way, laboring friend. Not by
S a long way, you men of New Eng
! land working in a factory. Not by
r long way, you laboring men OF
a Minnesota and Michigan and ILL
t nois. Not by a long way, you
|, burrowers in the mines of Indiana
). you who are just beginning to see
" daylight; you who are just begin
n ming to put clothes on the backs o
/. your wives and children; you wht
G are just beginning to look forward
II to the hope that you may at las
ID have some reasonable and just com
m pensation for your labor. Not by
to long way is that the question, TIL
at question is, What is the status 9
S, the citizens of Puerto Rico and a
I'd the is1ands?-for no honest ma
1e will say that there is any difference
n That which settles the status c
one settles the status of all, and
he this Tariff bill is defeated upon th
" ground that the flag and the Coz
D. stitution march hand in hand an
IT. citizenship goes with the flag, yot
he rates of wages, my friends OF tt
: Indiana coal mines, are gone an
gar YOU have at last fallen into Il
" hands of the men who never d
anything for you but skin you wh'
40 they had the opportunity. This
the issue of 1900, Mr.. Chairma
non and far the greatest issue that h
been made in this country sin
the 1860.
Now comes this question: Dc
hall any honest man believe that a
rm- living sensible man believes tt
there is potency and merit and a
ave ua1 value in the question of this
ico. per cent duty? Does not every
,ere publican orator and statesman q
1ese newspaper writer who writes alb
the it know that he is writing abou
1 be bogy man, and that behind it all
the simply the stalking of the Del
that cratic purpose, manifested at
now very outset, to drive the Repu
the cans of this country into post
Der where they could destroy them
at is the polls?
man ".SuaOe Qui Pemt" was the or
You the French at Waterloo when
solu- truction was inevitable. IN
, the man for himself" must be the
!omi- of 1900 if the Republican party
,ress, This Congress is to split upon
ldoze great priuciple which we settles
lality 1860, as we supposed forever.
the Mr.. Chairman, I will stan'
city, the 1aboring men of my dist
that I will fight in the open gro