The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-11-03
.Repub.llllllca.n fFailacryy,:


times were not 30 prosperous under the
Cleveland administration as during. the
past few years (admittinR for the sake Of
comparison that this IS really trne) and.
nine Of the ten at least will attribute
the difference to Democratic free trade.
This mistaken idea, perhaps, is not to be-
wondered at when great Republican;
spellbinders like Hanna 60 about the
country on 9 special train. and promnl-
gate to the western farmers such per-
tnicions and false doctrines. at Woon-
socket he eaid:.
After four years Of q government led
0y y party which believed that this cOnn-s
try W0nld BE- better under the frea trade
policy Of the old country. the people who
we're conducting large affairs In this
country became distrnstful as to their
future, confidence became shaken, the
wheels of industry slowed down, the
fres went out In our furnaces, aud You
all know what followed. 4 i just as:
soon as Presidsnt Mex Kinley was inaug-
urated and had taken the oath OF Office.
his first act was to call congress together
inse1tra0rdinary session, for the purpose
OF und0ing the evil that had been done
IN substituting the Wilson: ti0rman bill
for the Mckinley bill, and after three
months the Dlngley bill was passed, and
as soon as 1t became o law and 1t was
known throughout the land that once
more Onr Industries were proteHted, the
lRb0rtDg men took hope, the Ares were
lighted IN our furnaces, the wheels Of
industry began to turn again, and our
prospects were bright and happy
Surely the Republican party Is not
necessarily the party Of prosperity, Or no
panic would ever have occurred In times
when that party was ascsndent. When
Jay Cooke & company failed, In 1873,
The country had d Republican in the
presidential chair, no less q man in fact
than Ulysses $. Grant. Both branches OF
congress, the cabinet, the supreme court,
the star ronte gang and the whisky ring
were sill Republican,; and these coversall
branches OF the government as 1t existed
then. Silver had Just been denied the
right OF mintage does every move to-
ward gold standard bring panicP
and get there came over the land hid
eous nightmare OF disaster more awful
than that Of '93. Men were thrown ont
of work BY thousands. mortgages wers
fOfec closed. trusts grew, strikes began,
/ tail strikes and trusts date from that
panic) and the whole country went to
rack In '7:3. No tree-tradeism precipi-
tated TINT panic, nor did the Democracy
have o hand in It. for free trads was 81.
lenced and democracy was prostrated By
Athc defeat Of Greeley In 1872. II was
A just gold standard panic. under q gold
i standard, protectio ioniHt. speculating
1 ltrust-organiztng, nblican president
Somueh for general prosperity nndel
Democratic and Republican administra
lions. Now as to the; free trade part soI
7lit as applied BY Hanna and his Followers
ito Cleyeland's administration. And ii
ISefsrring to this feature OF government,
4 " don't know of any thing more to til,
/ point and more pertinent to the time
i than this brief paragraph from the las
u s100N0 " " SAo rh1O 9 AOGals CVutbM
p0rarY::
4 Il is miraculous how q Republican
tarin that ts only 2 per cent higher thar
the former democratic measure sh0nlt
q give such Mc Kinley prosperity, wheI
there 10 only an internaIsre lav
q that Atses over one hundred mil lIiOn dol
!, llnrs, md gA war to stimulate prices To-
q tali mum itions. clothing and provisions
Funny, Isn't " \
Twill be rememb mbered TINT Cleyelan,
refused to sign the wilson ss1orman bill
/. bssause Of its highly protective features
and 10 show that the manufacturing i'd
duststes s0t the country did not slffe
i IldurinR Glsyeis eisnd's administration tron
8 i tree trade policy and "A infsux of fol
sleien goeds, e u only necessary to gi1