The Delta independent., 1904-10-28
.DISTRESSFUL TIMES
HARDSHiPo THAT FOLLOWED
OEMOCRACY'S SUCCESS.

Lesson that shouId he Held In Vivid
RENE mbrnnce So that a Repetition
Of Industrial Disaster May Be
Avsrted.
The Inauguration of Democratic
President in March. 1S!'3. marked the he
ginning OF the most distressful times
ever known in this country.
In the preceding November the major
ity OF the nations working people had
seen fit to try the experiment of better
ing their condition through intrusting po-
Htienl power to the Democratic party in
both the administrative and legislative
branches of the government. In ex-
change for the confidence and power thus
given 1t. the Democratic party gave.
within six months the working people
Of the country the most frishtful dose of
general Gala unity it had ever experienced
Within less than one year after the i'll
lustrial workers had decided, in Novem-
her of 1892, not to let well enough alone
prosperity had set like the sun, there
was a vast army of unemployed men.
and starvation and misery reigned among
tens of thousands OF previously well to
do.
The snddenness and completeness with
which this terrible change in 1893 was
wrought in the fortunes of the American
people furnished fearfully bitter lesson.
But 1t Is a lesson that it is better for
us to hold in vivid remembrance at this
time rather than learn it all over again
BY taking another dose Of Democracy.
A search through the files of almost
any leading newspaper in the United
States during the four winters following
the Democratic summers Of 1893, 1894,
1895 and 1895 would show graphic ac-
counts of the heartrending and awful
want that followed the closing of the
mills. the wrecling of banks, and the
destruction of confidence by the Demo-
cratic party.
Testimony from Union Labor.
The following resolution charging the
Democratic party with direct responsible
tty for the fearful suffering Of labor.
was adopted by the Union Labor Club
of Chicago. and was printed in the news
papers December 10, 1903:
From the midst Of the most prosperous
era that the people of the United States
have ever known. we are suddenly SUBJ
merged to the depths Of despair. In our
own city 100000 men and women are bat
tling with starvation and cold. We are not
alone In this; from every point Of the COM
pass in our fair land comes the wall Of
men and a.
Of our country has there been so many
men, women and children dependent on the
sa e. the woTd for
attempts to reduce wages. For these cal
antilles there is a cause to which we were
We now Thoroughly understand and appre-
ciate. The suicidal policy Of free trade,
which Grover Cleveland at Its head pro.
nay ensendes no% Sf tho snf5
Leo We. that are most Interested in its
trumpet tones that posy si HSe Be psesed sesed
TO the utmost extremity.
". @. Pomeoy, vice president Of the
American Federation of Labor, well
comed the thirteenth annual convention
70 the Chicago City Hall December 12,
1893 In the following language:
In the name Of the homeless wan
deer. IN This desert of stone and steel.
Nhat wAyxAre whose woltsh hunger
sAoinds d,irn ever onward. whose sleepless
eyes wildly seek shelter and slumber,
whose black despair grows darker and
darker every hour. whose heart grows
faint for want of food, whose shivering.
shrunken form grows sick at the sight
Of his own shrunken shadow, whose soul
L dead, I welcome you to the city, whose
motto is, I will"
n A Terre Haute, Ind, telegram of De-
cember ID to the Associated Press said:
AZ meeting of the Citizens Relief
Committee this afternoon, the subcommit-
tees appointed to make canvass Of the
nnemployed In Terre Haute reported by
wards. showing nearly 1900 men out Of
work" 5Fs
An Associated Press telegram from
Boston. December l3, said: "A orcu-
lar was issued to-day to landlords by the
associations for the unemployed, assert
ing that 10000 workmen, having as many
persons dependent upon them. are unable
to find employment, and asking that no
rent be required of such until they are
employed. Another appeal, addressed to
the citizens Of Boston, asks them to see
that the city provides work. A move
ment is on foot for procession of the
unemployed on the Common. and meet
Ing In Faneuil Hall next Tuesday"
Sleeping in the City Hail.
Chicago Inter Ocean, Dec. 13, 19O3.)
That contingent Of ''the army of the
unemployed" which has found shelter for
few nights in the corridors of the City
Hall returned to its old quarters again
aast night, bringing along many recruits.
The night before, forty or more of the
dodgers thought to regale themselves with
sandwiches, but were set upon by their
less fortunate and famished comrades,
and bread riot" was precipitnted
which called forth police officers to auell
It Notwithstanding this ruction, the
chilled and starving applicant was not
refused lodging room last night. He
came up to police headquarters dubiously,
but was admitted.
AZ 10 o'clock the long first-foor cor
ridor from Washington to Randolph
street was covered with men and boys,
fast asleep on the cold, damp pave
ment. Men were half reclining on the
stairways, and the poor wretches on the
noor had others standing over and about
them, envious Of the place upon which,
they lay. cramped, drawn up and crowd
ed by others who shared their miser-
abls bed.
Last night Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar
thought to give Editor Stead lesson in
the problem of unemployed and proposed
distribution of 1000 sandwiches among
the night dodgers at police headquarters.
This was forbidden. Us repetition of the
previous nights riot was feared, and suc,,
sandwiches or other food that was sent
In was stored away for the night. and
when morning came, and along with il
the enforced exodus OF the sleeping hun
TYPES OF MACHINE GUNS.
Hotchklss Uses Larger Ammunition
Than the Gatllng Device.
The first machine gun Of any note