Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-29
BROKEN PROMISE. CASES..
Have Not the People Grounds for
Damages Against Demecracyf-

Damages Against Demecracyf
A Denver man has sued a. restaurant
for damaging his stomach. He says the
restaurant solicited patronage on the
ground that it served good food. bur
that the promise was not fulfilled. The
food, he asserts. caused stomach trour-
bic, from which he suffered greatly, and
he fixes his damages at several thou
sand dollars.
This ease will be watched with inter-
est. for it opens new field in the tI!,ns-
age suit line. 1t is usually easy tn Sc
cure compensatory damages for losses,
caused by broken promises, when the.
plaintiff has Il written contract To, back
up his demand, or il he has Witnesses To,
verbal contract but il is not alNWayss
possible to secure redress when thu
promise is of such nature ass is alleged
to have been made by, the Denver res-
taurant.
Suppose the Denver man had won his
case. An avalanche OF damage, suits
might follow. Business men who forget
engagements, girls who wait w,rnrIy for
lovers that fail to, Gomez. borrowers who
neglect to repay small loans,, politicians
who promise and forget, and political
parties which bid for votes and never
meet their obligations--alr these might
be liable for damages il the Denver
plaintiffs suit il, sustained
And what ~ mountain of csrses might
be piled up against Democracy If the
statute of limitations DID hot prove tn
be bari. Who, viii ever forget the
woe and misery. the Distress and starva-
ton that came with the Democratic days
of 1898 to, 1S9T2 Industries knguishe,l
and trade and eoirirnerre generally were
paralyZedl Millions ut wage earners
were eitaipr' rendered lille or put on short
time. The streets of the cities swarmed
with unemployed. and soup-houses were
esta hliSiief to feed the hungry. Once
happy h,nAess We're turned into places of
squalor where hunger pinched mothers
sat trying to still the cries of ill-nour-
isheh babes. and where gaunt. sunken-
eyed @el hrnoded over their inability to
obtain work.
| And what caused these distressing
| eondltfensg In the campaign of 1892
Democracy was lavish with promises.
The Republican policy Of protection was
a great evil, the Democratic platform
| said. The people were urged to try free
trade or tariff for revenue only. Great
blessings would follow abolition of a
protective tariff, Democracy said. The
people We're msled by these promises
and Grover Cleveland was elected. Then
came the Communication tariff bill aud
| with it general depression and pancky
| conditions. These conditions prevailed
until the Dmglpy act went into effect
and huge wave of Republican pros,
perity began to enguf the country.
If the Denver man has grounds fol
redress, have not the millions who suf
fered by reason of Democracy's vision
AIRY and broken promises just grievance
| Their monetary losses were enormou
and their sufferings beyond financial
reparation.
And Democracy is again making prom
| ises. Will the victims OF 1897 liSteI
to the political sirens who are singin
the song of ruin. in honeyed words an
heguiling tones? Not il they stop an
consider the past
Democracy has nothing but it's pas
record to stand on, and that record
strewn with heaps of broken promises
blasted hopes. dismantled factories
throttled industries of all kinds, banl
rupt stores and wrecks and ruins gene
ally.
No candidate is greater than his part,
and it is a certainty that IL parks
should by any chance, be elected hi
administration would be Democratic. an
, Democracy never has conferred res
benefit on the people