Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-18
FAITH AND HOPE
SPEECH OF HON. WIN. p F. WI AS
- or WISCONSIN,. Nd 80
Protection Dsnouns.d,.. ,h. seorrspti.sjet,
6overnmeut. faai ID Tho COMMON. Ssnss
Of the People. and heps for Dsmoss.tic
Success.

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Of the People. and Hops for Demosr,tie
Success.
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At the Jefferson Day banquet Of the
Iroquois Club, Chicago, Hon. WIN. r.
Wallis. of Wisconsin, former postmaster
general, responded to the toast, "Faith
and Hope" He said
"The time was-and il was the day of
party gloryAwhen democrats lived in
close familiarity with party principles
rejoiced their souls in them by table and
Preside, at the store on the street. wher-
ever in chance meeting we're fellows and
hearers obeyed and followed where they
led. And shockingly "a honesty in
politics has been befouled by the acor-
ruption Of protection, l trust that day
has not wholly passed. It is not be-
lievable that American manhood has be.
come utterly lost in the moan, fake and
delusive selfshness or the cheap and
tawdry vainglory to which republican
policy and practice now continually APP
peal. Yet lack enough cries loudly for
an old-tashioned revival of democratic
religion. Cut Ne want 1t With no
ecstasy. or frenzy. 1.-The country has had.
enough and to-spare: Give us back tire
sober cosnmon sense of free governuenh !;
honest sight Of it's true objects, the com!
mon good and equal rights If all intel!i-
gence and spirit e fessnt thss meDspo1s
extravagance, the perversion Of law and
administration and plunder ofsthe people
to enrich the favored few, the grating Of
corruption sprouts OH the Old trees OF
liberty.
"The :, CAN Of patriotism now rings
shrilly to our souls, never more urgently
unless in war. 1t has pleased heaven to
chastise this people by their subsection
to the administration now in the abuse.
of power It should awaken to loyal
duty. God moves in mysterious way
his wonders to perform. II knowledge,
of law 'and liberty, reverence for the
constitution the instincts OF human
brotherhood, survive in the American
heart, this Christening will chicken torr
tenefcent activity.
"To the plots Of projection, that Arch
demon, Of government iniquity,, its very
name cheat, has been surrendered con-
troll OF legislation in barter for service Of
ambition. Bethink you cthe change Of
thirty years. y, Democrats SO long ago
foretold it's bitter fruit, by concentration
in few hands of the wealth produced by
the masses, to make the rich richer, the
poor poorer. Has the prediction failed?
Twenty years. ago We pointed ~t6 tits
hateful children Of 'silrAthen coming to
light-trusts and combinations to fleece
the public by extortion, and warned
against their increase. . Was that warn9
ing false?
"Yetthen We bore only the tariff Of
wars necessity. Now We are tortured
by the perfection of long practice and &C.
cum ulated ingenuity in devilish devices,
to which all that had gone before was
but the play OF children. FPfotectioh's
gratis are planted and grow apace in the.
departments aswell as in congress. <-I to
debasing sexamne has, intrudeds epenss
municipal affairs until towns, cities,
counties are often driven to seek purifi-.
cation from grand juries and the criminal
courts iuntil despair or lethaEgy has ad-
mitted the toxic virus Of corruption to
the social blood, even to- menace the
integrity Of popular judgment. Now
and then instances, rapacity has over
reached itself and fitting hope arises
of saving power in some naturatlaw. But
to no avail. These failure are Jew and
temporary The plotteraproftby6their
errors and repair the works of monopoly
''They tafps this is ptosperity. sFet
whom? Tie peoplesat large pitt isitheir
insiduous robbery. Look to it. The
cost of living has risen beyond the high
est tide Of 70 years ana more perhaps IT
was not so great even in the,civiL war il
measured by the same standard Of values.
On every hand, labor struggles IN dis
tress, with strikes and lockouts, multi
plying in number and intensity. ,.,l ,,l
"And to further aid the crafty plots
for more taxation,g governmental extrava-
gance runs riot. The nations annual
expenditure has become two to three
hundred millions beyond reasonable
needs and yet rises swiftly until the
billion year looms in prospect Whence
comes these vast amounts publicly
squandered, the much vaster secretly
drained for the gain of protection
favorites ! SIN great part at least lsto,n'
labor, the only agency by which CAPITAL
can increase. .O~1 15t%iib | l
"Already have, protection So miniens
turned to the historic lullabies OF tyranny
to amuse thelpopular mind andlead away
attention from the scene. We have be-
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