Milford chronicle., 1904-10-28

ginning Of the most distressful time,
ever known in this country.
10 the preceding November the major.
ty Of the nations working people had
seen fit to try the experiment Of better.
ing their condition through iutrustine no.
ntieal power to the Democratic party in
botL the administrative and legislative
branches OF the government In .v.
change for the confidence and power rim,
given it, the Democratic parY s.v.
within six months. the wOrkite neonls
Of the country the most fughtrui dos. of
general calamity il had ever exrer.eDrs3
Within less than one yeai after til. in.
dlstrial workers bad decided. il Novsrn.
Der VI 1892 not to lei well enough alora
prosperity had Sc, like the sun .hec.
was a vast army Of unemployed men
and starvation and misery reiglcd .monr /
tens OF thousands of previously well IN !
DO
The sudjenness and completeness Ui.h
which this terrible change in 1893 was
wrought IN the fortunes OF the American
people furnished a fearfuly bitter lesson
But It Is a lesson that it is better for
as TO mold IN vivid remembrance at this
uEa rather than learn it all over again s
by taking another dose Of Democracv
search through the files Of almost +
any leading newspaper in the Tfni+o5 +
states during the four winters following \
the Democratic summers of 1898. 1S01 6
1875 and 1896 would show graphic No. II
counts Of the heartrending and awful o.
want that followed the closing of tba +,
mills, the wrecking of banks and tbo Ia
destruction Of confidence by the Demo b,
cratic party. e.
testimony from Union I.abor. a
The following resolution charginr +ba gC
Deuo'fauc party with direct responsible al
iiy for the fearful suffering Of lobor
was adopted by the Union Labor Club 20
OF uhicaso, and was printed in the news
papers December TO- 1893. Su
From the midst Of the most nrosno-o,,. Co
sa tnat the people of the Unified States Ri
llIe ever known, we are suddenly S1b ~
gslsed 20 me depths Of despair. In our
M Msau cItE lolOoO men and women are hat Int
lirs with starvation and cold. We arc IiL nnt
,.le H., III ms; from every point Of the com T r
III our fair land comes the wall Of :
'"s from freezing men and starvinp vyonos,
M children Never before In the bistorT Coz
Vur country mas there been so mapv Cot
le9 women and children dependent on tbc SIN
od charities Of the world for subsistence. SIN
ever 50 many factories idle; never So NAM y !
settghpts To reduce wages. For these cai. Q
SSh.,les Sils mere Is cause to which we were ITiJ
AllutttH cuteleSS and indifferent but which -
We now thoroughly understand and apDrn
Gaie; The suicidal policy Of free trade ere:
poses to estabII.b rearlus at i.s mead pro tect
lls II may eH2endtr is now thorougbiv OF I
iesi ST. by the working people and ua silk
n PPltsetyati9n awake ourselves and sneak
u trumpet tones that policy will be- Dtshei torn
10 the utmost extremity. incr
W. c. Pomeroy, vice president of 15o II
American Federation Of Labor. vel. are:
-oned the thirteenth annual convention
. the Chicago City Hall December l2 Sng;
oJ9J IN the following language: Cnf
III the name Of the homeless wan. Silk
,e'er , III this desert Of stone and steel lndi;
u1 Wayiarer whose wolfsh hunger Fibe
ollds MN ever onward, whose slecDless Frui
!es "iidiy seek shelter and slunlber. Toba
uJse Diack despair grows darker and Tea
1'Aer every hour, whose heart grows Vege
1lu' lD Tor want Of food, whose shiverins Gam
.' u 'I'Ae' form grows sick at tia sig1t Cocot
ns own shrunken shadow, whose soui Cotto
dead, welcome you to the citv ,yboSa tia,
lotto is, I will" '-''e Snicc
-, a Ietre Haute, Ind, telegram OF De Cabin
'noeT l3 to the Associated Press soid. Rice
a, aa,.s.. a meeting Of the Citizens Relief Opur
'''li..'ee a i th!s afternoon, the subcommit Dye
= 1ppoAted TO make canvass Of tha ext
'.lipio[ed -, IN Terre Haute reportcd by Indig,
a.S a.ls, : showing nearly 1900 men Out of OF
A. fee o,
,a.l an Associated Press telegram from ana
.od' December l3. said: "A oircu. welt
80, -Ia ISSUED to-day to landlords by ths Rico
= .i''H9nS Il, 9nS Tor the UNEMPLOYED. assert fee in
rs,." a' 9o'VOO workmen, having as many would
s,5 uepehdent upon them, are uaable some
n, employment and asking that No II /,
,or, required Of such until they are philip
,s,; another appeal, addressed 20 cabiue
/, i'1e"s OF Boston, asks them to soc ity m
m, Guy provides work A move than
arrl,I va LOOT for a procession of the Ameri,
IL ~ eu on the Common. and A meet abounf
' panedlI Hall next Tuesday" The i.
~. 0'eepln= in the City Hail. woods
nj. T5's' inter Ocean. Dec. l3. 1907 produc
m,, .''.,,.Aseht 0f The army of the eteer'
s,. ,'o5ti which has found shelter far Encycl
4 .1.s ''-1's IN The corridors of the Civ In til
i-,''9'l ni,l.. To its Old quarters again "Imper
r5,i, "''lSinS along many recruits tropical
.,rs ~ "siore, forty or more Of tbe tropical
nj. r'o"s"t 10 rcgale themselves wirh
'rraes' ~.. but were set upon by their Schel
.l.'''e ana furnished comrades.
IA c,I'.', cot was precipitated Ca
NJ. 'pFln police officers to ouell AreAl
cd .,,i ''iSlahdinS this ruction. the voices
sal s'1'FIhs applicant was nor mem Der
nm ,is room last night He says?
.-p ~ % police HEADQUARTERS J,hior.I,. Il be
N "i'alited. policy il
Clock the long 6rst.Hoo- oor- has met
rom Washington 10 Ran1oI,,t thorities
g"S covered with men and bn,.e in case
H,e9 on the cold. damn go sured o
v,. ''eh We're half reclining on +b, ate trea
ba5 9ad the poor wretcbes an tbo glad to
aa..! o'aers standing over ami abo,,, Presiden
10 n1,,
, .'', cra!aped, drawn nm anS ~, NJ 1.-THE '
y'Hefs who shared tbaf. -; rem M b
berry, an
g night Mrs ~ II, he wi
VI to give Fd;to- VI. cougar altyi 70
95e,u of iioer,gi 9'g'u lesson IN ndrift e
la.oa OF / 400 ~ Gu ana proposed cut dow
sat l,l-o-, ~ s1nuWlcheS among Rooseyeit's