La Junta tribune., 1904-10-29
DlsTREssFUL TINES
ssARoOMleO THAT FOLLOWED
oGasocaAcv's SUCCESS.


Asoa0a~saes - sAss . Rspstitisa
- 1sA.sssssi Dsa.ssss Hay -
AvssssA
M 1aAegsfatiea Of . Democratic
frsiAsne n AarcA. 1893. marked the be-
0inAiag - IL most Sistressfui times
ever kasvs n this eouneay.
In The preceding November SAe major
ny Of The nations working peoEle had
seen Il b try the experiment Of better
ing their coaditioa through intruxting po-
Gticai power 10 the Deu,ocratic party in
both the administrative and legislative
branches Of the government. In ex-
change fer the confidence and power thus
given 4. the Democratic party gave.
within six usontlis, the working people
Of the country the most frghtful dose of
general calamity Il had ever experienced.
Within len than one year after the in
dustIia1 workers had decided, in Novem-
bee OF 1692, A0t to let well enough alone.
prosperity bad Get like the sun. there
vas q vast amy Of unemployed men.
and starvation and misery reiEned among
tens Of thousands Of previously well To
DO.
The suddenDeas and completeness with
which this terrible change IN 1898 was
wrouxhG IN the fortunes OF the American
people Furnished fearfully bitter lesson.
But 4 b . lesson that il h better for
- = An1 u vivid remembrance at this
e1ms rather ehan learn it all over again
- taklsS aasther doss of Democracy.
A search throash the files of almost
aay 1saAins newspaper In the United
Qaatas Anriag the four winters following
- Damoefseic summers OF 1888. 1894.
1874 aAA 1895 would show graphic ne
osaats q ~ heartrenskng and awfni
vaAk Tat foiiswed the closing Of the
@1lla, - wrecking Of banks. and the
deskroetiea ee confidence By the Demo-
efstie party.
Tessioeay fron uatoa Labor.
TAo following resolution charging the
De0eceade parey with direct responsible
~ fer - fearful suffering Of labor.
was adsDtsd BY tbs Union Labor Club
ef Chicaos, ed was printed In the news
Sepers Dessmber 10. 1893:
Irse H. midst Of the. most prosperous
sa thse ~ people oe the United States
.sss.s : sSe depths q d.spsir. In our
eW1 ~ 0AooO men ead women are hat
slsas 80 :s.r.ssio. and csd a, We r are a,D mot
Dasa b eur fair land comes the wall Of
vss f... fsesssss men and starving women
6sa, Vs1so asd csildreu dependent on the
ssIA eAaslties q the world for subsistenee;
Asvss - 0aay factories Idle: never 30 many
atteapts 10 sedsce waxes. Foe these cal
smitiGs tAsse h . cause 70 which We wcrr
vs scv sScssaseiy undersssnd and spprc.
eists: fAs suic!dsf policy. Of free TRADE.
.sss. o.ss:s c'e,sssSs e y; M he head Rs9
sssssssss1 b he voikia. people. and un.
SreservS:ssa, awake ourselves and speak
70 sss st.sst estrenlfy.
w. @. PsmsEoy. vics president Of the
Ameriean Federation OF Labor. well
coussA Tie thirteenth annual convention
60 ths CAicaso City Hall December Il.
1903 in ~ following language:
In H. aans Of che homeless wan
derer. b tAis desert Of stone and steel.
ehat waylaree whose wolish hunger
hounds ti0 ever onward. whose sleepless
syss wildly seek shelter and siumber.
whoee elaek despair grows darker and
darker every hour, whose heart grows
faint esg wast Of food, whose sirivering.
shrunkan fern grows sick at the sight
e his ews shrunken shadow, whose soul
= dad. welcome you to the city. whose
MOTTO h, Y will"
A Tsrrs Haute. Ind. telegram of De
eember Ii to the Associated Press said:
AT . meeting of the Citizens Relief
ComRtkse this afternoon, the subcommit-
tses appointed to make q canvass Of the
sneapIsyed In Tere Haute reported by
vsrd:. showing nearly 1.50o men out of
WORK.
Al AssseIaeed Press telegram from
Dostsa, Dscsobef Ii. said: "a oircu-
laf was Sssued to-day to landlords BY the
aasseiatjons fse the unemployed. assert
~ that 5000 workmen, having as many
SsrsUns 6spendent upon them. are unable
- es1 eDploymeot, and asking that NO
ssat - esaaiFed of such until they are
employed. Another appeal. addressed 20
ehe eieissas e Boston, asks them to see
eAse tbs eity -eesvides work. A move-
osst h - fsoe for . procession Of the
gopSsyeA - ths Common. and Q meet
hg II Fasesil Hall next Tuesday"
sssspsax - tie CITY AsiL
(CAscass Lister Ocean. Dec. Il. 100o)
TAat esntinesat Of '-ths army Of the
onempisyed" which has found shelter for
. few nighfs h the corridors Of the City
Hall Fetarned - IT. old quarters again
Inst sixht. bringing along many recruits.
TAe light before. forty or more Of the
lsdeess thought 20 resaIe themselves with
eandwicAes, bst were set upoa By their
ls fortunate and famished eomrades.
aaA sbresA riot" was prsdpitated
Sek<A called fseth police ofncers to quell
y Notwithstanding this ruction, the
eAilIs1 - starving applicant vas nos
safass6 IsdgiaG roo0 last right He
eaD - - polies headquarters dubieasly.
- Wao aAuaeea
~ - o'elsek IL loas Arst floor cor
ss6se fBSo WsshIAstsa q Randolph
sers9 vas csssrsd VIII Dsa asd boys.
lnse aslsep - shs esld. danV pave
0ssG Msa wsfs hak rselzniag - the
0taieways. and - posi- wfseeAss - the
0sse haA stAe0 standins ovsF Cd about
sneD. essssss sf - peses spse which