Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-28
DlSTRESSFUL TIMES
NAROotssPo THAT FOLLOWED
0GMOcRAcrs SUCCESS.
Lsssss ssss shssia Ne Held 10 Vivid
1sosobvsses 10 that Rspsststss
- ssAsssstst Dissssss Asy Ne
AvssssA.

Ths saaosarstioa of . Democratic
President in March. is;s5. marked the be-
ginning sf the msst ,,isiressfai rimss
ever knS~u is this country.
In tho preceding November the major
tsy OF the nstion's working people had
seen ht to trs the experiment OF better
ins their coalition through lnIrlst!ns Io'
itisai power To th. Democratic party In
both tho administrative and legislative
branches Of the government. la es-
change fos the e,siisirhc- and power thus
Eiv~n Il. the Democratic party gave.
~ithin six months. the working people
Of tho country the most frishtfii dose of
eea-n,i calamity Il had ever experienced.
Within i-ss than one year after the In
dnstrsai waekrrs hal ieridri. In Nos-tn'
Yer af lS;J... not To let well ~nou.h aioa~.
prosperity had s-t like th. sun. there
was \ vast army Of unemployed tn-n.
sni s;arsat and misery ErlsDsi Htnon<
tens Of thousands Of previously well Q"
d..
The sndd-nness and completeness. with
which this t-rrbi- change Ia 1853 was
wrought In the fortunes Of the American
people Furnished f~srfully bitter lesson.
Bas Il IL . i~ssoa that II j. better for
US Co hold In vivid remembrance ut this
sins~ rather than learn II all or-r uSaln
By taking ano,hrr desc OF Democracy.
A search through tho hl.s Of sitnas,
any leading newspaper 10 the rnii-si
Seates dnrinS the four wlnter. following:
che Democratic summers OF isri. 1891.
1876 and 1890 woniI show srsphIc ne
counts Of tho brarfrrn.llns and awful
~snt that followed tho closing of the
mills. tho wrcckins Of banks. ani the
destruction OF conisicnee by the p-mc'
cratic party.
Tcsstaosy from uWtea S.stsar.
The followin. resolution charging the
Democratic party with direct responsible.
ity foe eha fearful suffering Of lai-1r.
was adopted by the uaI.a Labor cinb
ef Chicago. and was prin,r-i In the news.
papers Drccmbcr 10. is;r5:
fpm the midst 1t the most rrosp~r-,.,
sra thst tho people oe the Uuii-i s'rf--
have -vcf known. We arr sa,l.irniy sub
ewn city i0OuSo nru and women nr- hat
tilus With .tarya,isn and cold. We arc not
alone In this: FROM rs.ry point af the rom.
Dasa In our fair land eotn-s tho wall 81
~or frus, frccxirr men aud starving women
snd rfakis~n. Never befot- In the hi.ier,
men. women and cniidrrn dependent on thu
COLI charities Of the world for subsistence:
never no many factories Idle: never 90 many
att-snptn to reduce wages. For these rsi-
anitirp their II cause to which We WERE
hitherto rnrrlr-s snd Indifferent. but which
s,s,s nov ns saisd nanana naIii,, ~ n,. .rp,.
~taich Geovcr Cleveland at its head pro-
pose. to establish regardless Of the suffer
Ing u may cnecndrr, Is now thoroughly
unirrstood by the working people. aud un-
less Nc. that arc most Interested Ia Its
prr-rryn:ian. awake oaTcls-. and SPEAK
to the utspo~t c0rcmity.
w. G. Pomcroy. vice president OF the
American Federation OF Labor. wei.
cDmcd the thirteenth annual convention
Go the Chicago City Hall (Dcccmbcr T..
1893 In the following language:
'ln the name OF the homeless wan
dcrcr. in this desert OF stone and steel.
TINT wnyfarcr whose woliish hunger
hounds him ever onward. whose siceplcss
eScs wildly seek shelter and siuinber.
whose black despair grows darker and
darker every hour. whose heart grows
faint for want OF food. whose sliivering.
sirunlscn form grows sick at the sight
OF his own shrunk,u shadow. whose soul
is dead. welcome you to the city. whose
motto is, Il will"
A Tcrrc Hautc. Ind. telegram OF De.
ccmbcr 1S to the Associated Press said:
AT meeting OF the Citizens Relief
Committee this afternoon. the subcommit.
tees appointed to make canvass OF the
unemployed in Tcrrc IIaute reported by
wards. showing nearly 1900 men out OF
work."
An Associated Press telegram from
Boston, December 10. said: "A circu-
Lar vns issued to-day to landlords by the
associations for the unemployed. assert
ing that 10000 workmcn. having as many
persons dependent upon them. are unable
- find employment, and asking that no
rcut DC required of such until they are
employed. Another appeal. addressed to
che citizens of Boston, asks them to see
that the city provides work A move
ment is on foot for n procession of the
unemployed ON the Common. and n meet
ing in Fancuil Hall next Tuesday"
Sleeping In the City Hail.
Chicago Inter Ocean, Dec. 10. 10O3.)
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
Inst night. bringing along many recruits
The night before. forty or more of the
dodgers thought to resale themselves with
sandwiches, but were set upon by their
less fortunate and famished comrades,
and dread riot was precipitated
which called forth police officers to quel
r. Notwithstanding this ruction. the
chilled aud starving applicant was not
refused lodging room last night. lie
came up to police headquarters obviously,
but was admitted
At 10 O'Clock the long first-floor cor
ridor from Washington t6 Randolph
street was covered with men and boys.
fast asleep ON the cold, damp pave
mont. Men were half reclining on the
stairways, and the poor wretches on the
floor 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 m!scr-
able bed.
Last night Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar
thought to give Editor Stead n lesson in
the problem of unemployed and proposed
distribution of 1000 sandwiches among
the night dodgers Mt police headquarters.