Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-05-14
.CUSHMANTHECLOWN
GIVES ANOTHER PERFORMANCE IN
HOUSE OF Congress.
The Tacoma COngre eSSman AmuSeS
the House With a Speech CaICu.
lated for Circulation Among the
More Ignorant of His Constituents,
on "CIeveland Hard Times"

Congressman Cushman obtained the
floor OF the house April 2S, to reply to
tile democratic leader, John Sharp Viii.
liams. and delivered one of his charac.
teristic speeches. The talk was OF con.
siderable length, but as usual, little was
said. He amused the republican side OF
the house by a few old stories, and con.
cuded with tnat old familiar claim OF
the nation being indebted to the republi.
can party for its prosperity.
The speech will doubtless be circulated
profusely over this state between this
and the fall elections, and before parti-
san feeling becomes too strong it is we'll
to consider the claims made by the
amusing gentleman from Washington.
Consider the following extract from his
closing peroratlon: "When l say that
the welfare of this nation and the pros
perity of its people are best served and
promoted by the protec i've tariff policy,
don't ask any man to take my word for
it. Ipoint to the history of this nation
and the varying experiences of its peo.
ple."
Perhaps the best way to consider the
OFT repeated assert ton that republicanism
spells prosperity through it's trust breed.
ing high tariff for protectiou-of trusts
only, will be in the light OF history, and
the attention of MIR. Cushman is directed
to the fact that the panic OF 1878, under
republican rule and after twelve years of
high tariff taxation, was the most dis.
astrous and the period of business de-
preston for five years thereafter was
the most severe OF any in our history. 1t
was officially estimated that 100000
workingmen were out of employment.
Bankruptcy was widespread. A tidal
wave OF ruin and distress swept over the
country.
From 1881 to 1886, under two republi.
can tariffs, there were labor strikes in.
: volving 22,3O4 establishments and ,323,.
2O3 workmen. OF these strikes 0,499
were for an increase OF wages and 1914
against reductions of wages.
Mr.. Reeds party tinkered the tariff in
1885, In that year there were 9,1S4
business failures, involving $l72, ,S74, 900.
In 1884 there were l0,96S failures, involv.
ing $226. .343 900. In the next year, still
under the republican tariff and currency
laws, there was general business de.
preston. More than 900, 900 men were
out of employment.
In 1890 the Mckinley bill was passed,
and there were 1868 failures in that
year, and 1884 the next, with liabilities
in each year amounting to nearly 5000.
100000. The tariff was raised to nearly
so per cent, but wages either stood still
or declined, while the prices of neces-,
carries advanced. The protected manu-.
facturers kept all their "bonus" as usual.
Tramps and trusts, the twin products
of monopolists' tariff, were practically
unknown in this country until we had
endured uninterrupted republican rule
for dozen years.
The worst labor troubles, the bloodiest
riots, the most destructive strikes, the
most brutal lockouts ever known in any
country have occurred here under the
high tariffs, bought, made and paid for
by the contributors of the republican
campaign funds.
1t will be admitted, we think, that the
American citizen must have very active
"forgettery" in order to be thoroughly
impressed with the proud claims made
by the AVERAGE rem hlican oratnr