The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-13


htical parties can possibly AFFECT It,"
They believed 1t. The Democratic par
ty-hungry for power-hungry for Of
fice--poured that doctrine into the ears
or the young voters, and they believed
VI, and they voted the Democratic party
N power. And scarcely had the ballot
box been closed and the results an
nounced until the result of that election
in 1892 began to be felt from one enc
OF this country to the other The purse
strings were drawn tight; money sought
refuge in the dark vaults; men hest
tated to enter into business affairs, to
widen the scope OF their business, but
rather gathered it in, into the limits OF
safety, where they could protect 1t. And
the first thing we knew, by the time
that Mr.. Cleveland had been inaugurated,
on the 4th of March, 1898, full food
Of panic was on the country; consterna-
ton in business circles; hesitation
among progressive men to advance in
the field OF business was the order OF
the hour. Many of you remember that.
And only few months rolled by when
silent, and labor stepped out into the
field of open necessity, in wonderment
that such a transformation could come
about in so few months, wondering that
it could be possible that they had been
in-advised in voting this condition upon
themselves. But the harm was done.
Coxey's Army.
In August, congress, pursuant to the
acclaimed policy OF the Democratic par
ty, met in extraordinary session. in
1894, and they sat until they had en-
acted the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill,
which was devoid of that element OF
protection which has stood as the bull
wark between the American laborer, the
American man OF MISREPRESENTATION
which stood as the bulwark between
those men and their contesting rivals
beyond the borders of this country
Young men and women, if you could
have seen the picture of distress, OF
poverty, the tragedy of that hour, you
would not need ever to be spoken to
again upon this question in order that
your hands should be guided Alright in
marking your ballot Could you have
seen upon this railroad, passing through
your city cars loaded on top, inside, and
on the brakebeams, with honest inten-
toned, stalwart, strong men, out of en-
ployment following this ignaus fatuus,
free silver, following this party of free
trade to the capital at Washington, in
hopes that their presence there might
bring relief; if you could have seen those
men, who had led lives OF industry and
toll, had supported their families and
lived in comfort until this dark hour
came upon them; could you have seen
them and heard their expressions of des-
peration, and seen the look of hcnger
and disappointment upon their faces
your hearts would have bled for them,
as did ours
That was in 1894 when these armies
We're moVing-in 1894. Well, in 1894
we had a great political campaign in
this and other states throughout the ma
ton, and we undertook to call the at
tention of the people to these conditions,
and to tell them what brought them
about and they would have none of it
in Idaho. They still cried for the old
free silver and free trade. No, they
said, 1t could not be possible that
change of political parties could have
brought this distress upon them. So
they went along here in Idaho.
idaho wrong.
In 1896 the same conditions existed.
JUo no fln.. hot
come back to the old principles and the
old conditions, and they would have the
old prosperity and the old happiness
in 1896, in this state of Idaho. But
they would not in this state. But thank
God, throughout the nation they did
come back, and they brought back the
old conditions and they got the old re-
suits, and you were compelled to be
prosperous and happy, against your own
protests.
Now, give you this much OF the mis-
tory of this question because the prin-
ciples of the Republican party at that
day and today were and are the same;
and while we are today in the midst of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS such as this
country has never known--individual
municipal, state and national-we are
the wonder of the world. our prosperity
and greatness. And they are propos-
ing again to return you to the conditions
under which this poverty and devasta-
ton existed. And are you going to lis
ten to them? No. you are not. But
want to see such an announcement, by
such n majority in the state of Idaho
as will place this state among those that
are distinguished for the wisdom of their
people and the patriotism of their citi-
zenship-that is where 1 want to see
Idaho, when the polls close in Novem-
Der (Applause).
am not afraid of the result of the
election, but am speaking for the in
creased honor of the state. 1 do not
want 1t to be said that We are a set of
cranks out here in the wilderness of the