The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-29
Senator F. M. Simmons
Speech.
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labor against foreign cheap labor.
what has Republican this
won't through Gompers the
Republican National Convention with their demands That
ton turned and Mr. Gompers though Republican
bundled up the
democratic Committee Of com
miee great of against
the complained bitterly Of the which had
treated by the Republican He stated that had
not only rejected but had inserted plank
which labor He
committee unanimous both of the committee the
convention practically
the platform year organized
labor generally going OVERWHELMINGLY for
Mr. blame the Republican party refusing
adopt anjuncton demand
father of inunctions this demand
labor candidate upon platform upon
did fit and which did fit him.
Republican legislation heped not
helped the farm aborer it has helped the railroad
helped the saared the increased
their enormously increasing living
this legislation Ideny
and assert that but for the handicap placed upon foreign trade
Republican tariff legislation twice
factories
have and Southern and New England cotton mills would be
supplying world goods Europe
would three jobs for the factory aborer the South where there
instead getting fifty each bale
hundred dollars
industry
to-day depressed the trade and this depes
largely the handicap of Republican laws foreign
trade why Englands foreign
goods is increasing every day. ours does not larger but
smaller.
PANIC.
Republican platform charges
and throwing employees of work.
responsible those conditions foyfve
other States! the Democratic party in North Carolina response
cutting Carolina
responsible Pennsylvania
schuse and other State the Union? If the Democratic
employment responsible
millions
the Atlantic the Pacihe North Carolina
State lines the everywhere
the dinner pail is empty the panic everywhere
ideness result
legislation legislation national
this time is Republican legislation.
Republican put silly
party State
intelligence labong
while white aboring not always
learning but inte
gent questions affecting his interests and
public welfare.
We have had four panics the They began
when Republican President was in the White House and under
Republican protective system
the White
and under protective tariff law The panic of 1seO9s came while
the Mckinley tariff law
eighteen months before Cleveland elected
years tarin bill
campaign candidates the presi
dency Harrison Cleveland
this that Mr. Weaver
this heard them ALL His battle
the batcry Of his party that hard times and
prices" these "hard times" and Glow
prices upon Cleveland Cleveland like himself
candidate it then generally
election He charged the exist
conditions Mr. Cleveland the Democratic
party for they not in power and had not been Tor four years
Republican legislation The panic of
period CveIands election but Cleveland
the panic mention this fact with refer
Popus furnishes conclusive evidence
responsibility 1S9093 We have another
panic upon our hands, ala which
thrown millions out of employ
pauperized Whose panic is this one? 1t
not ours There is dispute Republican
that party most responsible as to
the raconares had most to do with
bringing reactonares the reforme brought
with the reformers the reaconares brought 1T
pressing their reforms The
predatory rich Roosevelt did It with his war on capital ana
Roosevelt predatory did it to dscred his admnsra
people their to
explorations Roosevelt the predatory rich
responsible Republican panic Roosevelt brought
got his Republican party the preda
tory they their authority to prey upon the people
from the Republican party. s.sa
panics had the not only came while
Republicans were power they result of Repub
can legislation Forty the Republican party embarked
policy of legislation nrustng to the private citizen
which only exercised by It farmed
Important functions OF the power
money power In consequence Of this grant
Of power the control not only Of the money
people, OF the market OF the country They