Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-10-30
A CALAM|TOUS RECORD
Something For You to Ponder Over
During the Next Few Days.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Don't Give Up An Assured Fact for
an Uncertain PrOpOsitiOn-DOn't
Gamble With Prosperity.

| Mr.. Voter, when you go into the
polls next Tuesday take this item
with you and think a bit about it.
These are news dispatches from the
files ofsythe papers of 1895, the
period of the last democratic admin
istration in the United States. 1t is
the sickening story of the struggles
of the unemployed, of failures. vio-
lence, starvation, the growth of an
archy and finally of deep seated rev.
olution against the political condi-
tions which brought about this ad-
versity. The record would fill a
book. Here are but few, just to
remind you.
July IS. 1S93-Denver, Colo, four
banks close their doors; runs on
others.
July 22.-Two bank failures in Min
neapolis, and on the 27th ten more
northwestern banks suspended.
February, 1S94.-All mines in Mas
sillon, o., district closed; $4,000
miners out of work.
February 20.-Unemployed rioters in
Boston dubbed by police.
March 13-Striking and unemployed
Paterson silk weavers riot.
March 20.-In Boston 10000 unem-
ployed workingmen march to the
state house and demand employ
ment.
March 24.-Coxey's army organized
for the purpose of marching on
Washington and demanding relief
of Congress.
April 20.-In Omaha mob tries to
deport Kelly's Industrial army by
seizing train of box cars, but the
army refuses to go.
April 21.-About 10000 miners
stop work in Pennsylvania.
May 30.-In Pennsylvania the gov
ernor issues warning to rioters
and goes to the coke regions to
use his personal influence toward
allaying the disturbances.
June 17.-Striking miners in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
return to work at reduced wages.
June .1S.--General Cantwell's indus
triGl army captures Erain or prss
! visions In Wisconsin and rides 200
miles. Industrial army riots re-
ported in fourteen states and two
territories.
July 5.-Great destruction of prop
erty by rioters at Chicago. Reg
ular and state troops ordered out.
July 10.-Debs and other labor lead
ers arrested at Chicago.
Sent. -15.-Lockout of $4,000 mill
operators at Fall River
ser.. 2Q.-General strike Of garment
workers in Boston.
October-In New York in the win
ters of 1894 and 1895 free soup
places were started by philan-
thropic men and women, public
relief institutions were oyercrowd-
ed with applicants, the police rec
ord in New York and Brooklyn
showed a frightful increase in the
number of suicides because of busi-
ness failures.
Oct Eight thousand cloakmak-
ers in New York strike for more
pay and shorter hours.
Oct 10.-Five thousand longshore-
men and stevedores in New York
without work on account of coast
wise steamers having no cargoes.
Oct. 11.-General Kelly at Oakland,
CAL. organizes new industrial
army of the unemployed.
In January, 1896, the Cleveland adj
ministration sold more bonds to
replenish the constantly failing
Treasury reserve. making an in
crease in the national debt from
sales of about $262, 100000.
AS a result of this record of adyer-
sity there was an Overwhelming
triumph of the republicans in the
fall elections of 1894, and this
triumph was repeated in 1896 by
the election of Mckinley and in
1900 by his reelection.
Remember that if. you vote for
Roosevelt you are taking just that
much away from Republican pros
perity and helping just that much TO
elect Wilson. Better think about
your pocket book instead of these
political transformers. Better take
a look at yourself. Are you prosper
Gus or not? Were you prosperous
under the last democratic admins
tration? Do you dare to risk a
change? Hadn't you better be sure
about it and vote the Republican
ticket straight? You can make no
doing this. Don't gamble
on prosperity.