The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17
tRAINEY ARRAlGNS
 PROPHETS OF EVIL

kT1euocraffc delegation rom 141lnc1ss III Et1e House. has fired a broadside at the RepnbIican calamity howlers in the k7Eor,~. and put some facts up to them -u5s-fr,, no one has had the temer1ty to i.ft.,nt to answer. He charges them -wfxt an sefIort to create feeling or Rrusness depression throughout Ehe .nunr--v where none exists, purely for knol,tseal advantage Incidentally, he l1.a taken occasion to call attention to k-ou,e events which happened during EFf,r good old Republican times" of f1so7. when hundreds of banks were tcbIixed to issue script in lieu or rnunev. in violation of law, and when d mani with money In bank could mot l sravv 1t out upon his own cheek
 I'd his ringing speech the Illinois representatdve sa1d-
 ssrhs CongressionaI Record at the preaentx xxine bristles every day with | -rv,r,n frfnF9c prophecies of business dis ' .~~ter made by Republican members of ! tl,ie House, evidently willing and anx- ions to profit politically at the expense of the prosperity of this country ana these 11ttarances arc all wildly ap- plauded by Republican and Rrogress- ives alike on that side of the House. vwe are just recovering from the Re- pubican panic of 1907, and through r,7rt the land the evidence of revival fs abundant You gentlemen can not bring about period of business dis oster. no matter how hard you try.
 Lest we forget. let me tell the gem 4laroen on that side some of thu things that happened in 1s0ss after the bank nanfr Of 1906 for which we can < charge the Republican party with re- accessibility. There was nothing psy- cholegicaI aibout conditions in 1907 and 1908.
 -Tn Chicago on February H. 1908, fhe papers announced that the total humber of unemployed were estimated ny the Federation of Labor at 100,0O0, nnd about that date a warning was the City of Chicago
 aOn April 8, 1908, 700 Bulgarians in Chlcago appealed to the city and county authorities for aid for deporta- tion to their own country
 Tn Buffalo on the 2Oth of January \ 1908, 800 men besfeged the superf1l- terGen1 of the poor for food. Four men were taken to the hospital tIl1f- fsr1nE from starvation.
 'sIn Camden. N. D.. on the 10th of cation of 1.50O men for less than 400 isohs advertised by the Joseph Camp ben co.
 Tn Denver, on the 20th of March. 1soss rnore than 200 Bulgarians pst1- fIozsess .tIle government for elnpioy1ne erat
 
 Tn Detroit, on January 28s 1908, more than 1000 men marched to the city han to solicit work of the mayor
 I'm Granite City H., on Apr11 25. t1e0e, 5ol men kneIt before various churches pleading for work, and one man killed himself because he failed 10 obtean work
 Tn New fork school children num- boring 5000 mobbed the restaurant of -Ado1ph Lsorber to obtain the free meals offered by MT. LcraDer on February 1ss 1908.
 Tn New York. on March 1s. 1908. tths city government was urged. by the lCentra1 Federated Labor Union to let lcontrzcts for gubways to furnish work l1or 5oosooo unemployed; and on March l2s, 1908, there was a de1nonstration lin New York in favor of armed revolu- lfton made by ,oo0 unemployed. sing ing the MarseiIlaise and other fncit- ing songs as they marched through i1he streets A bomb was thrown at the police by an anarchist during this demonstration
 s<0n February 10, 1908, in Phfladel- fphza. a total of 50.0OO idle men were reported bT the labor. unions in the KenEington district; and on February l2o. 1908, in Philadelphia a riot follow Ted the march of 1000 forefenerg. chiefly women, to the city hall to de- Inand employment, three policemen were shot and 14 unemployed were ar lrested- Also at that time a. loan of $g, - f000s0 900, to provide funds for public work. was asked by the city for the unemployeds and a race riot followed lthe demonstration of unemployed de- Inand1ng work Italians were attackea by men of other nations.
 AOn January 2S. 1908. in San Fran scisco. there was a league formed of the unemployed. and they demanded an ltssue Of s7s.0o0.o0o in bonds to aid them
 -on Mar 20, 1908, in Toledo, 1,0oo Hungarians marched through the rain ito receive a Ioef6of rye bread each.
 sAf that tineSthe total unemployed was estimated at 1.20O,0OO, half that inumber being in the large cities. New York having 25D, 900 unemployed and Chicago 90. GOO.
 This is the record. but only part of it. I have only succeeded in calling attention to a small part of the evil dence in existence as to the effect of this great Republican panic of 1907 which still existed in 1908 and which has come with us down to the present time From it, under the wise euid- lance of the present Democratic admin l1stration, we are just recovering. It was brought about by long periods of legislative inactivity in this country inactivity here in this body You de- pended upon the obsolete legislation of iFearM agO with which to meet the pres. ent day problems presenting them selves for solution All these problems which you pushed forward indefinitely into the future, which you did not have either the executive or 1egisla- tive ability or courage to meet or to handle. came down to us. and we are solving them all. every one of them, as lthe time comes, shfrking no responsf- lbiIfty. placing the constructive legisla- itLon upon the staute books of this country, demanded by the business conditions of the present period.
 The amount of much-needed Iegfs- lafson we have placed upon the stat ute books has been equa1ed by no oth- er administration In this country in a century of time. Here on the Demo