The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-06-25
ess conditions Immediately I'M

business conditions Immediately I'M I
proved.
Having been rid of democratic con-
troll for IS years, the people were
coaxed In 1912, into poking their head
into the democratic moose again. They
did this upon the specific agreement
that they were to have easy money,
business prosperity and an immediate
reduction in the high cost Of living.
Did they get 1t? Ask Milton A. Miller.
But we had panic In 1907. the re-
sponsibilty for which has been charged
both to Wall street and to Teddy
Roosevelt 1t has been called "the rich
mans panic" 1t was acute but very
| short lived. As this was purely Bull
Moose" panic, Brother Miller Is respect
| fully referred for particulars In regard
to it to DR.. H. w. Coe and Thomas b.
| Neuhausen. There was also panic In
1873. And whose was it? No political
organization in the whole history of
mankind ever came into power handi-
capped by such burden as was i'm
posed upon the republican party In
1861 Those were the darkest days In
the history OF the republic. II Is true
that there were hundreds Of thousands
Of loyal democrats who came to the
aid Of Lincoln and were true to the
Union Most OF them were later found
In the republican ranks. We are not
discussing motives or the right AMI
wrong of that great contest. We are
simply looking for the fellow who
started that panic. The democrat
ic leaders of the south. who precipi-
tated the rebellion. were the backbone
of the democratic party organization,
and 1t is only necessary to read the
| editorials OF the Northern Democratic
press and the debates in congress and
the state and national democratic plat
} form to realize how bitterly hard
the democratic party, north and south
{ made the task for Lincoln. 1t pro-
longed the war. 1t increased the loss
5 of life and limb. 1t enormously aug
] mented the burden of the nationa
: debt. A united north would have mean
S an enormous saving of life an'
s treasure The republican party wa
= made responsible for the conduct o
: the war No party ever faced n harde
s task and no party ever acquitted II
y self with greater credit 1t raised al
: army of more than 1000, 900 men; 500,
e 600 of the flower of the country CAV
: their lives for the Union. Hundreds Q
y thousands came home crippled
= health and body. national debt G
It nearly three billions was incurred. an
y nine billions OF dollars in property wa
destroyed. Industry was demoralize'
Z conditions demanded tremendous eS
pansion of our currency, and speculs
" tiou became a national mania. Revu
!, sion was inevitable. The process
m complete readjustment could on
- come through the travail of a natior
era. AT .t.t ms
y not responsible for the conditions OF
mr. of which IL arose. Whose panic was i
,d ignoring the disturbances that o.
al CURED before the republican party WI
nc born, the record for the last 81 yea
10 shows three democratic panics, ol
to each under Buchanan, Cleveland al
,w Wilson, and covering every minute
no their seven years of complete contr
or 1t shows two republican panics $
cd called, in their 30 years of control
,ts wit: the democratic panic of 1873 a.
d. the Bull Moose panic of 1907,
NO In the face of their past record, a
,s. of present conditions, the democra
IN brethren are in a state of perturbatit
,ra In continuous succession they are r
q ing up to protest and to explain. T
IN president assures us the depression
TO- purely psychological To Secreta
Redfield the suggestion of the ext
ence of any depression is "humorou
40 One very sarcastic brother, who
~ ~os' money In bank and an "unimpaii
. salary calls 1t a "jawbone PAM
t while another refers to it as an -
'"' ession'' and an exhibition of "abysr
stupidity All Of these "argumen
VI" help some--but not much We
given to understand that IN a crisis
"oe this real craftsmanship consists in
% ception. Lie to the people. Tell tn
~" there is no depression. Denounce &
'oi discussion of the cause and the p
w" sible remedy as petty politics
''en "mossback statecraft," and any n
cd who suggests that the real crimi
W Is the democratic party as IAN alai
eal ist," "cheap politician and IAN
~. sassinator of business and whate
else you do. do not fail to call hin
s"e 'standpatter." There Is lack
mas light, and a great surplus of langus
'he in the democratic defense.
al CHAS. b. MOORE