Show THE PEOPLE ARE TO BLAME let them demand a to th law that good ware when masses of men become fled with their condition because of enforced idleness or of hopeless poverty they are to ascribe their bunea and sufferings Buffe rings to the government in representative a government like a majority of the representatives chosen by the people every two years are very apt to take to themselves the changing of existing laws or the enact ing of new laws whereby industrial indue trial interests aro unsettled conr of voters had every opportunity in 1893 at the polls to declare who they would trust in the making of the laws in tho fifty third congress tho democrats had openly declared for the repeal of all protective laws all restraints upon national banks and the purchasing clause of the sharman law by which american silver was to bo used on these questions the republicans declared in favor of the continuation at high protective tariff duties of the continuation of election laws which guaranteed to each citizen the right to vote honestly and have that vote honestly counted a currency whether of gold liver or paper and the continuation of that system of national finance which assured the parity of our exchanges it would bo impossible to say who of the several classes of our people were most represented in making up the democratic majority by which the power of carrying out their declared principles was accomplished apparently the labor elements of the country were definitely with the election of mr cleveland many of whom had formerly acted with the republicans therefore the labor people as a class have least of all reason to complain at the present time of the condition which finds labor everywhere unemployed our government is fundamentally right as representative government the people have the power to prevent further industrial depression at this time if they were so disposed if the unemployed with those who are now engaged at greatly reduced were to stand up with one accord and demand that the changing of the law that good wages and steady employment should creaso congress con grees could not help but hear and obey the demand of so formidable a claim commonweal armies train wrecking lockouts and other forms of apparent redress are useless the home loving people of this country re in a large majority they stand or good government tor the enforcement of the laws for individual freedom demanding restraint only of thai which is vicious and threatening if the working people are not satisfied that tariff tinkering baa brought them to the awful condition in which they are found today let us all together wait patiently further developments develop mente but forever let us frown down that idea which would eay destroy the government 1 |