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the difficulty there is in indictipg the bank Off
cers-ln finding charges under which they can
! PC arrested You cannot bring a man back
from foreign country for any crime less than
here once more, and pay his respects to
| you, and we guarantee If be does come you
! will not make another run on him. Laughter
| The Grand Jury have had the matter before
j mnuicated them, anu everything has been done
| that could be done to secure an Indictment For
what crime they will find true bill cannot
say. II Tor any crime for which the men eau be
brought back, they will be brought back. lap
| piausc.J Men like these cannot getaway Some
! day VIC will have them. have noticed that i
| man who lied from his country, no matter how
lony be staid away,
HAS TO CONE BACK TO DIE.
lApplause:J ,H.s Wien an indictment is found t
take its conrse. But there are three Of them.
One, Mr.. Guild, suppose VIC can have ut any
| time. His friends arc willing to fetch him
baek Il ws e., VII guarantee y, a him projection.
tion!"I 4 guarantee Of protection don't amount
| to anything nor docs man'sg tu1nin States
| evidence We baye had expczicucc in this re-
spect- In the whisky cases, squcaling was no
GOOD, 1o1 When man is q confederate and un-
dcrtakes to get out OF scrapc BY telling vi his
partners IN crime, tho law requires that be-
must be corroborated By other Testimony, One
friend stated that MIR. Guild could t,c Of great
| service to US in pointing OUT where the iuquity
might be proven BY the books: and another
that hc made nothing out Of the transaction,
t!iat he was comparatively All INNOCENT man, -
was working for these parties, and il he hadn't
done as thcy told him they would have dis
charged him; that with him it was a matter Of
is the fountain ot n1nrc rascalitv than anythip.
else l know OF, lApplausc. Solne 1ncn re-
qulrc more bread and more butter than Others
IApplaus.: and lauEhtcr.l
10 acEcpt The idel that i man is 10 be re-
lieved 81 his crime because he has committed
it under the plea of lrcad-antl huttcr--why,
you might rs we'll open ali vour Peui,cntiarics
1T once The proposition is to inliict Air.
Guild, and when he is in Jail then ac will be
protected against any mot. tLaughtcr.J uc
when his trial comes OH, il be has 4 mind to
tell. that's another thing; it be has mind to
volunteer to explain these books, VIC tan tAke
the books over to h'm at the Jail an.i
is also doubtful about the precise position
Of the other ulau--tlc bruthcr-in-law
OF Mr.. Spencer. How much money he took we
don't know, hut NC have found his iout- prints,
or rather his ink and pcnsil, all through the
books, and lie is the uIan that perpctratcd tho
crimes on the hooks, il there have been any
crimes perpctratcd. Now, will state to Yol1
what I have told you before,
DO NOT SELL YOUR HOOKS.
There is no knowing what NAV come out OF it.
It may he that Il We catch Spencer he will be
willing to give mp something. as Tweed did In
New York. Laughter Therefore. say to
you, keep your books. It is the easiest thing in
the world for a man to lar out town lots ON pa-
per, and call them suburban residences and say
this with more safety because My fashion has
always run to lands. tell you. in all my ex-
pcricnce. the biggest rascals that ever dissTaced
this country have been these rcal-cstatc men.
r
or nothing; payable monthly, and whnn 9ou
think you have got your land. rour next ta1-st
Shows YOU that your land has got to be aban-
doncd Tor taxes, even il :he title is good
Now, there is another argument used to show
whY VIC should not go onwith this investigation.
We have been told that the populace was
so excited that there would he 4 nab
and riot. I told people that Chicago mobs
and riots were played out During the whole
of this excitement there never were such order
1y crowds assembled in the streets of Chicago
as nc have witnessed. At the last meeting
there was considerable disturbance, and /
thought it came from men sent here to make
trouble. After the meeting was over, several
Of their friends came TO me aud said they were
persons who had been
DRIVEN TO INSANITY Ut THEIR A1sFoRTuSEs.
When see 4 man who has bank-book in his
hand, particularly laboring n1an, I know there
is good citizen; and when see lady with
Ieposit-book in tier hand, I know there is going
to be good mother and good wife. Zap.
plausc.] When person il this country makes
up his mind that be will have something and
begins to accumulate, that moment he
bes 5aks5 the st sty step an not bnf on towaE owa
becoming a first-class citizen. When the loaf
ers aud political bummers undertake to get up
4 riot, you can call on any OF these savings de-
poStors to defend e tho cjty Lar APp'ase 9pa
won't put any more money in the banks; not u
id cent morc.''} Because there arc few ras-
Gals, don't damn the whole community. What
the poor men want here to-day is an honest sys- |
ten OF banking, and when Tou 6ay you want 1t,
you'll get it..
Another argument was used.
PUBLISHING THE NAMES OF THE DEBTORS
might injuye their credit. That argument is |
simply this: don't bring liscrcdit upon the COM +
rnunity; Don't let it be known that there is auv
dishonesty in Chicago; hush it up, OF you may |
disgrace the church to which the man belongs. |
Laughter. I say all this has been said for the |
purpose Of covering I'D this rascality, and for |
fear it would disgrace mems families. Now, in |
that owes that concern be owes you.
L. ! right RI '' not ''@Io only A0 to Sc sec the the
note but to inquire whether the man that made
10 giye my note. I gave it the other day to
found its way into This bank. The inquiry
would arise only when it became due and
1ldu't pay It.. EfeFy0ou} na6 given noLes+ 4 /
nan's credit is his character. All the way
through it seems as If We were stepping on |
somebody's toes. The rings are anxious to hare
his Committee subsIde- You will Sec from the
statement to be made that the bank has been
BANKRUPT TWO OR THREE TEARS.
It has been dead dog Tor couple Of years at
east. You want to know what breaks bank.
i you find bank that has been doing lesiti-
nate banking business you fino it has shaved
,vcrybodYs note that came alocg, without dis
iuetion Of classes, That is commercial
BUSINESS. That is what you expect
,ank to do. But if you see q bank
hat is running along d particular !
inc of business. making discounts to certain
lass, aud lending its money to leading poll
icians who control the political rings, you want
o know. aud you want others to know it.
Now, there is another foolish idea prevailing
n Chicago to q greater extent than anything
yer heard OF in my life. They think it is dis
race to be poor, a disgrace to be fnsoivcnt.
This great country has passed Bankrupt Law.
or the benefit Of the people. go that
yhcn they fail thcv can begin over
gain aud make another start. Whv this
ear Of being considered poor aud fnsolrent!
El.v the fear that your credit will be injured by
Cling these poor 1aborers that you owe the
'ank! Suppose tho frost zones and blights my
cld Of corn after have done all that was pos
lille towards cult;vating it to perfection, and
m insolycnt. Why, everybody says ] AM not
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