The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-07-23
MOSES w. FIELD-PLEASE
STAND UP.

this State, OF what is called the poor
mans party, As YoU HAVE cHRI,TESED
1T, are you not?-the fathers power Is
unlimited in this regard, and he eau
call his children saints, or little angels
without wings, or any other pet name
his pleasure may dictate, no matter
how well the father himself is versed
in the black art. it pleases the children
to be thus cajoled by the oily tongue
Of an accomplished siren.
You CLAIM 10 be opposed 10 Shylocks.
believe, -Mosesl Do you understand
the meaning Of that term?
You CLAIM to be an enemy to what
you. term the moneyed oligarchy of
this country, and, that you are trying
To drag the poor man from beneath the
iron heel Of their despotism, do you not
Moses?
You CLAIM TO be the soldiers friend.
also, believe, and, like Peter the her
init, you are preaching a crusade
against those whom you claim 10 be
their enemies-are you not?
Your heart is laige-swelled out aud
puffed up with sympathy for those who
are compelled to pay ten per cent. per
aunum, aud you think that two aud
one-half per cent per annum is all that
hard toll can earn, / believe, now,
Mosesl did you ever contemplate how
ridiculous il looks TO see those twin
sisters. practice and precept, ,quarreling?
In fact. you were endorsed by the
State Convention of Nationals at Grand
Rapids, aud you said some funny
things there that pleased the poor man
and made him laugh,-did you not,
Moses?
Now it is oil right TO be poor mans
friend, aud, if really philanthropist,
Moses, / will gladly hold up both my
hands and bid you Godspeed in every
enterprise, private or political, that
has a tendency To better the poor man s
condition, for am a poor man myself,
and have even dared to presume that 1, +,
also, am poor mau's friend. Now
Noses, please draw conveniently near,
for poor man wishes TO examine you
you have a record, believe, have
you not2
What makes you tremble so, Moses?
only asked you if you had record
are you sick? Ii is merely matter of
form that we are compelled to go
through with in your case, PRESUME,
but in these latter days-days of polit-
ical corruption and chicanery, II be-
comes necessary to investigate the good
intentions of our public men, before
we implicitly rely upon their good
faith.
You have been TO Congress, / believe
served one term, aud somehow did
not return. after passing second term
claim on your party. then considerably
IN majority, for renomination--hOw
was that, Moses? You did not want 10
90; you would not accept an Office with
in the CITY OF the people, hsyl That is
the kind of men we want, MOsesl We
want men that we are obliged TO halter
before we can impress upon their minds
the fact th 1t the dear people want their
services. SO far, you undoubtedly
meet the unqualified approval Of poor
/ men.
Now let me examine Your paw TO see
il there's any ugly mails hid beneath its
velvety softness-do not shrink, Moses,
/ for this is merely matter OF form IN
your case, you know, for haven't you
| told the poor men of this State that
you loved them, and haven't they be-
iieved you? / also beg the privilege oi
examining your hide, Moses!-do not
turn pale, will not hurt youl 1t is q
mere matter of form. Or COURSE, THOSE
FLEEcY FOLDS, so AMPLE AND EMBLE
NAUTICAL, ARE REALLY YOURS. What Is
this which / have discovered in YouI
velvety paw--it is not a nail, Is ~
Really il is-reeking with blood-th,
blood Of poor man, tool Who could
imagine that q nail Of such hideou:
proportions could inhabit such velvety
softness. The nail is a mortgage re-
corded in hber l38 Of mortgages OF
sage Goa in the Office OF the Register oi
Deeds OF the County of Wayne. The
blood is the blood OF Frederick II
Holmes, How do you explain this
Moses! You don't want TO explain-ii
explains itself, hey Well, / should
think il did. Let me see,-it Is of re
cent date, May q, A. ID. 1878, and ae
knowledged and recorded on the 22d
just fifteen days before you made you
pretty little speech before the poo
mans convention, so called, at Crane
Rapids, in which you said: 1.-The
work is going right along until the mer
who do all the work can earn respect
able living as a rewards of their toll.
Our party is organized especially &
stimulate labor. BY looking around u
we see the annual increase of wealth o.
the country over the cost OF production
TO be only two and one-half per cent
THIS II LIMITED CLASS, HOWEVER
WHICH CLAIM THE PRIVILEGE or so MAN
IPuLATING LEGISLATION As To DOMINANT
MORE THAN TIN PER CENT on MONEY. WI
HAVE MADE UP oUR MINDS To MAKE TIL
RATE OF INTEREST No HIGHER THAN LA
BoR CAN RARS BY HARD TOLL. We hay'
made up our minds that moneyeC
Oligarchy shall not rule this country.
We have, heyP Now let me examine
this nail a little farther and see II we
that is, Moses w. Field, the father an,
organizer of the Nationals OF this State
speaks from his heart, or whether thos'
sentiments are only lip deep.
The mortgage was given 10 secur
Sl00-part of the purchase money 10
slot number forty-nine (i9), OF tina
part OF private claim six hundred ant
seventy-eight, lying between Jeffersol
avenue extended and the Mack road
so-called, in Hamtramck, Wayne Conn
ty, Michigan, as subdivided by the sai'
Moses w. Field, according to the pla
thereof, recorded in the Office OF tn
Register OF Deeds for the County o
Wayne, in liber one OF plats, at pag
3l6 Said mortgage provided that th
said Frederick III. Holmes (poor man
should pay to the Hon. Moses w. Fiel,
(rich man and Shylock) ten per cen
per annum, payable half yearly. Now
Moses, was You obliged to take NOR
than two and one-half per cent fror
the poor man, WHEN THE WORK Is GoTS
RIGHT ALONG so NICELY, and, when W
see the annual increase of the wealt
Of the country over the cost OF produC
, tion TO be only two and one-half pc
cent, and, when We have made up on
minds 10 make the rate OF interest n
higher than labor can earn by har
: toilp And then again, Moses. Oh
mortgage provides that Frederick II
Homes (poor mani shall pay TO Nose
w. Field (rich man and Shylock) on
bupdred dollars as an attorney fe,
J should any proceedings be taken |
forclose the one hundred dollar mortf
, age-a fee so excessive on so small a
amount is never exacted by Shylock
even, without their cheek IL made (
e triple-plated brass. And then, agaiI
!, Moses, your mortgage does not gi,
a the poor man an inch Of string @
which 20 play, in the hot water
which you have placed him, for you d
Q uot give him a single day OF grace
) your iron-clad aud brass-bound mort