The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-04

invention equal 20 giving mo eight or ten
hours lay Of lie aud oi usefulness ey
the genius and by the labor Of man. All
is not that labor an honorable thingi
| lGrcat cheering IL not labor thing
which every right hearted aud right
thinking man In all the land ought TO
| reverence and rcHpccR Great cheering.
say II is more. lApplauscl | say 10
You, Therefore, my icllow-citzcns, that
while tho capitalist should have his rca.
sonablc interest, while the employer ihould
have his reasonable profit, the laboring
man ~ entitled to his rcasonblc hire, and
II lac docs not receive Il lac IN u wtOngcd
aud dcinudcd man. Prolonged
applause. A voice, "lininc wanted all 10
10 Ia the manufacturer There are some
people who do, hut they are people who
have very crooked Understandings. ltircat
cheering Now, my friends, our oppo'
ncns are preaching to YOU that the way
ior you tO get good wages Is to have high
protective tarll, that the way 10 give YOU
good wages IN 90 tax you on everything
YOU earn, for that " what IL comes 10.
Nlorc applause | do not believe that, |
am no friend Of violent means; | never
have been lcontinucd chccnngl but ! tell
you la sober. serious truth, ~ q man who
has something at stake In this world, NJ
lcas, In a wife aud her children and their
children. tell you that
TnE L,noRiSo MANS ORGANIZATIONS
when properly conducted, whenever
rightly managed, have done more b. secure
good wages 10 the laboring men than all
the tariff laws that have ever been or ever
will be- passed. Long continued applause. ]
Your way, then, 10 got good wages h not
by getting down ON your knees 90 Con.
grcs and praying for high tafill; your
way 10 get good wages is 10 maintain your
manhood enthusiastic chccringl that u
the way 10 do It, When people can make
combinations, can form trusts, tllat word
which has become ~ 0iiuus, other people
can do that, | would like 20 know
Why the men who produce all the
wealth In this world cannot or.
gnnizc for their own protCciion2
LGrrat applause lot somebody tell me
why not More cheering But another
thing our opponents tell ~, for ! never
have seen IN a long life so much audncity
NJ they exhibit this year. lGfcat laughter
and applauso,l They say that the Demo.
cratic party Is the enemy Of the labprng
men. [Applnuso, anl n voice, "thoy are
OFF, Just think Of that ior moment.
Why, my friends, you can't got together
loo Democratic voters within the limits
oi the United States, without finding that
at least 100 oi the 1000
Am LABomS0 Mrv.
And Il always has been 10 and always will
be 10. tGpat cheering For the very
foundation Of the Democratic party Is
found In the Declaration Of Independence,
written by the hand Oi the father Of the
Democratic party, Thomas Jefferson, "that
all men are created equal, and II u be-
cause YOU arc created equal, because YOU
have an equal right with all other men 10
the good things Of this earth, that you
won't allow yourselves 10 be troddcn
down. aud Therefore YOU nru good Demo-
Gratis lGrcat cheering Now my friends,
| would like 30 say something m0foig you,
bat there are, as ! said, half dozen
speakers 20 follow me. A voice. "Tcll US
something about the West letter.
Judge Thurman would speak about
that, but am going 10 leave that subject
10 some Of my other friends here. All ]
can say about the West letter ia that u |
had boy aud lac was such fool ~ 10 bo
ontfappcd ~ West was by such letter as
was sent him, would drown him. Re.
newed laughter and continued applause;
cries Of "Go ahoad."l Whether Mr. Wcal
IL knaye or fool do not know, but this |
do know, that he n one or the other too
much 10 represent the British govern.
mcnt al the city VI Washington, and