The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-26

men i'm this country In 1893.
It Is not agreeable to contemplate
the fact that in many portions of this
country to-day labor and capital are
In two hostile camps. 1t is not agree
able to think that ON that great ave-
hue of communication, the New York
Central railroad, on account of dis
agreement between the officers and the
employees, the convenience of half the
continent was interfered with and
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of property destroyed. 1t is
not agreeable to reflect as we read the
accounts In the papers of the condition
existing in New York and elsewhere
where tender women and helpless
children are compelled to take most
revolving choice of alternatives that
can be rendered human being to es-
cape suicide and beggary.
sHYLoCKs AND BRIGANDs.
The Democratic party is attempting
to convince the dangerous and discon-
tented element in this country that
these conditions are due to Republican
legislation. 1 deny it. On the con-
trary 1 affirm that these great fortunes
to which I have alluded, were
none of them secured by deal
ing i'm manufactured articles, upon
which protection duty is laid by the
statutes of the United States. APP
plause]. They have been acquired by
men OF all parties and Of no party.
[Applausel. The predestined brigands
of finance knowing no politics and no
principles but the spoliation of the
human race [applausel, and the same
condition exists, not only i'm this coun-
try, but i'm all civilized countries upon
which the sun shines. The same
clanor and tumult, the same feeling of
unrest, the same feeling of agitation is
stirring the great masses of the people
allover the surface of this planet; and in
my opinion, we are upon the verge and
brink of a great social and economic
revolution with which the Republican
party alone can successfully deal.
1t has dealt with the system of Afri-
can slavery. 1t has dealt with the
pernicious system of servitude arising
under doctrines of free trade, and al
ready in the Congress that is now
about closing we have enacted meas
ures for the purpose of dealing with
the tyranny and despotism of concen-
trated and combined capital. War is
declared. The die is cast, and there
can be but one result. Rich as we are,
fellow citizens, if the entire amount
were divided up every man, woman and
child in this country would have but
5000, and have this to say, that II
the Democratic theory is right that
every man is entitled to an equal
share of the entire assets of the coun-
try, somebody has a portion of mine
tonight. CApplause]. And if any,
body can point out to me any statute,
any writ, any process at law by which
can overtake and detect the guilty
party and COMPEL him to disgorge it,
he shall have my cordial and hearty
support.
COMPARED WITH JAY GOULD.
Mr.. Jay Gould and I started out in
life about the same time. He had a
patent mouse trap and had the sheep
skin of lawyer. He set his trap in
Wall Street, and came very near TAX
ing the earth with it, and want to say
to you with entire confidence, to go no
farther, that the only reason why
haven't as much money as Jay Gould
has is because I didn't know how to
get it. Laughter and cheersl. /
have examined the revised statutes
and every statute that has been enac-
ted sincs my majority was attained
and have failed to discover any leg
islation that prevented me from
acquiring Si00, 100000. Laughter
L have sometimes wondered what
would come to pass If some great
equitable statute of justice ard equity
for redistribution could be enacted so
that upon a given date, say the LIST of
July following every citizen of the
United States should have his 5000.
/ have shrewd suspicion that
within six months from that time We
would find very much the same condi-
ton of things as now. Laughter.
Some men would be riding i'm
Pullman cars and some would
be walking along by the side of the
track llaughter1, with their entire
earthly possessions i'm q bandana trunk
with a pinlock [laughter] looking for
a dry culvert for bed room laughter
and some men would be in Congress
and some would be in the penitentiary
laughter, and some would be sitting
down In the fence corners waiting to
see the procession pass by, and over
all loud and clear would be heard the
voice of the leather-lunged Democrat
demagogue [applause], who gets his
living by the Precipitation of his jaw
[laughter] rather than by the sweat of
his brow [laughterl, denouncing the
wrongs to labor again." Prolonged
cheers].
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