The advocate., 1890-07-23
thoy are as bad OH as They are in this coun-

ten up ~ fool MS, Now Nm not trying ~ get
any man 10 leave his party but do say II lsA
people t0 scramble over while they get the
money and Ollces. lApphuseD But ! VIII tell
yOu what you are going lO see AOur ere going
lO see party that viii bcmindil Of the interests
NJ the people II mAy be- called republican and u
may be- called democrat, but / believe you win
live tO SEQ this. You VIII see the great issues Of
state, and they will be laid down as they ought ~
be-. You VIII see nrr1yed on the one slde the
great mAgnaies Oi the country, and Wall street
brokers aud the plutOCratlc power, and on the
other you will soc the people, How arc We tO
get relief? We have bill which We have been
trying 20 get passed, and Congress could give us
relief In tWenty-tOur hours N II had "a mind tO.
DO not say Il is the best BIN thar can be- devised
but II any one can show us better one we will
abandon this one Immediately Wien we sent u
In the anaWer we received Was old "hayseed so
Ciallsts, delnagOgues." For one hundred and
eight years We farmers have not asked for any
thing from this government. We went ~ Con
gTess for the hrst time, we were In q deplQrlhle
condition, and we showed them our condition,
and they acknowledged that Il WIS true We
went before the house committee and stated our
case, but what have they dOne2 They have done
nothing and they are going ~ do nothing. They
people are going 10 slt down on Them, and n they
do pass the bill Wall street Is going tO SIC down
upon them, I believe that both OF Che parties
are afraid Oi wall street. They are not afraid OF
that you can buy more with dollar now than
YOU ever could In the history Of the country
That may be true, mt suppose You owed 81 900;
Ten years ago coo bushels NJ wheat would have
paid the debt, Now y requires i,iOO bushels 10
pay u. Suppose you have s., how much more
taxes will u payY How much more interest ON
your deDt2 How many more physicians blsP
How many more lawyers fees VIII q dollar pay2
Will IL pay four times az much as II did, and how
much will the dollar cost 10 get II? A tramp ran
taNa 20 a "a III IA
could tell him where no could got a good square
meal. The gentleman pointed ont place where
he could get meal for quarter. The tramp
thanked him and started OF, but had not gone
far before he came running bnck. You were 80
Kind 70 tell me where could get q nice meal for
a quarter, viii YOU now tell me where ] can get
the quarter QAughter) And that N the way
with the politicians. They keep telling us what
we can buy with dollar, but they do not tell as
where we can get the dollar.
When wentuptO Washington city and showed
them statistics from all over the country, they
said that II was over production that had CausOl
our trouble, Mr.. Morrill, declared from his seat
chat IL was over production, and Mr.. Dodge says
II N over prOduCtOn-that IN what troubles you
farmers. II Mr.. MOrrlll would have come ont
onto the streets ON cold November morning, he
would have seen the children picking bits OF coal
out OK the ash piles tO warm themselves by and
mOrsels " food out Of the heaps vi garbage tO
satisfy their hunger. As long M these things ex-
lst there Is no over production. As long aR u
single cry for bread Is heard II lsundGr production
and under consumption. And In that great aud
final day, when AL the crime and misery shall be
revealed, some one Will have tO answer for this
hack Of food. There is something besides over
production that has caused iL | believe that n
ls not Gods fault that we are In thls bad cOndl.
ton, Congress could give us bill In iOrty-Glght
hours that would relieve nv, but Wall street says
NAY" ! Will tell you where the reYOlu-
ton must commence. IL must come
through Congress, and you must make
your representatives stand on fall by their
own records. When they return from Congress
ask your Representatives whether or not they
have done anything tO pass these bills, and n
they nave tried tO pass any substitute for them.
n they have done nothing do not send them
back. 10 we cannot get Congress 10 pnsS these
bills for MS we Will have 10 change tile men I'm
Congress. (Appnuse) IN they believe our bin
Is impraCtlCable let them provide one that shall
DC practicable, but we must have relief Of some
klld. NOW ] reach point where | Intend ~
call upon my people, you may call II politics II
you like, tell them that II they want relief they
VIII have 10 send diiereut men 10 Congress-,
than those who are there now But now, my
my friends, must close, iirst, however, wish I
could talk 10 you about other matters, / wish l
had prepared speech for you on this occasion
You have listened ~ some OF the most dlstln.
gniShed men, while milne has been but the ram
Dhng OF AN nnlettered plOw boy. lBut have
spoken t0 you from the abundance Of my heart
belief OF one who has convictions. / tell you /
want 10 see you have conviction sO deeply set I'm
truth that you will stand for the right come what
Will. This ls the crucial era Of our institution
ana we want men upon whom we can rely All
around us we see young men who do not know
what TO do. They do not know In what tO en-
gaze for a livelihood Why bless your life, we
see the call OF "WantedV wanted, wanted, every.
where you east your eye you see the word wanted
Look over the church doors and YOU see Il Daint-
ed there, over the workshop door, over the
counting room. Yes, and even over the govern
0r's mansions and presidents mansions, and
the halls Of Congress. All over the land comes
that word In clarion tones, ''wanted men," Men
VINO are not Tor sale, men who care nothing for
tile Clnsel glory OF office. (Applause.) Boys, let
me tell you something, You want 10 be- strong, You
want 70 be on the strong side, you want 10 be
high In the estimation OF your fellows.
tell you when any way opens ND before you, take
advantage OF lC When anything comes uD 10 he