Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-17
CARNEGIE ON MONARCHY.
Bold UtteraneeS From One Who Has
Become Thoroughly Imbued With
American Ideas.
The American Democracy is a Gov
eminent of the People. From
the People and for the
People.
Royalty is too Costly and the People
Will Not Stand ii Much
Ldnger.s

The following speech of the Pittsburg |
steel millionaire, Andrew Carnegie. d. |
ivered recently in Dundee, Scotland, !
created great sensation among all the |
worshipers OF royalty aud the hunHeS who |
love a lord
1t is said that in America. although we |
have no arlstocracy. we are cursed with a 4
piutarchy Let ME tell you about them. A |
man who carries a million dollars on his |
back carries a load. He cannot be elected |
for anything. 1ou know the history of |
the American republic Why. there |
never waS Il rich man nominated for the /
presidency. That Nould kill him at once. /
The men we nominate fol- presidents are |
workingmen. Abraham Lincoln split |
rails for living-the greatest man in this |
century. Garfield notice you cheer Gar !
field and not Lincoln. There is where YOU
make / mistake. Abraham Lincoln is to F.!
1--we forever. Applause He was the man
who with his pen struck the shakes off !
four millions of slaves and made them
men-not only made them men. but did
not die until the poorest and meaneSt ne
gro was possessed of every right and every
privilege which he himself possessed. Ali
our presidents are poor men. You could
not elect anybody else. You could not
even nominate anybody else. If man
with an independent income were nomin-
atad for the presidency you would say to
the nOminator My dear friend. what is
the matter with you to-day? What has
democracy to do with the rich? Democrat
cy is the government of the poor.
DEFINITION OF REPUBLCANIsM.
0, you will say it is not right that the
rich should be Disseminated against. Adj
mltted; but us long as human nature is
human nature you will never get the
needle of justice and righteousness to point
straight tC.the north. | will not he Swayed.
A judge elected by rich men will Judge for
the rich, and member of parliament
with an independent income is uncou-
sciously biased in favor of his class.
say that In this mater we cannot get eX-
act periection-and is a great
deal better in any country that the doubt
should always be in favor of the poor and
not of the rich. The rich can take care of
themselves, but in all such institutions as
yOu have you practically deny justice to
the poor man, In America the poor man
who comes before Il court or jury is receiv-
ed with favor because we know that the
odds are aga INST him at the start This is
what repubicanism means. You cannot
you enact such laws as you have. You can
aiaintain hereditary aristocricy if You
leave the economi laws. Make the land
free, and in less than five years the arr
stocracy will have drunk and gambed
themselves out of their heritage
ROYALTIES AND ARIsToCRATs.
Don0t understand me as condemning
the men. When | speak against the royal
family, | do not condeScend to speak
against the creatures who form the royal
family When | speak against the arr
stocrcay. do not speak against this duke
or that lord-persons are so insignificant.
speak Of principles and systems. If
had been born to priyiIege-if | had been
born the Prince of Wales, prohabIv |
man. if George Washington had been
surrounded with the sycophantic and
pernicious atmosphere of royal court lle
would steadily have deteriorated and in
less than six months his head would have
be turned. Probably you will never
get better royal family than you have
now. do not condescend to any ,person-
alities | stand for something much be-
yond Chat. ! am no reSpecter of persons.
| stand for what Is right, and ! think
your aristocracy have Just zone what you
would have done if you had been the arts
tOcracy and they the poor men. All! fell
low citizens, it is the iniquit1us system for
which you are responsible and not the poor.
miserable victims who are led into all
kinds of temptation by having one rule of
conduct for the prince and condoning con
duct in him which you would consider dis
graceful for a member of parliament or
for a duke
COST OF TWO Opposite GOVERNMENTS.
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Hall. and finer made me rpnpat it four
times. will say it once more. The re-
publican PAYS the head OF the State,no
dummy-tIo' per annum, an" has
nothlng TO 40 with his brothers, ana his
sisters ana ms relatives sui less has he
TO 90 with German contingent VINO taxes
care 10 GET the est posts ana get over the
headS or veterans VINO nave fought for
their country. We pay our cabinet what
YOU nav your cabinet. practically. We
nav every senator. and we have eighty
EIGHT senators. 81 900 per annum. and
we raw every member of CONGRESS- (32J
Il .606 rcr amman, and. paving them. we
make them the servants of the people. The
total cost OF the American government
administrative. executive. legislative
paid to 423 public servants, is G425. 900
Der annum. The sum that YOU nav to
yopr ROYAL family is 1900. $40. And what
Is that family? You DENY them all POLITICAL
power, The last thing Won do wcrgId he
f. commit anv serious business to men
who are onlv a5ie 10 lead IN the mad ex-
ravag,lnt Rae. Of fashion. Iond cbeersl
You know. foIlow-crtizens. / talk as re-
n,l,ican and tell Won about tha Amari-
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