Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-21

condition and situation to respect the rghtOf
property aud the acquisition mlde through
personal effort. All men universally accede
the validityof the transfer Of such rights by
gift or in heritance. This being SO, II is a
necessity that wealth accumulates Uncertain
hands and thus state of inequality res uts
at which the spirit OF communism Inanifests
discomfort. AS long as men are born
with different and varied faculties,
some will exercise greater Sagacity
than others in seizing upon the Opportu-
nifty OF self fadv antage greater energy and in
dustry greater economy and selfdenhl.
Some viii be indus trous, others idle, some
will be selfindugent Others will be bsti-
nent and exercise sci f.den ia. SO with equal
possessions, degrees of personal excel cnce
will vary and with equal personal excellence
personal posses sons will vary and with these
opportunities forcomfOrt and refinement and
luxury willvary. The ony natural basis of
comnuni SIN would bean absolute co uality of
natu raj gifts among men. This does not ex-
ist. Communism at present reveals itselfiu
asullen jealousy of thoprOSperOus and ruaig
nant htrcdot mOnOpolicS and large in Clus-
trial corporations, and absolute dIs regard of
the mutual intesests Of capital and labor
This spirits characterized by q deternina-
ton to seek the nearest material adyan tagc
by the most direct means, needless of ute
rior losses. There exists in this country. yes,
in this state IA small and noisy
body of discOnen ted idlerS who would
gladly enforce q new distribution Of goods
even If it swept away the last traces Of civil
zation. Can the American voter remain un-
moved and hear the tramping nCendi aries
call upon their agents to apply this torch to
the Cdtice of Ameri can society and the tenn
pie ofcivilli liberty.
Thcevidences of the sprcadof this spirit
of communism has forced itselfupon theat-
tentiOn of every observer, though few OF us
fully realize the hreatening sgniticance of
the facts. We notice, for instance, de-
struCtive hostility toward mOmyedc corpora
tons, For few years past thenatlOnal
banks have been an object of constant de-
nun citation, though the national banking Sys
tenn has secured us currency un surpassed
in convenience, stability and safety, and the
profits of banking have not been so excessive
as to offer large temptations to ca pital
Should your Indignation be directed toward
certain class of money lenders, mortgages
and dealers IN TAX ttles,a case prGSSeni,ing
great strength mightbe made out. But 1t is
not these, but International banks and tn e
governments recognition of them which
arouses the uneasonng JEALOUSY of the class
which now finds eN pressiOn in the alliance.
ReasOnin g takes no hold on them. The ac-
com panying heesy is fiatsn in thecirCulat-
| ing medium. For the follower OF this de-
lusion the logic of finance and of history has
no meaning. Show him the danger
and impractcability of an eN-
Il cesShe paper circulation, either on
| the basis Of reason orpu bic and historic ex-
perience, and he stands unmoved. The un-
derlyng motive is comm unistiC, The method
of giving it effect by secret organization is
com munistic Hos tility to banks Is prompted
mai My by jealousy Of Il class who live nthc
| interest OF their money. FiatSm isthe sub
| stitute for ban ks andan eXpedient for empty
ing the II alton S Golfers.
Railroad corporations, though strictly in
| dustral in their functions, receive a very
| large share of the maedictons of the alliance
/ men and graugers- Tn dOu btcdly these, like
many other powerful corporations, have
many sins to answer for But our fellow
citizens with comm unistic tendencies
| seem utterly unable to understand
| that accumulated capital cannot afford
to cOnductits operations at aloss nor at q
mu Ch less profit thanis earned by capital in
| general.
| The alliance is secret political org aniza-
| ton and all such organizations are dangerous
| to a republican government. It Is confined
| to Il Clas and looks in its political theories
| only to the interests of class. II seeks u
| lay destroying hand on the great es Sentia
| elements OF IN uman progress the com bin e {
| and united efforts OF all classes of society fol
| the good of all 1tseeks to segregate pOliti
cal organizations into secret political socie
| ties, aiming at adv antageS for that class OnlS
| and to pull down all Others.
And now, ppu blcan farmers who hav,
| Joined the alliance movement, YOU have {
duty to perform. You owe duty to thc
state to your families and your children
You have stake in society and in the wei
fare Of the state which to you and to me i:
more than life 1t involves the future o-
your children and Of mine; their prosperity Y
success or failure; the day-swingO of hope, F.;
future radiant with prosperity, rthe nigh
of despair ruin and calamity. FOrnov
nearly thirty years, in peace and in war the
republican party to whiCh You rightfully be
long has guided and guarded the admi inistra
tion of national affairs. This party ha:
watched over the Interests Of the people an
the nation has been blessed with a ful
measure of prosperity. 1t has become tn,
glory and admiration of the world Stay b,
it in the present and in the future as yol
have in the past and the wisdom OF its policy
will rebound to the glory OF tho ma
tion and the state give lustr,
to the wisdom Of your Judgment.
The nation 'shistOry is the history of the re
pub ublican party for the past thirty years, 1t
record is one of deeds, worthy deeds, unsur
passed and unsurpass sab bic inthe history o
the nation Alike honorable in peace and il
war projecting la Dor and the elaborer, givini
homes to the homeless, striking he SIN acke l
of slavery from more than four million o
| labOrers. Its history Is an honOred one
resplendent with glory, stay by ii. Defen,
it as you would defend the homes and tn
graves OF your children and your sires ant
the soldiers who laid down their lives tina
the union should bepreserved and the natio
| live.