Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-14

", Is. AN NlCSWOrth OF Drake university; 6Cn-
| eral D. B. Weaver. CX-LiCuteuant Governor
/ Il. r. Cue and others
| General Van WyCk's spec oh.
| General Van Vyck delivered the address of
the evening He sad
| nreCcivnG an invitation from YOUR dis
| tinguishcd fellow citizen, General Weaver, TO
| be present on this oCCaSlOnl readily accepted
| for the pleOsuret would anord to meet with
| You and him, who has done so much to
| achieve the objects for which we are now
| Struggling
| He commen Ccd early, warned often, hut YOU
/ gave no heed: he cntrcated YOU to StOp aud
| think, NOuWOuld nOt he told you of the
| dangers to COmc,' but YOU seemed COnten
| while money could bc borrOwcdtO pay tho de-
| hciences of the year, and was waiting and
| watching for the bed OF roses which was
| promised by railroad attorneys
| For several Years on Fourth of July and
| political meetings we have been assured by
! eloquent orators that this Is an era of uuiyp'-
| sal pros pcrty, because the census reports
| show the millionaire class to bcrapidy dupll-
| eating millions, while producers and Iaborers
| are growing year by year more dependent
| upon capital
| If this be so it is an alarming symptom,
| and threatens danger to the rcpu bile The
| history of the few republics which have OK
| lsted,cOmmcn ced the dan ger point Just W here
| we are today, when an aristocmcy Of wealth
| cont trolled all its departm aud the great
| maSsln their material and political interest
| became slaves of its will.
| First, lis important to know the reason
whywc are not prosperous. Its not enough
| that we should be urged Conteutment and
| sin hOsannas, becausc'He are as prosperous
| as other nations, while we have millions of
| idle hands for want Of employment aud our
granereS and warehouses are full of agrcul-
| tural and manufactured products, while
| many suffering are begging the priv
ilege to toll 50 they can purchase. 1t is
| colo com fort tous that the conditions of the
| old world are no better.
| We have been taught to believe we have a
| superior civilization, greater education, equal
| privilege 5 to all free and universal suff rage
| that every citizen, however humble, is a SOW
| ercign; that our government is of by and
| for the people that we open our gates and
| bCCkOn the OppreSScdof all nations to come
| in and share with usthe benefits of free gov
| rnment, and in return we provide them
W.T. WIN t,,naa rags ana ana hgsks ,5 after the
| These are the tGcts-what the cause!
The people everywhere are industrious.
| jos tling each other III laudable STRIFE IN all
| the avenues of trade and toll to secure the
privilege of IabOr-to secure it's meagrc
| reward.
Ncitherdid our troubles spring up in a
night-thcy have been years growing. The
people were tOoindusriOus, giving but little
| timetO recreation, mental an q social improve
| ment, and by their neglect of political duties
| were the occasion ofall the wrongs they suf-
| fer. While they slept the enemy not only
Sowcd tares but cOiled the chains whic h the
sleeping giant, now aroused, will break with
difficulty,
Power is always aggressive aud wealth un-
controlled ever demands more, finally the
whole.
Yet the people, against warnings, surten-
| dered to both and gave them possession of
| the national govern ment, of most o { the state
govern mcntS, and in the end offered them
| selves as sacrifice to the great NlOloCh by
| turning over with all the appurenanCes,
both the old political parties, and when, after
| years of cntrcaty by men like General
Weaver. they suddmlv are aroused and in
appQreut horror tindthe enemy they have in
vited within have seized the keys, asked the
people to withdraw ich they obsequiousy
| did and then locked the doors against them.
You voluntarily gave them Unlimited pos
session, spread out and left unwachcd all
your jewels and if not by your invitation at
least by your permission allowed them to
plunder you.
Under the preteXt of protecting American
la Dor, suglnatizing t,urOp pean as pauper
la Dor, You gave the manufacturers and mine
| owners the privilege to tax, only limited by
their greed the labo of the republic, and
then they protect il as the wolf does the
lanb-by covering and devouring and today
are ConsOling it by sweets ccnted eulogics
that 1t is no worse than the pauper labor of
Europe.
They seized our immense domain
which should have been the heritage of the
people for ages and past IL by lot worse than
that, apportlOn to every corporation which
as ks for it, They unlock the doors of the
treasury and capture millions of hard earned
dollars in the shapeOf bonds.
This raid and robbery has been for years
organizing with greater ease than did the
bafOnS III the feuda ages.
Mark the result. All these corpora tiOns,
syndicates and trusts have been making
mi lion aires with fabulous wealth, while the
great producing class, the army of aborers,
has steadily and year by year been growing
poorer.
Political philosophers have taught that the
business of the world is regulated by supply
and demand and the market cost Is generally
liked By cost OF production. An these maXimS
fail, the prudu of the earth seem measured
by no such tests. Cattle and hogs havo
been gradually going down for four years,
untI this winter they are still lower, while
the corn which produces them, by reason of
failure OF crops, is greatly advanced.
There is then no dou OF of the cause and re-
suits,
What then is the remedy: What shall we
doi Unfortunately may not undo all the
WickedneSs the people have allowed and
tolerated That must be accepted and
credited as punishment for political crimes
by the people in ncglecting political duties.
First there Is to accomplis h what you arc
all seeking to do now
Organhe! Organize for the interests of
piOuuC'IS anu al tOllcfS, 10 protect the un
projected against further spoliation by the
protectors.
Most of our mis- fortunes come from the aC-
quiscncc or assistance ofthc old parties lust
as slavery aggression was in its time. Tho
old issues are passed away. The history of
the old parties for the last thirty years bet
terbe embalmed IN history. They will not
be suitable auXiliaries for holWiugand stern
ISSUES OF tOday
The struggle now is for a home and bread
Tor rwifcand Childr OF free men white an q
black and the weapons of political warfare
heretofore vii. not assist US.
Millions of treasure, the great papers Of the
na,lOn. ability and SpcrcuCe OF trained pol.
lliCIans ana eminent lawyers, heretofore and
today are ready for IA suitable cmsid.
Grafton 10 defend the demands and mClhods
OF capital and the insmCcrty Of parties,
Loyalty 10 organization is taught as the
greatest duty and the hope Of the nation is
70 be found in party success, \ ou scownat
parties have done for the nation during the
last thirty years. Each did great good, yet
They broke the record, one the
champion and defender Of slavery the