Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-18
FOR THE THIRDPARTY
SPEECHES or HON. JOHN DAVIS AND
MR.. WRIGHT LAST NIGHT.
Mr.. Brad. Beverley Presides--Loohing TO
n Coalition of Farmers and the
Labor Element.

order and introduced Mr.. J. Brad. Beverly,
who. he said. would preside. Mr.. Beverley
said he had only been notified few mo-
ments before of the honor in store for HIM.
He had, he said, been engaged for somo
weeks in explaining the principles OF the
Alliance and in furnishing editorials for
The RICHMOND DISPATCH. lie then branched
of on the combination of labor and the
farmers" and concluded by presenting
Hon. John Davis, of Kansas.
Mr.. DAyIs's REMARKS.
Mr.. Davis antagoniZed the proposition
that farmers and the laborlng men IN the
cities could not unite in a party platform.
The more men, he claimed, who are EN-
ployed in the mines and tue shops the
more markets there are for the farmer.
The more farm products that seek the
market the better 1t is for laborers; WELL
paid farmers and laboreIs afforded the best
customers OF the businessman.
Mr.. Davis claimed that by preaching this
doctrnel IN Kansas he had almos; persuaded
banker 10 be Christian" He dis
cussed the currency and banking ques-
tiIns aud cited a number Of authorities
whose utterances. he said, justified him in
not voting for man who favored the ma
tlonal banking system. file told the Demo-
Gratis of the House of Representatives the
other .ay that If they would turn their
UdIhS Ol NtlA HhltHk SAAbJ NOutlA VINE
proposed TO pick ont tho best Democrats
and carry them back to the days of Jack
son.
THE DOLLAR, NOT THE MAN.
At Homestead there was q conflict, and
the authorities there were IN favor of the
dollar rather than the man. He represented
organized labor. Why had they UrganIzedI
Because if they did not the other fellow
would. His side confessed to secrecy and
the other side did not. All the farmers
and workingmen were doing was to think
for themselves, and not employ
lawyer or a banker TO think for
them. The Alliance men and the
Knights of Labor were III the West
like brothers. He compared the organi-
zation to the herding of the donkeys IN
South America as a protection against
their enemies. They placed their heads
together-that meant wlsdom-and ex-
posed their dangerous ends TO the attack.
There were i'm North America race Of
donkeys divided into two parties, but they
didn't put their heads together and conse-
quentlv kicked the "stuffin' out of each
other
THE BANK-NoTE AND GREESBACK.
Mr. Davis paid his respects to corpora
tions, saving there UeYer had been found q
rope long enough TO hang corporation, and
then took up the subject Of bank
and greenbacks. and declared there was a
great difference between them. The
greenback goes out of the Treasury 20 pay
n debt: the bank note does not. The lat
ter goes out TO a corporation to be loaned
TO the people at a nigh rate OF interest. Inc
banker was the only man in the country, he
said, who had his ginger-cake after he had
eaten it. He cOntended that banking in
sttutions were more dangerous than stand
ing Armies. If his audience would look at
the bills that came IN their possession they
would tind that there were no pictures OF
statesmen on the bank-nOteS except IN one
instance. These were all on the green
backs. The British purse, ne said, had
come 10 his State and captured thousands
of acres of land, and was leyying tribute
upon the people.
TRIBUTE TO ENGLAND.
Mir. Scully, of England. is collecting
| from the people OF Illinois more tribute
every year than King George did alto.
/ gether. There was less merclful slavery
| he said, than ever existed in this country
| and cited the case of the European Gov.
ernments in dealing with lsmail Pasha
| Khediye of Egypt. as an illustration on
| this. Chattel slavery never compared, he
maintained, TO the slavery under which
| Great Britain put Egypt. The master
! looked after the slave who ever heard OF
the bondholder sending out West to see
! if his debtor was sickl Mr.. DAVIS
| compared the money power 10 the beast IL
! Revelations and declared it did not permit
any waste. The money power was born
when the charter was gwen to the East
India Company to rob India. This power
| has robbed number of eastern nations
and now it was robbing this country
| The beast was getting our lands
our orange groves, and our rall.
roads. The money power centred II
| London dictated that articles manutac.
| tured in England should go over our rail.
| roads cheaper than articles manufactured
| in this country. 1t had been said that the
people of the West were shIftless. That
was not so. They worked harder than
| chattel slaves, but got nothing for It,
! They were mortgaged, and that because
! they had been robbed. He claimed that
the people of Kansas had paid for the Pa
cifc railroad twice and were now paying
| interest on it for the privilege of using It,
| Mr. Davis would pass for typical, we'll
| educated, and well-to-do Virginia farmer
! He has benevolent face, and is quiet
attractive speaker. There is no rant about
! him, and his language is that of a man ol
refinement. He is well posted on the
political history of the country.
MR.. WEIGHTS SPEECH.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Dayis's remark!
| Mr. Piersor introduced Mr.. A. w. Wright
! of the Executive Board of the Knights o.
| Labor.
Mr.. Wright also opened his speech by
! contending that the farmers and labOrer'
could mingle in political party. and that
their interests were identical. There were
two interests in the country. Thost
who worked and those who skirked
and between them there ls an ire
hn Chi nv.
aroused the workers the latter would
never stop until they put all the former tC
work He discussed the eight-hour law
and said that 1t was not practical, except
for those employed on government work
! He also touched upon the currency
and the railroads, and declared that
the railroads controlled by government
were the best-managed roads in the world
He denied that Henry George had cap
tured the Knights OF Labor and declared
that no one should be allowed to owl
land for speculative purposes. taxes
should be taken off of improvements
! The rule now is not do unto others al
you would have them do unto you, but Is
"don your neighbor before he has {
| chance to do" " you. In the factories
children were robbed of their CHILDHOOD
aud women despolled of their wOmOn
hood, and what for, not for your beneh
| but for the beneht OF capital.
NOT POLITICAL DODGE.
He saw by the papers that the ThirC
party was dodge IN the interest of tht
Republican party. If he were getting VI
a lie he would get up one that would go IL
both sections. He claimed that the silve
States would go for Weaver and Fields.
In conclusion the speaker declared tha
there were more evictlons in Pennsylvania
than in Ireland, and advised the audience
! 20 do their own thinking. He also saiC
the miner in England was infinitely bette
of than the Pennsylvania miner. Th
British system was called paternalism
The more paternalism the better for tn
people.
When Mr.. Wright had concluded severa
announcements were made and the meet
ing dispersed.
UnioL- Station Lawn Party.
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