People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-08

lGSATIps DoSNRLLY. ments, for the dignity
OF the occasion fOrbids it. when / say that no
greater body Of men has ever assembled upon
this continent than sits here to-day since those
men who formulated the immortal declara.
ton OF independence. II is in many re-
spects the mos. astonishing gathering
this country has ever seen-a convention
without a single tool or Instrument OF monopoly
in Its midst, convention whose every man has
paid the expenses OF his journey hiiher and his
return, or which has been paid by a man as poor
as himself CHEERS There is not in this
gathering asingle president Of o railroad com
pany. lCheers There is not a single repre-
sentative OF any OF the rings which are robbing
and sucking the life blood out of this American
PEOPLE. lCheers.l l can not help but think OF
the astounding contrast this body presents to
the conventions which have recently met in
Minneapolis and Chicago One little point en-
phasizes the difference and should be sufficient
IN Itself 70 show the American people who
are its friends There are in this convention
delegates from the distant state Of California
and they could not obtain the same railroad
concessions that are granted to the national
conventions. They are here at a cost as l am
informed OF $50 TO each Of them
amtold that there are delegates from Wyo-
ming who travelled 800 miles in farmers wag.
ons TO reach the nearest depot where they could
take the train for Omaha Cheers and cries
Of "Hurrah for Wyoming ~ l see q banner,
the banner Of the great state OF Massachusetts
and we might say in the words OF Webster,
"Ihere Is Massachusetts; she speaks for her
self Cheers On your banner see the
words, Spirit Of 1TI6 This is the spirit that
animstes this august gathering. We are the
lineal representatives of those men in home
spun and deerslsin, those hunters fishers and
farmers who founded the nation-a nation with
out millionaire and without pauper. Loud
| cheers One hundred and sixteen years Of
national life under the management of two
greatparties. have given Us according to the
different estimates from 5000 to 5000 mil
lohaires and l50lOGO tramps, while the
whole land is blistered with mortgages
and the whole people are stepped to the lips In
! poverty Ny friends every great ipht that
was ever made in the past for. right and liberty
dominates in this present gathering Every
battlefield Of the past fought to make men
free more happy aadmore prosperous has, shed
the fruits Of victory upon this great assemblage.
| lCheers.l What a contrast to the MINNEAPOLIS
convention. The leading man otthat body, the
man most petted and dined and wined, was
I Chauncey NJ Depew, the twenty times million.
aire, president Of two railroad companies and
OF the Vanderbilt's $780, 900 600.
The members OF that convention wriggled upon
4 his vest buttons Cheers. Why, he could
not sneeze but that the republicans had pic.
torres OF him in every point Of the process.
| Laughter and cheers i0hl 5hJ .lDIl
iil Ihad D debate the other day in Minnesota
with . REPRESENTATIVE speaker OF the republican
party and l challenged him TO point TO man
in the great convention who could be men.
fioned in the one breath with the great
] philanthropists and humanitarians who founded
I the republican party. Where Is your Horace
4 Greeley!l Your Charles Summer Your Wen.
/ dell =. Phillips! Your Abraham Lincolns |
| asked him 70 point me out d single friend Of
/ hbor IN the convention, asingle,j friend OF the
poor; q single friend of the mechanic, What
was the answer: Twas given the example OF
the phlanthropist Fred Douglass Cheers I
Why, ! replied. you have had 10 go out OF your
own color TO find an example lcheers And
whent askedfor another name was given the
name Of William Mckinley, ,Jr,. Laughter I
A man who put up the tariff for the benefit OF
The protectiohist manufacturers TO increase the
burdens iof the people That is republican
philanthropy. II would be miracle II the
American people had not by this time appreei.
ated Bill McKinleyls philanthropy. d ~.
saw q report Of a debate the other day in
the senate Adernocratic senator charged tina;
Geman who had been put OF, the head OF The
/ national executive committee wa a tool OF mo-
nopoly; The attorney for the grea, cattle com.
bine, which has put into the hands Of the big
four Of Chicago an immense fortune by break.
ing down the price Of cattle from one end Of the
4 land 10 the other while maintaining at the
same time prices OF meat 10 the mechanic.
What did the republican say in reply: He said
the chairman OF the Democratic national com
miitee was the representative Of the Standard
OIL Co, bigger rascal than the other man.
Cheers II antitunderstood that 1 am no,
saying anything against the rank and file
OF either OF these parties tCries OF Good. "
The whole American people have beer
in one or the other Of these, par
ties and as the American people are, in
my Judgment the best and noblest people On
the face Of the earth. II would not become me
70 accuse either Of them; bnt the leaders, the
politicians and the conventions are legitimate
suoiecisfor comment. They point in the direc.
tien Of tbs terrible power Of plutOGaey tha,
has got the whole country by the throat. Upor
every bdshel Of wheat sold in Minnesota the
4 farmers are defrauded Of 3lcents BY gigantic
combinations reaching from Liverpool TO The
4 Red river valley. In the south learn that YOU
are suffering as much and that the cotton eroI
does not pay the cost Of production You viii
find that because Of the depreciation II
: prices is 70 be found m world / wide
combinations; This, battle, in which We
are employed IS the battle OF man
Kind tCheersI This continent Is the las,
great camping ground of the human race, i
liberty fan here 1t fails forever Every Old
pressed nsfion Of the world Is looking upon mi.
i convention 10 discover whether the . star
spsngled banner and the stars and stripes shall
float across the country steadily rising genera
4 tons after generations TO higher levels OF cult
ure and civilization or Il II shall float in solemn
mockery above land cursed as Europe /:
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