Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-10-13
WEAVER an KANSAS oITY.


dresses a Large Audience.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. IL. Gen,
Weaver, the peoples party candidate
for the presidency, addressed a large
audience at the auditorium last night.
Judge Moulton was chosen to preside,
and on the platform were the following
vice-presidents; c. d. Whitehead, DIR.
w. IL, Miller, II. W. Pulliam, George
ID. Sherwin, A. Netterheld, DR. Whit
finger, G. NJ Elliott T. W. Justus, G.
c Ward and r. r. Twiss.
The general began his speech by Civ
ing resume of the history of the for
nation Of the two great political par
ties of to-day. He said that the third
party Of to-day had been founded on the
same idea to which the republican
party owed its origin-the freedom OF
labor. Thomas jefferson and Andrew
jackson were the two political divin'
tiles TO whom the speaker said he bowed,
and proceeded TO elaborate on the per
version OF the constitutional rights OF
life, liberty and the pursuit OF happi-
ness. The two old parties have become
destructive Of these rights and they
should be themselves destroyed.
The speaker said that nothing could
stop the new movement. He recounted
his experiences during his tour and
figured out a majority of from 40, 900 to
75 900 away down in Alabama. He said
that the subsidized and monopolistie
press associations had prevented the
truth regarding the magnitude of his
meetings from being sent over the coun-
try. He said that the political evils
in the south can never be cured from
without, but must be cured from within,
and he eXulted in the determination on
the part of the white people of the
south to take their affairs into their
own handsand run them without inter
ference He predicted that the old
parties would not amalgamate, but
would unite with the new party till
there would be but one in the land.
The general expressed the opinion
that the country was on the verge of a
volcano, and cited the fact that within
four weeks there had been four wars in
different sections of the country. The
country is, he said, Fastening to a catas-
trophe as the French people were has
tened toward the French revolution. He
recalled the blessed period just before
the war, when times were so good,
and when $4,000, 900 of the people had
81, 900, 900 600. He declared that the
law of money was that the demand for
money was equal to the sum of the de-
mand for all other things. Now there
are 80, 600, 600 more people using the
money in circulation and 800, 900, 900
less money to use. II anybody wanted
to know what is the matter let him
put his hands in his pockets and feel
what is the matter
The speaker said that banks We're
poor places TO have money. He de-
clared that none of the businesses in
which men earn their living by the
sweat of their faces are prospering, but
that those in which men earn their liv-
ing by the sweat of other peoples faces
were getting along swimmingly.
The general scored the democratic
party for its insincerity in not passing
the free silver bill, and charged that
the bank of England had sent over
$500, 600 with which to demonetize sill
yer He related that he had been pre-
sented with silver pen, with which h,
had promised when president to sign
free silver bill.
The people said that there were to-
day in this country 5000, 900 idle per-
sons lie said he was not pessimist,
neither was he an optimist. But he
saw the functions of government
usurpcd by the monopolies, and even
the police power was used to
hold the hands OF the people
while the corporations went through
their pockets. We have be
come n set Of commercial cannibals,
each man trying to eat his ncighbor,
while the trusts, corporations and mo
nopolies are eating everybody else. He
roundly condemned the grand jury,
which had returned indictments for
treason against the Homestead strikers,
and again predicted that conditio
similar to that which precipitated the
French revolution was impending.
The general vigorously attacked the
democratic platform, which demanded
a return to the state bank period, and
declared that the people were tired o.
seeing the bankers getting money at l
per cent, while they had to pay ten
times that rate. lie defended the /
position of the third party on
the money question and de.
clared that the sub-tceasury sys
tenn was the only feasible set
tlement of the financial problem. lie
closed with an earnest appeal to the
people to throw aside their political
and take their position on
the side of the people against the old /
parties representing the money mower, 7
10 vote against Wall street and Berlin /
and against the Pinkertons and the /
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