Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

Of armies. and peace is only maintained by
II the XII kind q order which xsrv reisnSe srSe
II that "s1saw sas wealth n of the s' country
has grown enormously. but who has got
lit I do not mean in socialistic sense II
we estimate the prosperfty Oh s9S n1 snSivid
uals specially favored by law, then indeeo
Ireland 10 prosperous as we'll as America,
Ior there. IS here the legal mn mach,hey Inh cbsr
while it grinds the poor down into deeper
The mass of the people realize the tariff
selves of the remedy. Let American fair
play assert itself and let people say with
their suffrages what they say with Dated
breath and these problems Will be 60 mucn
The phrase awe the People," which is
used in our national and nearly al our
State constitutions has almost a9 l3se 90 ooe s
COO Of seir-governing people making tuelr
own laws, here are the DISTINGUISHED, very
able, but highly Interested citizens VINO
kindly make your tariff schedules Tor "reve-
nue only''-the iron schedule. Oliver; wool,
Garland; sugar, Dymond; blankets, hays
and Whitman; drugs. Powers ana "r1gns-
man; Hosss onnsr iron Wooos sas Folger
Every % ono Of these interests is
highly protected. Nearly. every. one is
making war on organized iabor..wnhcn 6i4
alone maintains wages, and when the toiier
asks for q small share OF that protectlon
which is guaranteed by the Republican ma
tional platform, ne iS told that labor Is .
auction block in the South before the war,
he is worth what he will bring" And II ne
unwisely becomes unruly, winchester
traitors. The military and the strong arm
of the law Is invoked, the jaiis are filed,
and he is tried under laws enacted mostly
by Doodle" Legislatures in the interest or
corporate chicane.
The Abuse of Corporate Rights.
A word as to corporations. Under modern
business conditions they serve many use
full purposes, asaggregate capital may often
times do what individual capital cannot do.
But corporations are abused. The trans
portation business of this country and the
vast coal and oil producing interests of our
State are at the mercy Of gigantic corpora
legislative remedy that would give the in
dividual producer, at least, some portion of
that equality" which the law seems to con-
in snssa a epd
unless the people restrain corporate rapacity
that IL eating out the substance OF the peo-
pie at the rate of 30 to 100 per cent dividends
yearly, there will soon be no Republic to
preserve.
Since the "morning stars sang together"
no country has ever prospered or will long
wrong. The remedy for this is not violence,
not the denial of individual or corporate
rights as such, not the violation Of even op-
pressive laws, but blythe ballot, which alone
can unmake vicious legislation and sham
tariffs. 1t is for you to say whether the
people are still ''sovereigns," and whether
OF not
The rightful lords of yore
Are the rightful lords no more.
And now q word as to the Force bill: A
"blocks of five" party Ia truly nice party
60 chatter about pure elections. So far as it !
Is an ISSUE the policy. Of the tariff party is
best described by che remark Of the Hon. |
Stephen Elkins, that "the protective tariff |
party pays more for votes than for laborers."
His Statement OF His Position.
am not in this contest to indulge in any |
Illusions or to formulate phrases or plati- |
tudes for men without beliefs. am not |
laying down q platform to exclude any
thing to which anybody may object. J am
not seeking to make converts by conceal |
ments or evasions. I entertain opinions on |
economic issues not formed yesterday and
not to be abandoned tomorrow, and am
the opinion of the ma ority of the district |
is against the issue 1 represent will |
labor with some fidelity to convince them of |
their error, and If the maj jorfty is with ME |
want the will OF that majority to find con- !
expression.
his convictions not his prejudices or the |
wishes of mis- employer. II he favors a sys-
tom which muftiplies millionaires and |
strikes and brings about lower wages let him |
30 say by his ballot. want no
votes on false pretences or on misleading
Issues. I simply ask for . verdict on the
remedy and the responsibility.
Very respectfully.
JAMES W. BREES. i