The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-07-27

considers it q crusher; as q philippe il
was success; but 1t was az devoid Of ar.
gument 90 the exhumed skull Of a mound
builder. The gentleman styled himself
capitalist and q robber." He was
careful to say that he was q brother "a
any man who "owned" q bank, who
"owned" a house, or who "owned" rail
road. But he expresses NO sympathy
for the vast army Of the unemployed who
Gown" nothing but their labor. He
claims no fellowship with them.
Gentlemen, if you want to discuss thll
question do it in q gentlemanly manner
Let us discuss the question calmly and
logically. You cannot Sneer this great
movement out of existence Ridlcule
has been your only argument thus far.
Over the wires this morning was
flashed the news that the worklngmen's
party has carried California by ten
thousand majority. [Applause. And al
though the worklngmen's bill TO enforce
the elghtrhour law was defeated In this
house yesterday, let me tell you that your
action will rscoll upon you, and will come
back with redonbled force. The eyes Of
the people are upon you, and you cannot
escape. Remember that when the Amer
ican congress says that we viii not en-
force law which was passed in the In
terest and at the behest Of the working.
men Of this country, but we will allow
the heads Of departments to violate that
law, and then turn around and say that
the workingmen must obey the laws Of
the country, you are setting an example
that may be dangerous. You are sowing
dragons teeth; you are sowing TO the
wind and will reap the whirlwind. ]
hope the house will reconsider their nc.
ton.
Joseph Cook, 10 a lecture In Boston
says that il the workingmen of this coun
try demand legal-tender currency we
will dlsfranchise them IL 1t has to be done
at the end Of bloody civil war.
want to read q short extract from
Scr6bnerS Magazine Of April last. This
is from q man who claims to be a Chris
tian, who has the control Of one of the
great periodicals Of the country:
We cannot do what the French govern
ment once did under similar circumstances,
Danish fifty thousand of them TO colonial or
penal servitude; and il is great pity that
we cannot. II we could gather the whole
disgusting multitude, wash them, put new
clothes upon them, and under military sur
VeillanOe and direction, set them quRrrying
stone or raising corn and cotton for ten years
we might save some Of them to decency and
respectability, and relieve the honest people
Of the country of their presence and their
support. If we cannot do this, however,
there are things that we can do. Every state
in the union can gather these men where
ever found into warehouses; where they can
be restrained from soaring and preying up
on the community, and made TO earn the
bread they eat and the clothes they wear. II
is necessary, of course, to throw away all
sentimentality in connection with them.
The tramp is q man who can be approached
by no motive but pain-the pain Of q
thrashing or the pain Of hunger. He hates
work, he has no self-respeot, and no shame,
and By counting himself permanently out
Of the productive and self-supporting forces
Of society he counts himself out of his
rights. He has no rights but those which
society may see at 10 beStow. He has no
more rights than khe sow that walloWs in