St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-14
TALKED SOUND SENSE.
The Sage Fills a Gap With Rat
Ting SDeech.

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"Donnelly! Donnellyr shouted the
crowd when there was lull in the pro-
ceedings. The Sage hesitated for a mo-
ment, but finally came forward and
gave the delegates one of the livelieSt
speeches he has delivered for some
time. There was a great deal of the
graphic word-painting for which MIR.
DOnnely is celebrated, but there was
lots of good, sound sense, and the evil
dent earneStneSS of the speaker wrought
the audience up to high degree of en-
thusiasm.
81 have been the worst blackguarded
man in the state" said the Sage with a
smile, land | am undoubtedly the worst
hated i'll some quarters, and it is graft
flying to find there are representatives
of farm and city labor who manifest the
entering Oh gigantic contest. 1t is no
child's play. We are locking horns
with organized capital, which has
brought our country to the verge of
ruin, which has increased our million
aires from one to thirty-two thousand.
Where did this wealth come from? We
have only to look to the vast
array of mortgages and to the 1,500, 600
trampS who wander from one end of the
country to the other, willing to work,
but unable to find it. We only have to
point to the civil war in I'ittsburg, to
the scene OF man living ina castle in
Scotland asSociating with the titled aris-
tOcracy when he is able to wire across
the ocean to lower the wages of 5000
men. We see precisely the European
conditions beng established in
this republic. The end is in
sight. and if continued means
the reduction of our farmers to peasants
and our workingmcn to serfs. 1t is
possible to maintain a republic on
love of a country that gives them pros
perity, but it Is impossible to do so
when the people are oppressed. 1t will
lead inevitably to the maintenance of
an armed force to preserve order, and
out OF this will come the man on horse
back. One step more will transform
our millionaires into titled aristOc-
racy.
To-day 5000 men stand ready at
Homestead" continued the Sage, s'to
shoot down 5000 workngmen. While
our sympathieS cannot be on the side
of anarchy, we must seek the remedy.
Labor is entitled to that which it
creates. In this state of Minnesota the
leading Republican organ has admitted
that we are sebhed. of from 10 to IS cents
oli each Dtt6ilel OF wheat. IllsS on our
last crop means at least 100000 to the
farmers of this state. 1t is nearer SO
cents, or $4,000, 900 for the three states
of North Dakota, South Dakota and
Minnesota. This means just that much
less for our farmers, our iaborers and
our merchants, for it goes to the nom
residents
Senator WaShburn was roasted for
stock watering, and the promise made
that If the people will elect a governor
aud attorney general in earnest, the
wheat combine and all other evils will
be prosecuted. The farmers of the
South, he declared. were alive 10 the
situation. and Alabama and Georgia
were certain to declare for the Peoples
party in the coming state elections. The
national ticket named at Omaha was
eulogiZed. The financial question was
amplitied after tie Sage's well-known
views.
Money" he said, sis merely a GOV
ernmental measure of values to faclll-
tate exchanges"
The Sage declared. that the conven-
tons of the old parties are dominated
10y the railroad corporations, and, he
added, there are indications thew
would like to get in here"
The Sage was given three cheers
WREN he closed, and an adjournment
was taken until 2 O'Clock.