Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-07

has power to, but does it? No, it does
not, 1t has farmed out the first
money-to few national banks. Now
mind YOU, l am not making war on
national bankers, but upon the system.
God helping, that damnable system
must go. Loud applause.]
Then General Weaver entered into
lengthy denunciation and attack upon
the national banking laws, saying
among other things: Nov, mind you,
come here to talk plain law, and /
challenge criticism. The government
does not reside at Washington. This is
a popular error. The government is
with the people. Good government
will never come to you from Washing
ton city until you first send it there.
1.-THE supreme court of the United
States has decided that our national
banking laws are constitutional. Now,
if the government has q right to loan
money to the holders of government
bonds at per cent, it has also the au-
thority to hand out money to you and to
me at the same rate, on security equally
as good. A reform commences where
pot commences to boil-right where the
| fire is the hottest. The necessities OF
the people have compelled this reform
movement.
.'The editor of the Evening Express
lied, and he knew that he lied, when he
reported me as saying that l did not
believe that our party would succeed
this fall. / believe it will and speak
| sincerely. Long and continued ap-
plause.I
Congress committed crime when it
| demonetized silver by stealth. We in
tend that the men who committed that
crime shall be relegated to private life.
They shall GO, and silver shall be placed
back in its ancient seat as the hand
maiden OF gold, as the corresponding
medium of the country. We propose to
return to the good old days and
have the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. They say that this will ruin
our foreign commerce. Why, it is a
mere bagatelle compared with our num-
berless transactions here at home. What
we want is legislation for our local as
well as our foreign commerce. John
Sherman says that the trouble with the
silver dollar is that you pay it out and
it comes right back to you. Now that is
the kind of dollar that l want. We
want to make money for our own peo-
pie and not for Europe.
"When the war closed we had %, ,000,-
600 of people in the north. All the
money was in the north. In the south
there were 10,0O0,0 900 people, but they
were without dollar. All that they
had had been destroyed. At the close
of the struggle times were good in the
north. Money was plenty. In the
south the reverse condition existed.
The people had lost all. They had
nothing but air, water and the soil.
The effect the termination of the war
had on the north was to send money
from that section south. We had added
10000, 900 children to Uncle Sans FAM
lily in one day without dollar. Was
| that time to contract the currency
When the war closed we had So, 900, ,OOO,-
| 600 of money in the United States, or
about $50 per capita. Since then we
have added 100000 people to our
people and we have 81 ,5S8, 900 600 in
circulation, or $4O0, ,00O. 900 less than we
had twenty-five years ago. In time this
generation will see 100, 900 900 people in
the United States, and / tell you tn at
we are making no preparation for our
coming young. We seem to have
reached an era of business canibalism
when man seeks to devour his neigh
! Dor.
i 1--WE propose to increase the circula-
tion, but we do not propose to put it all
in at once. We intend to do it gradually,
and to repeal all class legislation. All
! we want is fair play. If you think the
working man, the farmer or the trades
unionist is going to vote with Carnegie
or Wall street this time you are mis-
taken. [Cheers.] The Pinkertons must
go loud applause] and we propose to
have more money. We propose to res
cue the highways of the country from
the confederated monopolies and take
them out of politics."
| In closing General Weaver paid high
compliments to Mrs. Lease, and re-
turned thanks to his auditors for listen
ing to him so closely. AS he took his
seat he received another ovation, his
closing remarks being:
Friends this is contest between the
Peoples party and the Democratic
party. The Republican party is prac-
tically out Of it. We are going to carry
the west and the south. The Democrats
will carry the large states east of the
Alleghanies. Now where is the Repub-
lican party?"
After music, Mrs. Mary E. Lease was
introduced. She is really an orator,
and made even better speech than
0cuoIol VcdNcIs hnOu& OthcI buluSS,
she said:
81 bring you glad tidings from my
sunhower state of Kansas. Within the
past few days the Peoples party has
performed the difficult gastronomical
feat of swallowing the Democratic
party. This year we propose to get
everything in Kansas, from constable
to governor. We are engaged in
heaven-born movement against
the money power. In the place Of the
despotism of the past there now lives
the money power. Liberty ever comes
from the great body of the common peo-
pie and never from the mighty. But
after reviewing ancient history and tell
ing you of the ruin the despotism of the
money power has caused in the past,
will come nearer home.
We can hear the tramp of the march
ing hosts from all parts OF the country.
1t is not revolution of bullets, but of
brains and ballots. Why waste your
sympathy on Ireland? There are more
evictions in New York city in one day
than there are in Ireland in
one whole year. We are rapidly
being converted into nation of
tenant serfs. Monopolies, trusts and
combines have been enthroned and
raised to power. We have not today a
government for the people, but for
capitalists. The money power today
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