The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-09

hccoruinR 10 Inc manner In WHICH lne
wolf always protects the lamb. Go ont
to Wyoming, go 10 Idaho. go to Tenncs-
see, 20 to the great State of New York,
in Buffalo. and you will see the marshal
of arms and hurry TO and fro. and the
citizen soldier is ordered out to protect
the workngmnn in the so-called enjoy
ment of the divine blessing Of Kepubli-
can rule
Three years have elapsed since the Nc
kinley law was adopted, and no man
who proposes n bad law ever told you
the reasons that actuated him.
When they passed it they said it was
from sympathy for the American work
ingman, they wanted To increase his
wages by putting up high tax against
the importation into the United States
of the manufactured goods, wares and
merchandise Of Europe Now two years
have rolled by. and | want and am still
looking with n search warrant for the
American nottingham whose wages
have been increased? Is he here tonight?
He is remarkably quiet and is not boast
ing very largely of the largeness of the
increase. Where is he? Echo answers,
whereI
Have your wages been increased under
the operations Of the Mckinley bill,
which increased the tax on everything
you eat and upon nearly everything you
wear: upon machinery and all the pro-
ducts of the workshop and the produce
of the field.
MANUFACTURES PROFITS.
MOI they have not been increased. but
The profits of the manufacturer have been
increased. and to such an extent that
ut the end of a quarter of n century of
rule Of the Republican party i'll Wash
ington $1,000 people, the number that
would have lived if they were MI there,
in the city of LynChburg. a little town in
Virginia. are to-day the owners of one
half of the wealth of this broad land,
and the other 65.000,O00 of people nave
got the other half in driblets, and they
ere mere dwarfs in the presence Of these
giants. who constitute an arstOcracy
more powerful through the use of their
money than exists in any other nation Of
this broad earth.
saw the other day in the New York
Herald where French prince offered
for sale his title and coat of arms.
The arstocracy of Europe even is poor
and worn out and on the down grade,
but in America the newly-created aris-
tocracy of the almighty dollar is spread
ing itself like a green bay tree in the
third year Of Benjamin l., and the Fore
bill has been propounded to the Ameri-
can Senate. by which the Republican
party proposed TO seize all the reins Of
this Government TO do its own certih-
cation and counting. and to run TINS
great republic for the rest of the time
according to its own will and pleasure.
THE DIFFERENCE.
Who are the Republicans Of this
country? / sat down and tried to make
a little analysis of the classification OF
the people of this land who constitute the
Republican party and those who constl-
tute the Democrats. II you VIII snow me
a Republican | will show you man that
belongs to one of the classes that shall
designate. or is within the charmed cir
Gle or influence of that class. In nut
shell the Republicans of this country
constitute all certain distinct classes OF
this people, who want to get some spe-
cial benefit of this Government which
does not go to other classes, and as
rule the Democrats constitute all that
great nameless mass of the people who
are toiling in their Offices, in t"' r
schools. IN their workshops, IN their helds,
who want nothing of the Government
except that the Government shall leave
them to enjoy the blessings OF liberty uh-
der their own roof and fg-tree, and tax
them equally with other citizens for the
Governments benefit.
Now there are some people amongst the
Republicans who are Republicans III al
war time issues | except them: they are
fogieS. they are fossils; they don't know
that the war is over. because they were
not i'm it, They probably made little
money out of Il contract while the war
was going on, and they got rich while
their brave sons and brothers and 1Ath-
ers were fighting. They are the men OF
hou
the times they live in. We need ms
argue to them. They are hopeless
chronic cases of induraced fanaticlsm,
which nothing can cure but lightning Or
tho Democratic party. Now. rs To the
rest of them. | think yon Will ma that
they are within the classes which / sAall
designate.
OTHER CLASSES.
First. the banks. A great many of the
banks want high taxation. and they re-.
mind me of what a great philosopher SAID
of tyrants-that they cut down the tree
i'm order TO get at the fruit. why 10
they want high TAXATION? They want 10
tax YOU so as 10 put hundred lnhIl0h
surplus into the Treasury that 1t may be
deposited in the banks and that they may
may loan it and get the usury ana inter
est, and wherever you see DanR oillcer
or the president of the bank who mas
been enjoying the manipulation OF the
sixty millions of the people none!
which has been deposited with them with
out interest out of thu excessive taxa
ton he is greatly alarmed lest Grover
Cleveland shall be elected, and the pretly
little game of heads you lose and talls
he wins may succeed by the lessenlng Oh
taxation.
In the second place, the bondholders,
who want high taxation that their Dohds
may be bought in at a premium. The Doh1s
of the United States ought 10 be pald
dollar for dollar, according 10 me terms
of the contract. | am no repudlator' anu
have no liberation for rcpudiator. L
had the honor to make hght III tnis
State and to 20 down with Democracy
against anything which thought at that
time scented OF reputation. j DO not
regret il under the same circumstances;
| would do the same again. For the
next thing TO the glory of winning with
Democracy to me is the glory OF st"hu,
ing and going down with II. lApplauseJ
Now. my fellow-cltizens, the third cla'';
The bondholders who want more currep-
cy issued TO them for their banks TOR
banking purposes. | know that claSS
well. Where they have thousand d9l-
lars in bonds now they are entitled unIer
the National Bar king act 10 nave W. per
cent. of national bank notes issucd TO
them. That is a pretty good thing, bit
while during the last few years .hsv
have been contcnding that there was
plenty of ,nouey in the country they
were perfectly willing to n'rease. IT.
aud we Democrats in thu Senate detea>
ed John Sherman with the assistance OF
our friends in the House in allowing
them 10 issue 10 per cent: more, upon
,bair .Iroadv e,OoIlen and blOated bon ia.