The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-10-09

COTteu Ulm 10 tue Idir STOuuuS, WHtIt |
the speaking took place. The demo
cratic committee of Giles county had
thirty five extra police appointed to pre-
serve order At o'clock this afternoon
General Weaver began his speech at the
fair grounds. Mrs. Weaver and Mrs.
Lease, OF Kansas, occupied seats on the
platform BY actual count there were
three hundred men and three women on
the grand ctand.
Was Cleveland Named by the sIonoT-
olies.
Sprin gield Republican.
A Florida reader of The Republican writes !
asking how we regard the nomination of
Mr.. Cleveland now. He says the third par
~ speakers there are declaring that Cleve-
land is the nominee of the capitalists and
monopolies and not of the masses, and
he would like to know our opinion
about it.
The only reason in existence for this
| claim of the peoples party agitators is
| that the democratic candidate for the
| presidency is supposed to be very favor
ably regarded by the business men of
the country. Comprehending by the
term business men" the great number
| OF merchants tradesmen, manufacturers
farmers and others, who, through their
own labor and without seeking special
| privileges from the government whereby
they may profit at the expense of others,
are engaged in getting a livelihood, it is
emphatically true that Cleveland is strong
whit he business interests of the country.
His sturdy opposition to the fallacious
| that 6piD4Sprlput y nj ia CT N a n of
values through the free coinage of eli p
ped silver dollar can help the poor as
against the rich, and to the iniquitous
idea that the tax power of the nation can
with advantage to the common people be
handed over to the use of combinations
of capital; and to the no less dangerous
idea that it is the business of the govern
ment to support the people rather than
the business of the people to support the
government-this opposition has strongly
commended him to the great mass of
business men And we should not be
drawn actively to the support of d can
didate who was regarded with disfavor
terests of the nation-the agents and
guardians Of its material welfare.
But while this Is true it Is none the
|
most leader among our public men III
calling attention 10 the encroachments
of monopoly and privilege upon the lib
critics of the people. He WAS in the
field here before the peoples party was
born or thought of He wfs among the
first to sound the warning against the
dangerous tendencies Of the time in
volved in the accumulation of the huge
So ~, 6 6,
and their alliance with the powers Of
government. Aud he precipitated with
rare courage and great self sacrifice the
, very contest IN which we are now en-
gagged over this issue.
E Let any one who doubts this turn back
to the message sent to Congress by Pres
ident Cleveland one year after the date
f of the famous tariff reform message He
. referred to the bond under which the
n government was held by the people a
4 century ago that in It's dealings with the
people it would be absolutely Just and
s would exact from them equitabiy by
4 taxation only what was needed to pay
e the expenses of government and for only
a that purpose; combinations, monopo
, lies and aggregations of capital were
Is either avoided or sternly regulated anC
restrained; - and 1.-THE pomp and gltte
r of governments less free offered no temp
o, 'tation and presented no delusion to tn
" plain people who, side by side in friend
A. 'ly competition, wrought for the enoble
p 'ment and dignity of man A centur
has pa sed, he went on to say, and ou
cities have become the abiding places O
wealth and luxury never befor
dreamed of and immense aggregation
of capital outrun the imagination in thei
magnitude and power. We view thi
picture with complacency, he said, bu
~. on closer inspection 1--WE tind the wealt
- and luxury of our cities mingled wit
poverty, wretchedness and unremuner,
tive toll ;" and "a crowded and CONSTANT
Is increasing urban population suggests th
eh impoverishment of rural sections and di
On content with agricultural pursuits" TT
ne large fortunes realized by manufacture
es we discover to be in part the result of tt
10 governments discriminating favor.
g said; the gulf between employers an
se employed is rapidly widening and CT
ating two classes of the very rich an
comparatively very poor; and ''corpori
tions which should be the carefully r.
strained creatures of the law and the Sc
~ wants of the people are fast becoming tt
III peoples masters" through combination
into trusts and monopies. We have
short situation not of equality but
inequality before the law, he held. Al
y, he continued:
on The grievances of those not Include
ho within the circle of these enefclarlC
ot when fully realized, will surely arou
=. irritation aud discomfort. Our farmer
struggling in the race of life with tt
hardest and most unre,nitting toll, w
not fail to see, in spite IF misrepresent
tions and misleading falacies, that tb
are obliged to accept such prices +
'nt their products as are fixed in foreis
ed, markets where they compete with {
ed. farmers Of the world and tn
'm- without compensating favor they Il
nat forced by the action OF government
viii pay for the benefit of others such t
HANGED prices for the things they Ne
that the scanty returns Of their Labor +
n.y. to furnish their support or leave
margin for accumulation Our worillr
N. men will reasonably demand throu
ma Just revision of our tariff laws stead
'est employment, cheaper means of living
his their homes and freedom for themsel'
ry), and their children from the doom Of p
lie petual servitude Conn
nism is a hateful thing and menace