The Globe-republican., 1893-12-22

asked policeman, standing 1T the head OF
Mulberry street. il il would be safe 70 Walk
through the street He replied that Il kept
my mouth shut It might be- Well walked
what would make the blood OF every American
citizen boil I saw Q swarming multitude Of
the representatives Of the feculent and decay
ing nations Of Europe, living in . state moro
loathsome than that OF swine in sty, subs1st-
ing on what American labOrerS would throw
away, as ignorant Of the spirit Of our institu-
lions as is . child Of the geometr;c properties
Of the blocks with which it plays And mus
ket shot away. q judge Of the United States.
clothed in his judicial ermine, was making
these people American citizens at the rate OF
one for every five minutes OF the working hours
Of the day I am q protectionist pure and
simple Immense applause.
Protection and silver.
am a believer in protection to American Ia
goods that can be made here while there is .
single unemployed man here But what is the
use Of protection to American labor's products
till you protect the American laborer: What is
the use Of protection for American fabrics and
free trade in men: Why levy duty on the
products of the American laborer and admit
the sQualid laborer Of foreign nations? The
policy OF protection, by whatever party ad-
vanced- will never be complete till it is supple
mented by the exclusion Of the degrading and
incompetent men who tend to drag the Amer.
lean laborer down
There has been another explanation offered
q want Of confidence in our circulating medium
From my observation the money Of the country
was the only thing the p ople had confidence
in. Laughter and applause Twas in Denver
when banks which were solvent were forced to
close down because the people wanted their
money. They didn't care whether il was gold
or silver or paper. They wanted their money.
When the people have want of confidence in
their money times are usually good
A few years ago, just after Gettysburg and
other like events, when the people took their
money in baskets and brought back their pur-
chases in their pockets, gold went higher and
money was active. When you get bill In
which you afterward have q want Of confidence,
what do vou do with it: Laughter Do sou
hoard il: Laughter. Don't you buy some
peanuts for the children or pass it on the street
car conductor or if it is Saturday night don't
you put it in the contribution box the next
day:
The result of the repeal Of the purchasing
clause OF the Sherman law had as little to do
with the condition Of things as the weathercock
has on the direction Of the wind or the height
Of the mercury on the state Of the temperature.
The fact is that the people want a dollar " hich
will pay 100 cents Of debt They are lndifIer.
ent as to the material OF which it is composed
They care as little as to whether there are lU
cents worth Of silver in silver dollar as
whether there are 100 cents worth Of paper in
paper dollar
have heard a great deal Of the denunciation
of the phantom dollar the dream dollar, the
fiat dollar. The only fat dollar Is the gold dol.
lar. II is the only dollar no man has seen, ex-
cept as a curiosity. You might go with search
warrant through the vaults of banks OF this
city or through the tills Of your merchants and
you wouldn't find a gold dollar in the whole
Hha$v va1o - sr,ce
many grains Of gold pay 100 cents of debt
Withdraw this assurance and gold will fuctu-
ate with the markets Of the world as any other
commodity.
II the United States should declare that 80
ma grains of silver would pay loo cents Of
debt, silver would instantly become as stable
as gold or any other commodity
About Millionaires.
said that there were too man, millionaires
III this country may add as my final rehec
ton that my most poignant regret is that there
is not one more TO be added to the number.
Laug lterl During the period Of meditation
which tine mistaken judgment Of my constituents
forced upon me- have meditated on the cause
OF il all
And / reflect that all the inventions Of mod.
ern science have been made during my lifetime.
In my boyhood days. on the banks Of the Mer
rimac, use 10 put nv ear TO one end OF q log
and hear my pay mate scratch at the other end
lJo feet away. Nature was trying 70 tell me OF
the telephone. l had natural, unG Ualifed,
unrestrained right TO invent the telephone.
There was inhibition or Limitation on my
powers by statute, enactment or regulation 1t
was not a question of circulating medium.
1t was a question of brains Tn, reason I
didn't invent the telephone (and would enjoy
q private car, a steam Yacht and a palace By
the sea just as much as III S man BelD was no;
that became d victim of social injustice or
political depravity, but didn't know enough
The stock Of the Bell Telephone Co. doated
around at ~ cents on the dollar 1t is now worth
$50 q share. Why didn't invest my 10 cents!
The American people must be taught that the
millionaire is not an absolutely uncomfortable
evil. that it is no crime to acquire any amount
of money, if legitimately obtained and honestly
expended II all the assets Of the country
were distributed there would be about sl,U0J
for each person, and yet there are some men
who have So 10 90 1t looks unequal, unjust,
and yet ii has never been established and can
not be main tanned that tie poverty Of the poo,
is the direct result of the wealth Of the rich
To the wealth Of the couutry is due the libra
ries. the hospitllS the colleges all that does
so much for the welfare Of the race. But be-
lieve that no man should transmit S.O,0 1000.
The la should not interit with the acQuisi.
tion. but it should prevent its transmission to
those who have not earned IL.
want 10 leave uly parting thought that
the streets of Jerusalem are to be cleaned by
every man sweeping in front Of his own door.
step and that this should become a govern.
ment OF laws and not of men
Wooden Whaler> No Longer Useful.
The old-fashioned whaling ships have