The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-10-04

FSe6Ss they have got large surplusea, they
even hold great quantities Of government
bonds, and yet are forced to suspend. Fac
tories are being closed, mechanics are uR.
3 employed, stores are without customers
100000 Of idle men are walking up and
y down asking for an opportunity to earn
Y bread for the hungry ones at home.
\ Why is thisS Is it because of too much
money! Is it because of silver money! No,
for silver will pay debt, will buy as much
\ bread, will clothe as many naked as any
I, other dollar. These results come because
of the lack Of dollar of any kind. They
come from the inability of the people to ef.
3 feet exchanges between one commercial
center and another. These New York bank.
ers started their little panic In pursuance
I of their plan to pinch the west and south
and coerce the members Of this body into
their views.
The PerOratlOn.
warn you, gentlemen, that the people
OF today are aroused. For years the people
have demanded more money, and you meet
J that demand with proposition to take
away one-half of what they already havei
Is that your answerP Can statesmen be 80
/. blinded to the interests of the people, the
rich and the poor alike, as to carry this de-
sign further in face of the protests Of the
$1,000, 900 toilers Of this land9
Oh, Mr.. Speaker, in 1778 our fOrefathers,
despite the protests of the Tories Of that
day, declared their political independence
Of Great Britain, and SO today, despite the
bowling of the "Tories" of this house and
their friends in the Hobbies, the time has
come when by the grace of God we can well
declare our financial independence of the
same power.
Mr.. Speaker, the friends of bimetallism
stand here and plead the cause Of those who
have not easy access to the seat of power,
Of the men who cannot afford to maintain
lobbies to throng the corridors of this capi-
tol building, Of the men who cannot af.
ford to go to the expensive hotels Of this
city and sit down to influence the members
Of this body. But, gentlemen of the other
side, you can keep your lobby, If you please,
Of stock kbrokers and gamblers and cheva-
hers dhindustrie. They can stay here and
drink their champagne frappe, eat their
canvasback and terrapin. Very few Of
those who are back of us are present here,
but we have thousands of communications
telling rs that the people are on their knees
In prayer while we are fighting their bat
ties here, and that is more to us than all
your packed lobbies.
Mr.. Speaker, we have come to the fork OF
the roads. This means either bimetallism,
free silver coinage with 100 cents in every
dollar from this time forth, or it means the
utter humiliation of silver as money all
over the globe. We have indeed come to
the fork of the roads. We have travelled
the one road before, and we have found 1t
safe. 1t is no experiment. Along this
way our fathers saw the nation grow and
expand, and from small beginnings become
one of the mightiest Of the earth. We have
been this way before Along this road our
fathers carried to a successful termination
two great foreign wars, and on this road
was maintained the mightiest conflict Of
modern ages, which preserved intact the
liberties and unity of the state. This Is no
new road. This is such a road az was de-
scribed by the psalmist when he said,
"Her ways are ways Of pleasantness, and
all her paths are peace"
But there is another road that leads no
man knows where. The masses Of the peo-
pie are aroused. All over this fair land
they are on their knees in prayer. Their
walls have been heard at the throne of the
Almighty My friends, hunger and cold
know no philosophy and respect no laws,
and when those twin devils are let loose
and you force them out upon the world
Then woe to the robbers who gather
In fields where they never have sown;
Who have stolen the jewels from labor
And builded to MammOn throne.
For the throne Of their god shall be crumbled,
And the scepter be swept from his hand,
And the heart of the naughty be humbled,
And a sarvn nt ha nhinR In The lnna