Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-04-25
GOV. ST. JOHN SAYS IT.
He Lays Down His Political
Platform.
HIS SPEECH CHEERED.
Railway Monopolies Como In for
Vigorous Scathing-His Opin-
ion on Silver-Where
He Stands

In the course of a speech delivered al
Los Angeles, California. cx-Goy. st.
John said:
Railway monopolies is another sys.
tenn of legalized robbery. To illus
trate. A railway corporation buys a
bushel of hard coal aC Willsesbarre.
Pennsylvania, for eight cents In ten
days it delivers it at Lawrence. Kansas,
when it sells it for fifty cents, or to
make it little palmer, is exchanged
for four bushels of Western Kansas
corn. In ten days more it LAYS that
corn down at Wililesbarre where it is
worth 81 80, or equals twenty bushels
OF coal, the product of the ore bushel
bought twenty days before for eight
cents. Yet they tell the farmers and
coal diggers. that they are protected. =
while the truth is that the farmer is
robbed at one end of the line, and the
coal digger 3t the other end. while the
monopoly gobbles up all the profits.
To-day the poor man pays full fare,
and the millionaire and politician ride
on free pass. Cries of shame Let
the government control these means of
transportation, operate them at cost in
the interest of the people, just as our
mail service is conducted, Los Angeles
would get coal at So to - per ton. in
stead of being compelled to pay $40 to
S13, as she is now. Cries of that's So |
FINANCE.
The demonetization of silver in 1873.
was the beginning of a system of legal
lied robbery. without parallel in his
tory. From that day to this. the
Cold King" has sat upon his throne in
Wall street, New York. and dictated
the policy of the government Cries of
that's so.
Wall street wants more government
bonds. Gold in the United States
treasury is about exhausted. which
will likely result in compelling the
government TO place upon the market
gold, and the people will have to foot
the bills. Cries OF true.
God has deposited in our mountains
untold quantities of silver. Let
la Dor take it therefrOm and coin it into
money. and let the coinage b" unlimi-
ted. (Appau,e). But YOU say it will
make this the dumping groanl for the
silver of the world. Al right let the
dumping begin: the sooner the better.
and we will pay for the bullion, in our
coined silver. itrr", app ."Use.)
All money should be Is dad by the
general government. and e"ery dollar,
whether gold silver OF Paper should
stand upon an equality before the law
for all purposes. ana very enactment
which attempts to di>cr.mjnatr in favor
OF. or against. any part tdlur class of
government currency. >houid be null
and void. ICric,, OF ''Ccoj"
| am sick and tired 1T our govern
ment sending commi sion Is to consult
with Europe about what shall be- done
with silver. What we DO with silver is
none of Europ', business. Cries of
''That's so.'' Let Us adopt fuancial
policy in the iutrrc~t of the great body
Of the people of our own country, and
cease allowing EurOpe-or even Wall
street-to dictate what the policy shall
be. IApplausc.
Give us United States senators.
elected by direct vote OF the people.
Applause. Government control of all
means of public transportation, and
communication, to be operated at cost
in interest of all the peaple. Ap-
plause Free ard un1imit d coinage of
Silver, and national currency stand
ing upon an equality before the law for
all purposes. APP. cause.
Suppress tn" manHfacture importa-
ton and sale of Intoxicating liquors for
beverage purposes, Applause Place
the ballot in the hand Of woman. Pro-
longed applause, Give MS these re-
forms so that the government may be
administered in the interest of all the
people. and rum, monopoly and Doodle
will no longer ru.c the land, and the
people will in truth and in fact be free,
IGruat applause.