New-York tribune., 1894-10-29
GOV WAITE SPEAKS IN CHICAGO.

r.NADtLTERATED POPULISM FOR THE VOTERS OF
THE WESTERN METROPOLIS.
Chicago. oct 2S.-Governor Waite. OF Colorado.
arrived here at o'clock this morning and after
makin; two campaign speeches for the f'eopies
party. took an evening train for Denver TIE Gov
ernor's first speech delivered from the Column
bus statue on the lake front o'clock. Around
the monument were assembled 500 people. The
Governor was enthusiastically received. He SAID
In part:
We are In the midst OF revolution peaceful we
hope: revolution 20 be accomphsheI @ Dy oaiP,, ,bo
liberty of the people been In sucn danger as - -
the present time Never untii within ,ne iast TWO
years have such bold and combined attacks been
made upon the rights OF the people as have been
made by the present United states AirinlstIa,iVMi: a.
The condition of the country Is acknowledged by
ali to be deplorabe. Business Is dull. money Is
scarce men are the pTGe he OF yor
the labor OF those employed very low. For the
tween four and i've million men in the United States
who cannot ind work. We are told by pontciahs
that this is the dispensaton OF Divine provldrnGe'
on. legislation which for the last thirty years 50
monopoly No one act OF Congress has been passed
during that time for the people except the Pension
months FOR the purpose OF vetoing the pension bills.
There Is no difference between the two old parties
Both have done all they can to contract currency
and take from the people the money that should De
circulated among them. turning II into bonds r t9r
the benefit Of the capitalists. But the present 40
rn.nis,ration mas done what Ben Harrison and MS
crowd would not dare do. and that IA. issue f5OVD.-
OF gold bonds for the purpose OF putting the
country whore it Is today upon a gold standard:
Everything il being done TO make the people OF
America nothing but Industrial slaves
You have had hard times In all ages. but nara
times can only exist from one cause the scarcity
of money. Never can the times be improved except
by an abundance ~ money; ana yet both pollucal
parties have done nothing but decrease ana de
crease Grover Cleveland called a special session OF
Congress 10 repeal the Sherman bill Since then
have all gone lower. There l. only one remedy. and
that is the adoption Of the Omaha platform, which
provides for the increase OF currency.
As far as Colorado j. individually concerned.
want 10 say that the present Administration has
taken from II all that II had except its goot
weather. Il IS our good climate which has enabled
us 20 live and II the politicians and monopolists
could get hold of that We would not have II long.
Right after the war times We're good tor there
plenty Of currency. hut Congress has contracted
it 20 accommodate monppOllsts until II has been
brought down from $2.rp.rn0No to $1o0Ooc.O1. Sec
rotary Mccullough FAR as to burn Si,p0OD
OF grecnbacks. He went to Europe aftefWsrd as the
tool OF the Rothschilds. I don't know whore he IS
now II he's living. but II it be he's dead can very
quick tell you where h. is.
Nearly 4.s0 Populists assembled In Tattersalls
big pavilion tonight to listen the Colorado GOV
crnor. The prophecy OF the chairman that Waite
would be the next President evoked shouting and
cheering OF the most vOciferOus Kind. As the re-
suit OF Infamous and dcspicabe' act OF Con
gress the speaker cited the fact that IN 1873 S3l
would buy l~i bushels OF wheat while today SlUO
would buy 200 bushels