The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-21


mere heavily than YOU would tax the
man with an income Of one hundred
dollars. When you get to
a man like Rockafellar, who has an
income of at least one million dollars
a wear. or that sweet citizen, Andrew
Carnegie, or that model of the repuh
lie George Gould, or the Astors, or
the Nanderbilts- YOU get TO
these men. with a net income of a
million dollars a year, come down on
them heavier, and try to save their
souls rs we'll as save the republic.
cloud and continued applause)
Before discussing the currency
question. | wish briefly to discuss
what is called the widest plank in our
platform. | would like to have the
respect of every honorable citizen in
the state of Georgia. | would like
to have the good will of every man
whose good will can be purchased up
on honorable grounds. But | say
here and now that sacrifice no prin-
ciple to gain any votes or to gain any
mans good will. (Applause and
cheers) They say that our railroad
plank is wild and visionary; that TO
buy up all the railroads would bank
rupt the country and the government
ought not take possession of all the
corporate railroad property.
Let us discuss this for Il moment,
and when we have put our minds to
it fairly and squarely you may 90
away from here thinking | am still
wrong, but YOU will doubt it Il little
more than YOU ever did before.
| Facts are facts. Arguments are al
.uments. and the man who brings the
strongcs. facts and the best argu-
mcnts will, in the end, prevail, You
may put us down to-day by trigger
ing with the ballot box. (Applause.
You may put us down tomorrow 10y
keeping our views away from the peo
plc. but sooner or later the snnligh,
of truth is going 10 break through al
these temporary distractions, and The
people are going to understand these
questions, and when they do they arr
going to be Populists from the noun
,ains to the sea. (Applause and erie
IF That's right
You tell me this is new doctrine
say to YOU. no. 1t is IN old doctrine
New to YOU because YOU have beeI
Rip Van Winkling little too much
Was there ever Il nation that dldn'
own its national highways? Wa
! there ever Il civilization, ancient q
modern. that was not dedicated to tn
proposition that the highways mus
f belong to the people; that it was to
dangerous to give them TO any ind
l. vidual of any corporation. In tn
: Jays when our ancestors establislc
i these institutions, the public hiYl
|, ways belonged to the people. I'll
t. :ron highway had not then superse'
ed the dirt highway. bu: to show yo
g that the iron highway should :clor
II TO the government, let me call 20,
# attention to the fact that the; sa
: that naviyable rivers. lakes and bay
5. seas and CULTS should never belong
r.. private citizens. to corporations
r even to the States. T1i me, II
,e friendly Democratic edltor-eSp'a
It to your people to-morrow-W
J, lid George Washington, Benjam
: Elanklin. Lee and the balance Of t
,reat statesmen who framed the &C
, ,titution say tina. the Savannah rive
-, l,e Chat,ahooehee river. the Mi>sO.
:, river. the Mississippi river should
b. yavs belong to the people and ne>
A. ,clong to a corporation? tApplaus
rack that nut il YOU can. \
., olause.) Put that in your editor
80, oiuc and smoke it. Great AppIaus
e, Why did they say tie SavAnn
il liver should never belong to anybo
&c. ,ut the people? Because i, was
is peoples highway. And yet III
i evolution Of commerce the Cent
ro- Railroad is manlfestly more imp
n> tant as the people highway than
nit Savannah river could be. There