The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08


time that American citizens should throw
off this serfdom raise up. have faith and
confidence in our country and say that
you will run your own country in your
own way. There is only 5 per cent of our
business done abroad, while the other IS
per cent is done at home, and he pro-
tested against that per cent foreign tail
wagging the 95 per cent dog.
What does England about our COM
mercial system as long she can con-
troll our financial system. This system ID
driving us to destruction, and Is it no
| time to call halt You have lived on
gold system for 20 years and how do you
like it? If we must have but metal
for money it had better be silver, but bet,
ter still if we had neither There is need
for this country to suffer a. financial
crisis.
He then referred to politics. One Of the
greatest strikes that has ever taken place
in this country was when the few wealthy
people struck down silver. 1t cost US
more money and people than all of the
other strikes put together. Very little
was said about it by the press, and the
government was not obliged to call out
troops to suppress it. The Populists are
accused of being lawless people, anar-
chists, etc, but there is no truth what
ever in these accuse tiOns.
lie referred to an article published in the
Review, in which it was stated that it was
too bad that such good citizen as S. M.
Chicago Times of the federal government
for sending troops to suppress the deStruc-
ton of life and property during the recent
strike at Chicago. He stood for law, and
for the execution and faithful ministra-
ton Of it, any violators of the law. But
he believed that the same kind of law
should be applied to all classes Of people.
The constitution states how the govern
ment or state affairs shall be managed.
There is nothing in the constitution that
hf,tc fhot fbo md
upon invitation from the legislature of the
state. There was a statute introduced 20
years ago during the Kuklux times in the
South giving the president other privileges
in ordering troops into state, but us
passage was strongly opposed by the DEM
ocratic party Now Democratic president
during Democratic times takes advantage
of this statute and orders troops into the
state of Illinois in the interests OF monopo-
lists. There was not the remotest occasion
for the exercise of that executive power.
The newspaper reports were greatly eHag-
gerated, and the summing up OF the aW"
full riot shows that one woman ohs
baby, one boy, one man and three mugs
and thieves were killed, but not single
striker or railroad man was killed or
wounded The president accepted the re-
ports of the plutarchy press ana sent
troops there against the wishes OF the gov
ernor of Illinois, the mayor, the sherlI anu
the chief of police of the city of chicago.
that were not enforced but were violated
and the violators were not punished. JUS
tice between man and man ought 10 De inc
same, no matter what his station IN NE
might be- He protested against the admin
istration of law under the interstate COM
merce system, and under the ANTITRUST
law.
He referred to Attorney-General Olney
as at one time the attorney for the whisky
trust and big railroads and then he is call
ed into the cabinet by President CleVe-
land to deal out justice against trusts ana
railroads This is not Justice, but anarchy.
Anarchy does not mean bloodshed, but a
man who stands against law, who neutral
ICES law is an anarchist. 1t is not the req
dressed laborer who is the anarchist, out
they are to be found among people dressed
in fine clothes, wearing silk hats and dia-
monds.
The person who destroys property should
be punished, but he would only consent to
this were every violator of the law pun
ished in the same manner Punish Mr..
Debs if he has violated the law, but Amer
lean people will never rest until every
consprator against laws is punished
according to the extent OF MS crime.
These conspirators of wealth are running
our country This is not a country of the
man and for the man, but a country of
the dollar and for the dollar. What we
are fighting for is to dethrone the dollar
and throne the man. He was not an an
archist had no sympathies for them ana
wished it understood that he was opposed
to anarchists.
The two old parties are controlled by
monopoly, it has got them by the threats
and is than human slavery.
Monopoly has the power today and mon
archcial principals of the government are IN
control The logic of events has placed
the old parties in this position, and you
are obliged to get away from them if you
are opposed to monarchy.