The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-19

Nebuchadnezzar afterwards found his
level and for seven years ate grass with
the beasts of the field [Great laughter
and applause.
John Sherman cost the country more
than Jefferson Davis ever did and he
was greater traitor. When the assizes
of hell are held Judas Iscariot, Benedict
Arnold and the rest shall pass to one side
resp ectfully and let this man lead the
procession {Applause.)
John Sherman had no excuse for be-
traying the people. He knew better.
Jefferson Davis believed he was right.
John Sherman knows he is not and now
he has not the manhood to make proper
amends to the betrayed. Why, l believe
that Judas had the decency to go out and
hang himself. Laughter and cheers ]
Jefferson Davis caused this country to
lose two billions of dollars, but in a sin
gle year John Sherman caused q shrink
age OF seven billions"
Mr.. Sibley here turned his attention TO
John G. Carlisle and read from one of his
old speeches to show that he had been
heartily in favor OF silver in the past and
| to show how he had changed
(Which Carlisle shall 1 believer" said
Mr.. Sibley. "In the congressional d.
rectory find his occupation is given as
that of lawyer If l was to rewrite it
I would call him q money changer. for no
man is a greater one than he.
There is a great cry about over pro-
duction causing hard times from the alb
sorbers. AS matter of fact We pro-
duced less wheat and less cotton in 1898
than we did in 1888 We have under
consumption. That's what is the matter
with US The four million tramps and
unemployed and the perhaps II million
J Ia hnxy ~ 4 4 =. E0fr
duty as consumers
I'VE pray Give Us this day our daily
| bread and then we fling back into the
! face OF God Almighty the fact that our
oaths arise from the fact that he heard
our prayers uaughterl
"In the last years people have starved
from over production of wheat and
| frozen from over production of wool and
cotton and coal They simply didn't
have the money to buy it with.
The only way dollar can depreciate
is for prices to rise. You all know that
| When goldbugs say they do not want a
dollar that will decrease in value they
| simply mean that they do not want prices
to rise. II means much to the wheat
| farmer if his dollar is a four bushel dol
| lar or a one bushel dollar.
st has been said that there is no debtor
class. Carlisle has changed his mind
about that, too. Even within forty eight
hours he changed it In a speech at
Covington, KY. he declared there was no
debtor class, and two days later, at Bowl
ing Green. admitted that there was
There is that bond deal entered into
between Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle
on one side and the Rothschilds and rep
resentstives of Wall street on the
other, by which the United States
is being protected, and in which Mr.
Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle sold sixty-twc
millions in bonds for 1O41k that were a
the time worth 1191z, and are now worth
1881. It was in this deal that the
United States lost S. 300, 900. can fine
two men who would save the country fol
great deal less than that Elaug hterl
my God, if two men can save thii
country at a critical period like that
then two men can ruin It Il it not
then, high time for rs to rise in on