The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-14

the southern people the meaning of sound
money. After putting in motion all the
secret agencies and the use of illimitable
money and drumming up delegates from
this chamber of commerce and that bank
they assembled here TO tell us what was
the meaning of sound money" and after
having the people of this city. whose
loans from the banks made them subser-
Went to the banking interests, turn out.
they succeeded in drumming up a large
gathering. and they had the secrtary OF
the treasury here to tell us the difference
between sound money now and sound
money in 1878. And. God save them by
request of the president, they had three
cuckoos, who sold their birthright for the
mess Of pottage fapplause); three con-
gressmen only. and 1 saw in the paper in
which L read about it that there was not a
solitary farmer in that party, In this
southland where the proportion between
the agricultural interest and the rest is
seventy-five farmers to twenty-five of all
other occupations. ] see before me too
many sunburned faces not to recognize
in this gathering those who follew the
pillow, as / do.
what is sound money! It is that
money which requires two pounds of cot
quantity of IL that ii did few years back.
/ claim that such dollar as that Is rob
Der dollar of two hundred cents They
tell you about the fifty cent dollar. Let
us fling into their teeth the two hundred
cent dollar.
What is the condition in these United
States? Look east of the Ohio river and
north Of the Potomac and there YOU Will
find the men who manipulate your con-
crosses and buy them; there you VIII
find the men who nominate your presi-
dents and control them. They are the
creditor states of this Union. They own
nearly all the creditors of this country.
Our bankers go there to get their loans.
You farmers from the country furnish
the collateral and they go there and get
the money to loan you when. If we had y
sound system Of finance ana an honest
president and a representative and pa
triotic congress we would have such a
distribution of the money of this country
as would prevent its congestion in a few
money csnters.
.'Mr. Carlisle. in picturing the despair
and destruction that would follow the re-
hahilitatiOn of silver. mentioned among
other classes who would be robbed-anG
right there I would Ike TO emphasize that
question of rohbery-that charge that we.
who are in favor of silver. want TO pay
our debts in fifty cent dollars. whereas
we know that 1t has taken DO cents TO
pay them.
"Among other classes who were men
toned by Mr.. Carlisle IS being the great
sufferers from this scheme of himetaiiism
and rehabilitation OF silver, were those
savings bank depositors. The savings
bank banks could pay off their depositors.
representing millions of dollars In all the
northern and eastern states. in fifty cent
dollars That was the claim he made.
Well. row. who are Mr.. CarIisis's bank
say. II is Il hard thing 10 say OF the
secretary of the secretary Of the treasury.
that he has owners. but am p plain. blunt
man. and will speak nv thoughts. GAP
plausel The bankers Of the United States
today to a man are the ones who are
claYnoring against silver. and. oh. won
presidents and directors present 20 this
country the spectacle Of pretending 20 OBJ
ject 20 q scheme OF finance which would
enable them TO pay OF their debts 10 Their
depositors in fifty cent dollars.
al am not here TO discuss this question
in any partisan way. as you VIII find out
directly am q silver Democrat. but MI
Sibley and Mr.. Thomas went too far in
the announcement OF their belief that the
Democratic party was horelsSsiy split;
though. true. IL takes very ford imsC-
ination TO believe that IL - possible for
them 10 elect president next year. that
their party will disfrtegrate. and that we
form a new one Now. / am not going
tina. far but an going a long way 90
ward IT. and / am going to tell you why.
There are some things that I car say no
other man dare say. ] have been that
way good while in nv politics. boys. and
thar IS the reason the people In South
Carolina like me-
.Oh they charge me with heing a FIRE
brand. preaching secfionaisrn. because !
mention the south and west as against
the east and middle and New Engi-r,f
states II there - sectionsiisu IN tHat.
IL e the SectioralisD OF poverty and wrong
on one side against robbery ara rsscaiity
on the other. and the day IS going 20