The Irish standard., 1896-10-17

HIprpve that because q man owns money
/ and loans money he has been purged OF
the dross Of I'm sci fshne s.. Applause.1
t Why, Is Mr.. Washburn Hike others, dom
mated by human seIdshnass? {cries ct
Ecu bet he Is. ''1 Are all Others donin-
! ated BY human selfishneas? &c they are.
will you tell me why It IS that heads Of
trusts are against our ticket &? Why don't
/ they tell that 1t is because they are don-
/ mated by selhshness and know that the
election Of the Chicago ticket would hurt
( those trusts? (Great applause and cheer
ingJ .5 ;.s
II why Is It that the bond syndicates are
against us? Is 1t because they are domin-
3ated by human selfishnessE Then, why
don't these men come out and say they
are opposed to us? Because our platform
f.interferes with their business Of bleeding
the government fGreat applause.l But
no, we are told that these fnancfeTs are
unselfish, and in spite Of all the good
that free coinage would bring to them,
they have the moral courage to turn their
backs on their own welfare and plead the
cause of the common people. (Great ap-
plause and cheering.) i
PAYING IN FIFTY CENT DOLLARS.
But, my friends, there is another thing
that want you to notice in this letter.
I believe Mr.. Washb1rn is large en-
ployer of labor. Now, if he is dominated
! Dy- SelNSnueSS, WHAT Is IlS WOITyluSt So
much for about having to pay his en-
ployes in flfty-cent dollars? Great APP
plause.) IF his employees are so much
afraid that they are going to suffer per-
sonal loss because of free coinage, why
doesn't Mr.. Washburn rejc!.e if he is
dominated by human selfshness? Gap
tpiause.) Why doesn't he rejoice that all
his employees lose he will make? (Great
|applause.)
But, no, he desires to pose before his
employees as one who is willing to deny
himself Of the advantage of paying in
cheap dollars in order that his employees
might not lose by free coinage. CAP
plause.) What reason have you to be-
lieve that he is less dominated by human
selfishness than his employees are? CAP
plause.l Now, my friends, want to
say to you that you can't suffer II you
are his employees, because any man who
lis interested enough in his employees to
fects Of free coinage will be. recording to
his idea, will love hrs employees enough
after election to pay hise employees double
wages when he gets double prices for his
goods (Applause.) If the dollar will be
xfifty-three cent dollar then Mr.. Washburn
can get twice as many dollars for his
goods as he gets now, and If he gets twice
as many dollars for his flour as he gets
now he can pay twice as many dollars
to his laboring men as he pays now, and
have the same profit left that he has now
Great applause)
But If he loves you as well after cleo
ton as he loves you: row. he. will never
let you suffer, my friends !; {Applause.)
And. my friends If he does, NOT love you
we'll enough after election to protect you
when it is within his power to, do SO ac-
cording to his own arguments, then I
doubt the love that he has manifested
before election, when he tries to make
YOU vote as he wants YOU to vote. @
Now, my friends, that is enough Of this
letter. If get any more from him I will
see If there is anything interesting in the
next letter. (Applause and laughter.l
BEGGING THE QUESTION.
We are in favor, of blmetalnsn1 and we
support our claim by logic which can
not be answered.: and our opponents con-
question when they attempt to turn the
discussion on to some other question.
'eApplause)
Nj. Washburn complains Of the Wilson
bill. got into town late this afternoon
and received through the, mail, or
rather in an envelope, an extract from
speech which Mr.. Washburn delivered in
the Senate Of the United States on the
18th day of July, 1892. I have not had
time to compare this speech with the
record and I tell you so, my friends: be-
cause do not use authorities without
this occasion tell you how 1 got this
and will read it, and if Mr., Washburn
is in the room I want him to say whether
this is his speech or not, and If it is not
I will not ask you to accept it. Gap
plause) Is ME- Washburn in the room
(Cries of. mo, No.') - ~
:: T. am in earnest in this matter and /
don't want to do any man an Injustice
and therefore I have asked for him, if
he is here, so he can verify it now, and
if he is not here it can not be verified UNI
til I have gone and want to say If what
speech, then ask to withdraw 1t en-
.tirely and not consider it in connection
with what I have said. In this extract
which has been sent to me find that
Mr.. Washburn gives the price OF wheat,
beginning with 1865 and running down to
1890, and that he uses these words. "The
hopes of the producer fat been turned to
ashes, the grain dealer and miller and
the business men have been disappointed,
the balance Of trade in favor of this coun-
try that every one looked to with so
much assurance, has been made below
the general estimate, probably in the de,
preston of prices in agriculture and food
exports of $500, 100000. Gold is still leav-
ing the country and there is but little left
In support of general business and think
there is a general disappointment that
with the tariff of 1890 we do not see better
times. LII THESE WOIuS dlG COEicCI, OCH
ator Washburn tells you that there was
general disappointment that the tariff of
1890 was not followed. by better times.
(Applause) i: .f5 r.
EXPRESSED ALARM.
+ And he says, ''And again, Mr.. President,
the people of the country were startled,
Il certainly was, when the statement was
made in one Of the maya zines alfew, weeks
since, that ne-half sof the volume of
wealth Of this country was owned by 900
persons and again the millionaires and
the tens of mfl1ionaires, and the hundreds
of millionaires, have neither created nor
earned their wealth. and the royal road to
wealth has been through illegitimate spec
ulation, stock exchanges and grain gam
bling railroad wreck!ng and trusts, and
the whole volume Of iniquities that have
developed in the nefarious methods Of the
stock exchanges of this country" 800.
Now, then, my friends, there is this
senator expressing his alarm THAT all
the country Is owned by .ionly $4,000 per-
sons and these ;millionaires have neither
created nor earned their wealth., and that
the royal road to wealth has been Through
illegitimate speculations, stock and grain
gambling, railroad Wrecking and trusts,
and the whole volume of iniquitfes that
have developed in the nefar1ous methods
of stock exchanges Of this country. Ought
the senator to be surprised If we are
Alarmed at the same thing that scared
him four years ago? (App1ause)
And ought he not to be alarmed when he
finds that nearly every man whom he de-
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