The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-09

they still cling 20 the aristocratic idea
that bind them 10 the past They do not
realize today that N fighting for Nc
Kinley we are fghing a battle for free
and educa ted American labor. They do
not believe nor understand that the
prosperity OF this country rests on
educated labor. This house is the pro-
duct OF labor; this city is the product OF
labor; this great county and beautiful
state represent in their beauty and
greatness the sweat and toll OF educaI-
ed, progressive labor. God said that the
Iaborer is worthy OF his hire and this is
what Mckinley and the Republican
party echo. The battle Of the Republi-
can party is 10 start factories and en-
ploy labor-it wants, to see labor eltetr
the forrest. factory and the coal mine
Now, ladies and gentlemen, 1 might be
much more interesting if l RETAINED
from going back 10 quote history.
Let me ask you some questions 1 am
going 10 wait, myself. 10 hear from St.
Louis. 1 believe the Republican ma
uonal convention has more brains than
/ have. l am going 10 support that
platform whatever il is, believing that
the convention viii know more about
the affairs and needs Of this country
than l do. l know that We never mad
prosperity except under the admins
tratiOn OF the Republican party. Since
Washington up 10 the date OF the seven
financial conspiracies there was never
a time in this country that all dollars
were OF equal value. There never was
time since when each dollar did not
have equal purchasing power with ev-
cry other dollar. The south Wags the
tail Of the Democratic dog and I know
that If they continue 10 dominate Dem
ocratic politics we Will again see the
days of shin plaster, and all you old PEG
pie know what that means. You old
people have a mission TO perform and
that is to avoid this condition and 10
teach your children 10 avoid it. Under
this financial system labor was paid %
cents a day; do you want it again? Tell
your boys that money has various val
ues. Tell them that when II was worth
nothing it was always found n the
poor mans pocket l remember when
my father traded in cattle that he had
10 carry little book about with him 10
ascertain the value of money in the
various localities. We never had that
condition after the seven financial con-
spiracies that the Populists talk about.
l don't want TO indulge in prejudice or
passion None but a demOgogue will
resort to them. 1 want 10 say. how
ever, that the cultivation Of more acres
have been done in this country between
1873 and 1893. than during all the history
OF the country since the landing of Col
umbus.
Referring to the war he showed the
progress of the country before and since.
Before no two dollars were of equal
value. Since the war every dollar was
of equal value. God raised up Lincoln
and Stanton and Morton not only 10
bring absolute liberty to the nation, but
10 give America the best financial sys-
tenn in the world. He then proceeded
10 show that the boom coused all the
present trouble. He said he was in il
Io->eught and Immediately looked
about him for some Eve 10 throw the
blame of his folly on her. He said that
in this respect every Populist is an
Adam who wants 10 throw the blame OF
his actions on somebody else. He then
showed where the boom originated and
how it spread. His idea in doing this
was TO show that the people themselves
are to blame for their condition. That
credit was expanded, that they con-
tracted debts and that with payday
came the cash. This was true Of Kan
Sas and other state and was also true
of foreign countries. When the people
of England and Ireland and France saw
packing houses going up at Kansas City
to pack the products OF the west they
took pointer from II and went down
to the Argentine republic to do the Same
thing. Thus IL was that the genius OF
Kansas was taken advantage Of TO its
own detriment by the opening of foreign
fields of competition. The boom bursS
in the United States in 1889, later in the
Argentine republic, later in Africa and
about the time the Democratic party
came into power the Australian boom
burst. The whole world was in a criti-
cal condition, pay day had come and
the people were face to face with
crisis. II the Democratic party had
ability and craftsmanship they could
meet that crisis, stem the tide of uncer-
tainty and prevent the general lack OF
confidence that followed. Instead OF
that the Democratic party inspired
more uncertainty. They struck at home
industries, they discouraged home en-
terprise, they locked up factories. drove
labor into the streets and highways,
frightened investment and brought up
on the country greater ruin than has
did not blame the Democratic party for
the primary trouble; he blamed them for
not only not meeting it like statesmen
and businessmen but with. through their
incOmpetency and lack OF patriotism,
adding 10 it. Instead OF meeting il
face 10 face with cool, calm. deliberate
business methods they commenced with
a mistake and followed that up by a
chain of plumbers until the present chao-
tic condition set in / was the uncer-
tainty that arose over these blunders
that closed the Kimbal piano factories.
and the smOksstacks along the Della
ware river 10 have birds nest built IN
them The party struck terrible
blow al labor and IL is the purpose now
OF the country TO undo that crime
against the muscle OF the nation and
restore prosperity TO the country.
He then took up the parable of the
talents and used il 10 great advantage
in illustrating the necessity OF every
a.