Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-09-17
Al SYRACUSE.
Why the Syndicates Talk of "Anarch-
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\ derives its Just powers from the consent of
the governed, and where the official only
for short time exercises authority accord
ing to law, 1t is only fair that those who
are to choose by the ballot should be per
mitted to come in contact with those who
are candidates for high positions, and as In
| this campaign it is very difficult for all Of
the people to find the necessary money,
either gold or silver, to visit the candidate
/ thought it might be worth while for the
candidate to visit the people
Then, too, L thought it might be well
/ for one who is accused of being the candi-
date of body Of anarchists to show him
self in order that you may judge whether
he looks like one who Is bent upon destroy
ing the government under which he lives
Opportunity Bounded by Trusts.
/ believe, my friends, that there is no
one in all this land who is more in love
with our institutions than !. I glory in
the liberty Of our people and glory In the
opportunities which our nation presents to
every citizen and to the children Of all who
live beneath our flag. 1t is in this land, as
in no other land, that we can say to our
children-whateycr be our walk in life,
whether we be rich or poor, whether we
can say to our children. GAN the avenues
of industry are open to you If you can pre-
vent the trusts from closing those avenues,
and all the honors that are in the hands of
the people are before you If you can have 1t
understood that the people have right to
choose their officials and not the corpora
tions and the syndicates. "
Our opponents-I do not mean the little
street corners, In the hope of some petty
office and find fault with those who are
candidates, but I mean some of the con
spicuous opponents whom we must meet
in this campaign-have declared openly
and publicly that they must exert them
selves TO keep anarchy and socialism from
dominating in the United States.
want to assure you, my friends, that
the people who are opposing the success Of
the ticket nominated at Chicago are not
doing 1t because they are afraid that an
archy such as they speak of will be tri-
umphant, but it is because they know that
the Chicago platform aims its blows at the
real enemies Of this country, those who
think they are greater than the govern
ment and can make the government their
instruments for private gain.
Carlisle on Syndicate Rule.
Let me tell you why they call US anarch-
lists. Mr. Carlisle, when member Of con-
gress in 1873, used these words which I
shall read to you: "Our power Of legisla-
ton over this subject will not be exhaust
ed by the passage Of this measure, and we
ought not to halt for single moment in
our efforts to complete the work Of relief
inaugurated by 1t. The struggle now go
ing on cannot cease until all the industrial
interests Of the country are fully and final
ly emancipated from the heartless domina-
ton of syndicates. stock exchanges and
other great combinations of money grab
bers in this country and in Europe"
That is the language of John G. Carlisle
In 1878. We stand today where he stood
then, and we intend to complete the work
he began. Show me a man who is inter
ested In the stock exchanges, in the syndi-
Gates and in the other great combinations
of money grabbing in this country and In
Europe, and | viii show you a man who Is
opposed to the Chicago ticket, and / will
show you q man who charges us with be-
Ing anarchists.
I hurl back the charge and L say that
these men are the greatest enemies that
this country has, and their opposition to
us Is because our warfare Is against them,
and it is intended to stop the plunderer Of
the industrial masses in behalf Of the
money corporations Of this country and
Europe.
Now, my friends, / quoted these words
to you so you would not think was using
extravagant language If the money grab
bers Of this country and Europe were exer-
cising heartless domination then, / want
to ask you what language will describe the
domination from which we suffer now.
Must Depend on Alien Aid.
In 1873 there was not in this country a
public man or a great party which took
the position that this nation must submit
to this heartless domination until tho
heartless dominators came and broke our
shackles. But in this campaign we are
told that we must In this campaign for
the first time in the history of this govern
ment great party purposes to surrender
the right Of self government and invest In
foreign Legislative bodies the power to leg
islate for the people of the United States.
What does the Republican platform says
Does it say that the gold standard Is a
good thing? No. No platform ever writ
ten by national party in the United
States ever said that the gold standard was
good thing Why don't they defend it9
Because they dare not defend it among
those who toll Why do they not excuse its
Because the wall of the distressed would
drown any excuse which they could pre-
sent
1t has well been said that gold In its last
analysis is the sweat OF the poor and the
blood OF the brave, and you can we'll adj
mire the discretion Of the gold standard
advocates that they do not invite contest
In an open field,
And when they say that this nation
shall submit To the evils Of the gold stand
ard until relief comes from other nations
In our Judgment they do declare for gold
standard permanently, because we do not
believe that relief will come from other
hands Some of them say that II we will
just wait other nations will come to our
relief. We have heard that preached in ev-
cry presidential campaign, and the very
ones who have been so loud In their decla-
rations In favor of international bimetal-
iism during national campaigns are the
ones who, after the elections, have done all
they could to prevent bimetallism, indie
pendent or international
People Must Help Themselves.
The people win not longer be deceived.
II you wanted to reduce the rate of inter
est, would you wait until the people who
loan money petitioned the legislature to
reduce the rate of interest You never ap-
peal to anybody to secure legislation which
will be hostile to his private interests
Then why should we say that this nation,
a great debtor nation, must wait until
creditor nations come to us and help us to
stop the appreciation Of the dollar in which
they are paidS
You live here in a community which IL
both agricultural and manufacturing, and
| appeal 90 you 10 examine this money
question and ascertain for yourself whether
the restoration of silver Ia not good for you
III you are farmers, / beg you remember
that under this appreciation OF gold your
products have fallen in value while your
debts and your taxes have remained as
high as they used to be.
Inotice one of the opponents of free coin
age said the other day that II the farmer
had suffered from falling prices when he
went to sell he had gained in falling prices
when he went to buy. That may all be
well enough for some one who is not
farmer to tell to man who is farmer
1t would never be told by a farmer himself
because the farmer knows that while he
sells at wholesale he buys at retail, and
that retail prices do not fall as fast as
wholesale prices, and he knows that there
are certain fixed charges that do not fall at
all Have your taxes fallen in the last 30
yearss My observation Is that taxes are as
high as or higher than they were 30 years