Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-09-30
A Speech by Mr.. W. H. Harvey, the Author of
COINS Financial School," on the
"Reation CT Money to
Civilization
AT SPRINGFIELD,ILL.
An Immense Audience at the Capital City Of the State
Composed of Members of All Political Parties,
Give Close Attention and the Result Is
Marvellous Effect on the Audience.

marvellous EHeCI on Inc audience.
Mr. w. II. Harvey. author of Coins Financial School,
and National Executive Officer The Order of The Pa
triots of America addressed an overflow meeting of
$500 people In the House ut Springfield Illinois
the 9th OF September. Mr.. Harvey is a poiti-
can political questions questions of civ
cation. In the Order referred qualifying rs it's
chief officer, he has taken oath of po
itIcal Office, for life. either by election appointment
His views therefore the people the
United States from the position of who has
voluntarily debarred himself from holding political Of
nee and who cannot his Order a seppin: stone to
political promotion.
He was received by the audience with great APP
plause and spoke follows:
Mr. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen-I desire before
beginning speech proper to pronounce some OF the
principles upon which republics are founded.
Among them these:
1. Man promotes his own interest best by promoting
the common Goou
1t Is safer trust all the people it is a part
Them any class OF people, who may be interested
In promoting their own interest.
s. Each class OF people is constantly seeking to pro
mote interest identified with class by
comforting together and influencing legislation And in
considering the Interests of such class they
by motives less selfish and the good
II left to them. will suffer.
4. When IL coucensus or opinion OF all people is
obtained those who unselfshy desire 10 promote the
common good will outnumber those who influenced
by selfish motives.
5. That all laws should be based npou the principle
that every citizen has right to the reward his
energy, when not Inconsistent with the common good
And that the corner stone OF true republic is HUMAN
ITY.
also desire to state some great truths
One OF them is this Individual sclIsiness CRYSTAL.
ICED into aons the Of the overthrow
OF republics and is the mother of monarchy When the
people OF republic, by example aud training became
vorshipers mammon. all made md construed
for the accumulation and protection OF property and
the principles OF humanity are neglected 1t is the cru,
cia period in the history OF republic. In history Of
the wOpd people or republic have successfully
met and overthrown spirit OF scishncss In the his
Tory of popular governments sclhshness has uarp,,-
lated the lawmakins power and absorbed the property
OF the people into the hands OF few Then came.
distress and and the claim that republic WIS
failure-and then came monarchy.
Another great truth Is this: No people az n whole
has ever understood the effect OF laws civilization
Let me illustrate what mean in Il simple way: Hinder
the rcuda land laws or Europe the right was given tho
owner to his land the oldest 10 descend in
definitely the oldest to oldest II WINS ,.l
ed the law OF 'ental Under that law. less per
cent OF the people became the all the land
and % per cent. OF the people became tenants among
whom our forefathcrS were numbered They, fore
fathers fed from those nations, where they had pro
tested in vain against those laws and provided in our
constitution against estate entail.
In this instance il be readily how law nodded
the civilization OF those people For, there is no such
thing as au advanced advancing civza ton when
the masses or the people tenants and the own
era OF homes. And while understand how a
law In nodded civilization pcope as
a whole living under il did understand effect ON
their civilization. and protected and defended
The landlord controlled his favored butler his favored
tenants employees. The merchant in the village who
solicited his trade. and the lawyer who desired his Hc
tIce catered his influence and their political opinions
were, less. moulded by him. That vein human
nature that wOrships great wealth. and comedies u
usual wisdom aided in protecting aud defending con-
don civilization promoted by the selfish OF El-
rope
APPEALS TO REASON.
shall appeal TO your reason and your prej,l
dices Prejudices, whether religious political may
enslave people. Reason will emancipate- them
The people OF Europe reduced condition OF
tenantry-the few owning all the propery-by thcy
did not understand And the object of my speech TO-
day is demonstrate that people being re-
duced condition of tenantry faal 10 cviza-
ton as the feudal law OF Europe that people
Whether we RISE intellectually, grapple with the
condition that other people have failed accomplish
not question of intelligence but question of
whether have the time to from business
cations where the pressing necessity of living
constant demand energies; whether rise
above the influences that surround it surrounded
the favored buffers tenants, merchants lawyers
others who sought favors from the arisocracy that
moulded their laws