Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-01


 lars. They began too soon and depended too much on the national mental infirmi- ty Of the workingman. The Mexican dol lar simply shows the effect of demoneti- zation. Why does the present so-called 53-cent dollar circulate now? Because it mas the stamp of the government upon it. Open up the hints and coin silver and we will have more money and better times. They say that if we coin silver free floods of 1t will come from other countries. Let them come. will take chances in pre- dieting that you, none of you, will be in a hurry to get in out of the rain Gaugh- ter) Suppose they do send their silver here; what will they do with it? GA voice: Eat it.'O They would invest in our industries and in our products, and that is just what we want. Restore sil- yer and give 1t the same privileges at the hints as gold and there will be no trouble about the 53-cent dollars.
 What we want in this country is re- vival of industry, and it will only come through an increase of the circulating me- dium. The more the farmer raises the poorer he gets. I believe that the Amer ican people want change, and that on the Sd of November there will be an over whelming victory for that champion of the people, William J. Bryan. Gong con tinued applause and cheers)
 ''The democratic party declares against the interference of the federal authorities in local affairs and against government by injunction. (Applause) We are op- posed to government by injunction, not because we are opposed to law, but be- cause we are in favor of law Government by injunction is arresting the citizen and condemning him without trial by jury" MT. Debs was discussing this matter ably and at some length when the fol- lowing questions were handed to him:
 ''Is 1t not an absolute fact that the city of Chicago has never been sued or even | rq 0rar contents that were supposed to have been destroyed by the celebrated mob some two years ago?
 "Is it not fact known to well informed citizens of Chicago that these cars were destroyed by people in the employ of the railroad companies to excite sympathy?
 "Is 1t natural to suppose that if the cars were destroyed by a mob that the rail- road company would not have collected for them from the city of Chicago long ago?" te
 DARE NOT PRESENT CLAIMS.
 He said that he believed the companies dared not present their claims for dam ages. Why not? Because they had read the report of the United States strike commission and John Brennan, chief of police who stated that the burning was done by the thieves and ex-convicts who were hired as United States marshals. The companies knew that they couldn't recover and they were glad to overlook that matter. MT. Debs said that the only cars destroyed were old box cars. If tho working men were, bent on destroying property why didn't they destroy the Pullman Palace cars, which were worth something, and yet not one of them was touched. There was not the least disor- der until after the appointment of the 4200 deputy marshals. MT. Debs went in- to the affair quite fully, and made deep impression.-
 He said again: "Mr. Pullman, who fa- vors the gold standard, Is the same MT. Pullman who Is now lying awake at night fearing that, the American people may by some freak cut the dollar of the work ing man in two. If Mark Hanna was ar- rested tomorrow l would insist that we have a trial by jury. Applause.) The republican party declares in favor of gov ernment by injunction and the party l support is against 1t. The difference be- tween Pullman and myself is $20,000, ,000. He makes the judges and I obey them. Look into our various penal institutions and you. will, find them peopled by the poor. With money you can escape pun ishment for almost any crime"
 MT. Debs in graphic language pictured the abuse of power by trusts and corpo- rations. He criticised the failure to en- force the interstate commerce law. Cor pora tions, he said, do not obey the law. They have exerted all their tremendous power to elect Mckinley and defeat Bry- an, because they kDOW fIDdI ulueT VQc- Knley they will have unbridled license, while Bryan would enforce the laws against them rr.rG s
 NOT AN ENEMY OF WEALTH.
 The speaker said he had nothing against rich men. He knew some splen- did rich men, but he was opposed to the trusts and corporations which were the abnormal product of an abnormal civili- zation The money power had silenced the pulpit. He was sorry that there were so many ministers worshipping man. mon. A few ministers of the gospel took the side of the people, but they were in the minority. Christs wrath was only aroused by sthe money changers, whom he drove out of the temple, but the mod ern ministers did not drive the money changers out of the church. If Christ were here He would be on the side of the poor, as He had always been in this con- test between gold and humanity. Those who believed in deifying gold should take their place on the side of Rothschild, Carnegie, Pullman and the. menopolists. If they believed that mankind had some rights, they should take their position on the side of the common people. What is needed is more humanity He wanted to do what hescolrld to dethrone gold and enthrone humanity.
 The speaker gave a nching picture of the woes of the poor. and he wanted to do his part to educate humanity. He hadn't time to show them some of the centers where mans inhumdnity 10 man makes countless thousands mourn." That was the whole question: The triumph of Bry-