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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18
BOORISHNESS ON THE RAIL.
Theories of the Gold Treatment of Fellow
Passengers by Men Otherwise Decent.

1ntOElts OF IL tOlu VI
Passengers by Men Otherwise Decent.
What IS it hat makes a decent man
turn bocr as soon as he enters q rail-
road car! If there were so double seats
in a car and so men entered it each
would sit by himself. Let him, if he
chooses. But let the 31st man come in
and ask rs this seat engaged?" and
the chances are that every answer he
gets will be Yes" /!
The other day { Hartford man bound
for Boston asked six men who were
sitting alone if the seats beside them
were taken. Each answered Yes"
and yet five of the six rode clear
through alone. Indeed, this habit mas
gone so far that, if a passenger move
along to make room for you, you look
him over pretty carefully before you'll
trust yourself with him, for fear he is
a pickpocket. His unnatural demon
stration of hospitality invites sus-
picion.
And this disposition of man to sit
alone seems to be n matter of sex.
Women do not behave that way-at
least not in steamcars. In trolleys
~ women may start on one side of tho
ear, but, after three, or even four, have
gone, there's no more room, not even
for another woman, than there was
before. The remaining eight somehow
spread out their skirts so as to look
more crowded than before. But in the
steamcar the average woman, especial
ly if she has with her a big bundle, a
baby. or a restless child, will take a
half-SeaI beside n man, even if there's a
whole sea- yacant near by.
There are some men to whom this
fate comes whenever they travel. 1t
NAV be due to a Christian gentleness
thatbeams in their eyes, but it may also
be due to the cowardice that they can't
conceal. At all events, they have the
company. and. generally, before long,
the bundle or the child is i'll their laps
and they submit. One reason is that
they have to. 1t is expected of them.
Maybe the cold treatment that m
man gives another in the cars is his
method of getting even for the way
that women impose upon him. That
is a plausible explanation and it's the
only one hat appears. Nor does this
do away with the charge of boorish-
ness. That can't be done away with,
for it's there.-Hartford COurant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18

ANY quail about this neighbor-
nood?' inquired a tourist who was
about to register at n western Texas
hotel.
Quail" said the proprietor, with an
indulgent smile, they have got to be
a nuisance. The cook complains that
she can't throw a piece of refuse toast
out of the back window but four or
five fat quails fight to see which one
shall be down on it."-Texas Sitter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18
4 Doubtful Expedient.

Clara--Is he baShful?
Notwithstanding 80. Inay have to
urge him to kiss me.
Clara-Aren't you afraid you will
scare him away?-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18

This inscription painted on q board
adorns a fence in Kent:
"Notis-If any mans or woman's
lows get into these hare otes his or
ker tail will be cut off as the case ma1
be."-Toronto Re0isteg. -
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18

Her infant babe had from its moth,
caught the trick of grief, ard sighed
among its Observation-Disclosures.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18

To dream of an oven means thai
your family and Yourself are soon to bs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18
AUNT MARTHA'S MISTAKE.
BY FRANK II. WEIGH.

\ all things Aunt
Martha was very
exact and partic-
ular but in the af-
fairs of her wild
o w e d brothers
h o IL S G h d, of
which she was the
nraSi1in~ Cnirit
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The market Will be open all day today
and surprising things may happen before
its close.
Turkeys are selling this morning at 5
cents Il pound, hat before dusk the price
may flash up to 25 cents or drop to 12-
there's never any betting Oh this trickiest
day in the year 1t all depends on the
demand, and though the stalls are stacked
with a supply calculated to feed every
giant in the kingdom Of the greedy, still
this is large city, and there are few
families in it so poor as not to Cele-
brate the holiday with wreath in the
front window and a turkey on the board.
Christmas greens We're never so plentiful
or showed such various designs The tri-
angle facing the market front is a forest
OF cedar and holly bushes, while the black
iron railings are crowned with countless
wreaths, and fcstoUned with miles of laurel
rope. IF the passerby wonders how the
curb re- endeTs are to dispose OF their wares,
a visit to the market viii settle the query
for every stall on each side of the vast
aisles are bowers Of fairy-Iike beauty, each
wooden support being wreathcd nd twined
with cedar and shining berries.
Below are the sta ndard rates for today:
FLOW Ehs-1i yatI IllnS, ouc. per aoZen:
Carnations, 25c. per dozen; golden-gate
roses, 6GC. to 81 per dozen: La France
roses, same; President Carnot roses. same;
Kaiser augusta Victoria roses same; Ma
dame Chatdna y(new), 81 per dozen Palms
sell all the way from SOC. TO $40. and
maiden hair ferns range from 25c TO $3.50:
Vlolets, lc. each; asparagus Spra VS.. ST
per dozen; lilies OF the valley ST per
dozen sprays.
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p. 1. Brun, j. H FELTON,; Gilsey, ii. Jen-
ness; st. Denis, ii. +. Lea. Army arrivals,
T. X. Adams; Navy, Il. Welles, jr., w. M.
W ilIiamS.
The Havel brought back from Germany
Miss Annie Louise Curriden and Miss
Elizabeth s Stevens.
Theodore l.. Cole was introduced in
the gorgeous rooms OF the Transportation
Club in their new quarters in the Hotel
Manhattan building.
Wallace 7. Foot was given the same
commitment.
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UNDERWRITERS.
DIED.

BEST-SUddenly, December 23, 1895,
at his residence. 1908 Eighth street north
west, Robert W. Best.
Funeral services at d. m, December
"A. 1896. ut his residence. Interment
at Raleigh n O. 1t
SMALLWOOD-On Wednesday, DeCeIn-
Der - at the residence OF Mrs Mary Ford,
ia e street southeast, Julia Small wood,
sister Of Mr. George SmalIwOod, OF Ana
costa, aged fort y-twO years.
Funeral services at NJ. Cypgian'S Church,
corner or ThiItrentE andC streets southeast,
on Saturday at a. m
BALTZ-ROsa M, tnee Widmayerp sud
denly, on december -, 1886 at the resi-
dence OF her mother, as fIusIua avenue
northwest. Notice or funeral hereafter
1t
ABEL-On Monday, December Il 1895,
at 9 d. IN. John Frederick Abel. huS band
or Catharine \ bel, nee bOhran>. at the
Providence Hospital, aged rifty-three years
Funeral at the residence, 423 street
"a. No flowers deZZ-2t-em
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EARL RUSSELL'S TROU BLTGS.


Now III is Residence Has Been De-
stroyed in an 1ncendiary Fire.
London, Dee. 23.-The residence of Earl
Russell, at Maiden Head, on the Thames,
was burned to the ground this morning.
The fire was undoubtedly of incendiary
origin, as Earl Russell has recently re-
ceived several menacing letters, some Of
them threatening him with personal in
jury and others threatening the burning of
his property.
There is no COUNT that the fire is one of
the results Of the acton for criminal libel
brought by Earl Russell against his mother
in-law, Lady Scott, and others, which is
now under adjournment because OF the
death of Frederick kast, one OF the de-
PENDANTS. aud the Illness OF Lady Scott
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washingtonians i'm New YORK;,

New York, Dec 23.-The Manhattan, !.
A. Bronson, J. p. Kellog, f. S. McGill;
Imperial, W. NJ. Aiken, A. B. Hart, c. f.
Foster, L. Mantle, J. Wanser and wife;
St Cloud, c. Sherwood: broadway, J. Z.
Gilbert, T. Armat; Normandie, B. j. For
rest; sturtevant, C. Smith, T. c. Putnam;
Cosmopolitan, E. j. Adams; Astor, j. E.
Powell; Holland, ID. j. Bates; Continental,
T. h McGill. ]. E. Laskey; Grand Union,
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Fruit cake and Xmas Novelties

F. Freund, the caterer and confectioner.
SIS Tenth street, has been famous for
making fine fruit cake for many years
He also has numerous novelties suitable
for Xmas gifts for sale Prices are in
harmony with the times.
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Mrs. Gordon Mckay gave very de-
lightful tea at her residence, On n street,
yesterday aftern, on, which was attended
by a large sand fashionable assembllgc,
including prominent members Of diplo
matte, Official and resident society.
The hostess received her guests IN a
beautiful gown OF white cloth. deliberately
trimmed in pearls. She had no assistants
in receiving her guests, but Miss Hoy
presided at the tea table. which was one
Of the prcttiest of the season.
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The Secretary of the Navy and Miss
Herbert VIII have no house guests ut
Christmas, but Mr.. and Mrs. Micou and
their children are a very important part
Of Secretary Herbert family and here, as
at the Carlisles. the principal amusement
~ tomorrow VIII bc in amusing and en-
tertaIning the children
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Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Wright Of Phla-
delphia are the guests OF Mrs. Wright
parents, Attorney General and Mrs. Har
mon. Mrs. Wright is a very young and
pretty matron, who Will spend the greater
part OF tie season in Washington, and
with her sister, Miss Elizabeth Harmon.
add greatly to the always charming and
graceful hospitality of Mrs. Harmon.
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Last evening Lieut.. and Mrs. Harlow
entertained dinner &, ,mpany Of twelve
guests at their residence, 1715 Connecticut
avenue, complimentary TO their guest,
Mrs. Butterfield, Of New York.
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Mrs Wilson always gives the Christmas
holidays up 10 the entertainment of her
houseful OF boys and girls as far as her
official duties will permit
The morning times., 1896-12-24

Miss Mabel Chadwick OF Chicago is
spending the winter with her aunt, Mrs.
Josephine Latham OF street north west
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green and smoked; breakfast bat OH. Ice
to 2 f-2c. per / ound: sweet picked cork,
Sc. to lie. per pound: Western, do, &C.
perpouDd ham, Ice. fo'12 &c. rerI ound:
pig tails, Sc. per pound: | og Trains, Ice.
per plate; boiled ham, 4Cc. per oInd.
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Miss Virginia Ewing has returned from a
very deli ghtful visit to Toronto, Canada.
She will spend the remainder of the win
ter N Washington.
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Mrs. Francis is entertaining her niece,
Miss Boyd, or st Louis, debutantc "f jhe
present year, who VIII remain through the
holidays and IoSSibly through the winter.
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CHRISTMAS FEVER
HAS SEIZED SOCIETY
Plans for the Day in Homes Of
the Cabinet.
Several Dinner Parties Are on the
card Mrs. Boa rdman to
Give Dance.

There viii be little doing in society
today, for the reason that society, IKE
all palmer folk, will be actively engaged
in those last touches, last errands and
last words that even the best regulated
maids and matrons find TO be done on
Christmas Eve.
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Mrs. Charles Dulin did not receive yes
terday afternoon, owing to an indisposi-
ton which confines her TO her room, but
hopes to be at home next Wednesday.
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FRUIT-Florda oranges. doc TO soc
per dozen: Jamaica oranges, 25c TO 4Oc
per dozen; Malaga grapes. 2Oc per pound,
Tokay grapes, &c to zoe per pound;
Concord grapes. lie per basket: Cata wha
grapes. 15c per basket: pineapples, 15c
to 25c each; japanese persimmbns,
81 TO l0c each; ponIegranateS. 1Uc each;
bananas, 10c to zoe per dozen; apples
SOC 10 4Oc per peck; shattucks, 10c each
three for 25c.
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FISH-Boiling rock, zoe to 25c per
pound; red snapper, I0c to 121 Lee Der
pound: blue fish, 10c per pound; Cod, lOC
per pound; picEerel, &c per pound; new
salmon, 25c To 35c per pound; white
fish, large size, 1 2 12c per pound; small
size, &c per pound; black bass, / SC per
pound; Spanish mackerel, &C to zoe per
pound; hailibut, zoe per pound; soles, 1Oc
per pound.
The morning times., 1896-12-24

Secretary and Mrs. Olney will foreso
their usual Christmas dinner party, ana,
with their daughter, dine at the Portland
with the Secretary of Agriculture and Miss
Morton.
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Carlisle and
their three children, Jane, Laura ana
John q. Carlisle, ir., have arrived from
Kansas to spend the Christmas holidays
with the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs. Carlisle at their home on X street.
Mrs. william Carlisle is charming and
unaffected young woman, and with her
children, who are the only grandchildren
OF the family, is always a most welcome
addition 10 the Secretary S family.
Christmas Day viii be marked by a
family dinner party and a series of amuse-
ments for tins trio of children, who are
tile first consideration ON that day, and
who viii have a tree and tin horns galore.
Secretary Carlisle is devoted 10 these
little visitors and loves their society as
well as themselves. He has been known
not only to delight iii the noise Of a tin
horn blown by John q. Carlisle, Jr., but
TO indulge in the pastime himself ON
Christmas Day.
The morning times., 1896-12-24

Secretary and Mrs. Lamont viii lave
only a family party on Christmas Day.
Mrs. Lamont is wearing mourning for
her father, who died recently at his home
in western New York. In consequence OF
this recent bereavement she may not en-
tertain SO extensively as in former years,
but Will receive on New Years Day and
on Wednesday afternoons throughout the
season.
The morning times., 1896-12-24

GAME E-Canvasback. So per pair: red
head, $3.50 per pair; mallards, ST. 80 per
pair;ruddy duck, ST per pair; near by quail,
$3 per dozen; Western quail, So so per
dozen; grouse. $1.25 per pair; pheasant,
ST. so per pair.
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BUTTER. EGGS, CHEEsE-Best Elgin
butter ,30c. to 35c per pound; butterine, &c.
TO 25c per pound; nearby eggs. 25c per
dozen; Western eggs, zoe per dozen; cream
cheese, 1Sc. 10 zoe. per pound; Neufchauel
cheeses, DC. each; pineapple cheese, CSC.
to 75c each; Edam cheeSes, Soc each.
SweitZer cheese zoe to 25c per pound
The morning times., 1896-12-24

The first smart dance Of the season
win be given 10y Mr.. and Mrs. Boardnan
at their residence tomorrow evening Miss
EGes will also give a tea tomorrow after
noon
The morning times., 1896-12-24

Mrs. NJ. A. Ballinger will have for herguest
next week Miss O'Donohue Of New BrunS-
wick, n. j. Mrs Ballinger and Miss Bal
linger will be at home, 1903 Clifton street,
Mondays in January.
Mrs. Ballinger proposes to give a series
OF dinner parties during the next 81 X weeks,
the first OF which occurred on Tuesday
evening.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o5n nor

ETABLES-Parsnips. 25c per peck;
spinach. zoe per peck: Eastern Shore sweet
potatoes, 30c per peck: radishes, punches
for 10c; cyhbling. &c. each; hot-house
tomatoes, doc to soc per Mound:
southern tomatoes, sc To 25c per pound,
chicory. &C to 10c per head: water crcss.
sc per bunch; mint, &c per bunch; cauli-
flower, Ice 10 25C per head; saIsIfy, DC
per bunch; Savoy cabbage, &C. per head:
Irish potatoes, zoe per peck: snap beans / SC
per quarter peck; Southern cucumbers.
DC each; not house cucumbcrs, 1Oc each:
Spanish onions. 10c each; egg plants, 1Oc
TO / &c each; pumpkins, sc to 1Ec each.
green peppers, 25c 10 soc per dozen; Gel.
cry, DC 10 10c per bunch; cranbberries. lOc
per quart; squash, &c per pound
The morning times., 1896-12-24

Mrs. Francis received yesterday after
neon, assisted by her niece, Miss Boyd,
OF st. Louis, and late in the afternoon
was joined by The Secretary. Two Of the
six sons of the family were also present
ana added very considerably TO the
pleasure and entertainment of the many
callers.
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MEATS-Sirloin steak, 1Ec. to 1Sc. Fer
pound; porterhouse, 2oc. to csc. per Bound;
round, 12 12c. per ound; prime rib roast,
15c. to 1sc. per Iound; chuck roast, Ice
to 2 12c. per Found: soup beef, &C. to Sc
per poundi lamb, 1Gc. to 1sc. per Found;
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POULTR Y-Turkeys, Ii &c. TO 1Sc. per
pound; geese, 2 l-2c. per pound: ducks,
&c. per pound; fowl g &c. per pound,
The morning times., 1896-12-24

The Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson
called on Mrs. Francis yesterday afternoon
this being one OF the first visits Mrs. Steven
son has made.
Most of the prominent members of resi-
dent and official society have called on
this latest addition To the Cabinet in the
last two weeks, and every one rejoices in
the fact that the Secretary and Mrs. Fran
els have become a part Of Washington's
official life even this late III the admins
tratiOn.
The morning times., 1896-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Heber r. Bishop Of New
York will spend the month OF January in
Washington. Mr.. Bishopmade short visit to
the Capital last week, when he gave a very
delightful theater party complimentary to
Mrs. l.. r. Hare and Mrs. Frost OF New
York, who are now on a protracted visit to
Washington.
The morning times., 1896-12-24

PICKLES AND PRESERvES-Chow
Chow, zoe. per quart: German mustard
lac. per quart: picked onions, Ice per
pint; celery, reltsh, 1Oc. per pint; olives,
l5c. per pint; horseradish, Ice. per Pint;
honey, 2tc. per Found: jellies, 1Oc. per
pound; preserves, Ice. per POUND
The morning times., 1896-12-24

Miss Alice Belknap will leave the city
Immediately after Christmas for a pro
longed visit to Aiken, $. c.
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Sylvester KeIiher also Talks to the
Masses in Language that Can
not be Misunderstood.
Two of the Nations Greatest States
men.

Wednesday night was organized
labor's night, and in spite of the
cold weather and chilly atmosphere
of the car barn, the demonstration
in honor of the Woodstock heroes
was one of the most memorable of
this remarkably enthusiastic cam
paign.
The parade had been very spar
ingly advertised, nevertheless 500
or 600 union men were in line, and
their stentorian cheers we're indi-
cative of the cheerful alacrity with
which they will cast their votes in
November against Hanna's little
Mac,
About five thousand voters were
in attendance at the barn and their
enthusiasm was hearty and contin-
uous. Sylvester Keliher was the
first speaker and he made one OF
those rousing brilliant speeches
for which he is becoming famous.
Dealing with the principles and
events that bear upon the interests
and welfare of the people in logi-
cal and forcible manner.
Mr.. Debs was listened to with
rapt attention. Not word was
lost, and the bursts of applause
that came at frequent intervals
not only were expressive of the ap-
probation by the audience of the
thought and eloquence of the
orator, but also of it's personal ad-
miration of this mana giant in
intellect among his fellows-a
leader able to stand comparison
with the foremost men of the race
and generation, and withal of such
binding magnetism, such tender
sympathy, such lofty and inspiring
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self upon the thinking mind as
the most powerful indictment,
the most convincing evidence
of the corruption and brutal ty-
ranny of the corporate despotlsm
that now dominat American insti-
tutiOns.
The enthusiasm continued all during
the meeting, and it testified the great
esteem in which Eugene V. Debs is held
by the workingmen. The audience was
compC sed largely Of workingmen, and
nineteen out Of twenty were voters. A
rema rkable feature of the meeting was
the earnestness of the audience. When
Mr.. Debs was speaking, except when his
eloquence aroused a. roar of applause,
the audience was SO quiet that the
slightest noise, aside from the speakers
voice, was painfully audible. Debs was
speaking truths, and they struck each
Of his auditors to his Utmost conscious
NESS. No charge of anarchy could OBJ
literate the facts that Debs lay before
his hearers. He pictured the triumph Of
plutocracy and it's absorption Of the
wealth Of the country, and the condi-
tiOd1s which they are asked to forestal
with their ballots. Small wonder was
it that they were in earnest and smaller
onder was it that they cheered the
speaker, and still smaller will be the
wonder when they cast their votes-not
against the wealthy, but against the
abstract plutocracy which the wealthy
represent.
D. D. McInnis, president Of the Union
Mems Towne club, acted as chairman,
and intr oduced the speakers.
Sylvester Kelliher, secretary of the
American Railway union, was the first
speaker After thanking the audience
for it's magnificent demonstration, he
said: 1.-THE American people are today
engaged i'm the greatest campaign in the
history Of the republic. It is not only the
most important, but the most unique in
the history of the country. I am not here
to talk to you as a partisan. I ask you
all, as you love liberty, as you desire to
perpetuate free ms titutions, to lay aside
your prejudice and party feeling, and to
come in close contact with US and reason
with us as to the great problems before
us for solution.
II believe that on Nov. 3 the people
have their last opportunity to settle and
change the condition Of crushed and
ground humanity, (applause) like peace
able beings. I ask you as American
citizens to- pause, think, investigate and
be sure you understand these problems
before you vote. Bradstreet and Dun
say that 81 per cent Of the business men
of the country fail. That means thou
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sands driven by bankruptcy to the in.
creasing ranks Of the unemployed.
Multiplied millions are today suffering
for the neceSsaries of life. When such
conditions exist is it not time to get down
to a solemn investigation Of the causes
Of the trouble in nation where every.
one should not only have the necessaries,
but some Of the comforts Of life There
is something wrong when our producing
power is so great and thousands are
driven by want to degrade ton and
crime. We have from 5000, 900 to 5,000,.
600 out Of employment, American citizens
pleading to the powers that be for an
opportunity to earn an honest living for
themselves and their loved Ones I say
that in a nation where we have an
abundance Of the riches of nature, more
than plenty for all, where there is so
much suffering, 80 many crushed and
ground in the greed for gain, something
must be wrong.
Il take it, after investigation, that the
whole trouble lies In the fact that the
millions produce wealth while the tens
have it. Forty years ago the slave
power predominated, today it is capital
ism. At that time George William Cur
tbs said that slavery sat in the White
House and made our laws. Substitute
capitalism for slavery and his words de-
scribe our condition today. Applause)
The money power enters the front door
Of the White House and compels the
president to issue bonds so that capital
can wiring the substance out of the COM
mon people, and when they object, this
power orders out the standing army to
crush them with powder, bullets and
bayonets. The one man who had the
courage to fight against the oppression
Of labor; Eugene V. Debs-(tumultuous
applause)-was placed behind prison
bars
II believe that since the campaign
opened and the agitation reached from
the millionaire to the miners pit other
and more important questions than the
money question have arisen. I believe
that tonight a question cOnfrontS the
laboring man which overshadows all
others. It is a question not Of whether
we shall have free silver but whether
we shall have free men. (Applause)
The great corporations Of the country
are not satisfied to purchase the lives
and labor the brain and Drawn OF
American manhood, but they now re-
quest you to deliver at the same time
YOUR American citizenship They want
not only your labor, but your vote. The
man who says there is no intimidation
either does not know what he Is talk
ing about or he is nisrepresenting the
facts. Within few weeks 1 have
talked with 1000 railroad men who dared
not meet as we meet tonight, who are
forced to ioin Mckinley clubs and sup