Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-10-15
MENACE OF THE
MONEY POWER.
). s5---
Its Tools Are Threats and
"BO0dle."
Its Object Is Plutocratic
Rule
And Death to Organized
Labor.
The Poor Mans Ballot In
Jeopardy.

The largest congregation ever seen at
a Sunday service in any place of wor-
ship in Lynn, Mass, assembled to hear
the Rev. Herbert N. Casson preach on
the subject, "Who Is the Anarchist,
Bryan Or HANNAH"
The auditorium was crowded with
people of all shades of political opinion,
including leading Republicans Dem
ocrats and Populists, several city Off
Gals, local labor leaders and a delega-,
tion from the Bryan-Sewall- Williams
club Of Boston. The preachers fame as
q pulpit orator is not confined to New
England alone. He spoke for two hours
and rotssed his hearers to q high pitch
of enthusiasm when he said that ''Ne-
braska never had better loved son than
Bryan.
The Rev. Mr.. Casson said that as his
sermon was political one he would
omit the reading Of the Scripture les
son. and by way Of preface read portions
of several editorial articles bearing on
his subject from the New York Jour-
nal Mr.. Casson said in part:
The laws of prosperity are to be dis
covered, lot constructed. The real leg
islator for whom this nation waits is
he who shall find and dare to proclaim
the perfect social order foreordained by
justice from the beginning Of the world.
The real anarchist is he who seeks to
violate tic laws of nature for the exclu
sive benefit Of small fraction of the
community.
During the present campaign the cpl
tibet anarchist has been hurled at the
heads CT some Of the noblest and most
capable zen that this generation has
produced. The fierce searchlight of
publicity has blazed upon these men for
Yeas. and not :: single corrupt official
act has ever b2on discovered.
Bryan is caricatured, just as Lincoln
was, rs highwayman, as a pirate,
even as he devil, and in many similar
ways Whethc: BrJan's political views
are entirely correct CT not, who can de-
ny that i.e is q citizen Of whom any ma
ticn il :i.s world might boast?
Wii9t:,e- we consider the sustained
ability Of his addresses, his gentleman
ly endurance of Islander and misrepre-
sentatio,:, his unsullied public career or
the magnetism CT his unaffected cor
di;:iltJ' 10 the sweat stained masses that
greet Li1l at every depot, we cannot
avoid as,niring him as sturdy Epeci-
me-, Of CIR American n?anhCod.
Compare him with the gagged indi-
viGussi Who treables in his mortgaged
house lest Hanna may foreclose. Com
pare HIN with that unfortunate Nspo-
leon WHO has already met his Yelling
ton ana surrendered his convictions,
and il IS plain to see which best repre-
seilts tie principles Of the Declaration
Of Independence.
Bryan is the spokesman of the half
awnAessd producers, who form nine
tcn:i,s Of the population. He and his
associates have revived the apostolic
power cf casting out devils" in the
Democratic party and OF raising the
dead 90 life among the Republican rank
and file.
They have given us at last real is-
sue Instead of sham one, and though
their remedy may seem inadequate to
progressive thinkers it is in the right
direction: and il accordance with the
peoples will.
Daring the last few years we have
Eccn lily developing {. slave element
il '.,.1 i,trulation--a property]ess class,
entirely dependent upon the sale Of their
labcr 10 longer docs Jack hobnob with
his M:.s..er. Tic rich and poor Go not
liEc I'll Tie same quarter Of the city. A
sscc.:,t secession has. split our society
iLtc tT.o hostile elements, and it is
ch,ld;sl: to howl "Anarchist!' at the
pai.jo; ,yho proclaims the unwelcome
fact a1:d seeks to weld the nation into
unity ;;:ain by repeating the laws that
caused II to split asunder.
America is the workingm
stia;r..4.ise Lost,'' and it can never
be resained by passive obedience to
the serpent.
Our carpenters build magnificent
,ru.isi0 Gus and live in rented tenements
1hcrase yes. Orr mechanics construct
eicc,ric lights and use kerosene at home ;
they manufacture pianos and do not
owl, i. tin whistle; they build carriages
and go :,foot Our miners dig gold and
die pocc; they delve in dangerous coal
mines and lack fuel in the winter. Our
farmers raise grain and want for food,
export cotton and wool and lack cloth
ing, sell cattle, and are without meat.
Our marvellous inventions have been
lnouopol.zed SO that, in spite Of the
daily miracles Of our machinery, the
hungry still lack food and the homeless
wander through the streets. Step by
step the Ironeyless man is losing his
right to exist. Every recent change in
legislation has hnu made to protect
property and 70 sdisfranchise men. Ar.
,uorios ara srected md soho0lhouses for
gotten. Immense grants Of land arc be.
slowed upon railroads, but the settlers
upon those ssanh are evicted. Traces
4 pnios, lesnism IN tmpEtsoned for having
sonteup4 ies . eoutsmpNble judges