Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

paign than that beautiful song, Home,
Sweet Home Enthusiastic applause)
II have been struck with the Intensity
of the feeling that is manifested in this
campaign. Sometimes we have people
who are Indifferent about the result of
the campaign. 1t is not so this year. We
find
We find those who are against us and
who will contribute literally to the cor
ruption fund, and we find those with us
who have no money to corrupt the voter
with. (Appause). But they are out
voting themselves this fall. (Applause).
1t wont be necessary to hire carriages to
bring the people to the polls this fall, my
friends. (Applause). They will be there
when the polls open and you cannot Keep
people away from the polls this fall be-
cause they believe their interests are at
stake in this campaign. Our oppon Z 5
want to know how this money question
can concern them. If you want to know
how the money question can concern you,
you find out how 1t concerns those VINO
have been in the habit of preying upon
the public. (Applause). If the money
question is so important to the syndi-
Gates of this country that they can sub
scribe to the fund to use In this cam
paign the people understand that there
must be something in 1t for the syndl-
Gates or they would hardly be so liberal
IN this campaign. These men are not In
friends, and when you find them rolling
up an enormous corruption fund you
may depend upon it that they expect 10
get back every dollar they subscribe oy
unfair legislation. applause and ci1es
of more tooo.
my friends they tell us that these
great financiers are doing all this for
the benefit Of somebody else. They are
not in the habit of doing things FOR the
benefit of somebody else unless tney
share in the benefits. My frlends, you
will find as we have found, that Whefe
your interests and the interests OF the
financ:ers are the same that then they
NAV ask you but you will hnd tnat
whenever the interests of the fnanclefs
are different from the interests OF other
people they may be depended upon "
Look Out for Themselves
and let other people look out Tor them
selves. (Applause).
Il see here laboring men, | want you
to remember that in this campaign we
have opposed to us every man VINO mas
attempted to destroy labor organizat ions
and break up these associations OF iapor-
ing men Great applause). l want you
to understand that we have on our slde III
this ca ampaign the only people VINO nave
aided labor in its endeavor to better the
condition of those who toll, ana we can
better submit our cause to those VINO are
interested in the welfare of the laboring
to those who in this election try to de-
stroy everything thtt is of benefit to the
laboring man.
II remember when I was in congress
we had a bill up to compel the railroads.
to put on couplers to protect the lives or
the railway employees and every railway
attorney opposed it and told us that 1t
would cost too much measuring human
life in dollars and cents, and when we
insisted that we had the same right to
protect the lives of the laboring men as
we had of other men we could not touch
the hearts of those people. If the presi-
dents of railroads are able to manipulate
the votes of their employees In the inter-
ests of those whom the presidents OF rail-
roads want elected, then the presidents
of the railroads will manipulate the men
after the election, and will be deaf to
every entreaty of the men who voted for
their interests under coercion. Great ap-
plause).