The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-10-14

| conscience of the human race, and en-
dorse the proposition. / believe that
woman can grasp the great principles OF
| justice and can detect right from wrong
probably with more cieaTness and more
quickly than men, because they are not
surrounded by 80 many OF the'infiuences
wflic may prevent an understanding or
the truth of these mat1eTS. And l want
to appeal to you-you women VINO are
interested in your sons and your dasugh-
ters, l want you to look we1 before you
pass your influence on the side OF gold
standard, which may mean more wealth
/ for the few, but which must mean more
poverty and misery for the many. Gap
pIause) And remember this: You can
| live for yourselves alone; you can't con-
| troll the destinies Of those you love; if
you could provide against all contingen-
cies of the future, If you could leave
them money and be sure that to the re-
moteSt generation that money would
protect them from want and injury, you
might feel Indifferent, but. nay friends,
you can't do it. There is only one thing
that is safe 10 be left them leave them a
good government that, instead of Civ
ing favors to the few, Will protect every
one in the enjoyment OF lfe and aiberty
and the pursuit of happiness and you
have given to your children the richest
heritage. (Applause.)
LAYS IT ON BLACK.
t'The cities have not felt the pinch
of the gold standard as quickly as the
country has and when you mothers
and wives are enjoying the comforts
Of life, l want you 10 give one mo-
merits thought to the mothers and
wives Throughout this land, whose dot
may be harder and whose life has been
made darker by the gold standard
You may read its history and you viii
find that the gold standard never
brought ray of hope to those who
sit in the darkness. The gold stand
ard never gave inspiration TO those who
are doWncast. According to Mr.. Car
Isle, when he spoke in 1873, the con-
summation of this scheme to destroy
half the money Of the world will ulti-
mately entail upon the human race
more misery than the wars, pestilen-
ceS and famines that ever occurred in
the history of the human race. l be-
Heve he was right Go into the home
where the mortgage has been foreclos-
ed; go into the house where the hus>
band and wife started out with that
laudable ambition to own a home,
where they paid down what they had
saved and expected to be able to pay
the balance, but by the gold standard
and hard times property has fallen,
work has become scarce, and they have
given up those homes, and then re-
member, my friends, that all they have
lost has been gained by those who
hold a fixed indebtedness, or trade in
money and profit by the adversities
of the people. (Applause)
THE TASKMASTER.
'fDo you think that this condition
can Cast? No, my friends, no condi-
ton OF bondage was ever permanent
The taskmaster has always thought
that If he could just stop complaint,
those in his custody would be safe,
but you can't stop complaint until you
take away the cause of complaint, and
the taskmaster is never wise enough 10
See that while the complaint lasts there
VIII always be agitation. You tell
me that the gold standard can be
made permanent My friends, have
got to change my opinion of the Al
mighty's love before / will ever be-
heve that He intended the human race
to toll while a few should grow fat
by taxing them. (Applause)
You tell me THAI civilization must
result in driving the extremes of soci-
ETY. farther apart? No, it was never
so. When We talk about the common
people-and by them | mean the great
mass of the people who do not assume
20 be uncommon-we are called dema-
gogues, and yet. my friends, the COM
mon people have given TO this world
ali that is good.
THE COMMON PEOPLE,
''The common people have given to
society all that is valuable. Every re-
form has come up from beneath. It
has never come down from the we'll
to-do OF society. (Applause) Do not
despise these people. The Bible tells
you that when Christ preached, those
who devoured widows houses would
turn him out. but the common people
heard him gladly, and yet, my friends.
1t is the common people whom they
tell You today are not capable of Seh-
government. l tell you that the COM
mon people of this nation are the only
portion of il who Will defend Demo-
cratic institutions in this hand. (Ap-
phause). 1t IS the common people who
appreciate our form OF government
1t IS the common people who produce
the wealth IN time OF peace and it is
the common people, and they alone.
that In time Of wa are willing 70 offer
their lives IN their nations defense.
Don I. my frienGS. despise them. Don't
question their capacity for seif-gov-
ernment Don't doubt their good in
tent Don't say that when they cry
our for relief they have no cause.
WE'VE GOT IT ALL"
81 beg you 10 realize that we are
passing through I crisis in human az
fairs. This Is no little contest. We
hGve arrayed in this contest On either
side. the great forces of society. Against
Us are those forces which are called
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