Evening journal., 1896-08-19

HAT made ruins of her cities and ashes OF her /
bones, received her once moro and said, |
'Live In peace, and sin no more. That farm
ar today is the mainstay of order and OF prop
erty, as he the mainstay OF the Union.
There was at Chicago Populisuc delegation I
from states that were Democratic hut IL Is
significant fact that every northern state In |
which there was a chance OF electing Dem
Dcratic governor or of choosing Democratic
electors. with the exception Of Missouri and
Indiana. stood boldly and firmly for tho gold
standard at Chicago and they were submerged
by wave OF Populism from the south. MY
friends. there has boon q great change in the
Democratic organization Of tha southern
states. The men. who from a mistaken sense
Of loyalty followed their states out OF the
Union. whose gallantry in war. whose forti-
tude I'm defeat won the admiration OF the civ
ilized world. the men whose virtues command
cd the support Of northern public opinion IN
the attempt to overturp carpetbag govern
ment in tho southern states, the mon who led
their people through all the troubled period
Of reconstruction back into afull union with
the sister states these men, like Hamptop In
North Carolina and Caflrey in Louisiana, have
been swept from power. A new set has got in
to the saddle, set OF leaders Of which TIL
man Is the exponent, who boldly unfurled tho
sectional flag at Chicago and declared that this
Populist movement Is q direct movement
against the prosperity Of the east.
Men OF New York, toilers OF America, guard
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rate Of wages to be affected by any man who
never has paid wages at all If be could get out
Of IL? will you submit to this conspiracy be-
tween tho professional farmers. the farmers
who cultivate the quarrels Of their neighbors,
farmers who labor with their jaws Populist
agitators Of the west and the unreconciled
Shareholders OF the SOUTH This is conspiracy
between professional farmers who want TO
pay low wages and the unreconciled slavehold-
er who would like to pay no wages.
Root of the EVIL.
Here is the real root Of this conspiracy. Mr.
Bryan did not create Il. No man can create
movement like this. The forces that created
| Il are active and have been working in 1000
divergent directions. Mr.. Bryan, representing
this theory, is but like a drop Of water on the
| crest of the wave, more conspicuous, but no
moro important than the millions Of drops
that form its base. The Populist movement Is
/ the attempt of these professional farmers, Of
i these men who are unwilling to share with
/ the laborer, 10 appeal to their groed. He Is m
| enemy Of public order. no Is an obstacle TO
/ progress. He Is a conspirator against the peace
and prosperity Of the industrial masses Of the
| country.
have said that the laboror is the object Of
this conspiracy, and he Is. But lot no man Inn
| agine that II they sueceasful the injury
| would all be borne by the man who works
| with his hands. He would be the last 70 suffer
and the last TO recover from its effects. But
the shock 60 civilization which would ensue
from such breach Of public and private faith
would be irreparabe. It's effect no man could
measure from an experience Of the human
race. We cannot toll to what degree II would
paralyze industry. II ] wero asked 10 define
civilization. should say II was industrial
corporation" Everything that man does for
his own benefit acts directly upon the inter
tsts Of his neighbors No man can stand alone
in a civilized community. His interests his
20 sllrf fllrli
shared by his fellows. There ~ not an ear OF
corn ripening- in tho western Geld that does
| not affect the price OF broad to you and to me
The farmer who scatters seed upon the ground
| by that acts starts into motion tbe wheels Of
| the factory: he sharpons tho tools Of the cur
penter; he stimulates the construction Of rail
| roads; he causes the engineers to plan new
| bridges crossing currents now tunnels undoi
rivors, new canals Joining oceans and scpn
rating continents. u the farmer did otwofk
| II the miner did not dig in the subterrnneai
, | gallery. every other department OF induHtr,
| would languish, for men would not produc
| and create II they did not see IN the indrstr
4 | and ActyitV of others a prospect Of deinan
1 | for she commodity which they produce, an
| so every man in the world IL bound closely :
| the destiny and interests OF his fellow man.
Underlying tho whole scheme Of divihnato
I | is the confidence man havt Ia each other, cor
, | fidence in their honesty. confidence In thei
. | integrity, confidence in their Industry. conf
donce in their future. II we want silver coin
| aee tomorrow II we even debaee our etandar
, | Of value. men say that still you would hav
, the same property you have today, you woul
, stiil have the same soil. you would stil hay
| tho same continent And IL ~ true. But 80 di'
! | the Indian have the same rivers that roll pas
| our cities and turn the wheels Of commerce a
, | they pass. 80 the mountains, piled full Of min
oral treasures go years ago@
"a Pathway Of Destruction.r
/
, nent the same soil covered the helds. Tn
same sun shono IN heaven. and yet there wa
none but the savage pursuing the pathway q
| war through the tracltess forests. and th
river bore no single living thing except th
, Indian in his canoe, pursui q pathway Of dc
! struction. There no industrial co-operu
tiOn. because the Indian was savage and di
not understand the principles by which me
aid each other in tailinp from the bosom of th
earth the wealth which makes life bcarahl
and develops the intelligence which make
, civilization. Anything that attacks that hasi
/ | Of human confidence is crime against civ
! lization and "a blow against tho foundations
, socini order.
I We believe that the very essence OF civilizi
tion Is mutual interest. mutual forbcarant;
, | mutual co.opcration. We believe the work hf
= | got past the time when mems hands are
|. each others threats. We believe today thi
: men stand shoulder 20 shoulder working q
gether for a common purpose. beneficial 30 al
(, | and we believe that this attempt TO nssa
7 wagos. which means an attempt TO attack N
prosperity Of all. will be resisted not by
. class. but by the whole nation. What labor hi
: gained. thst shall it kcup. The rate Of wac,
. that is palN to It today is the lowest rnfe V
= will ever willingly accept. We look forward
= a further and further increase in the prospc
ity Of workinghien, not merely by an incrsal
!. in the daily wage. but ~ a further incren,
!, in the purchasing power " wages. Men WI
= tell as that the prices Of farm products han
/, fallen and that the farmer for that reason
n sufferer forget that while the price OF wng
: has risen of the farm the efficiency of lab,
y has increased that tho cost Of production hi
y been reduced through the aid OF nachinei
= while the wages Of the individual laborer ma
- have risen. While wages rpmsin at their pre-
T. cnt rate ] hope there will be n further an
- further and continuous decrease in tho cost
= living. There is no way in which ] can be a.
mitted TO share Of Gods bounty oxcel
= through a fall in the prices Of the necessari
~ Of life.
ssThe Crown of Thorns."
While we have in existence a system
ia mutual cooperation. which is but anoth'
\. name for civilized society, all men are adini
n. ted to a share IN every bounty which prov
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