People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-07-30
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: Mr.. CHAIRMAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN .
AND MEMBEk5 OF THE ORDER OF THE Pa
YnIoTs OF AMERICA: I have come to your |
county to speak here to-day, to encourage |
your unseifish citizens who have raised .
the standard of an order intended to regu. /
cate the civic conduct Of the nation and to .
free our government from the control Of
I'll selfish organizations.
When great questions have pressed them
selves upon the United States, the people .
OF Ohio have been true to the traditions Of .
Jefferson and Lincoln. When questions
affecting the liberties of the people and the
existence of the republic have demanded /
q verdict, the people of Ohio have spoken
intelligently on the side of humanity.
Individual selfshness crystalized into
laws has been the cause Of the down
fan Of all republics. When the people OF a
Fepublic, by example and training, become
NyoCshipers of mammon. all laws are made
Snd construed for the accumulation and
protection of property interests, and the
principles Of humanity are neglected. 1t
IS the crucial period in the history Of re-
bubble In the history of the world, no peo-
Cte OF a republic have ever successfully
met and overthrown the spirit of selfish
ness. In the history of popular govern
fsents, selfshness has manipulated the .
lav-making power and absorbed the prop
crtY Of the people into the hands of the
few. Then came distress and riots and the .
claim that the republic was failure, and .
then came monarchy
7 The reason why this is possible is be-
cGase the people, as rule, 10 not under |
eee1fd how laws affect civilization Let me |
illustrate what mean in simple way: |
Under the feudal land laws of Europe, the |
Sigbt was given the land owner to settle |
Us land on the Oldest son, to descend In |
definitely from oldest son to Oldest son. |
IT was called the law of entail" Under |
that law less than one per cent. Of the peo- |
- became owners of the land and 90 per |
ce4t, of the people became tenants, among |
whom our forefathers were numbered. |
They our forefathers, fed from these ma
tiOns. where they had protested in vain |
Sgalast these laws, and provided In our
TcnsSftution against estates entail.
IN this instance, it can be readily seen
how law nodded the civilization of those
peorhe.
Fog, there is no such thing as an advanced
q az advancing civilization, when the
taMses Of the people are tenants and not
the !swners of homes And, while We can
understand how a law, IN that instance,
nodded civilization, the pessie as whole
living under it did not understand its effect
on rheir civilization, and protected and de-
Tended IT, The landlords influence ex-
tended to his butter. his household serv-
seSrts. his favored teasEts. his attorney,
merchant and others WHO entered to his
weE9th and gave undue importance TO his
opzhnns
Spirit of Mammonism
It ID a spirit Of mammonism that causes
Es to worship wealth and the opinion of
those who possess wealth. The men OF
wealth are the best business men We have,
but the least capable of understanding the
principles upon which republic is founded.
Tho men to whom refer wish laws that
encourage unbridled selishness Such men
ID time become the enemies Of republic,
Ihetr opinions are not the opinions that the
masses OF the people should follow.
we are living under laws shat are making
theE Impress upon our civilization: that, If
further permitted, will result as fatally to
sou republic and 10 human happiness, as
i;lAEs the feudal laws Of Europe and any
That have overthrow the republics of the
>past.
We'nave learned, however. In this repub-
sic, what the people Of other republics dis
covered too late to save their free institu-
tl9ns-that selfish interests may capture
not only individuals. but organizations.
More than one political organization in the
United States Is to-day struggling In the
tolls OF selfish class.
The unselfsh people are looking on with
mingled feelings Of anxiety and humilia-
-'tion. The unreeling of the weeks and days
lis now bringing US to the time when man.
hood viii sit in judgment on the action OF
the pretended leaders Of the people: when
smen VIII decide for themselves whether
their political party Is to carry them with
selfish interests.
C6ief among the laws affecting our CIV
s5iIzatiOn. defended by selfish interests. is
,our financial laws, and that brings me TO
Che subject uppermost in the minds Of the
American people.
am going to present to-day. In the brief
SPACE Of q speech, the size of the people
In this issue, now on trial in the republic.
: do not hope to reach those who are seek
Ang TO promote their selfish vanity, or those
who nre consciously seeking to promote
their selfish interests. My appeal will be to
,She unselfish American people, who recog-
,sltEe the principle-that man serves him.
.self best by promoting the common good.
y What Thomas Jefferson Said.
Thomas Jefferson once said that men
were but children on the subject Of finance.
was reminded Of This recently when a
manufacturer asked me what sixteen 10
one meant? concluded would try Jeffer-
sons Judgment on him, and asked him what
he thought It meant!
He replied: My understanding OF 1t is
that you fellows want Is silver dollars
coined 10 each gold dollar coined"
And this was man regarded as above
the average citizen.
The money dealers understand money,
and the success of their selfish legislation
Is made possible by reason Of the people
aot understanding the science of money.
One reason for the people not understand
ing It, & because they have not understood
he Importance Of 1t. or its full relation 70
civilization.
The Importance OF Money.
Money is the blood of commerce. the life
giving fluid Of civilization, the vital organ
Ism IN our social existence. You can d.
without wheat, corn, beef, or any othel
single commodity classed among the ne
cessities of life and yet be healthy and hap
by; but you cannot imagine yourself par
of civilization and do without money. You
can do without wheat by using corn o.
rice for bread, you can do without beef b!
using pork or mutton for meat; but yol
cannot be part of civilization and do with
out money. Without money, society woult
&C back to barbarism. 1t is the most i'm
Esortant factor we have in civilization, ant