The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-10-22


are so sorry that everybody else will
be influenced by personal interests
and SO positive that personal interes
cannot affect them. (Applausc) WI,
Is it? L will toll you why: il Il MAJ
believes a thing is good for himself
aud also good for othors, he will ADM
that it is good TO, himself. (Chccrs.
That is the rule that | lay down, an,
you can examine it and apply it tt
every day life. You will find that mer
never deny that u thing is good fol
themselves if they also bcliovc that i
is good for Others. 1t is only whor
they believe that thoy prosper b,
others adversely that you hear then
standing up and denying that they
have any pccuniary benefit. (Applausc.
Mr.. Bryan then spoke Of tho reasons
which laboring men, farmers and bust
ness men gave for wanting bi.mctal.
lism, comparing their reasons with
chose Of the gold standard, and said
But there is another thing | want
you to notice about Mr.. Wash burns let,
ter. | believe that Mr.. Washburn is q
large employer of labor. Now, if he
is dominated by soliishncss, why is he
| worrying SO much about having to pay
his labor in 53-ccnt dollars. Gap
p(ausc.) If his employees arc so much
afraid that they are going to suffer
personal loss because of free silver,
why doesn't Mr.. Washburn rejoice, ii
dominated by human sellishncss.
(Laughtcr.) Oh, no, he desires to pose
before his employees Us if ho was will
ing to deny himself the advantage OF
paying in cheap dollars in order that
his employees may not lose by free
coinage. What reason have you to be-
licvc that he is less dominated by
human scliishncSs than his employees
aro? Mr.. Washburn complains Of the
Wilson bill. | arrived late this after
noon, ard received through the mail,
or rather in an CnvclOD, an extract
from ~ speech which MIR. Washburn
delivered in the Senate of the United
States on the llth OF July, 1892. | have
not bad time to compare this speech
with the record, and | tell you so be.
cause | do not use authorities gcncr-
ally without comparing them and be-
ing sure that they arc accurate. But
on this occasion, tell you how | got
this extract, and will read it, and il
him to say whether this is his speech
or not, and if it is not, | will not ask
YOU to accept it, Is Mr.. Wash burn in
the room? ~ voice Hes dead.')
Now, | am in earnest in this matter
and | do not want to do any man al
injustice. | have asked if he is here
so that he can verify it now, and
have heard no response. If he is
not here, it cannot be verified until
am gore, but | want to say to you tina,
II what quote turns out not to be Mr.
Washburns speech, then | want to ask
you to withdraw it entirely and moi
consider it in connection with what
have been saying. Great cheering.
In this extract | tiud that MIR. Wash
burn gives the price Of wheat, begin
ming with 1868 and running down tt
1890, and that he uses these words
The hopes of the producer have beer
turned to ashes. The grain dealer, tht
| miller and the business man have beer
disappointed. The balance OF trade il
favor OF this country, that every on,
looked forward to with so much a3sur
estimate probably from depreciation
Of prices in agriculture and few eX
ports, at least 200, 600, 600. Gold is still
leaving the country and sthere is bu
little life or spirit in general business
ard with the Lariir of 1890, we do nc
see better times
Now. if these words arc correct, the
Senator Washburn tells you that thcr
was general disappointment that tn
tariil OF 1890 WAS not followed by bette
times. (Appiause and cheers.) An
again. he said: mir. President, til
people OF the country were startled,
our country certainly was, when tn
, statement was made in an article in or
OF the magazines u few weeks sine
;Aat one-haf OF the property an
wealth Of this country were owned /
81, 900 persons" And he SAYS: "rt
mlliionaires, the ten millionarcs, IT,
forty millonaircs, or the hundred mi
nOnaires. almost without exception
have neither created nor earned the
wealth. The royal road to wealth h;
been through the illcgitimatc spccul;
tion, stock and grain gam bling, mark,
working, railroad wrccking, trusts an
the whole family Of niQuities tn;
have been developing under the n,
farious methods Of the exchange
this country"
Now, my friends, if this Senator es
presses his alarm that half the proI
crty OF this country was owned by 81. .0C
persons and that the scmimilliOnaire
almost without exception, ncithc
created nor earned their wealth an
that the royal road to wealth has bee
through illegitimate speculation, stoc
and grain gambling, market workins
railroad wrccking and the whole famil
| OF iniQuiticS that have been dcvc!ODc
under the nefarious methods of th
exchanges OF this country, ought tn
Senator to be surprised if we ar
| alarmed at the same things that scare
him four years ago?