Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08

Labor.
The Poor Mans Ballot In
Jeopardy.
The largest congregation ever seen at
. Sunday service in any place Of wof-
ship in Lynn, Mass, assembled to hear
the Rev. Herbert N. Casson preach on
the subject, "Who Is the Anarchist,
Bryan or HANNAH"
people Of all shades of political opinion,
Including leading Republicans, Dem
ocrats and Populists, several city off,
cials, local labor leaders and delega-
tion from the Bryan-Sewall. Williams
club Of Boston. The preachers fame as
. pulpit orator is not confined to New
England alone. He spoke for two hours
and reused his hearers to high pitch
Of enthusiasm when he said that "Ne-
Ibraska never had a better loved son than
Bryan"
The Rev. Mr.. Casson said that az his
sermon was q political one he would
omit the reading Of the Scripture les
son, and by way of preface read portions
Of several editorial articles bearing on
his subject from the New York Jour-
nal. Mr.. Casson said in part:
The laws Of prosperity are to be dis
covered, not constructed. The real leg
islator for whom this nation waits is
he who shall find and dare to proclaim
the perfect social order foreordained by
justice from the beginning Of the world.
The real anarchist is he who seeks to
violate the laws of nature for the exclu-
sive benefit Of small fraction of the
community.
During the present campaign the epi-
thet anarchist has been hurled at the
heads Of some Of the noblest and most
capable men that this generation has
produced. The fierce searchlight Of
publicity has blazed upon these men for
years, and not q single corrupt official
act has ever been discovered.
Bryan is caricatured, just a. Lincoln
was, as q highwayman, as q pirate.
even as the devil. and in many similar
ways. Whether Bryan's political views
are entirely correct or not, who can de-
ny that he is citizen Of whom any ma
ton in the world might boast?
Whether we consider the sustained
ability of his addresses. his gentleman
II endurance Of slander and misrepre-
sentation, his unsullied public career or
the magnetism Of his unaffected cor
diality to the sweat stained masses that
greet him at every depot, we cannot
avoid admiring him as a sturdy speci-
men Of our American manhood.
Compare him with the gagged indi.
vidual who trembles in his mortgaged
house lest Hanna may foreclose. Com
pare him with that unfortunate Napo-
leon who has already met his Yelling
ton and surrendered his convictions,
and it is plain to see which best repre-
sents the principles Of the Declaration
Of Independence.
Bryan is the spokesman Of the half
awakened producers, who form nine
tenths Of the population. He and his
associates have revived the apostolic
power Of casting out devils" in the
Democratic party and Of raising the
dead to life among the Republican rank
and file.
They have given us at last real is
sue instead of sham one, and though
their remedy may seem inadequate to
progressive thinkers it is in the right
direction and in accordance with the
peoples will.
During the last few years we have
been rapidly developing slave element
in our population-a propertyless class,
entirely dependent upon the sale OF their
labor. No longer does Jack hobnob with
his master. The rich and poor do not
live in the same quarter Of the city. A
second secession has split our society
into two hostile elements, and it is
childish to howl Anarchist" at the
patriot who proclaims the unwelcome
fact and seeks to weld the nation into
unity again by repeating the laws that
caused it to split asunder.
America is the worlkinglnan's
tsParadisc LOST and it can never
be regained by passive obedience to
the serpent.
Our carpenters build magnificent
mansions and live i'll rented tenements
themselves. Our mechanics construct
electric lights ard use kerosene at home;
they marutactnre pianos and DO not
own u tin whistle; they build carriages
and go afoo: Our miners dig gold and
die poor; TREY delve in dangerous coal
mines and lack fuel i'll the winter. Our
farmers raise grain aud want for food,
export cotton aid wool and lack cloth