St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-15
ADDRESS BY MRS. LEASE,
Distinguished Kansan Talks to a
Good House.

When Mary E. Lease, the female
apostle of Populism, spoke at the Har-
monia hall last night, standing room
was at a premium, While seats were
not to be had for money-if money had
been any object at that meeting. Throw
ing herself right Into the midst" of her
subject, Mrs. Lease spoke about as fol-
lows:
me conditions that make it possible for
man, in less than half lifetime TO become
owner of slo00o0,eOO is as dangerous as the
conditions that existed in old imperial Rome
and which brought about its final fall The
conditions that enable the grand daughter of
an old mousetrap peddler to pay So 600 900 for
count is q threat against our civilization and
national freedom. The trainers of our con-
sutution would turn in their graves If they
could see how that money was forced out
Of the hands of the laborers and farmers
What confronts US today, the monopoliza-
ton OF everything. the corruption the thou
sands of evils TO be remedied. are ali direct
results of bad legislation, giving to one man
the power to lay under him the results of
| the toll Of hundreds of other men, Corrup-
ton Is poisoning the whole social system
great lesson may be CLEANED from the pages
OF history-that for how long time wrong
triumphs, right will become victorious i'm the
end. 40 '--
The doctrine of love- which Christ upbt
into this world, has produced a social force
1ncomprehensibe and unknown To tho an
SieHts. IL Is tehdlng 10 Dlnd together all men
into one human brotherhood. The Immortal
prayer, known as the Lords prayer is now
some 1000 years old. Today we are lust he
ginning to vaguely comprehend its true signi-
hcance We are beginning to demand that no
one shall pray Give us our daily bread who
is taking away the bread from thousands
! We are standing beneath dark clouds loaded
with the electricity of a coming storm But
the approach of that storm does not mean a
struggle for a few more pennies a day nor
struggle about who shall issue the money
n lta 10
NATURALIZATION of such democracy as that
prayed for by Christ and preached by His
apostles the democracy which has for its
watchword the heavenly sentence .Whatso-
ever We want other men to do unto you do
unto Them
Il now ask with earnestness. but with
nance TO none: Which political party is best
apt to solve the problems of the hour? NV
answer is: The party which is most in ac-
cord with the principles of our blood bought
constitution, and the principles of Christian
lty. For thirty years the two parties have
been arrayed for battle along one line high
tariff or low tariff. They were organized in
the past to deal with problems that are now
past, and they cannot survive the cause that
brought them into existence. The Democratic
party came into existence to battle with the
efforts of the old aristocratic elements to
force into our constitution elements foreign
to our democratic ideals. The Democrats full
filled their mission, but while doing SO they
forgot their principles, the principles of JEFF
ferson and Hamilton. They left the distinc-
ton between different colors in the constitu-
ton, and, as the slave power grew, they were
unable to cope with the new problems that
presented themselves. "A new party was
needed. =.
''Then the Republican party sprang into
existence. 1t was an outgrowth of the old
abolitionists-God bless them! That party
raised the banner with the'proud inscription
For free homes and free men, And for those
principles the members of the party gave
their own heart blood. Thus they succeeded
in eliminating the color distinctions from the
constitution. When they had fulfilled their
right a little higher than the Democratic
party they, too, forgot their principles. They
fell into the hands of the money power. A
new party was once more needed
The political affinity and party ties have
never been more loosely held than at the
present moment We have seen Democrats
as well as Republicans elected to Office with
the assistance Of the money power. The or
CARNATIONS of the two parties now only
the means of obtaining power. The two for
mer enemies have joined hands to crush the
people. Behold the spectacle of Grover
Cleveland and John Sherman combining and
conspiring together to destroy silver and fix
bonded debt upon the people. The only
thing that now keeps the two old parties
apart is the strife for office. They have unit
ed upon everything else from finance to
whisky. Speaking of the present attitude of
the Republican party to the temperance ques-
ton, it reminds me Of the situation in a
small frontier town, where they had only one
large building. The ground floor was used
as a church by the good Baptists 81 the
town. That is the Republican party; down
stairs the worship Of wine, up stairs worship
divine; down stairs singing of we Won't Go
Home Till Morning. up stairs singing Near
err My God, to Thee"