The record-union., 1896-10-19

panies.
And who are the bondholders Of the
railroad companies? They are the men
that advanced every dollar to build
every mile of railroad in the United
States. They are the men who paid
every man that cast a shovelful of dirt.
They are the men that paid every man
that cut down tie in the forest, and
paid every man that dug the ore, paid
every man that melted it in the works
and cast it into form. They are the bond
holders, set Of wretches Gaughter.)
Who are the bondholders Of the Gov
ernment? During the war we sold our
bonds, and people who believed that the
North would triumph bought those
bonds and every man that bought
bond added to the credit Of the great re-
public. (Applause.)
Very few men own them now who
bought them then. They have been
bought many times since, and all who
own them now paid about 81 20.
daughter and appIause.) And what
did they pay it in? They paid it in glod;
every dollar.
Every cent that has been borrowed
in the United States since 1878 has been
borrowed in gold, and it is no great
hardship to pay back in the money that
you borrowed. If they say that money
has increased so in value, then the fell
low who borrowed it should have kept
it and made himself rich
Mr.. Bryan hates the rich. Would he
like to be rich? Mr.. Bryan hates the
bondholders. Would he like to have a
in, 1ro ho{ {ocy fI,o
successful. Has he an ambition to be a
failure? Uaughter.) If he has, wait
until the 4th of November and he will be
satisfied.
why should we hate the rich? Some
Tich men are good, and some poor men
are mean. Some poor men are good,
and some rich men are mean. You can
not like a man Just because he is poor,
and you cannot hate him just because
he is rich.
And why should we envy the rich?
Let me tell you something. The Van
derbilts and the Astors and the Rookie
fellers never drank any colder water
than / have. Gaughter.) They never
smoked any better cigars. They never
ate lighter biscuits not better potatoes,
nor drank better Illinois wine than I
have Qaughter)-than you have.
I'VE know the ecstacies Of love as we'll
as they. We know the love of wife and
child and friend, and in some respects
we have the advantage. daughter)
"They fear and we hope. They are at
the top, and they are afraid Of falling.
We are close to the ground and we hope
TO climb.
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the property they think they possess.
Iaughter.) The property owns them,
and 1t will get them up at 4 o'clock in
the morning and will make them work
like slaves until night.
They are afraid every minute that
somebody is going to steal it. They
have no confidence in the friendship of
man or woman. They think they are
all wanting their money. They think
their children are anxious to go to their
funeral Haughter) That all their
heirs would love to look on their mauso-
leum. That is the trouble with them.
With all my heart / hate the trusts
and syndicates that conspire to rob
honest people, and I want the laws
against them enforced. (Applause.) But
I have nothing against the man that
makes money by honest methods.
II am glad ! live in a country where
it's people can get rich. (Applause.) 1t
Is a spur in the side of ambition. The
poor always have hope. If not for them
selves, at least for their children. Why
should we array class against class?
Here is a young man. and he is in
dustrious. He is in love with a girl
around the corner. She IS in his brain
All day, and in his heart all night, and
while he is working he is thinking and
he gets a little ahead, and they
get married, and he is an honest man
And he gets credit and the first
thing you know he has a good business
Of his own and gets rich; educates his
children, and his old age Is filled with
content and love. CGood.'D
His companions bask in the sunshine
of idleness-have wasted their time,
yasted their wages in dissipation, and
hen the winter of Life comes, when the
now falls on the barren fields of the
y asted days, then, shivering with cold,
/ nched with hunger, they curse the
n an who has succeeded. Thereupon
Trey all say they are going to vote for
Tryan
THE citizens of America should be
friends. We have no permanent classes.
/ The children Of the rich to-day may
| = ork for the men who worked for them
1ns of millionaires may be mendi-
cauts; sons of mendlcants may be mill
ionaires. (Applause.)
The great republic opens every ave-
nue. to distinction and wealth to her
/ children. That is why I like the coun-
| try. That is why don't want it dis
| honored.
II want no class feeling. Blessed is
| that country where the rich are extrav-
agant and the poor economical. Gaugh-
ter) Miserable that country where the
rich are economical and the poor are
extravagant A rich spendthrift is a
| blessing A rich miser is a curse.
Extravaganza is a splendid form of
clarity Let the rich spend, let them
| build, let them give work to their fell
| low men, and will find no fault with
| their wealth, provided they obtained II
| honestly.
They are trying to fan the flames
OF hate between the South and West
on enc side and the East on the other
I Why should we of Illinois hate the
| East?
why should we hate the East? They
never loaned us dollar that we didn't
| borrow. Gaughter) They never loaned
US dollar that we did not make the
/ pplication-neyer one.
And their money has helped to civ
| itize and build up the West, and this
/ city OF Chicago, the wonder OF the
world, the second city on the continent
was built up by Eastern energy and
| Eastern money and Eastern men. CAD