Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-10

we must keep the thing we don't want un.
til aliens shall bring US the relief which
we should achieve for ourselves. lad
plause.1
A Question of Rights.
81 know not what view you may take
of it. my friends. but, in my humble judg-
people who have any right to say what the.
Americans will have for legislation. They
have driven down the price of your prod
ucts. They have increased the burden of
your debts. They have forecloSed your
mortgages. They are degrading and low
ering the standard of civilization by driy-
ing people who want to work out upon the
streets. and then id!eness breeds crime.
and crime menaces the safety of every
citizen of the land.
MY friends. it is not more taxes that the
people want. but more money to pay their
taxes with. But care not how men may
differ upon the subject. of taxation. Tie
subject of taxation is ever present with
us. We can change our tariff system any
time, but we have reached a crisis in our
monetary affairs, and we have got to decide
whether the American people will run our
syndicates to take care of u.s. Upon the
action of the United States may depend the
action of other nations.
Predicts Results Abroad.
IF the influences which are at wort. mere
succeed here, they will be turned against
other nations that now use silver, and If
they succeed in the United States they will
succeed in other nations. Every nation
demand for gold. and every increase in the
demand for gold raises the purchasing
power of an ounce of gold and lowers the
purchasing power of wheat and corn and
other products of the farm. You enshrine
gold as the one thing to be desired and all
mankind pays tribute to the golden calf $
the privilege of working a little harder in
order to enjoy the worship.
All Civilization Interested.
Civilization is wrapped up in the solu-
ton of the money question. 1t is the main
question involved in this issue. The right
of self-government and the existence of re-
publican institutions is involved in 1t. If
foreign nations can force financial policy
upon the American people, they will want
to enforce the system Of government which
is the only system we can maintain, a sys-
TEN which is monarchical system and
which maintains itself by standing armies.
Even now, my friends, when speak
cut against unjust legislation. they say we
are disturbers of the public peace and
menace to law and order. Do you mean
to say that the farmers gathered here and
the iaborers who are congregated in our
cities enemies to country? No.
They have earned the epithetS of our OPP
ponents. not because they menace law and
order, not because they are going to ami
hilate justice, but because they say Thou
shalt not steal shall apply to the great
corporation we'll as to the burglar and
highwayman. 1t is because they say that
this government was not instituted in order
that its instrumentalities should be monop-
o.ized by those who use the government
tnelr own enQS ana put IL IN OlSlfeSS
How He Was Converted.
'I have simply told you what believe.
1 speak the sentiments that lie deep down
in my heart. L used to be indifferent to the
money question. Until six years ago
thought anybody was crank who talked
about money, but when got to study the
money question L found that it overshad-
owed ALI other questions, mat It was Ceep-
er and greater and higher than all other
questions which we had to deal with and
when read in the address of Mr. Carlisle
that the contamination of this scheme
meant more misery to the human race than
the worst peStilencc that ever occurred Ia
the history of the world. began TO realize
the importance of the money question.
believe Mr.. Carlisle spoke the truth, and 1t
is because believe that the gold standard
has made more misery for the human race
than wars and pestIIence and famines-
more misery than human mind can con-
ceive human tongue can tell-it is be-
cause L believe that prophecy, that, ever
since became convinced OF it, l have cried
out against the conspiracy and shall cry
out against it long God gives me
the voice to speak.