The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

less hands. Take advantage o. ire forces
OF nature that il what we want
" ? ns1ve tried What they cali the DEM
oeraue tarir. bill passed BY pergdy ard
cssaonoT. according % Cleveland. and he
mas rot mean enough To ssgn it or brave
enough 10 veto IT. EAuEhter9 I've havr
tried that In 1sss ! said. x ,e,ievelarss ysas
elected. he wouls coat the people OF the
Iulted States five thousand millions %
has put this government in debt SssA coo 900
more he has cost the people Of this
country seven or eight thousands OF mil-
Hens Of dollars. and this only by
We Put the Wrong Man or nj Buffalo
uaughter) We have got another song.
We Took the Wrong Man On at Buffalo
u>aashsSrD
Attacks Free Trade.
II want everything that We use manu-
featured in America, An. bat say these
free traders we want the markets OF the
world. Well. genUesuen. what is 20 hin
GER We have got no export duty. Iron
is as cheap here as anywhere IN earth.
You can get timber here As well rs any
other pace. You can send your reapeFs
and mowers and threshsRg machines and
chGrns 10 any market or the world. Why
dont you do 1T | can tell you way. he
cause IN the republic. under our nag.
they cannot do IL. And what keeps wages
hlghs Protection. tApplause.l And why
do they want free traae9 For the sake OF
lo* wages. Labor makes things valuable,
ore IS worth only few cents in the
ground. Lime Is worth only few cents
IN the cliff Coai Is worth only few cents
In the ground. and you make "a Ton OF steel
rails NoFth So Of which $3.50 - labor.
The raw material as material only $50.
a locomotive worth S0.fsa-SAe raw mate
rial not worth 50. A steamship worth
s5eo.oea-the raw material not worth $500.
All the rest is labor.
And u labor is higher here than In the
rest OF the world We must save the Amer
lean market for the American mechanic.
Great applause.) That IL good sense.
daughter and applausel And even u We
have TO pay more for II here X - better
have said one hundred tmes. suppose
You can buy a ton of steel rails In Eng
land for s2n in gold. aud you buy 1t, how
does the account stand? You have q ton
OF steel rails and Great Britain has so OF
our gold, Suppose you buy the ton OF steel
rails here and give 800 In gold, then how
States has got the gold and the rails. too,
both fere. under our flag (Applause.)
That is the reason l am for II.
And do you know what Is the matter
with the country today? We want moro
business Talk about charity! business IS
the finest charity ever conceived or. Busi-
the naked: business that wipes the tears
from widows eyes and orphans checks.
business that puts diTnPles Of JOY in the
cheeks of sorrow. business that puts a
roof above the head OF the homeless:
business that dls the world with art and
song. with commerce. the land with happy
homes.
Want business. Not Charity.
what we want Is not charity: We do not
want Popullsuc philanthropy. We don't /
want fiat philosophy and we don't want
any silver swindles. We want business.
That is what We want Appiause) Wind
and water are our servants. Let them
work. lightning and steam are our slaves.
Let them toll. Start the fires and let labor
with It's countless hands have work. and
where there Is work there Is no want.
| 1 protection
and prosperity. IApplause) L want good
81 nse and business.
do not deceive US with debased coin.
Give US good money. the life blood or
bl siness and lot Il flow freely through the
veins and arteries Of commerce. That Is
what we want. business. We wont have /
IL unless we have confidence in the future.
ard no sensible man in The United states |
viii have any confidence in an administra- !
ton 10 be governed by the new Democracy. |
tApplause)
I'VE want credit. Credit IS based on
confidence, and when we have good times,
YOU know. everybody nearly has credit. |
dollars. When good fellow with q good
lob goes to the grocer and says Give me
charge it, he has added $40 to the cur
rency Of the United States. (Appause)
lie has inflated the money. and when an
other buys a horse and gives kls note for
500 no has inflated the money. And after
wards. when times get hard. and they
won't credit, then they say money IS
scarce There is just as much money as
there was before. Credit is scarce. That |
Is tLe trouble. Confidence is gone and yet
they are going 10 give prosperity atlb -
/ (Applause) What does that mean?
That win mean sixteen men for one dol
bar Gaughter). sixteen mon hunting one
job That is what 1t VIII mean: Ard or
the sixteen fifteen failures, bankrupts.
Government by Law.
and now what Is the next question?
Is this n government of law? If we can
al<r hU a
peace by law? That IS the question. la
tlfs government OF the people? Can
people make Jaws that the people are ar.
decision os the highest tribunal. or shall
we depend upon the mob? That IS the
uestion.
II hate the mob spirit. Civilized men
obey the law. civilized men believe in or
der Civilized men believe that a man
that makes property by industry ana
p.auseD Civilized men believe that that
man has the right to use Y as he desires,
and they viii judge Of his character 10y the
manner in which he uses IL. II he endeav-
ors TO assist his fellow men he VIII have
the respect and admiration or his Fellow
n en-. Bat wo want government OF Jaw.
We do not want labor questions settled DY
violence and blood.
Il want 70 civtlsze the capitalist so mat
he will be willing TO give labor what II IS
worth / want TO c8vilize them both 20
that degree that they can settle al Of their
disputes in the high court OF rease
"But when you tell me that they can
stop the commerce Of the nation. then you
preach the gospel of bludgeon. the gospel
of torch and gun. ] DC not believe IN that
religion. I believe in religion or kind
ness reason and law. The law Is the SUI
prerne will Of the supreme people and we
must obey It, or we 30 back TO sdyagery
and black night. (ApplauseD
II stand by the courts. ] stand by the
president who endeevors TO preserve the
peace lAppause and cries OF Good > l
am against mobs. | am against iyncn-
ings. fApplause} And believe II ~ the
duty Of the Federal government 70 project
want a government powerful enough 70
say to the governor OF any state waere
they are numbering American cltizeus
yVffhcglr process of law. | want the FeaeFaI
that state: stop sop shedding t6e olood
of \ american citizens. And II Won cannot
stop X. We can tGreat a3plause)
II believe IN a government that VIII pro-
tcct the lowest. the poorest ana weakest,
as promptly as the mightiest and strong
est (Anplause) That IL my government
This old AOctrine or etAte sovereignty y =
fshad I'm the flame Of the civil war, and |
teU YOU tonight that that infamous ls
was surrendered 70 Grant with Lees
sword at ATpomattox. tAPpiause)
work OF the Bondhoiders.
Then there Is another thing. The can
dfsate for tho presidency IS trying 20 poi
son the poor against the rich simply Re-
cause they are rich lie hates a9nqhos9-
ers Who are the boudhO}ders2 Bond
holders Of the government. bordho.cers
OF tie railroad companies
And who are me nondhoader9 ot TIE
railroad companies? They are the men
thas advanced every dollar 20 build every
n - ~ ~4i.-os8 IN fR- United states. They
are sas men who paid every man that cast
a shoveifgl OF dirt They are the nm
"a the forest and paid every mau THAT
eng me ore paid every man that melted