Evening star., 1896-09-30
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
Judge Fleming Talks at Length to q
Bryan and Se<ynII Club.


Correspondence OF The Eyenin. Star
ALLS CHURCH, Va.,, September 80, 1896
Judge w. B. Fleming of Washington ad-
dressed good-s;zed audience at Odd Eel
lows Hall here last night, considering the
inclemency of the weather. The meeting
was held under the auspices of the Bryan
ard SeWaii Club. the irst'lof a series of
meetings to be held by the club during the
campaign. Judge Fleming was introduced
by the president of the club, Mr. Arthur
1. flagg, and in his speech was very severe
on the trusts and combines of TIE country.
"hch, ne said. We're sappiHg the very life
blood OF the people. He said they must
De broken up OF. the country was ruined.
This, sa.L he, 'is the paramount issue of
the campaign All the millionaires were
getting together leaving the old parties
ih!rty thousand men own one-half of all
the wealth of the nation, and they got IT
oy sharp financial jugglery, not by work.
as the laboring people earn their money.
ihese people bought bonds just after the
war; ara they We're payable in greenbacks
out they secured law 10 make them pava
nie III CON- ana while they are rolling in
their wealth the laboring classes are still
paying the interest On them 1t is a oues
tion OF the people against the million
ares. Which shall govern? They are
spthdlEg millions on tLis election and are
ehdeavorlng to purchase tEe voters Of RI.
IoIn,fy. BRIBERY and corruption are rife
cinpioyer1 are threatening the.- EMPLOYEES
ana a spirit OF coercion is abroad rh.
question of the day Is, can the American
people be be bought? 1t question of lib
your arms and your children after Won
Nchlniey was nominated by the million,
alres and trusts and If elected will have
~ 40 thelr bidding: 1t is time for the
q
tect their homes and fresides. The dehror
IS oeins crushed. his very home is in dan
ger; tlnies are getting harder. The con-
am idcIon .i';a OK 1ne currency is the cause of
an tnls. de explained the money oues-
tion and said his party was in favor of
piac!ng the gold and silver side by side.
~ uelaced gold coin could be taken to the
ILL. ni nov ana restamped. and it was all
IIsht. MS could not be done with silver
He wanted silver put on an eaualftv uith
go!d IN TINS respect. Money was oniy val
uaDle Tor what 1t could be EXCHANGED for
ana depended IN value upon demand and
the more things were worth: less monay
means low prices. The republicans wanted
the gold mines to have IL MONOPOLY. while
ne wanted the silver mines opened to com
pete with the gold mines.
Speaking of The tariff. he said we had tho
MCKINLEY tariff law for four years. and we
, must judge the future by the exnerience
Oh tne past. When this law went into op-
w Aeu a surplus OF TWO hundred
and twenty million, but the revenues praw
less each year the law was in force, until
II lacked seventy millions of meeting ex-
pendltures. 1t was dead failure, so far
as raising revenue went, one-half of all
the business failures occurred under II ali
the strikes thrcughou; the country took
place while 1t was in force. riots and blood
shed were rampant Look at the great
homestead strike" said he. More than
one million seven hundred thousand labor
ing people were thrown out of employment
during the four years. and there was a con-
slant conflict between labor and capital.
we want no more Of tt. Wet had a conflict
years ago between brave men, the blue and
the gray. Are the sons of these men any
less brave than they p They cannot bull
doZe seventy millions of working people"
Judge Fleming is apleasant speaker, and
his address was hberaiay applauded
throughout r. ~ :