The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

HIS TEXT.
II shall take for my text the words
Like others dominated hy human sell
ishncss so far as their own interests are
concerned
IL. boring mon. want 10 ask you why
i. is 10 mat every soid-ure says thtI
you ere selfish ard that you arc lnnueh 70
cd by selfish considerations WINE every
,.oloDur nrctcuis To- be q phiianthropist
who simply loves honest money. because
80 viii help other people? daughter and
cnocrsD / want 90 know why 81 is that
these go'dhugs are so sorry that every
body else viii be Influenced boy prrsonal
interests. and go positive that personas
int,ros' cannot affect them. applause
why Is II? / will tell YOU why. if
mau believes thing is good for him
seil. and also good Tor others. hc VAL
at nit that 10 is good for himself II
hc thinks a thing good for himself but
bad FOR others he Will never admit that
i, S. good for himself lchrefr)
THAT is the rule that I lay down. and
YOU cam examine 50 end apply Il to every
day. You viii hnd that men never deny
that "a thing is good for themselvss II
the, also believe u is good for others.
II IS only when they believe that they
prosper hy others adversely that you
tr.at they have any pecuni1ry ben fit
(Arriauscl
Mr.. Bryan then spoke of the reasons
which laboring men. farmers and business
men gave for wanting himetallism. COM
pairing their reasons with those of the
advocates of the gold standard and said.
But there is another thing ! want YOU
10 notice about MI Washburn's letter.
] believe that Mr.. Washburn is large
employer of labor. Now. If nc is domi-
mated hy selfshness why is be Worrying
so much about having to paw his employees
I'm 5s-ccnts dollars2 CApplause) If his
employees are much afraid that they are
going to suffer personal loss because o.
free coinage. why does nof Mr. Wash
burn rejoice If dominated boy human SEX
nshncss? Goughtcrl
THE WILSON PILL.
"Oh mo-. hc desires TO pose before his
employees as one who is willing 10 den,
himself thc advantage of paying in cheap
! dollars in order that his employees may
not lose 10y free coinage? What reason
I have YOU TO bcliev that be is less domi-
( mated by human selhshness than his ON
ploycs are2 Mr.. Washburl complains
I Of the Wilson bill arrived late this
/ afternoon and received through the maj
or rather in an envelope. AN extract frole
( a speech which Mr. Washburn delivered
i'm the Senate Of the United States. on
the 1lth Of July. l@2 ] have not had
time 10 compare this speech with the
Record. and tell YOU so because ! do
not use authorities generally without
/ comparing them and being sure that they
are accurate. But on this occasion
to. YOU how / got this extract and D
wiz reah IT, and If MI Washhurn If in
Ilf 90,
IS his speech or not and If 1t IS not
will not ask YOU to accept IT, Is Nj
\Vashburn I'm the room? "a voice. he s.
/ dcadl
"Now I am I'm earnest ia this matter and
/ do not want to DO any man an IN
Justice.
al have asked if ne is here so that he
/ can verify 10 now. and have heard no
RESPONSE II he is nOi here. IL cannot De
verified until ] am gone. but want 10
saw to YOU that if what ! quote turn
out not 10 be- Mr. Washburns speecl 0.
then I want to ask Won 10 withdraw II
entirely and not consider it I'm connectic n
with what / have been saying. lGres 1t
chcering)
"In this extract. ! find that Mr. Was H.
burn gives the price Of wheat heeinni II
with 1865 and running down 10 1890, a nd
that he uses these words.
The hopes Of the producer have be on
turned to ashes The grain dealer the
miller and the business man nave peen
disapponted. The balance OF trade IN
favor Of this country. that every one
/ looked forward 10 with So much assuTd nee
! has been below the general esliiate iV''-
ably from depreciation of prices ~ az
riculture and few exports. at least s-"-
o00o 600 Gold is still leaving the con nlry'
and there IS but little life or SPIT IN
/ general business while think thel" j.
| "a general disappointment. that with the
| tariff Of 1Sq0 We DO not see better 'in lrS.
/ "Now. if these words are correct. then
Senator Washburn tells YOU that 'heIe
f, was general disappointment that t"e
| tariff oc 1890 was not followed 10y better
| times" Applause and cheers)
And again be said.
! {" Mr.. President. the people Of the coun-
trv were startled as our country Ger
| toirlv WAS. when the statement was made
| I'm an article i'm one Of the magazines a
frw weeks since that onc-half OF the
propertv and wealth Of this country
| was owned by $1,000 persons.
And" ne saws.
THE milionairos' ten millionaires the
| forty milhonairos or the hundred NIL
lionaires. almost without exception. nave
neither created or earned their wealth.
The royal road 10 wealth mas n'ch
through the illeeiumatc specuiah 'n'
stock. and grain gambling market WORK
,o. railroad wrockinr trusts ana 'h'
whole family Of iniquities that have oeeh
I sevcloped under n % n"fmious methoo'
of the cxchango Of tits country
"Now. my friends. is this senator OK
pressing his alarm that half the prop
ortv Of the country was owned by thirty
six thousand persons and that the mil
/ nonaires. almost without exception. nave
| noifhc~ created nor earned their weaith.
and that the royal road to wealth mas
! been through ineeitmatc speculation
stock. and earn gambling. market work
ing. railroad-wrecking. and the whole
/ family of inouities that have been de-
veloped under the ncfarious methods OF
/ the exchanges OF this country Ought
the senator TO bc surprised If we are
! alarmed at the same things that scarce
| him four years ago.
The remainder of Mr. Bryan : snee a
was devoted TO a reitoration of his ,or
| mer arguments ON the money question.
| ----------s
And the Undcrshirt orator speaks with
such effect that in seven minutes the only
audience ne has left consists Of Bowery
| rim Slick Mike and PinhOle Pete. who
don't get their dimes until the meeting
| is over. and therefore remained 10 the Bit