The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-09-04
THOU SHALT NOT.

At Last the Masses of the People Have
Champion and Defender of Their
Rights.
You shall not press this crown of thorns
down upon the brow of labor: you shall not
cruelty mankind upon cross OF gold Will
liam j. Bryan.
The edict has gone forth-the era of
privilege and prescription must pass.
No more shall it be proclaimed in the
high places of this nation that to him
that hath shall be given. while from
him that hath not shall be taken cen
that which he hath. The people must
not Re pauperized for the benefit of the
plutocrat, nor will the many consent
to want that the few may waste. The
toiling millions refuse to longer suffer
the oppressor's wrongs, the proud
mans contnmely. Tho shalt not"
says the dauntless young tribune of
the people, and 18th GU shalt not" comes
ringing back in thunder tones from
forest and field and factory. 'Tis the
Titan of toll who speaks. and his
voice is as the voice of many
waters. 1t is a proclamation that even
he and no other is lord of this land,
which the strength of his hands hath
transformed from wilderness and
desert waste into fruitful garden
that no longer will he bow as low at
Cesar's feet and ask in humble tones a
1.-THE of that his Drawn hath wrung
from the earth's unwilling bosom, or
his cunning fashioned at the forge.
No more shall the high priests and
myrmidons of Mammon press the
crown of thorns to his beaded brow,
nor cruelty him on an industrial cal
vary-''Thou shalt not"
1t is new declaration of independ-
ence flung into tyrants' faces by men
born of freedom 1t is a second eman-
cipation proclamation, a warning to
the pitiless Pharaohs of the present, a
hammer laid to the CALLING shackles Of
the slave. 1t is an indignant denial of
the doctrine that the masses should
toll for the enrichment of the classes.
1t is declaration, backed by tresnen-
dous power, that the rotten rule of po-
liuical rings must pass and this become
in very truth a government by the peo-
Pile 1t is proud assertion of Ameri-
can sovereignty, before which the
petty princelings who grind the faces
of the poor now stand appalled,.
Bryan is the candidate of the people,
not of the politicians. For half cen
tnry or more our pre- sidential nomi-
nees have been compromises effected
by warning political eabals. Booms
have been worked up by systematic ad-
vertising. just as patent medicines are
put upon the market. Had Mckinley
been bogus remedy for bots, or a pro-
prietary cure for bleeding piles, Mark
proceeded exactly as he did to work
up demand" In many cases money
has been freely used to purchase edi-
torial influence and employ claquers to
create a bogus furore and stampede
the people-money contributed by men
who are not in politics for their health,
but expected these contributions to
the corruption fund to yield a pc
cuniarv profit-that it would enable
them to fatten. directly or indirectly.
at the expense of the public Collect
orships, cabinet portfolios, am bassa
dorships and other "spoils'' have been
partitioned out in advance of the con-
vention to secure the influence of the
prospective benefciaries, powerful
newspapers have been ''seen" and an
army of shreHd workers and wire
pullers turned loose upon the land.
President making has become of late
years but little more than a well laid
conspiracy on the part of the pluto
Gratis and politicians against the COM
mon people. The house of have has
regularly placed before us two pup
pets, one labeled democratic, the other
republican,: and, like two bad roads,
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other.
Bryan was not a candidate before the
convention. Had he offered himself
for that high honor all the political pie
grafters and bupco steerers for New
York and London boodlers would have
declared him ''unavaila ble." Why?
Because he had been guilty of the
heinous crime of presuming to think
for himself. He had looked at public
questions from the standpoint of
patriot rather than politician-from
that of the man who produces wealth
in the sweat of his brow rather than
Of the impudent parasite who con-
sumes it in idleness. He had sought
to promote the welfare of the whole
people rather than the selfish interests
Of party. He had dared offend those
who fatten on their country's misfor-
tunes, and who are expected to pro-
ride the ''sinews of war; for political
campaigns. He was regarded by the
politicians with exactly the same sus-
picion that a nest of thieves contem-
plates a policeman. But the emissaries
If Dives were not strong enough at
Chicago to dominate the convention.
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''Under which flag, Benzonian?,
Under that of a man who boldly utters
mis- convictions and battles for the peo-
pie. or that of one willing to accept
any platform to reach the presidency.
Is your chief in this struggle an, Amer
team sovereign or political slave?
Quite naturally. the domination of
Bryan caused = tremendous howl to 90
up from every man with an Ak to
grind ut tho expense of the eovern-
ment The firm of Belmont, Morgan
q Cleveland stands appsllcd There &
consternation among the big morstane
companies. There is weeping sS6
waflin9 = Wall street. The opers ~