The representative., 1896-09-23

ing one classs against another
Let me show you what Prince Bismarck
SAID In regard to classes on the questions
which concern a great depression. A little
more than year ago he was quoted as say
Ing to farmer audience In Germany. that
the farmers must stand together and pro-
tect themselves from the drones Of society
VINO produce nothing but laws. Remember
the significance of these words, that the
farmers should stand together and protect
themselves from the drone Of society who
produce nothing but laws Great applause)
My friends. divide society into two classes;
on that one side put the non-producers
and on the other side put the producers
OF wealth and you will find that in this
country the majority Of the laws are made
Dy the non-producers instead Of the pro-
ducers of wealth. and just as long as the
non-producers make the law. just so long
ft Will be more profitable to be a non-pro-
ducer of wealth.
Bismarck tried to arouse the farmers of
Germany to throw out these drones and
take charge of legislation themselves. I
suppose they call Bismarck an agitator.
Naugnter and applause.) l suppose they
Will say that he ought not to array one
class Of society against another.
MY friends, that is the only class issue
that we raise and if to say the people who
night the nations battles in time of war,
have right to do the legislating in time
OF peace, is raising class against class
then l am willing to be called an agitator.
my friends. Great applause and cheerinpl
If to tell the people who produce wealth
that they have right to make the laws
so as to secure to themselves a just portion
OF the wealth they produce instead Of
allowing the drones to make the laws and
eat the honey, then I plead guilty to the
charge OF stirring up discomfort
GOLD STANDARD DEMOCRATS.
You read in gold standard papers how
they parade In great big headlines every
time a Democrat leaves the Democratic
party. but there is not one of them telling
the real reason why they leave. They saw
they are afraid that the laws will not be
enforced. They are afraid that they will
be enforced and the reason why these men
are willing to contribute enormously to
the campaign fund is because they know
that II the Chicago ticket succeeds that the
laws will be enforced against them as well
as everybody else. Great applause) l will
venture the assertion that not half the
men who are in favor of a gold standard
can tell what Is to l means. They do not
understand even the terms which are
used in this discussion of the money ques-
ton. l would be willing to place the
average farmer against the average banker
and turn them loose to discuss the none
tary science and financial history and the
banker could not hold his own with tho
farmer Why? Because the financier
thinks he knows so much 1t is not neces-
sary to study, while the farmer realizes
that he has got to study in order to know
about the question. (Applause.) The finan-
cier has been getting along well that he
thinks 1t is not necessary for him to work,
but the farmer has been suffering SO much
that he is trying to find out what is the
matter with the farmer. The farmer knows
that by making money scarce he makes
money dear and property cheap. (Ap-
plause.)