Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-18

Wllcl controls their cCA4UcL toward
each other. What must be done? Taera
is but one thing. Where that personal
acquaintance has disappeared, and there
fore injustice has cnpt in, society, with
its paramount interests and Overshad-
! owing rights, can sep in by law and sup
plemsnt hat relation and substitute JUS
Z tee for force N the settlement OF din
culties. prolonged sppi2use)
Now, | appeal 10 you to take the in
terest in government that you ought TO
take. ! want You to take an interest
in politics. / am not here TO tell you
VIVA, opinions you should hold. | am
not here to suggs St TO you what measures
would, in my Judgment, bring RELIEF.
But have a right, rs an American Cit
| izen speaking to other American cit
liens, TO beg of you that you should rec
ognize tn responsibilities which rest
upon you rs citizens, and prepare your
selves for the intelligent discharge or
every duty imposed upon you. Govern
ment was not Instituted among men 70
! confer special privileges On any one.
/ The government w2s instituted for the
protection of all the citizens in Ordsr thai
they might enjoy the fruits of their toll
ana the results of their eXsrti0ns. And
it is The duty Of government to make the
| conditions surrounding the p ople as
! pleasant, as agreeable rs possible
/ You must have your opinion, and by
! YOUR voice must have your influence IN
determining what these conditions may
| be. Ny friends. if You find large
/ number of men out of employment, you
/ have right to inquire Whethor !dleness
| is inflicted upon the human race by nat
ural laws. by the act Of the Cre2 or, or
/ whether it is due TO legislation which is
wrong. If il is due to legislation which
| is wrong then it is not only your right,
! but your duty to change That legislation.
| (Applause)
/ The greatest menace to the employed
/ labofer to-day is the increasing army or
/ unemployed. Voice. That IS Ight,
and applause) Il menaces every man
wlo holds a position, and if tha- army
/ continues to increase il is only question
of tine when those WnO are, as YOU may
say. on the ragged edge, shall leave th9
ranks of the employed and join those
I who are out Of work. Applause9
My friends, an one of those who be-
! lieve that if you increase the amount OF
| idleress. if you increase the number OF
those who cannot work, and yet must
eat. YOU Will drive men to desp ration
! and increase the ranks Of the criminals
out of those VINO would be earning bread
under better conditions. Great ap-
! plause)
My friends, if YOU find crime increas-
ing. if you find idleness growing, 1t Is
not a privilege only-it is a du.y that
you owe to yourselves and TO your coun-
try 10 see whether YOU can change that
! condition and improve Jhe conditions
( that surround you. (CheelsO Now,
when YOU come to use the ballot, | want
you 10 remember tina, ballot was given
/ to YOU (cries Of we will remember
you.'0 NOT by any man who employs you
/ tremendous cheers; that ballot was
! was given 10 you by law; you had II be-
/ fore he employed you. Ii will be yours
/ when YOUR employment ceases. (Cheels.)
You do not tell him that if he does not
/ vote according to your opinion you VIII
out working for him. daughter and
applausa.) And yet you have jus, as
much right to tell him that as he has 10
tell YOU that you have got to quit work
ing for him if you do not vote the way
he wants you to. Great applause)
Ny friends, when I say this | am not
afraid of offending anybody, because II
there IS an employer in this country WAo
believes that be has a right by paying
wages 10 control the votes OF those VINO
/ earn the wages-I say if there is such an
employer-I cannot offend him, because
that man cannO. be offended by any
thing. Great APPLAUSE have known
men who thought that because they
| loaned man money. as long IS they
held his note. be mus, vote as they want
ed him 10 or risk foreclosure. (Laugh-
;er)
7 am not afraid Of offending any man
who has that feeling, because a man
who would use a loan to inimidate q
citizen has vet to learn the genius of the
institutions under which he lives.
| Great qpDlause0 I cannot impress up-
on your minds any more important
/ truth than th.s-that your ballot is your
! own TO 10 with what you please. (Cries
! Of You'll get in There is nobody that
must be satisfied with your vote except
your Judgment and your conscience.
Applause and cries CT You'll &c,
oursrO
At this point a branch Of a tree was
! broken. many of the trees being hll-d
with people.
Don't worry, my friends; he has not
made the mistake that some men make
0aughten; he did not saw the limb of
that he was sitting on lika some men
are trying to do when they destroy The
producers OF wealth.
There is only one person, there IS only
one citizen in this country, wlo can
prove himself unworthy Of the ballot
which has m gwen to him, and that is
! the citizen who either sells it or permits
it 10 be wrestel from him under coer-
cion. AppiauSe1 When a man Off rs
YOU pay for your vote he insults your
manhood. and you ought to have no re-
sheet for the man who tries 10 do il.
/ (Applause.) And the man who, instead
of insulting your manhood by an offer OF
| purchase. attempts to intimidate You or
cOerce Won. insults your citizenship as
well as your manhood. (Applause)
NV friends. in this world people have
inst about as much Of good as they de-
serve. At least, the best way to secure
anything that is desirable is to first de-
serve that thing II the people of this
country want good laws, they them
solves mus secure them. If the people
want to repeal had laws. they alone have
the power to DO it. Government pre-
SCENTS a contest every day. In a govern
mant like ours every year offers the ciu-
zen an opportunity TO prove his love OF
country. Every year offers HIM an op-
nortunity to manifest his PATRIOTISM.