Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22


in England, France or Germany
where the common peoples in
terests are not better guarded
than in the United States.
SATAN's BEST INVENTION.
"The corporations are against
the people If the devil had
studied ten thousand years he
couldn't have invented a better
scheme to rob the people than
corporation. They don't begin
to live until they die once.
"The Northern Pacific is one
of these corporations, and | have
here its scheme of reorganiza-
ton. They propose to CONSOLE
date all the bonds and notes into
one grand debt, which will re-
quire I'll 100000 yearly to keep
it going and pay the interest.
OF this, which is ii 1902 for each
mile Of track, the state of Wash
ington must pay $2,377,000 each
year as its share. | know of no
party that has any remedy for
this except the people S party.
They propose to break down
this system Of extortion by own
ing at least one line Of transcon.
tinental road, and | am with
with them on that.
Poor HEADLEss CHICKENS.
"But the Republicans propose
to raise this $600,000,000 by
tariff. Since the war the tariff
has been changed twenty five
times, and twenty-four times it
has been raised. A tariff bill
comes out with zoo bought
amendments, or 700 amend
ments sayoring of dishonesty.
You are all going around here
like chickens with their heads
off screaming for the Mckinley
bill and not one of you ever
read it.
GOLD AND DEMOCRACY.
II hope that the Democratic
national convention will adopt
a gold standard platform. Then
some of them will bolt. Senator
Tillman win bolt. The Mis-
souri, Democracy will bolt. True
Democrats will bolt. Then, per-
haps, we can unite on some com.
mon ground and the war will be
on between plutocracy and the
people. But if the national
Democratic convention declares
for free silver, there will be no
bolt. The other fellows will go
home, knife the ticket and vote
for Bill Mckinley.
CLEvELAND's Policy.
'The financial policy of Cleve-
land and Carlisle is the fnan-
cial policy of the Republican
party, Cleveland has betrayed
his party and abandoned Its
financial policy, and taken up
with the Republican or pluto
cratic party, for that is all the
Republican party now is.
I'm the days of Lincoln, the
Republican party had the word
free in it and was for liberty
everywhere; free people, free
speech, free everything. But
now | defy anyone to get the
word free into the platform by
a surgical operation.
II intend to show that the
present congress is the most
waBteful and extravaeant that
ever assembled. That it has vo--
ted away in these times of distress
more money than any other con-
gress ever voted, And that leav-
ing ont the amount voted for
pensions and interest on the pub
lie debt, the expenses of running
the government are six times
greater than they were before the
era of billion dollar congresses.
Also that taking i'll the entire ex-
penses of our government, feder-
al, state and municipal. they now
amount to more than 100000 |
a day, which is more than is ex- |
pended by any other govern |
ment on earth.
Il intend to show that to get /
this enormous sum of money. /
the Republican party proposes
to re enact the Mckinley bill or
something worbe. The Mckinley
dill went into effect Oct. ], 1890, /
md went out IF effect Aug. |,
1894, a period of three years and
zen months, during which there
we're over $4,000 failures in the
United States, with liabilities
lmounting to $796,000,O00, ah
lverage of $207 100000 year,
md an average of II, 720 failures
yenr while for the four years
)riUr to the enactment of that
'ill the failures only averaged
10000 in number, and $152,OOO
100 in amount.
"Of all the monstrosities ever
pawned upon ptople. the