Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-15


and charge that II Is now as unpatriotc
and un-Amcrican to consult England as
20 what shall constitute our currency as
q was an 1872 to consult her as to our
| freedom IN the past.
THEIR ARROGANT CLAIM.
| s,rinned of cant and abuse, but little II
| ieft Of the arguments of our opponents.
| For themselves, they arrogantiy ciaih
| superior honesty, patriotism, ana KNOW
| ledge For the free silver advocates no
! epithet IL too opprobrious, no denuncia-
| ton IS TOO severe.
| And who was II that In the indianapo-
| lis convention spoke contemporary Oh
| Mr. Hryan and his party. comparing him
10 the bastard Jack, Cade and calling
his marty half educated people? Who was
| 80 / ask: a man whose purity ana nonoro
| Give him the right to poins out the IAN
| tngs of others? Verify, nay; but man
who ought TO blush TO lift up his head be-
| fore an assembly Of American citizens.
| a man now rightfully repudiated by
peonle that once idolized one w. Z. 4.
| Breckinridge. Of Kentucky, VINO IKE
scurvy politician seems 10 ste '"o '"'"s'
! that are not
| canon Farrar. In his wonderful lecture
! on America said: From the street ana
| from the store. from the forest ana from
| the prairle. YOU have taken ragged,
| bright-eyed boys with little or no regu-
lar education even, but enriched by les-
| sons of experience and crowned ana
noitred nv the hands of invisible conse-
Grafton. end not asking who they were,
| hui what they have proved themselves
! canable 10 be-because Of their homely
wisdom: because of their native strength;
| because of their undaunted righteous
! ness-you have fearlessly set them 10
command a million OF your soldiers. TO
| rule over fifty millions of their fellow
men. Such a man was James Garfield,
such man was Ulysses Grant, SUCH
man was Abraham Lincoln To this cata-
logue we hope to add w. j. Bryan by
making him ruler over seventy millions OF
his fellow-citizens.
DANGER OF THE MONEY POWER.
/ mean 20 speak, my fellow-citizens'
truthfully, and / wish TO speak dispas-
sionately, but / must say, with all the
emphasis can command that Mammon-
ism is no more respectable and no less
dctestable than Anarchy. Nor is 1t less
dangerous to our liberty. Charles SUM
ner said "Avarce and luxury have been
the ruin Of every great State" And
Grover Cleveland originated the phrase
communism Of pelf" Denouncing
trusts and combinations" he declared
that 1.-THE question is forced upon US
whether they shall submit to the Tree
legislative will of the peoples representa-
tives. or shall dictate the laws that inc
people must obey. We will accept and
settle that issue involving the integrity
and safety OF the American institutions.
know that this note of warning was
uttered against 1.-THE trusts and comDl-
nations" of the manufacturing people
but / assert that trusts and combina-
tions" to control the financial policy OF
the government and the currency OF the
people are just as unlawful ana Just as
| dangerous to the republic lndeeu, more
so II is better for the government to be
dominated by widely-scattered and diver
sified manufacturing interests than by
concentrated money power in wall street.
| am loath 10 charge any community WIN
n sordid desire for gain that overrldes
decency and virtue. but hear the 'eie-
gram sent to members of Congress when
important Norman legislation was pend
ing: New York sold sl5,cO0,0o worth OF
goods to Utah last year Hands OF!
BECAUSE a free and Independent people,
the sons Of men that marched III Silence
and smoke In bated breath when II was
} whisperel along the line that Mars.
Roberts asleep, don't disturb him, ana
! the sons of men that won Donaldson
shiloh. and Corinth-I say, because such
a people demand monetary reform, are
they TO be tabooed as Anarchists?
commend to these defamers the words
of Lincoln ''Why," said he IN ms H.
auellral address. should there not De
patient confidence in the ultimate justice
: of the people? Is there any better OF
equal hope i'm the world?'
we want TO avoid. and for the sake
Of the masses must avoid, the social con
ditions in Europe. There clear ah'
well-dehned line divides capital anC
, labor. a line which strikes through so
ciety, leaving on one side enormous
wealth held by few hands, ana on th'
l other side a thronging multitude OF la
borers without possessions that IN an.
inst sense can be called capital
Against the establishment of such condi
/ lions in America we protest.
, TO RUIN WHOSE BUSINESS?
81 They tell us that our policy will ruiz
business. Whose business? What Dusi
ness? The census OF 1880 shows ina
there are engaged in all occupations y,
7S5 66l persons. These are divided as lo'
, lows: In agriculture. hshlhg' an
Z mining COS. 2Ol: manufacturing and me
chanics, 5.O9l $50; as servants, 4'S6O'5O6
trade and transportation, 3,S25,S62; IN IN
professions, 9ii.323.
Are the laborers, constituting nineteen
twentieths of the above classes l
be ignored for only 10l175 people, WI
are the wholesale merchants, bankers
: and brokers. and the officials In banks
IN insurance trade transportation, an
trust companies? Then coming TO IN
I property of the country. | ask shan >lo
. 600 GOO invested i'm farming lands, an
their equipment, equal 10 one-fourth
all our wealth, be ignored? The words .
. our patriotic candidate should be pup
ushed far and wide. He said: I'VE sa
: TO YOU that you have made the denim
- tion of a businessman too UNITED !
> its applIcation. The man who is EN-
= Moved for wages is as much business
!. man as his employer; the attorney !
: a country town is as much business
man as the corporation counsel IN
great metropolis; the merchant OF IN
q crossroads store is as much business
q man as the merchant of New York; IN
h farmer who goes forth in the mornin
i and tolls all summer-and who, by N
a and tolls all summer-and VINO by IN
= application Of the brain and muscle
. the natural resources of the countr
: creates wealth. is as much business
+ man as the man who goes upon tn
O BOARD of Trade and bets on the pri'
q of grain; the miners who so dow
= 600 feet into the earth, or climb 20
T. feet upon the cliffs, and brings ior'
a from their hiding places the precio'
e metal to be poured into the channels
p trade. are as much businessmen as u
e few financial magnates who, IN pa'
e room. corner the money of the world.
e THE INCOME TAX.
rrai,o,y c,tizens come now to consid,