Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-21
INGALLS, SCATaIN1 Words.
A Terrific Arrangement Of the Gold
and Money Power.

Is He Another Anarchist" and q
"Luuatic?" Money Is the Crea-
ton Of Law-Views Of an Emil
neat Republican Statesman.
| tFrom a speech 10y John j. ingalls, in the
United States Senate Jan. u. 1871
The evil which threatens the safety,
/ If If does no. endsngsr Tie existence, Ct
the republic is the tyranny Of the com
/ bined. concentrated, cen-ralzet and in
( corDorated capita, And the people are
/ considering this great problem now
] The conscience Of the nation is shocked
/ az the injustice of modern society. The
/ moral sentiment OF maukirt has been
/ aroused AZ the Ulequai distribution Of
. wealth. g. The unequa, diffusion Of bur
! dens, The benefits and the privileges Of
/ society = AT the beginning o, our sec
pnd century the American people have
/ become profoundly conscious that the
ballot is n0c the panacea FOR all evils
eds- affiicJ humanity; that Il has not
/ abolished poverty or prevented injus-
sice They have discovered thar p0.iI-
/ cal equality does not result In s0c.a. fra
Jern.-y, thar under a democracy the
( concentration C. greater political power
u few hands the accumulation and ag-
gregation Of greater amounts OF weaEh
n individuals, is more possible than un-
der monarchy ana that there IS @ ~
ranny which is more fatal than the ~
ra1ny Of kings
We have become. NJ. President the
W79llhies- nation upon the face of this
earth, and The greater part Of The enor-
nous accommodations have been piled UP
during the pass 20 years. I believe ny
SET that upon a fair cash market v3lu-
alton the aggregate wealth Of tbs cOun-
Try to-day is no. less than 500 G000o
000 This is enough, Mr. President. 20
make every man and every woman and
every child b1Ce5th The flag comfort
able. 20 keep the wcE away from the
door; 10 is enough % give every family
a competence. And yer we aye tod
there are thousands OF people who never
have enough. 10 eat in any one cay i'm
be year. We are told by the sta..s-.-
cans Of the Department Of Labor Of The
United States that. lO-wilhs a1diug this
stupendous Regrega ion. there are l.
100000 American citizens. ab,ebod;e6
an wiling TO work. who tramp the
StrfTr of our cities and The country
highways and by-wcys in search Of "a
Dor. with which % buy their daily
bread, N vain.
The mLGonaires OF tie country are
not the producers and TIE laborers.
They are arT3ye5 Ike Solomon In al,
his g,0ry, bU, they toll not, neither 10
they spin. Yes jhey 10 spin. THIS
class. NJ. President I am glad 20 say. is
not confined % this country alone These
gigantic accuUulariJns have not been
The result of industry am economy.
There would be ne protest against them
If they were. The people are beginning
10 inquire whether under "a govern
ment OF The people, By the people. and
for the people. under system in
which the bounty Of nature is supple
mel.ei by the labor OF all. any citizen
can show a moT3i-yes. or q lsg3l--.t,e
20 5000 600 900
Some have the -euari-y 70 ask wheth-
er or not man can SHOW q clear title
20 S100,0000C0. There have been men
rash enough TO doubt whether. un5er 9
System 50 constituted by speculation or
otherwise, any citizen can show q far
hts 10 $4,000 600 when The distribution
per capita would be less than $1,000. II
I We're puJ upon my voir DIRE l should
hesitate before admitting that in the
sense Of giving just compensation and
equ.ys 'en- any man In ,his country or
any other country ever absolutely earn
ed 1000 900. I do not believe he ever
did. What is the condition to-day. Mr.
president? repeat that the people are
NOT anarchists, they are not socialists
they are not communists but they have
suddenly walked 90 The conception Of the
fact that the bulk of the property OF
this country is passing into The hands
o. what the Senator from Ohio lShec-
man. by euphem SIN, calls the "specu-
la,ors' OF he world.
The assessed valuation recorded n the
great nati0na, ledger standing to our
credit is about $4,000 100000. OR
population is C251o000 and by some
means. by some Incarnation. honest or
otherwise, by some process that cann0-
be defined. less than a 0-thousandth
par, o., our population have obtained
secession I2rF. have kent or ~ the
-o-fte,,t.,r,. IN s-i.s or tho mems -bav
s5o,-s5 ~, soorire IN ~ more man one
LsIf ~ the aocnmn'o.ed we,lf5 NJ The
c CO.,
hag Is A2J me worst, VI FIesIuel.'
Il mas oeeh .aI se.y acquired D.! men VINO
nave coh..iou.eI ul.le 10 tne llsler-zl
Weiare OF tn5 country anu %! p-oCsSssS
IAa' 10 NOT care ~ appIo-ia1s lS' MS ~
CeScr, DEFY the WrecNlng OF lne IoI-