Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-19

states that were Democratic, hut il is
significant fact that every Northern state
in which there was d chance of electlnS q
Democratic governor or of choosing Dem
ocratir electors. with the exception OF MIS-
souri, and Indiana, stood boldly and 1rInly
for the gold standard al Chicago, ana theg
were Submerged By a wave OF Ioi'uiiati
from the South.
.AIy friends. there has been a great change
in the Democratic organization OF l!e
Southern states. The men. who. rom a
mistaken sense OF loyalty. followed lhtI
states out of the Union whose SaltthttS
in war whose fortiMGc in defeat, Won the
admiration OF the civilized world. Inc men
whose virtues demanded the support %
Northern public opinion in the attempt 70
overruru carpetbdg governments IN me
Southern states, the men VINO led theI
people through all the troubled perlou -, -
reconstruction back into q iCll union W.
the sister states-these men. Ike Hampton
.n North Carolina. and Caifrey IN Loui=-
lana have been swept from power. 4 new
set has got into the saddle. 4 set oil teaa-
ers of which Tilman ! the exponent, VINO
boldly unfurled The sectional nag AT thl-
cago and declared that this Populist move
nent IS a direct movement against the
prosperity of the East.
Men of New York, tolerS of America,
guardians OF your own nomes' whi you Il.sl- AZ
low your rate Of wages 10 be affected (cries
Of Never" ''Never'l by any man WI"
never has paid wages at all if he conlG
get out OF II? VIII You submit to this con.
spiracy between the professional farmers,
tho farmers who cultivate the Cuarrels o:
their neighbcrs. farmers who labor with
,heir jaws. Populist asitators of the West
and the unreconcilcd Shareholders of the
South?
The Root of the Conspiracy.
This is a conspiracy between profession
al farmers. VINO want 20 pay low wages.
and The unreconciied slaveholder, VINO
would like to pay no wages al al; Gap
plause.( Here is the real root Of this con-
spiracy. blr. Bryan did not create II. No
man can create movement like this. Inc
l,.. tod gra
have been working in a thousand different
directions. .Mr. Bryan. representing this the
ory. is but like drop oil wa'er on ,l,t snt
crest OF the wave, more conspicuous, but
no more important than the millions OF
drops that forms its base. The Popuiistic
movement is the attempt of these profess
sional farmers. of these men who are un-
willing 10 share with the laborer, 10 appeal
10 their greed. They are an enemy OF pub
rcss: they are conspirators against the
peace and prosperity OF the industrial
masses Of the country
II have said that the laborer is the OBJ
iect OF this conspiracy, and ne Is. But let
no man imagine that if they are success
ful, the injury would all be borne by the
man who works with his hands. He would
he the last TO suffer and the last to re-
cover from It's effects; But the shock 10
civilization which would ensue from such a
breach OF public and private faith would
lie irreparabie. Its effect no man could
measure from any experience Of the hu-
man race. We cannot tell 10. what degree
it would paralyze industry.
civilization and Co-OpcratiOn.
"lf | were asked TO define civilization 1
should say it was industrial co-opera-
ton Everything that a man does for his
own benefit acts directly upon the inter-
ests OF his neighbors. No man can stand
alone in "A civilized community. His in
terests. his prospects. his fortunes, are 10
some extent shared 10y his fellows. There
is not an ear of corn ripeninS in the West
crn field that does not affect the price OF
bread TO yen and 10 me- The farmer who
scatters seed upon the ground by that acl
starts into motion the wheels of the fac
tory: he sharpens the tools OF the carpen-
ter: he stimulates the construction Of rail-
roads: he causes the engineers 10 plan new
bridges crossing currents new tunnels un.
der rivers, new canals joining oceans and
separating continents. If the farmer did
not work, If the miner did not dig in thf
snbterranean gallery, every other depart
ment of industry would lanSuish. for ner
would not produce and create If they die
not see in the industry and activity OF 9th
ers a prospect of a demand for the com
modify which they produce. And so ever!
man in the world is bound closely to the
destiny and interests of his fellow man.
Underlying tire whole scheme OF cry
ilization is the confidence men have II
each other; confidence in their honesty
confidence in their integrity; conndene'
in their industry: confidence in their tut
ure. If we want silver coinage to-mor
row: if we even debase our standard o
value. men say that stiIl you would hav,
the same property YOU have Today; yol
would still have the same SOL; you wout
sfi.i nave bUe sdiAit 'oIiNiift't' -h'4N h'4i
But so did the Indian have the sam
rivers that roll past our cities and turl
the wheels OF commerce as they pass; :
the mountains, piled full of mineral treas
ures, 40 years ago The same atmospher
enwrapped this continent: the same sol
covered the fields; the same sun shoh'
in heaven. and yet there was none but tn
savage pursuing the pathway OF va
through the tracliless forests; and tn
river bore no single living thing except til
Indian in his canoe pursuing pathwa
operation, because the Indian was sav
age and did not understand the principle
by which men aid each other in takln
from th. bosom of the earth the wealtl
which makes life desirable and develop
the intelligence which makes civilization
Anything that attacks that basis OF hu
man confidence is a crime against ciyiliZa
tion and a blow against the foundation
OF social order
The Spirit of PopuIism.
wherever you find Populists assem-
bled you will find discussions proceedin
upon the theory that are hostile I
each other in their interest; that the cor
dition of life, is, one Of contest. Al Chicag
fore us and tell us that we shall distur
your business interests we reply that yo
have disturbed our. business interests
He was. my friend. when a man iose
all sense. he has a right to defy those tina
possess any. LaughterD
I'm a convention of extremists. the mos
exctable will always be selected for
leader. Your prospects are not BAD.
merely desire 10 call the attention of tn
gathering 10 the character of that speecl
TO III" underlying spirit that ,peryades
land TO ask the workingman OF this coul
try. 10 ask citizens of this nation. II II
government should he trusted TO the han'
OF men whose conception of civilized s
ciety is one of warfare and strife.
I'VE believe that the very essence {
civilization is mutual interest, mutual fo
hearance. mutual cooperation. We belle,
the world has got past the time whe
mems hands are at each others throat
We believe to-day that men stand should'
10 shoulder, working together for a con
mon purpose. beneficial 10 all tapplaus
and we believe that this attempt to assa
wages. which means an attempt 10 attao
the prosperity of ALL will be resisted, N
by class, but by the whole nation.
Labor and Wages.
"what labor has gained that shall
keen The rate of wages that is paid
IL to-day is the lowest rate We VIII ey
Willingly accept We look forward TO
further and further increase in the pro
pcrity of workinEmen not merely by
Increase in the daily wage. but by ia