, 1896-09-26
A MASTERLY ADDRESS,.


and cannot find the means for their
own benefit; here let the government
step in and help in the great work of
promoting the general welfare. This
will be the best means, for these meas
ures will furnish employment to large
numbers of laborers, and a mutual
benefit will be rendered.
Well now, to the talk about the tar
that we sent up to Washington? 1t
was Ulysses S. Grant. He was anoth-
err of your great aristocrats. When he
was elected, he was a common tanner
He had just been following up his orig
nal occupation by tanning the hides of
the confederates. ~Laughter.)
The next aristocrat is Mr.. Hayes,-a
poor boy. He was so pocr he couldn't
educate himself. and was educated by
a bachelor uncle. There are some
bachelors hat are good for something.
Uauehter.)
They are needed sometimes to take
care of other peoples children and
families. His bachelor uncle educated
him,-he started in a poor boy, and his
administration is known as the glori-
Gus business administration.
Then Garfield was another aristo-
crat,-so poor that he had to help his
mother. and split the gnarled rails that
innlpgpI THAR litt1o cabin And n
think the grandest thing in all our his
tory is the time when he ooh the oath
of office; he kissed the holy bible, and
then turning he kissed the next hottest
object in all the earth,-his aged moth
err, who saw then and there on his in
auguration, the travil of her soul, and
was satisfied. One of the most inspir-
ing scenes that was ever witnessed at
the capitol, was where that man tool
the oath Of office.
The next aristocrat was Chester a.
Arthur, who bore without abuse, the
grand old name of gentleman"
Then we'll skip over Grover. CLaugh-
teri Democrats. Vol may have him
he's none Of ours. (Applause.) You
democrats have been trying to get rid
of him for some little time, and yet he
says he is the regular article. { Laugh
teri
Then comes Benjamin Harrison. who
Harrisons, and his great grandfather
signed the Declaration of %Independ-
ence. That's pretty good stock to come
form. He was also poor,-born in a log
cabin. And when he started out for
himself, and got married, he and his
wife started in as every successful man
and woman should start.-with six
knives, II six forks, and six spoons
and six cups and saucers. Her father
asked him how he was going to sup
port his wife, and he said. with my
strong right arm"
Ladies and gentlemen, the time will
come when blazing bright upon the
page of history will be recorded the
brilliant and business-like administra-
ton of Benjamin Harrison, and we all
know what we lost when his admins
tration went out; we know just how
we lost it, and when we lost it, and we
know how to get it back again, and
there is no Tom-foolery that is going
to drift us from that fact. (Applause.)
They say he is a wise man who never
makes a mistake; but | tell you it's a
wise man who never makes the same
mistake twice. We all make mistakes,
but the man who makes the same mis-
take twice is a foolish man. We won't
do it this time, my friends. | tell You
the people Of this country won't do it
again. (A%pplause.) It's settled right
now, to a dead moral certainty. as
much as If 1t were now election day.
l was talking up at Wheatland the
other night. There was a man there
who was a little 0 full for utterance.
and he went outside the door and
crowed like a rooster. They try to
break up our meetings, you know.
some of these democrats. And that
fellow just crowed at the. top of his
voice. I said, well, he must have got
that rooster from Maine Uaughter.)
Now there's a state, the home of the
democratic candidate for vice president
that is one of the vice presidents,
Mr.. Sewall. You know there are two of
them. (Laughter.) Mr.. Sewall holds
down the job in the east and Cousin
Tom Watson comes smiling up from
the south, and between them they give
Mr.. Bryan more trouble than Noah
had in getting the animals into the ark.
(Applause.) It's like a quarrel in a
lodge. But the trouble is these two fell
lows are fighting behind the noble
grand's back, and he don't know what
to expect. l say right here. at Mr.. Sew
all's WI home, in that state that nomi-
mated him for vice president because of
his silver views-and the silver senti-
ment is there friends; yes, that same
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