The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-19

DestoW on MIN must take from somebody,
else VINO Is 70 be despoied. and Who
IS 10 be enriched By the exercise OF this
new scheme OF government. Cry OF sill
yer mine ownerl
My friends, the silver mine owner viii
get cheated with the rest Qaurbterl
If ever the pOpulist has his wav no
body will be benefited not even Mr. Rrv-
an Laughter)
I will venture to say here and now
that il the face Of Providence should he
aVerted from the land and such a calamity
as Mr.. Bryan's election were permitted
by IL, the man who will suffer most Inv
that event will be the false prophet. who
having led them astray. will be torn m
pieces by an outraged public whose pros
perity he had ruined.
quoting Mr.. Bryan as proposing TO IN
crease the price Of commodities Alr
Cochran elaborated an argument to sbov,
that when this increase is brought about
labor will be left to shift for itself This
he described as the populist scheme" and
a conspiracy Then he asked: "W.n
you submit to this conspiracy between RE
professional farmers, the farmers who cui-
, tivate the quarrels OF their neighbors.
farmers who labor with their Jaws: Dopu-
list agitators of the west, and the unrecon>
ciled slave holders Of the south. CAP
plause) This Is conspiracy between the
professional farmers. who want TO pay low
holder.
VINO would like to pay no wages (Ap-
plause) Here is the real root of this con
spiracy. Here is the explanation Of this
populist movement.
Mr.. Bryan did not create It, No man
can create movement like this. The
forces that created it are active, and
have been working in a thousand differ
| ent directions. Mr.. Bryan. representing
this theory, is but like a drop of water on
the crest Of a wave, more consptcuous
but no more important tnan the millions
of drops that form its base. The popu-
| hstic movement is the attempt of these
| professional farmers, OF these men who
are unwilling to share with the laborer.
| to appeal to his greed in support of their
| doctrine. He is an enemy OF public order:
| he is an obstacle to progress. He is a
| conspirator against the peace and pros
perity of the industrial masses of the
country.
Il have said that the laborer is the
| object of this conspiracy, and he is. But
let no man imagine that if they were sue
cessful the injury will be borAe best by the
| man who works with his hands He will
be the first to suffer and the last to recov-
| er from its effects. But the shock to civ
| ilization which will ensue from such a
breach of public and private faith will be
! irreparable. Its effects no man can meas
ure from any experience of the human race
we cannot tell to what degree it will para
lyze industry.
IF l were asked 10 define civilization I
/ should say it was industrial cooperation.
| Everything that a man does for his own
| benefit acts directly upon the interest of
| his neighbOrS. No man can stand alone in
a civilized community. Underlying the
whole scheme of civilization is the con-
| tidence men have in each other. Confidence
| in their honesty; confidence in their integ-
| rity; confidence in their industry; conf
| dence in their future.
| If we want a silver coinage tomorrow:
| if We ever debase our standard of value
| these men say that still you will have
| the same property you have to-day; you
| would have the same soil, you would still
| have the same continent and it is true
| But so did the Indian have the same riv-
! ers that roll past our cities and turn the
wheels Of commerce as they pass. So
| were the mountains filled full of mineral
| treasures four hundred years ago. The
same atmosphere enwIap these continents,
| the same soil covers the fields, the sun
shown in heaven, and yet there was none
! but the savage pursuing the pathway of
war through the traclless forests, and
! the rivers bore no single living thing eX-
| cept the Indian in his canoe pursuing a
| pathway of destruction. There was no
| industrial cooperation, because the Indian
| was a savage and did not understand the
! principal by which the men aid each other
| in taking from the bosom Of the earth the
| wealth which makes life bearable and
| developes the intelligence which makes
! civilization. Great applause and cheers
! Anything that attacks that basis of
| human confidence is a crime against civil
| ization, and a blow against the founda-
| tions of social order Now, the underlying
| trouble with all populists is that they have
a fundamental misconception Of the prin-
ciples on which civilized society is con-
! structed.
"All through Mr.. Bryan's speech, all
! through Mr.. Tillman's utterances in the
| convention, whenever you find populists
assembled, you will find discussions pro-
ceeding upon the theory that men are hos
| tile to each other in their interests. The
condition of life is one Of contest and
| warfare. At Chicago Mr. Bryan declared
When you come before US and tell us
] that we shall disturb your business inter-
/ ests we reply that you have disturbed
| our business interest. We have petitioned
| and our petitions have been scorned; We
| have entreated and our entreaties have
| been disregarded; we have begged and VIC
have been Knocked, and our calamity
came. We beg no longer; we entreat TO
| more; we petition no more. We defy
| them "a voice: He was right.O
| He was, my friend; he was quite right.
| When a man loses all sense he has right
/ to deny that he possesses any. In con-
/ N6NllOn Oh eNlTeHlSlSs lIl6 l1Ool SAllCAiAC
| will always be selected for a leader. The
! prospects are not bad. daughter and ap-
/ plause). l merely desire to call the at
tention of this gathering to the character
/ of that speech, to the underlying spirit
that pervades It, and then to ask the work.
| ing men of this country, to ask the citi-
zens of this nation, if the government
| should be trusted to the hands of men
| whose conception of civilized society is
one of warfare and of strife. Great ap-
| plause.)
| I'VE believe that the very essence of
| civilization is mutual interest, mutual for
| bearance, mutual cooperation. We be-
| lieve that the world has got past the time
| when mans hands are at each others
| threats. We believe the day has come
| that men stand shoulder to shoulder
| working together for a common purpose
| beneficial to all (applause) and we believe
| that this attempt to assail wages, which
/ means an attempt to attack the prosper
/ ity of all will be resisted, not by a class
| but by the whole nation. (Applause).
| while we have in existence system
| of mutual cooperation which is but