The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-24

flying; give work to labor's countless
hands. Take advantage OF the forces OF
nature: that is what we want.
I'VE have tried what they call the demo-
cratic tariff. bill passed by perfldy and
dishonor. according to Cleveland; and he
was not mean enough to sign II or brave
enough to veto II. tLaughterJ We have
tried that. In 1892 said. II Cleveland was
elected. he would cost the people of the
United States So ,0oOO00 underestimate
the loss. He has put this government In
debt $500 900 more. He has cost the peo-
pie or this country seven or eight thous-
ands of millions of dollars and
that Is only by threat of free trade. There
Is an old song: We Put the Wrong Man
on at Buffalo ILaughterl We have got
anYkher We Took the Wrong Man On
9t -Buffalo. GLaughter.l
Attacks Free Trade.
II want everything that we use manu-
featured In America. All, but say these
free traders. we want the markets of the
world. Well, gentlemen, what is TO hinder?
We have got no export duty. Iron Is as
cheap here as anywhere on earth. You can
get timber here as well as any other place.
You can send your reapers and mowers
and threshing machines and churns to any
market of the world. Why don't you do II
I can tell you why. Because in the repub-
lie. under our flag, wages are too high.
That Is the reason they cannot do II. And
what Keeps wages high? Protection. LAP
plausc.1 And why do they want free trade?
For the sake of low wages Labor makes
things valuable, that Is intelligent labor
a ton of iron ore is worth only few cents In
the ground. Lime is worth only few cents
in the cliff. Coal Is worth only few cents
in the ground: and you make ton of steel
rails worth sos, of which $3.50 is labor.
The raw material as material only 81. 80.
A locomotive worth s10,000-the raw ma
49, 81 ~ -
CO0O0-the raw material not worth 5000.
All the rest is labor
and IL labor is higher here than in the
rest OF the world we must save the Ameri-
can market for the American mechanic.
fGreat applause.l That Is good sense.
Laughter and applause.l And even II we
have to pay more for II here It is better.
/ have said 100 times: Suppose you can
buy ton of steel rails In England for 500
In geld. and you buy it, how does the ac-
count stand? You have a ton of steel
rails and Great Britain has 900 of our gold.
Suppose you buy tho ton of steel rails here
and give 500 in gold, then how does the ac-
count stand? The United States has got
the gold and the rails too. both here, under
our nag' Applause That is the reason
1 am for It.
And do you know what is the matter
with the country to-day? We want more
business. Talk about charity! Business
Is the finest charity ever conceived OF.
business that feeds the hungry that
clothes the naked business that wipes the
tears from the widows eyes and orphans
cheeks; business that puts dmples of Joy
in the checks of sorrow: business that puts
roof above the heads OF the homeless:
business that fills the world with art and
song, with commerce, the land with happy
nomes.
Government by Law.
"And now, what is the next question? Is
this government of law? If we cannot
make money by law, can we keep peace by
law? That is the question. Is this gov
eramcnt of the people? Can the people mako
laws that the people are bound to obey?
Shall we be bound by the decision of the
highest tribunal, or shall we depend upon
the mob? That is the question.
"'I hate the mob spirit. Civilized men
obey the law. Civilized men believe in or
der. Civilized men believe that a man that
makes property by Industry and economy
as the right to keepit Applause ! Civil
lied men believe that that man has the
right to use II us he desires. and they will
Judge of his character by the manner in
which he uses it.. II he endeavors to assist
his fellow men he will have the respect
und admiration of his fellow men. But
we want government of law. We do not
want any labor questions settled by vio-
lence and blood.
II want to civilize the capitalist so that
he will be willing to give what labor is
worth 1 want to educate the working
man so he will be willing to receive what
labor is worth. I want to civilize them
both to that degree that they can settle
all of their disputes in the high court of
reason.
But when you tell me that they can
stop the commerce OF the nation. then you
preach the gospel OF bludgeon, the gospel
OF torch and gun. / do not believe In that
religion. / believe in n religion of kind
ness, reason and law. The law Is the SUI
preme will of the supreme people, and we
must obey 1t. or we go back to savagery
and black night. tApplause.]
Il stand by the courts. l stand by the
president, who endeavors to preserve the
peace. Applause and cries of "Good."]
am against mobs. l am against lynchings
[Applause.l And believe 1t is the duty OF
the federal government to protect all It's
citizens at home and abroad; and want
government powerful enough to say to the
governor Of any state where they are muir
dering American citizens without process
of law, want the federal government TO
say to the governor of that state: Stop
stop shedding the blood of American citi-
zcns. And If you cannot stop 1t, We cam
[Great ,applause.l
II believe in a government that will pro-
tect' the lowest, the poorest and weakest,
as promptly as the mighticst and strong
est [Appla,se.l That Is my government.
This old doctrine of state sovereignty per-
ished in the flame of the civil war, and
tell you tonight that that Infamous lie was
surrendered to Grant with Lees sword at
Appomattox. lApplause.l
Work of the Bondholders.
"Thcn there is another thing. The can
didate for the presidency is trying to
poison the poor against the rich simply be-
cause they are rich. He hates bondhold-
crs. Who are the bondholders? Bondhold-
ers of the government, bondholders of the
railroad companies.
"And who are the bondholders Of the
railroad companies? They are the men
that advanced every dollar to build every
mile of railroad in the United States
They are the men who paid every man that
cast shovelful OF dirt. They are the men
that paid every man that cut down tie
in the forest, and paid every man that dug
the ore, paid every man that melted 1t In
the works and cast 1t into form. They arc
the bondholders, a set OF wretches
[Laughter.l
"Who are the bondholders Of the govern
ment? During the war we sold our bonds,
and people who believed that the north
would triumph bought those bonds. and
every man that bought bond added to the
credit of the great republic. lApplause.1
Every few men own them now who
bought them then. They have been
bought many times since. and all who own
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