Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-18

P people are the only people who have ever
heard gladly any person who preached
H,mac.cy and equal rights. Great ap-
plaJse)
] DO not mean to say that there are no
EXCEPTIONS TO The general rule. There
have always been found among the rich
err classes those who were filed with the
spirit of philanthropy. There have al
ways b.eD found among them those VINO
were willing 10 spend their lives in tde
uplifting o. their fellows; but | am
speaking of The rule thay reforms do not
come from and are not supported by
those who consider themselv lifted
above the common people. (Applause)
Nor DO I mean that You have never
Found among The common people those
who would beray their fellows. You
have found everyw86r5-it is one OF the
UniCruna-e things that stand out upon
every page of his ory-thaJ the charac-
TER Of Judas is not confined TO any class
OF society. bul is found everyWh re n all
ages. tAp1iause) l mean simply 70
say this. that while among the common
0e0ple have q, MI times have been found
those who would bcTay their brethren
and sell them into bondage if they
could. yet in spite of this the common
people have been the great impelling
force that has Fitted civilization from
generation ID genera ION up 20 the high
est ground. (Applause)
There are three forms OF government
hes- known among men. There is the
monarchy, where king rules by right d.
vine. there Us the arisJOcracy. where q
few c0crol. and there is the democracy,
which means the rule Of the people
.iems Ives Why is il that the strength
OF democracy do not use it in a party
sense. but in its private sense-why is it
thar the siren 9Th OF democracy has al
ways been found among the common
r.or,t2 Why? Tt is simple enough.
Fl a man has high position Of q great
wealth. he may be able to stand and keep
On Che good side of the king. If he mas
great influence he may be one Of the
ruI.ua classes N an aristOCracy; but You
are not willing 10 leave any form Of
/ government 90 YOUR children exc pt de-
uCcrscy. IN when each citizen is pro-
| -ec-ei I'm The eni0ymen, OF life and Ab-
/ cry and the pursuit of happiness. Cap
p,ause)
The great common Nconl believe in a
/ democratic form of government, because
it is only I'm q democratic form OF gov
wcct shat they are able To- protect their
rights and advance thsir Interests so far
. as SOW rlmcnc can advance human in
teIe-js
Re, me dwell for @ moment On the OBJ
jec- Of government Tn this land it is
our b-EsJ jia. our government derives
rs jus powers from The consent of the
GOV rrel What kind of government
viii people consent to Wl1n they are
free 10 consent? There is one kind Of
government above all 0.her kinds that
shcy love. Cries of organs govern
ment" and applause) And that is the
government which knows no favOrism,
q government in which every citizen
stands on the same plane, and VIII re
The government treats them all right,
without regard 10 position in society or
without regard 10 wealth. (Appiaus-D
A government which gives equal righ S
to an but c0nfers special privileges on
nOne-tha- is the kind of government
thar appeals 10 the affections of the COM
mon people.
.
IN government TIL first is. that IN the
enactment of legislation YOU should be
careful TO give nc advantage 10 one per-
son over another if that advantage can
be prevented In other words, it is the
duty of government TO avoid acts OF al
fmaiive injustice. But that is only part
o1 the business of the government Jeff
c~s0n has stated the other half of it.
IL saws hat government must restra n
men from injuring one another. That
is one OF the Important duties of gov
men TO restrain men from iniuring one
another. and the government that falls
In restrain The strongest arms that can
De- lifted from iniuriug the weakest citi-
zen i'm an the land is a government
which fails to do its whole duty. Gap
plause)
v7s passing through Iowa some
months ago, and I got an idea from
some hogs. An idea is the most mpor-
-err thing that person can get mo
his head. and we gather orr IDEAS from
every source. As was driving along l
noticed these hoes roofing in . field, and
lbey were tearing mp the ground, and
frs thought that came TO me was
Je- they were destroying a good deal
of ur1u.r5v. and that carried me- back 10
when r was q boy and when We mad hogs
W. used % uut rings in their noses, and
then ,ls thought came TO me, way did
we do .r2 N0r TO keep the hogs from
getting fat. We were more interested
IN Their getting fat than they were. ZAP
pljuse} The sooner they got f2t the
1-r orear.
they W PEE in citing fat the longer they
lived. h1- why were The rings nut in
the noses Of these hogs? So that while
they were getting fat they would not
destroy moro property than they w5re
worth. lADp'ause)
As I -hough, of that this idea came
10 me. that one Of the duties of govern
. menr. one Of the Important duties of
government. Is the putting OF RINGS IN
-h- noses Cf hogs. (ApplauSe0 Now.
my friends. do no. consider this a reaec-
ton on YOUR neiEhh0r. We are all hog
ys1. We are all selfish. my friends. and
we must no. apply this lesson simply 10
somebody else If YOU tell mo that YOU
are ro- sIish. I can prove by your
reighb57 JNat YOU are GaughterD
IF v0ur neigh bOr denies THAI he is SCI
fsh. T can prove by You that he is. GAP
0lause)
We're all selfish. The Creator did not
make any class Of people who were en-
--e,y unselfsh. Butt have faith in our
form of government, because 1 believe
that pcorl in their better m oments viii
a10D- laws which restrain themselves in
hours Of temptation. in order that their
. neichbcrs may also be restrained in