The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-19

Force tho Alternative when the Use
OF the Ballot is Denied.

Marlboro, Mass. Oct. l9.-The political
| rampaign was opened here by the newly
formed Bryan and Williams club by
| biz rally in the city hall last night. AT
which George Fred Wilkins was the
| chief speaker. A reception 10 Mr.. Will
iams at the Windsor House preceded
| the speaking, and this was an enthus-
hstic incident. President OF the Com
mon Council +. r. Meagher called the
| gathering to order. and George Balcom.
| candidate for representative. presided.
Mr. Williams. after referring 10 rep
resenting this district i'm congress. for
! which honor he felt very grateful. and
| replying To newspaper criticism OF his
speeches. said: II make an appeal at
the present time admittedly In behalf OF
the people against some others. ! do
not hesitate TO avow that i am attack
| ing the forces which believe are taking
the lifeblood out OF this republic. its in
dustries and its workers (Applause).
and II is my direct purpose to arouse the
friends of the people who are being en-
trapped and make them understand that
they are ruined, and warn them to rise
up and furnish a remedy (Applause).
Those who are out Of work now need
from me no explanation OF their misery
and suffering, and II is not my purpose To
appeal to any mans presud.,S but
do fear that the masses OF the workers
OF this country are fatally indifferent
TO their own rights. ! fear that the
laboring men OF this country have been
hoodwinked by the very powers that are
prosecuting them, that have succeeded
by devious methods in suppressing all
political action in laboring organization
i believe that there Is but one method
| left 10 the people OF a republic when the
ballot is forbidden, and that method is
force; but IL we are To avoid force, then
we are 10 take the other method, and
that is the ballot. That is the remedy in
a republic, and may the day he far dis
tant when anything hut that method OF
righting wrong shall be used. CAP
plause). There are many men in the
country today who are crying for
anarchy and revolution. That is wrong.
These very men had better search them
selves and see il they have not been the
tool of their enemies in keeping the labor
organizations of this country from the
ballot box, where the only decent and
republican remedy obtains.
The next speakers were II. 4. Lombard
OF Wayland and w. V. Hyde. the latter
candidate for senator. The rally
was brought TO a close by Harry Lloyd
OF Boston who scored Governor Wolcott
for his appointments on the commission
TO revise the tax laws of the state. and
for his part in the investigation OF Po-
lice Commissioner A. p. Martin of Bos-
ton. In referring to Mr. Martin the
speaker said he was invisible in war
invincibe in peace" He criticised the
Republican party for its policy on all
matters pertaining To the people rights.
and closed with eulogistic references TO
William Jennings Bryan and George
Fred Williams.
Il desire for my part TO confess that l
believe liberty is best cared for by those
who need ii most. (Applause). l do
not hesitate to say that do not believe
the rich and comfortable are capable
from the very nature of things of pro-
tecting the liberties of the republic.
They are willing. and always have been
because they are comfortable and pros
porous, that the conditions in existence
should not be destroyed no matter now
bad they may be as long as they are
well fed and well clothed as now. This
Is broad principle. and j am satisfied
to represent those who are in want.
Property and industry are measured
by counters which we call money. They
make prices. The more the counter the
higher the prices because the counters
are cheap. The fewer the counters the
less the price because the counters arc
harder to get than the property which
they count. Now if either by mistake
or purpose there be a process intro
duced by which the counters which
measure all property and the products
of all industries are, year by year. re-
duced in number, or even If they do not
keep pace with the growth OF popula-
tion. then we have what we call fall
ing prices. If you should take hundred
million of gold and put il into the sea
today the price of the property the WORLD
over would SO down by reason OF the
destruction of that portion of the meas
uring metal called gold money. If the
Klondike produces enough. l claim that
itswill raise prices because it is furnish
ing more money with which to measure
commodities. Now If there be. through
some measure of legislation. a striking
out of one-half of the money of the world
or the product of the miries furnishing
one Of the precious metals. then that
would cut off the annual supply year
by year and the lessening of that supply
would result in the. fall of prices. The
fall of prices means simply this-that
each year the debtor demands more
products in the payment of debt; that
Us money becomes more valuable by
reason of the scarcity. More of the
products of labor must be given for IT,.
If prices fall as they have. steadily
fallen within the last 20 years each yeal
more and more of the product Of yolr
labor is demanded with which to pay
that debt. 1t is true Of the manufac-
turer as well as the farmer and the
laborer. We offer the only remedy and
that is the restoration OF silver to the
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