The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-15
THE EVILS THAT BESET US
GEORGE FRED VILEIIMS PRE.
 SCRIBES 4 SPECIFIC.

An Impassioned Speech at Boston-People
 Should Insist Upon Their Birthright to
 Make the Laws-Rule of Aristocracy
 Must be overthrown and Ruie of Dem-
 ocracy Rcestablished.
 Boston, Oct. 14.--The democracy of Boston met at Faneuil hall this even ing in large numbers for the purpose of ratifying the nomination for state officers made at the recent state con vention held in Worcester. While the meeting was held under the auspices of the democratic city committee of Boston, it was really the grand open ing event of democracys campaign for this season, and Hon. George Fred Will Hams, the standard bearer and candi- date for governor, in speech of great power and over an hour in length. pre- scented the democratic views and aspir ations. Hon. John H. Lee called the meeting to order, introducing as the permanent chairman MT. Thomas Riley of Boston.
 The candidate for lieutenant gover- nor, Christopher Callahan, made a long speech, and MT. Charles Nash the can | didate for secretary of state, and Mr. John A. O'Keefe, the candidate for at torney general, discussed the issues presented in the democratic platform at length, after which the meeting ad- journed with cheers for George Fred Williams and the state ticket
 Hon. George Fred Williams on rising was greeted with tremendous applause, and cheer after cheer rent the air. When the excitement had temporarily subsided, MT. Williams said:
 MT Chairman and fellow citizens | When Lovejoy fell the first martyr to the cause of freedom i'll the great con test for the emancipation of the slaves, Wendell Phillips, (applause), standing upon this platform, said When liber ty is in danger. Faneuil hall has the right, and it is her duty to sound the keynote for the union. Applause and cries of 'Good). If I believed as I stand before you tonight that there was any less cause for action than there was in that day when Phillips spoke, 1 could not bring you so full a heart as 1 bring you here tonight. I believe that we are gathered here in defence of the liberties that belong to the free men of republic. (Applause).
 "We stand upon platform broader than any man has yet conceived We are upon platform that asks first and foermost that at the end of one hundred years there shall be brought back to the people the right to make their laws, the right to insist upon the regulation of their own freedom, and they de- mand that at last the rule of an aris- tocracy and an, oligarchy be thrown
 from the neck of the democracy of the
 nation. (Applause).
 II believe that the spirit of our plat form may be expressed in these words That the powers and forces of our time
 are throwing the wealth of this land into narrow channels, are uniting the , organization against the scattered un- til we have an absolutely false tendency , in our civilization. It may not be seen , at the first glance that is a broad prn- ciple involving the liberties of the peo- , pie, but my countrymen, liberty does
 not mean alone that you shall be un- , shackled, that you shall escape the cell , of the prison, but your limb and lives shall be free from attack.
 For four years this country has been , in condition of suffering and misery. Not alone has the laboring man been trod upon to sacrifice and to suffer, but , all the industries of this country from the mines to the factory have fallen to
 the common disaster. There must be some reason for this. Panic and bank l ruptcy have been the persistent visitors to our industries.
 ic, should be explained by those who last fall were it's apologists. We have an $ answer. We gave it last fall. We in- ' sst that want of confidence was no cause. It was our faith that the money - system of this country. and indeed of 5 the civilized world, had been so manip- l ulated by those who wished to gather l the wealth of the world into their pr- tvate hands, that prices had fallen year
 after year until inevitable bankruptcy and ruin had come. That process has , continued to the present moment. Do not be deceived into the idea that the
 currency question is the only one with
 which we have to deal; but until re- lief comes upon that score, we shall r continue to discuss that question until
 it becomes plain to the people Of this | country" (Applause)
 l. MT. Williams predicted a greater f change upon the money question by the s republican party before 1900 and spoke .. highly of President McKinley's appoint
 ment of bi-nletalic commission. He
 also eulogized the great influence oi the Bank of England upon the financial z. interests of the world