Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-07-11

| day, you will nnd tnat the ptomlseu
prosperity will come with the passage
Of the Dinglsy Bill. They made
the came declaration when the gold
standard was going TO be maintained;
that il would bring prosperity.
swe Ind a campaign which aroused
more excitement than has been raised
in % years. Employees working by
the day were told that il silver sue
ceeled ut the election they would moi
get any more work. 1 cannot find
it in my heart to criticise him who III
fear Of losing employment obeyed
the mandate OF his employer: and You
could not blame the country banker
very much. because the New York
banker had told him there would be
bankruptcy il the silver question won;
aLd you cannot lame the New York
banker very much because the Lon
don banker had told him there would
be financial ruin u the United States
did not decide for gold in the presi,
dental election. But what male
me indignant was TINT the politics Of
the United States should be con.
trolled 10y foreign influences, and that
the independence bought IL hun
dred and twenty years ago was as
nothing when We come to face the
present financial difficulties. But,
my friends, I do not think that these
things car be practiced again Tlr,
manufacturer and the merchant have
found that the country bank was
powerless to help them unless the
farmers could sell their produce. and
this they canno; do unless the people
are able to buy. and | believe that the
laboring man, the merchant. manu-
facturer and banker are all learning
at last that prosperity must come up
from thuse who toll and not down
from the upper classes of society.
They have told us OF the
Bible story OF Lazarus and
Dives. how Lazarus was content to
eat the crumbs that fell from the
table Of the mel. man. but the people
have made up their minds that they
DO not care to be like Lazarus and
live on crumbs, but woull prefer to
sit at the table themselves.
The only way. in my humble !udg-
ment, that prosperity can he brought
back to the American people is to
let the met who labor End produce
the wealth get fair return for their
labor, and they will be encouraged to
labor. The only way to bring back
prosperity to the American people is
to bring back prosperity to those
who toll. We have those who live
by labor and those who live upon
those who labor-the professional
class land l am one Of them, because
the law is III. profession the doctor.
the banker and the preacher. those
who themselves do not create wealth,
but who live Il ron the wealth that is
created. These people muIt all
learn in time that they cannot Sc
cure :ha highest good by DESTROYING
the foundation upon which they rest.
We had great many doctors come
over to our side at the last election;
in fact, | believe there we're more
conversions among the physicians
than there were among any other OF
the professional classes. Now. why
was itH think it was because the
doctors found out that although they
were called just rs often rs ever. it
was much harder to collect their
bills. No n understands the sub
ject OF boils until he has boils. and is
others about him become afflicted he
be gins to study TO see what is the
matter.
-As man after man finds out where
his interests are the OF nd
vocates for bimetallism will increase.
L believe there are more today than
there were six months ago. and that
the next six months will show a still
greater number
Il knew oiDkers last yeas who were
telling their deposItors that il was an
awful thing to contemplate that they
might have to draw ont their deposits
in dollars worth but SIC ,nts. Sin &c the
election ] know some uf those came
men to have clio .ed their b inks and
been nnaLle Ia pay even So. ON the
dollar to their crrdi urs. They
must find out that they can
not lcgislate down without Creating |
bad debts. and these men who ihonyht
they wore Tar enough ahead To he
sale from mi lry found that they were
all tied together.
-Ouc Oi the great parties declare
Tor independent h%imeiuIlisr and the
other for bimeialli IN by international
agreement.
There wins one part, however that
declared Tor the gold standard aud
that par y called Itself the National
Democratic Party. but was better
known rs the Betting Democrats.
This party polled 1871 0 votes in the
United States and only carric. one
precinct. and that WIS in Western
Kansas. There were bul six 20 c, in
that precinct. Tho lIUltug Demo.
Gratis got three and the other three