The herald., 1897-07-06


the financiers place themselves in from
as bulwark. You can't reduce theii
rates. you can't get justice anywhere
because you are in the hands Of a tyran-
ny that has no mercy and has no GOO
but avarice, and no desire but greed
(Applause.) The time has come for bus
mess men to do their own thinking
They have too long cked upon their
own brains as they have checked upon
their bank account. They have too off,
en- kept their funds in the possession OF
others. 1t is time for them to use their
own minds in solving the problems that
confront the American people.
We are not Jewelers.. We do not mean
to take from the industrious man and
give to the spendthrift. We do not in
tend to rob toll of its reward or to give
reward, to idleness All that we ask is
that the government which protects the
man who can earn $40 dollars in the en-
joyment of that $10 shall also protect
the man who can earn only 81 in the en-
joyment of that 81 he earns. We are not
going to lessen the number of people
who can surround themselves with com
forts, but we want to make their com
forts permanent and we want to take
from their joys that melancholy echo
tha 'ses to the spirit when people are
hur y and idle and angry.
Js -on drew the line between what
was proper and what was improper.
He i'd it was the duty of govern
ment to protect every man in the enjoy
ment of life, liberty and property. but
he said that when the government went
beyond this and began to grant titles,
immunities and privileges, to make the
rich richer and the potent more power
full, that then the hum bier members had
the right to complain of the injustice of
their government. He was right, my
friends. You can't find a man in this
nation who has to any extent the conf
dence of his fellows who is opposed to
governments protecting every citizen in
the enjoyment of his life, his liberty and
in the pursuit Of his happiness, but you
can't prevent a growing sentiment
against injustice by finding fault with
those who denounce the idea that gov
ernment should by law make the rich
richer and the potent more powerful.
That has been the course of our his
tory That is the trouble today We
are told that when Joseph received the
coat of many colors as an evidence that
his father loved him more than he did
the other sons, that the other sons were
angry, and that they hated Joseph.
Why? Because the father loved him bet
ter than he loved them. My friends,
partially, favoritism, special privileges
on the part of the government today is
arousing as much hatred among brethren
as it did among the shepherds who
kept their flocks in Gotham. And you
cannot stop it by ignoring 1t. They
complain against those who complain.
Why don't they search because of the
complaint? Why don't they present
the remedy? Because no just complaint
was ever stifled. 1t has always existed
until the remedy came.
THE PEOPLE AWAKE
am glad that the people are awaken
ing from the lethargy that carried then.
to the brink I am glad that they are
arousing and thinking and are trying
to solve these great questions. may be
wrong, you may be wrong, but when the
American people think the American
people will not be wrong, my friends.
rejoice at the manner in which six mil
lion and half of people acquiesce in
defeat. I have rejoiced that they gave
testimony to their love of law and to
their desire for order. What a rebuke
to those who called them all anarchists
and socialists and disturbers of the pub
Ii veal Would our opponents have ac-
quiesced as readily? If the verdict had
been our way would these men who have
defied government, who have ridden
rough shod through egislatures-these
men who have monopolized the means
CT production and attempted to drive out
of business all competitors-wou they
have bowed quietly to the verdict OF
the people? No, my friends, they would
not
But I want to conclude what I have to
say to you tonight by expressing the be-
lief that with four years more Of edu-
cation, four years more of agitation, the
verdict will be so overwhelming that
they will bow as meekly as we bowed
this year. (Great applause.)
OTHER SPEAKERS
"The Silver Republican Club" was
responded to by Judge E. H. Lamme.
the first president of the organizati tior
Judge Lamme briefly reviewed the his
tory of the club and its influence during g
the last election, and spoke at considera
BILE length on the benefits which would
result from the success of bimetallism,
and predicted its success in 1900
1.-The Trusts and American Politics.
was next announced, to which Hon. JEFF
ferson Chandler responded. Mr.. Chand-
Ter spoke of the dangers of granting spe-
cial privileges by government referrin g
to the pathetic appeal of England s
queen not to be deprived of this preroga-
tive of the crown. which was for the
purpose of upholding a monarchical
government. There is no place for spe-
cial privileges in the system of free gov
ernment of and by the people. The
speaker referred to the changes which
had taken place during the past half
century and said that England was re-
organizing herself to conquer the world,
and said that in half century, if un-
checked, this country would be wholly
under the domination of England,
through English money. He pointed out
the dangers of the single standard and
the growing influence of the trusts and
showed that the adoption Of the double
standard and the curbing Of the latter
would be the salvation Of the country.
"The city of Los Angeles-a Silver
City," was responded to by Mayor M. T.
Snyder. Mr.. Snyder received an ovation
when he rose. His honor referred to the
part played by Los Angeles in the las
election and what had been accomplis,h- -