Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
DELIVERS HIMSELF OF A SAVAGE
TRADE AT OMAHA.
AT A JACKSON DAY BANQUET
SAYS "MONEY POWED SITS SUPREME
IN THE WHITE HOUSE,"
Declares That Mckinley Was Elected
by Tainted Dollars, and That the
Elements of Corruption Are
His Mainstay-Letter
From Bryan.

OMAHA, NEB.. Jan. What the mem
bers of the Jacksonian Club of this city,
assert was the most successful banquet
ever held here took place tonight, in the
dining room of the Paxton hotel, which
could barely accommodate those in attend
ance Democrats from all parts of the
state were present, and with them many
leading Populists, including all the state
officials. Ex-Governor Altgeld, Of Illinois:
eX-Vice President Stevenson, of Illinois,
and Congressman Sulzer. of New YORK,
as the guests of honor, made the principal
addresses.
Mr.. Altgeld had as his subject. The
Situation" and his address was a long
winded TRADE against the existing order
of things. He said in part:
Look about you! Nearly all of the
wealth of this land is passing into few
hands, and not one of these hands favor
able to the freedom of the citizen. Every
great industrial, commercial mining or
transportation enterprise is passing into
the hands first of corporations, and then
by further consolidation into the hands OF
trusts, which thus have an absolute monop-
oly-a monopoly which can. arbitrarily,
fix prices, fix wages and regulate output
a monopoly which has no soul and whose
chief purpose is TO plunder the public. The
monopolist and the speculator prosper, but
the masses wither. Men of moderate for
tunes and OF fair incomes, who were the
bulwark of the republic, are slowly but
surely being wiped out. We are being re-
duced to two classes; in the first stage
these will be known as the very rich and
the moderately poor, and in the second
stage as the masters and the slaves. we
hlu "a
and are now fastening a yoke on posterity.
A standing army is to be enthroned and
bayonet argument is to govern.
''The money power sits supreme IN the
White House and makes laws at the cap
ital. Courts of justice are its ministers
and legislatures are its lackeys. 1t silences
his desk and the professor in his lecture
room.
But the infallibIe finger of its growing
insolence shows that the hour OF It's De.
struction is near. Remember that $1,000
votes properly distributed in 1896 would
have elected Mr.. Bryan. The patriotic in
Deduct from Mr.. Mckinley the negro vote
and he is lost: deduct the ignorant city
slum votes which he got and he Is. lost.
Doodle and ne is lost. Deduct the false
returns made by corrupt election judges
and he Is lost. He was elected by tainted
dollars. and his future must rest on them.
The elements of corruption are his main
stay and nothing can stand long on a rot
ten foundation. --.- 40
During the political and partisan Peace
Jubilee, recently held In Chicago. the pres
ident of the United States went to the Chi
cage university for the purpose Of being
parchment, Professor A. K. Parker. who
made the presentation speech. said among
other things: The doctrine of sovereignty
in the mouths of men who love I6ng sound
ing words and have not stopped to consider
that IL is only specious form Of the an
dent of the United States. standiug unde.
the wing of the Standard on Company. &C.
cepts proffered honor which is coupled
with the declaration that the doctrine OF
popular sovereignty is a specious form of
blasphemy. and he utters not one word of
protest, but by his silence and by his ac-
ceptance mods his approval
Coming down, to the financial question.
Mr., Altgeld declared that 'tfTe gold stand
ard has never drawn an honest breath or
taken an honest step in this country, and
its success thus far-shows the venaiity and
the apostasy of American politicians" and
What about 16 to /? Well, my friends
IT 10 not in our power to change this; it Is
impossible to get anything along any other
dissolves. To be sure, theoretically this is
not SO. but we have to deal with fearfully
sad facts. For twenty. years both of the
and demanded the free coinage of silver al
the old ratio 1t looked as if the question
would be settled in a week. but instead the
the saddle. How? By corruptly controlling
the government and manipulating congress
Open the question of ratio and you will gel
is to betray the cause. We are for the ole
ratio because it is right, because it will
undo great crime: because it will make
prosperity possible, because We cannot sue
coed in any other way, and because the
suggestions, for change come only from
the enemS.''
Il
of an Anglo-American alliance and de
clared for government ownership of rail
roads. telegraphs and telephones.
Mr.. Stevenson's subject was The Demo
| cratic Party" and his address was devoted
to a history of the party. and an argumen
against expansion.
Mr., Suffers subject was THE Day w,
Celebrate" ....
Mr.. Altseld was the only one of tn,
! speakers who made any reference to FIRE,
coinage and he only briefly. The subjec
did not receive much attention from any o
! the speakers The two or three reference.
| to w: J. Bryan as the Democratic candi
date in 1900 each created great enthusiasm
| A letter from Mr.. Bryan expressing regre
at his Inability to be present, was hearth,
/ cheered when read.
Other speakers during the evening wer
Congressmen-elect John 8. Robinson O
Nebraska: T. ]. Doyle OF Lincoln. and Dr.
| A. NJ. Nipple. of Omaha. the retiring pres
ident of the. Jacksonian Club. Over 20
| people participated in the banquet.
| Mr.. Bryan's letter of regret said:
We are passing through struggle sim
| liar to that which the national bank force
| upon the Democratic party in the days o
Jackson. and the contest must end now
! as ii ended then. unless our people hav
lest interest in their own welfare; TIL
| increasing brood of trusts. led by tn
money trust. the parent of all the Others
will soon make representative government
a farce. If they continue to furnish tn
campaign contributions to elect officials
and then secure indemnity from punis!
ment because of contributions.
| Two new questions. miitarism and i'm
! perialism. have been thrust upon the coun
! try as a result of the war. but they ca
soon be removed from the arena of polite
! if met at once by the disciples of Jeffcrso
and Jackson. and solved in accordance wit
| Democratic principles. Those who rropcs
| independence themselves are willing t
grant it to others; those who rely upo
! reason to advance their cause deny tn
necessity for an increase in the permanen
| military establishment. Let those advo
cate a colonial policy who have lost fait
in self-government: let those turn TO fore