The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-23

! you We're under the kind of tariff TO which
We're s1ffering from 20 the s'4h Threat f of free
coinage-the threat which they now re-
shortsighted that they forget the, miser-
les of six years agO2 Do they forget the
bread riots, the poverty, the sQualid want
even of those able and anxious to work?
surrey the country has had enough OF
protective tariff. The second great rene
coinage of silver at sixteen to one-the
coinage of a fOrty-eight cent dollar. They
the trusts deprive certain men of part
OF their earnings, or throw a certain body
still have enDlovmenT shall be Dafd fortv
eight cents on the dollar for the work
'"The utter unsettlement of values con-
sequent upon a complete upsetting of our
portunity for gain to every unscrupulois
speculator in the country, and probably
the people who would suffer the least
from it. would be the very people who by
combination have created the greatest
trusts The big capitalist. a large share
OF whose expenses takes the form of
wages would be compensated to some eX-
tent for his losses in other directions by
the shrinking Of the amount he would
who received these wages would not be
compensated IN any way II Ihe wage
WborkeTS ba,5S aGt Nth wisdom % "a and With fore
dence IN their computations. Industrial
and political, their ultimate welfare is as
@4 SSth Wofklhg man can huTJ hlnseII
Whatever is really for his welfare,
19E %efare ais }oP the and wefgrg gma6 6
the community. And of all ways most
fare, tampering with the currency in
1niel ~hlica ne Is paid IS the surest; The The
chant, the large land owner. could get
along after a fashion under the scOurge
of free coinage, but the labOring man
could not. The laboring man would go
down to the level where you find him in
countries where silver is the standard
propose-aifering the tariff and deBasine
the CuTrencN-COuld have possible ef-
feet in abaung the evils of the trusts.
trusts only to the extent that they hurt
every member of the American business
day labOrer. For a number of years the
Democratic party in New York state has
porate wealth and in its platforms has de-
atlons and the ike, and bid strongly Tor
the vote of the working man. Yet dur
IN power, not one effective law was put
upon the statute books to carry out the
threats they made. We came in bent
upon doing what in US lay TO tighten to
some extent the burden of injustice, to
make conditions q little fairer, little
more equal. The inheritance tax, the cor
pOrauOn tax, the franchise tax are one
the first great attempt that has been
made in New York state to meet the new
Tnunicfpai franchise. In each instance
and especially in passing the franchise
tax we had TO face the opposition of the
great and wealthy corporations We dis
regarded their opposition. because we
thought them wrong lust as fearlessly
as We would have championed them, if
We abolished the contract labor sys-
les and the bureau Of labor statistics: ' the
eight hour law; the law providing for the
labor measure has been initiated and put
through by US The board of mediation
ana arol5ratlon mas Tor the hrst time be-
come a live factor in the settlement of
ed the eight hour law IS enforced. In
our state cOnvictS do not compete with
tistfcs and the factory inspectors dep9rt-
ment work practically hand in hand with
workers. to do all that can be done in the
interests of labor. What is true of New
and what is true of labor legislation and
Of the control of corporations. win be
M, ba ,,sef11 II iT nnnf nOT 10 ".at
uge in destruction only, and not n few of
put on the Statute books would DESTROY
the rights of labor unions to exist, or
of small tradesmen or farmers to band
together. We shall do all in our power
to destroy anything that upholds monop-
artifcially increases prices or puts it in
the hands of one man. or one set of men
70 become absolute In any branch of bus
our opponents throughout the nation
and in particular here in Ohio, propose as
a method of attacking trusts to NEEDLE |
with the tariff which would mean econo-
mic disaster to the masses, and TO de !
base the coinage, which in addition to
even more frightful economic Disaster
would mean national dishOnOr. When
they come to the second plank in their
platform, the question of expansion. they
advocate the dishOnor of the American |
in the dust. They place themselves OUT
side the rank Of proper party opponents !
of honesty within the nation. The other
day Ohio sent to New York q prophet
OF MI BIytth 5 ulSpeIlsatlOn IN the shape
of ex-COngressman Lentz who divided |
ms time between tervent hopes for the |
success of AguinaldO and therefore. for
the ruin of the American army in the
Uicfi61 tbaf he 1a1IIe' Of w, S13i-, 80,
and of Lincoln had fallen upon the !
Mr.. Bryans new dispensation begins with |
a queer catalogue of saints, when they
as Il sage. The combination is entirely
appropriate. Those who would encour-
Strike hands with the enemies of our
country abroad. The friend of the bomb |
thrOwer and his apoIogists are doing what
across the seas with those who Are firht
ing our soldiers in foreign lands Funda-
pion are the same. The stem enconr-
aging the assassination of the guardians
of the law at home. to the aiding and !
abetting of the shooting down Of our sold
matters little whether the encoura cement |
be given by the exercise of the pardonine
power, by ravfng speeches upon the plat
form or by the circulation of silly dOcu-
compHsh the mischief they design.
Make no mistake! In the Philippines
We are at open war with an enemy who |
must be put down 1t is absolutely i'm !
possible to save our honor except through |
victory, and it is equally impossible to |
win peace, to restore order in the Islands
or to prepare the way for self govern
ment there. save through victory Peo-
PIE tell YOU that the Fihpinos are fighting
for independence This was exactly what |
the copperheads of 1861 said of the con
federate tes- Here in Ohio Nallandigham
ran on the issue that the war was a fail
ure, and that the independence of the /
southern states should be acknowledged !
The feeble Nallandighams of today take /
the same position. and if Ohio IS true TO
the great memories of her past, she Will |
give the same answer now that she gave
them No man can hesitate in this strug-
gle and ever afterwards call himself a |
true American and true patriot. He must |
stand by the flag He must uphold the