Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-12
Draws Vivid HctureTof the Corruption is Devourno
the Vitols Of Free Government

thirty-flye YEARS Inter We behold a Re-
publican successor OF Lincoln noddlng as
sent TO doctrine which charaoterlEea the
above utterance OF the great martyr
President aa apeclous form OF BIAS
phomy Yea, Hamiltonlsm fts these
times, Jefferson and Lincoln stood on
the platform OF the common people and
as the light or Jefferson wanes tho work
OF The great llborator passes into the
shadow.
Queen and PRESIDENT
About two months ago the New York
Chamber or Commerce gave banquet,
ana the president OF that body asked the
assembled guests to drink to the health
or the British Queen before drinking the
health OF the President OF the United
States, ana II was done, lie said the
President would consent 10 this II no
was there. 10 bo sure, this Will not
shake our Republic; but II does show
tho tendency OF thought among certain
clnsaes. IL shows that the stock jobbera,
tho speculntors and the financial wolves,
have no more love for our institutions
today than they had IN l770, when they
sided with England. % 1861 when they
sided with the Confedoraoy,
Naudlin' Talk of Angio-Amerioan AL
Ildnce.
From the same source comes the maud
lin talk OF an alliance with England. We
are TO repeat the experience OF the lamb
and lle down with the lion, and we have
toadles ana flunkeysN In America who
would consider II a privilege TO lie down
inside OF the lion.
How TO Call Halt.
But, say you, these things are not new
TO US, tell us what to do. My friends,
no mortal can tell you In advance In
all great conflicts the first thing Is to as
certain the principle involved and the
ultimate object aimed at. The campaign
will then bo shaped by conditions and
events, We wish 10 prevent tho enslave-
ment OF our people and tho establishment
OF an arlstocraoy. We zee that no ars-
tocracy, either OF birth or wealth. can
be established or maintained where the
great masses are prosperous and inde-
pendent, II can exist only amid cheap
property, cheap labor and cheap men. A
cowed and n poor people are the soil In
which II grows. When they gave us a
financial system which parayzed our
country which cheapened property
which crushed labor and which cheap
ened manhood and destroyed lndepend-
ence, they laid the first stone for an
American arlstocracy II these conditions
are to continue, then the star OF tho Re-
public has set But II we can overthrow
this system, II we can re-establlsh blmet-
allsm, II we can found scientific mon
etary system and restore the price OF
products and OF property II we can raise
the spirit OF labor and renew the inde-
pendence OF the masses, then the begin
ming OF the next century will crush this
arlstocracy to atoms and cast II to the
four winds, and liberated people, bow
Ing only to the God who made them, VIII
leap forward with Joy that shall glad
den the earth. You see the money aues-
tion confronts U.S. at the door 1t Is not
Of our choosing. We cannot make Issues.
Issues grow out OF wrong-grow out OF
injustice, grow out OF human suffering.
Cowards and weaklngs evade them, but
men must meet them.
Tho Financial Question.
Other great questions vital to our exist
ence have been evolved by the age and
must be met. But the financial question
Is basic and central. II is the mother OF
a whole brood OK evils. The financial
spectators OF the east OF Europe want
the absolute power TO control average
prices. Therefore they want silver and
greenbacks wiped out, so as to make
everything rest on god-this they can
easily corner-then with n monopoly of
issuing paper money they can concentrate
everything into Il few hands, A few
gigantic banks can then control When
II suits their speculative purposes they
can expand and raise prices ana then
contract and lower prices, and thus catch
the country coming and going These
move secretly and IN the dark. They
bridge every chasm with n brIbe and
catch the political hlghwayman with an
official uniform, The gold standard has
never drawn an honest breath nor taken
an honest step In this country. and its
success so far shows the venallty and
the apostacy OF American politicians.
Ratio of Metals.
What about 10 TO /? Wen, my friends,
II 10 not In our power to change this;
II is impossible to get anything along any
other line. Change the ratio and the
whole case dlssoves. TO be sure, theo-
retically this Is not so, but we have TO
deal with fearfully sad facts. For twen-
ty years both of the great parties de-
nounceH the gold standard and demanded
the free coinage Of silver at the old
ratio. 1t looked as II the question would
be settled In n week, but instead the gold
standard got more firmly seated In the
saddle How? BY corruptly controlling
the government and manipulating Con-
gress. Open the question OF ratio and
you will get no action In century. To
drop the ratio Is to betray the cause.
We are for the old ratio because II is
right, because II will undo great crime,
because II will make prosperity possible,
because we cannot succeed In any other
way, and because the suggestions for a
change come only from the enemy.
Private Monopolles
Now. gentlemen, time never stands still |
and evolution Is eternal. Now questions |
affecting our very existence have arisen:
while they are old elsewhere they are |
new here, This Is an age of concentra-
tlon In all things, and the formation OF
private monopolies in particular. Com
petition has been wiped out In harmony
with the law as 1t has stood for cerf-
turtles we have denounced this, but to no
purpose; We have leglslated against It.
but In vain. When they could not defeat
legislation by bribery they went before
some subservient Federal Judge and had
II declared unconstitutional. Our remedy
has failed. Private monopoly IL as inju-
rious and as much OF a crime as ever.
and we cannot stop It's birth; we must
change our tactics and convert private
into public monopoles, Give
the whole public the benefits of the mo-
nopoly instead Of a few individuals. Let
the government take them. This is not
state socialism, 1t is simply protecting
Tho manila and tharefore IL darnoora o,, q, |