The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-09-28
Full Text of the Magnificent Speech of New Yorks Favorte
Son at the Opening Of the Republican
Campaign at Akron

there would BE- NO help fer them. No man
in this country is SO vitality interested In
ha wing the currency kept at Its full value as
10 the man who at the end Of the week or !
at the end Of the month Is paid his eorn- |
ings by another for whom he works. The |
big capitalist, large share OF whose ex- |
penses takes the form Of wages would be |
to some extent for bis losses |
In other directions by the shrinking Of the |
amount he would have to. pay out for |
wages; but tho man who received these |
wages would not be compensated In any |
way. On him the blow would fan with |
crushing force. and for him there would be |
no OFFSET.
In the long run, 1t is net In the power Of
any nen,or Of any outside force, TO lever the
standard Of living Of the American working
man, unless the American workingman does
1t himself. II the wage.workers act with
wisdom and with forsthought, II they show
far.sighted prudence In their combinations,
Industrial and political. their ultimate vel
fare 10 assured. In the long run, only the
American workingman can hurt himself.
Think Of 1t, gentlemen! Do not accept
merely my arguments; think yourselves
whether ard how you individually could
be helped by having q ascent dollar.
The Foundation Of our society rests upon
the man with the dinner pail. Whatever Is
really for his welfare. for his permanent
and ultimate welfare, 10 fer the welfare Of
the community. And Of all ways most sure
ly to interfere with his nateriM welfare.
tamperinS with the surreAcy In which he Is
paid, 10 the surest. The banker, the manu-.
faetursr, the elch merchant. the large land
owner; could get along after fashion IN.
der the sceu7ge Of free coinage. but the ID.
boring man could not. The hborins man
would 70 down to the level whore yeu and
him In countries where silver 10 tbs stand
ard metal.
Domooracy's 0uaok Nostrum.
What would you think Of the quack who
administered Q pill to cure a broken leg,
and what would you think Of the dups who
swallowed the pill In all seriousness? This
is not an exact illustration Of the conduct
Of our opponents In offering the free silver
nostrum as a cure for trusts, only because
the illustration Is not nearly strong enough.
The pill might be harmless to the man with
the broken leg, but free silver would aggra-
vate terffoid every evil the trusts have pro-
duced. What possible effect in controlling
trusts could free silver havs7 As II would
cut every dollar In half. It would make the
total amount Of capital put into the trusts
reach q far higher nominal agurs. Other
wise 1t would not have the slightest possl-
BILE effect upon them, good, bad or indiffer-
ent. save only ~ 1t brought financial ruin
to everybody In the community.
In short, want you to keep In mind, to
think over the fact that the two remedies
our opponents propose-sltering the tariff
aud dsbasing the currency--could have no
possible effect In abating the evils Of the
-oAA -
the trusts only to the extent that they hurt
every member Of the American buainess
community, from the capitalist to the day
laborer. And, furthermore, that together
with this nullity Of effect upon trusts
would 20 immense and possibly irrstrievable
damage to those men ON whose behalf they
profess to be aGitated- OF course, when
the upsettlng of the tariff and the introduc-
tion Of free coinage had ruined the whole
business community, the trust owners
would share to q greater or less extent In
the generai punishment Of all America. But
they would not suffer as much as the wage
worker, and the evils complained Of would
not be improved by 20 much a. q hairs
breadth.
Befoggins the Minds Of the People.
Do not take my weyd for II Think It cut
for yourselves. Try to think cut any poS
sibls way in which these so-cailsd remedies
viii interfere with trusts, and then pondsr
deeply over the appalling disaster which
h their Introduction would mean 70 the entire
wags-ssrnins class. repeat whaA have
said: These remedies cannot be proposed in
good faith. Those who advance them must
know that at best they could have no pos
sble effect upon the evils complained Of,
even II they are too ignorant to realise the
disasters that would follow In their wake.
They are quack remedies ana nothing else.
aud those that put them forth know thsS
they are such.
Mr.. Bryan has developed q visionary
scheme Of national supervision. a scheme of
extreme centrRlization which would Be un-
| workable at present and which might cause
great havoc to industry.
What can you expect from political lead.
srs who are not sincere In the remedies they
| proposs7 Who frame policies not for the
social and economic bettsrment Of the peo.
| pie. but hoping to befes the minds Of the
! people, and to get them TO vote against their
| own real interests7
| Now, have dealt with the purely destruc'
| tive arguments Of tho demagogue. have
| shown that they DO NOT propose one con
| structivs piece of lsgisiation; that they
| propose merely to tear down the whole
building, because thers 70 q teak In the root
over one room; that not only are THAR pro
| posals mischievous, but that they them
selves must know that they are mlschiev
Gus, and have not even the poor apology OF
being sincere In their folly.
| The Record In New York.
When 1t comes to seriously graphing with
those evils, the people eau trust, not ths
glib quack who says hs can cure the disease
out Of hand. when he knows nothing and
processes to know nothing about what Il
really 10, but the man who patiently and
faithfully starts to make diagnosis Of thu
case, and them to cure each bad feature ..
the diagnosis reveals Its existence.
Let me illustrate what / am about to sa!
by giving you q brief history Of what ha
recently occurred in my own state. For
number Of years the Democratic party II
New York state has posed a. the especia
enemy Of corporate wealth, aud In Its plat
forms has denounced monopolists, trusts
| rich corporations and the like. and bi,
strongly for the vote Of the workingmsp .
Tho Republican party, am glad to say
has not gone on the principle Of promising
impossibilities with the hope of gettin
4 votes, but has promised what It could per
form and has made its performance sQuar
fully with its promise.
We never posed as the enemy Of the ric
man. as the enemy Of the corporation W
merely said, and we meant what We said
thst 50 far as we were concerned, rich an
poor should be treated alike; the corpors