The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-03

American boy. If you think that have
exaggerated the matter just ask yourself
the question If you are viii to sacrifice
your boy. If you have not boy there
what right have YOU to vote to continue
the administration that sacrifices some
boy elses boy
"They talk about it being dishbnor
to haul down the flag. III tell you my
friends. that old flag has always aoated
for liberty. Whenever it does not float
| for liberty it Is to the credit Of this na-
/ ton to take it down.
81 agree with the proposition that the
issue Of this campaign is largely a ques-
ton Of sustaining the policies of this
administration. The issue is whether we
approve of the way things have been
run.
Look back over the past history Of
/ this country and you will find that for
/ years the great mass of the people has
! been battling against the combines Of
wealth. The old grangers were the first
/ to raise the cry Of injustice. After them
/ came the Knights of labor. They said
1 that special privileges were being grant
/ ed to the rich corporations and that the
I corporations were seeking more advan-
/ tages. They made a demand for fair
! treatment Then came the greenbacker
They declared against the national bank
ing system. When they were active you
Republicans took up their plea and ike
wise declared against the national banks
I want to ask you Republicans one ques-
ton: We're you honest then? Were you
sincere about the matter then2 If you
were. what is the matter with you now?
I believe that you were honest them and
if it were not for the cussedness Of par
tisanship you would 60 into the booth
next week and vote against the present
administration
you have been told that the money
question is settled. It is the same old
cry that was raised years ago. This
question has been the main issue before
the American people since the war Of the
rebellion. Twenty years ago the cues
ton was said to Zoe settled. In fact every
time that the corporation gets some ad-
vantage they start the story that the
question has been settled. But the fight
viii continue until the great mass Of
common people obtain their just rights,
Now when speak about the national
banks in my speech tonight 1 do not
have reference to the national or state
banks Of Kansas. The bankers Of Kan
sas are interested in the things that you
are interested in. He prospers when you
prosper. There is false idea that when
the hard times come then is when the
banks reap their harvest This not so
especially with reference TO the little
banks Of Kansas.
when I speak against he national
bank system, refer to the large national
banks at the money. centers Of the coun-
try.
Let US first ask the question-what is
money? The best definition that I can
give you Is that it is a representative Of
value. tt is an order on the commodity
Tor values. Permit me TO illustrate this
farmer has q crop Of wheat He
brings it to town and sells it to the grain
dealer When the dealer pays him for
the wheat ne does not care whether It IS
gold or silver or paper so 1t is an order
on the community for certain value. He
now goes and buys a suit Of clothes from
the clothier For that suit we will say
that he pays so Now what has the
farmer done He has exchanged his
wheat for it's value in clothing and money
has been the medium Of that exchange.
When the farmer presents his money to
the storekeeper and by it obtains goods
that money has been redeemed and that
is the only redemption that is necessary.
Hoverer, the spectators Of the country
want and have succeeded in getting onea
kind of money made the redeemer of all
others. They can then lock the re-
deemer kind up and perpetrate their
frauds upon the people
"The opposition told as in 1896 that we
did not need more money. They ridi-
culed The per capita that we talked to
them about. Now they point to the fact
that the per capita has been increased
ST. Thus they have come over to our
side Of the question and admit that the
per capita. does have something to do
with the prosperity OF the country.
"The Republicans said then that all that
was necessary was for confidence to be
restored. They said that if Mr.. Me-
Kinley was elected confidence would be
restored. Yet after it was known that
he was elected the banks continued to
fail all over the country. The greatest
failures ever known in the history of
the contry took place the first eight
months after McKinley's election If by
his election confidence was restored and
that was all requisite to the having Of
good times, why did we have those fail
ures?
Vow. there are several reasons why
we are against the national banking sys-
tenn. The first reason is that bank
note does not pay of an obligation unless
the issuing bank wants 20 stand by the
note. a. second reason for opposing the
national banking system Is that these
banks do not exist for ia ebeneft of the
people. IT therefore seems to me dan
gerous thing TO commit the finances Of I
thecountry into the hands of greedy cor
poradous. Now If YOU vote for the
continuance Of the present administration
it means that YOU favor the present
financial system.
"Cau you not see that ali Of the wealth (
Of the country is drifting into the hands /
of the few? Take for instance John d. /
Rockefeller. lie owns the Standard OIL
company His income from that is about I
S4o,o00olo. Then he has the controlling !
Interests en- eight of the largest banks Of (
New York city. lie has large interests {
in the street railways and electric light +
plants of cities. AT the way things are
going how long do you suppose it VIII be +
until the wealth of this country Is in
the hands Of a few men? The laws are
made largely IN the interests of the mon /
ied class and there is nothing to keep 4
them from coming into all the resources +
of The country.
The banker issues his note and prom I
ises 30 pay The way he makes his /
money is I'm drawing interest on what he I