The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-23
dollars, II Is capitalized At over . billion

dollars i Is capitalized at over q billion
:. The difference between this property and
It's capita ization marks its plumber. marks lie
graft: and a you. see that craft 10 billion Of
fhs Of shs graft exceed. III tSs ss1
e.; ssop Of this 4 exceeds The revenue q
corruption which. sweeping over this country,
has paralyzed the very springs. OF onscisncs
and perverted all tho perceptions Of COM
mhhe ni honor anu OF political duty.
Now ne worst feature Of this 4. that il has
, SSorr,np Ss the moral perceptions Of men.
town. now. these Qrafters OF millions are able
TO 90 before audiences OF respectable citizens,
o. S. aeceent. OF intelligent men and actually
CUTTING A CRATER, TOO.
! know OF no better example than to refer
70 the chairman of the fusion committee.
! have no hesitation In saying that there Il
IT, this world. than Mr.. Fulton Cutting. |
j am proud Of being admitted to his ao-
Quaintanoe, and yet. while his disposition 10
T. Is, Is isst dssrss. !IsS shsssl Xnd sSoSsS
fessio he IL utterly unconscious Of it. and
processes as loudly as every other man his
honesty II Is nothing short Of graft, of plum
Of the American people and the prosperity
Oh sne american nation;
ii. MT; Custing. as you know, 10 an onicer OF
Mr. Guiding s and ha ks oemp.ny x.r. allowed
the peop q xsh tho
70 Democratic conceptions Iappausel; yet
scious Of all this.
NOW 20 MN lueticel ! Know MIN ven.
l am quite sure that much q this erait no
hw Uu'H StxRsnd chsr, t ensefPl .ins.:
never been Just, but they have always been
generous.
My friends, tho collapse and ruin which in
3yertaken the promoters Of bogus ent erprises
ton remains, which capitalization Is in. the
shape OF bonds, and the interest on these
bonds must BE- paid. They can no longer
the community Won't buy any ohromos
s WhS ssS o S and ses but Nsse
ing at the wages OF labor.
This boom through which We have passed "a. ed
prosperity. based not upon abundant pro.
duotion. not upon successful industry. but
%R0n ingenious fraud and successful SWIM
COUPLES TWEED AND HANNA.
Republican graft reaches down through
q life until il ,sassss ths
are always piunderinr and they are doing It
sss ur %he r. IN nte ene
while a Republican CRATER lands in the
United States Senate and becomes q candidate
for tha Presidency
Tweed diSided about ak millions OF dollars
among his followers. which he took from
the city treasury. and he died in prison cell.
than that sum every year from the Federal
Treasury for the benefit Of a waterlogged
trust. and he is to-day the idol the leader OF
the Republican party. he would oe AIS Us
s.ah 1 peetof neny ysa ,n',,d eh1 .Inrassinn
postton OF mi .heHp ps,. ,vu,l1 eAp'ees''A
ing the petty graft, but the larger graft they
are not even asha med of. they glory in it.
Hardened oy long iamniarty WIN cottu a Gisi
they do not any longer recognize tne us
psa when is when Il reaches
gigantic sums. is considered respectGaD,ss;.
and It's perpetrators sit in hiEh places GRAFT nd
w hch 10 snn,anthe s callei graft and
ali hands demand It's extirpstlon.
Well we want It extirpated. All Demo-
Gratis do. But more important than that
Is the eXtirpation OF this graft when. A. as !
have SAID. c3rripts ihe Whoie Sooy Ro emo-
That is the guy w df ss r nedory Won here,
fa vsn Tear from the Republican erafters the
mask Of fusion under which they hope to
the hrst blow for the emancipation OF indus
Try for the rsgeneras,on S OF .ne VOC oou some
Ihsn you VIII nave Ne,t 1neI nent year trlumo
ooRRpDtlv and decisiyely for the striking down
OF the conditions which threaten our pros
perity. which darken our horizon, and this
annals OF liberty as the pagihmnS u tha,
srea'ses ss bsen swsaed on the American CONT
nent ' nr ever won in the history Of mankind
Prolonged applnusel
Mr.. Grout devoted most Of his speech to