Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

legislation. Did they know what they
were talking about? II not, how can
we tell that they are any wiser now?
(Applause) II they knew and were
misleading the American people, how
do you know that they are any more
honest now? U.aughter.) There 1t
is. Hopeless ignorance or unscrupu-
lous effort to deceive you. and in
either case it seems TO me the Gil
max of eifrontcry for the democratic
party to come before the American
people and say for eight years told
you the republicans were wrong; now
admit that they are right and l ask
you to turn out the fellows who are
right and put in the fellows who are
wrong. tApplause.)
We are going to waive the money
question this time. Why not waive
all of them, (Applause.) Why not
say to the American people | am
hungry for office, and l want you to
give it to me. Why. il you, fellow
citizens, if you tell me that the demo-
cratic party stands for what the re-
publican does. | will agree with you;
but when you tell me to vote for him
on his own merit, answer you back,
that as far as can see that the ma
tional democratic party stands Tor
nothing. What right have these men
to say that they have got principles.
[ understand by principles, convic-
ton which is j part OF man S lie.
almost a part of his blood, a part of
him. and if it be his conviction. that
he will fight for it, Die by 1t! DO
anything rather than ABSOLUTELY sur
render il. Where are the principles
that the national democratic party
has got that will stand the test of adj
versity? Not one. | am told that we
ought now to vote for Judge Parker-
Mr. Parker--for he resigned the 9TH
er day. | want to say this about him,
Just as said about Mr.. Roosevelt: |
believe Judge Parker to be high type
of American manhood. | believe as
man and citizen. he IS worthy OF all
respect, all confidence. | have not
word to say against him. as a man.
So far as | know and believe, he is
gentleman, a high type of represen-
tative American citizenship, man Of
whom the great stare OF New York
may justly be proud. | think it is
justice for me to say that about him.
You ask me to vote FOR him. Then 1t
comes to this proposition, who put
him on the ticket? Who financed this
campaign that has been going on for
two or three years? Who could be be-
hind these democratic papers which
began to sneeze as soon as Wall street
took snuff? Belmont. He did this.
Judge a man by his environments.
Judging by those to whom he owes
his election; judging by those who
run his campaign; judging by those
who help get up his campaign fund,
because those men are making pledges
ali along to get this campaign fund.
Who are they? There is Richard Oh
ney g Massachusetts. Who Is Oiney?
He is the man who has been revising
the letter of acceptance which is to be
issued soon by Mr.. Parker. Who is
Olney? lie is railroad lawyer, who
was in ClcVeland's administration as
attorney general for the United States,
and who, according to all the pub
llshed prints continued to draw his
time he drew his pay from the people.
And while he drew $4,000 per year
from the people, the report was that
he drew $4,000 every year from the
The good book tells us
we can not serve two masters at the
same time. And the time came when
he had to choose at the great riot in
Chicago.
The Pullman Palace Car company,
most rapacious corporations on the
face of the earth had cut down the
scale of wages of their worllmen,
which the workmen resisted. There
was a strike and resulted in the usual
disorders which come hom strike.
The street cars had been stopped. The
capitalists of Chicago, the kings of
the Pullman Palace Car company APP
pcaled to Cleveland to send the United
States army there to put down the
and make them accept the
reduced scale Of wages. John p. Alt
geld, governor Of Illinois (applause),
in my judgment, one of the purest,
the truest and the ablest democrats
that has ever occupied the executive
chair of any state since the civil war
(applause) he said to Cleveland, don't
violate the principle Of home rule,
the principle of state rights. | am
here on the ground. l understand the
merits OF this dispute. | know the
parties to the dispute. The state
and municipal authorities
are competent TO deal with this Sltlla-
ton. We can uphold the law and
maintain order. Don't send the ted
eral troops in here ana trample the
state government under foot. Rich
ard Olney, being the adviser of Cleve-
land. advised him that he had the
right to send the federal troops into
the sovereign state of Illinois over the
protest OF her democratic governor,
and with shallow pretense OF putting
mail sacks on the car, they rushed it
through the strikers. and thus used
the power of the United States TO
break down their resistance and what
was an infringement of their rights.
MIR. Cooley, the great constitutional
lawyer, wrote to Cleveland congratu-
lating him that he haG established a
new principle in constitutional law.
1t was a new principle.
When Pennsylvania arose in revolt
against the whiskey law, the troops
Of the state were called out and put
under the control of the governor