Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-05

ton on earth How it is distributed ?
Oh says Bryan, the plutocrats!.
When Bryan strikes the plutocrats
with that sweet, silvery voice Of his,
and with his great magnetic force,
streaks over the ground, he goes at the
rate not of 40 but 2.01la to the end
OF the track. Haughter). "Plutccrats.
The toilinS masses are ground down
under the heel of the opprcssOr. Pluto
Gratis, Piutocrats. Why, he can reel
ii off by the hour.
Now what is the fact? How is this
hundred billion Of dollars distributed?
Well, Rockefeller has got a great lot
Of il, Pierpcnt Morgan has got q great
lot OF IL, and the other man has got a
great lot Of it. Look here, gentlemen.
let me just tell you the Other side Of
| the story a minute.
| when William Mckinley took the
oath of office, on the 18th day Of March
1897, there was deposited in the say
inEs banks in the northland stIb.tan-
TALLY, if | recclIect nov. $4,000. 900
In 130o-and it is more now. as shown
by the official rcturns-therc was de-
posted III the savings banks $1,000
| 100000. Whose money: Seven mil
lions Of people who live in the sweat
Of their faces. They earn wages from
day to day. They live; they are get
ting their homes. many Of them, and
they sill have today as they had in
1905 $4,000 100000. You know what
million is-tcn hundred thousand. And
there is ten million and hundred mil
lion and a thousand million. Three
!
very nearly eight millions of people
that have worked in the factory ana
the mine have got that money on de-
post earning interest il the savings
banks of the United States scattered
all over the northland-it is almost
entirely north of Mason and Dixon's
| line. About three thousand millions
flutocrats. Let me turn Bryan for Il
minute. will you: Haughtcr).
And so You can go, step by step
Do you know how much it cost to pre-
serve the Union? Seven thousand mil
| lions of dollars, and every dollar Of it
That is interest bearing has been paid.
as recoliect it. down to seven or eight
hundred millions and since that time
we have paid to the men who wore.
tho blue. who went TO the front. in tho
way Of pensions, three thousand mil
lions Of dollars. Since that time we
have multiplied our population By AZ
most three. Since that time We have
substantially established our common
scEoci system ali over the country.
Why, even since McKinlc.; cam, in We
have doubled our common school svs-
| tenn.
In" people are sovereign and if the
government is to be It success the rco-
PIE must b" intelligent. Therefore the
Inc people are to be educated, ana the
son OF tn" cotton operative whether
ne comes from Canada or France or
Great Britldu, the son Of the minor.
| VINO lives day in and day out upon
his labor. with his little savings goes
| to that school ana he is to be the
strong citizen when some of us older
people iii" away. Young, hralthfuL
vigorous. self reliant, If I We're going
TO pick out your Governors. If | were
| going to pick out Your members of the
Legislature. your state officers. Your
members of Congress, | would pick
them out of the children in the COM
mon schools-the children Of the par
"nts who are working and living in
the sweat Of their faces" They are
forming that class Of character that
Will enable them to govern the country
ana preserve the republic
Well says somebody. Mr.. Cannon.
who is going to hurt us?' Well. lets
take an account of stock for a minute
| asked a man this morning. a Demo-
Graf. he said he was: NV friend what
proportion of the Democrats i'm Maine
fr;,
through the muscle. ana get into the
marrow ar" protcctionists, and what
proportion Of them agree with Mr.,
Hryan upon that economic policy
Well, said he. Cannon. YOU have asked
me hard question: but | don't be-
lievc there is one in 10 of US Demo-
Gratis but what is just as good a pro
toctionist as you Republicans are CAP
plausc).
Now you know whether that is so
or not UP here in Maine l don't.
But before | speak longer of Maine. |
let us see what danger there is in this |
campaign, and | don't know how to
walk IN the present or prophecy as to |
the future except by walking in the
lamplight of experience In 1892. IL
years ago. at the high tide Of 4 great |
prosperity, when the country like |
JeShurun waXed fat. we elected a |
President and a Democratic House and |
a Democratic Senate in harmony with |
tie President, and he was elected upon |
platform that declared against pro- |
tecton-callcd it robbery You rccol- |
lcct it. With full power. what happcu- |
ed: In that Congress was William |
Jennings Bryan. In that Congress Was
William Wilson. Grover Cleveland was
President. Now we have 4 way Of dis
counting things in this country.
NO sooner was it known that there
was 4 party to come into power with
those economic theories than pcuplc
began to take in sail. The factory man
said: / don't know whether can sell
my products. / will go SLOW. The
laborinS man went out of employment.
me farmer said: | don't know but
what am to lose my generous custom
ers that are earning full wages; | will
buy less. 1t acted and reacted What
was the result? Before Mr.. Cleveland
no . I,