The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-14
OF SENATOR BEYERGE DELIVERED AT COLISEUM LAST EVENING

ence OF you women over the men over
whom you ought 10 have influence. to
vote not for the republican party nor
the democratic party, or this man or
that man. but just you vote for your
firesides: just you vote for your
wives, your children, your sisters and
your mothers: vote for the nation:
vote for your country. Don't be lit
tie partisans; don't be democrats and
republicans, except by being either
you can be true to that flag, for which
hundreds of thousands of men have
given up their blood am almost
through. / am going to get right down
here in minute and shake hands
with all of you. because l have found
when a man shakes hands with anoth-
er man or a woman and looks into
their eyes then each other know
whether they are in earnest or not
said in an inspired speech a few days
ago down at Bloomington. a great deal
of buncombe. We all know it. We
all know that we have been trying to
get elected to ONCE, rather than to
try to right the wrongs of the people
When We meet face to face, handclasp
TO handclasp. we will know whether
We are in earnest. Now just this final
word before get down here to shake
your hands and look into your eyes.
You can't vote your sentiments on
these great national questions direct
ly. The fight Is occurring in the SEN
ate, not in the house. The house has
become SO numerous that its rules
prevent necessarily any real fighting
All the fighting that was done on the
tariff bill was done in the senate. All
the fighting that was done on the to-
bacco schedule was done in the SEN
ate; the whole fighting on the meat
inspection bill to save the lives of
these workingmen was done in the
senate; we have unlimited debate
there and there is where the great
progressive movement, which is moth
ing more than the movement that
George Washington led. or the move.
ment that Abraham Lincoln led over
again, is in the senate.
You can't vote your sentiments
directly
Democrats and republicans have
been standing shoulder to shoulder
for six years battling for the election
Of senators by direct vote of the PEG
pie. We haven't got it yet. We are
going to get it just as we are going te
get the rest Of these reforms Gap
plause). But this fall you can only
vote indirectly. If you want this fight
to 60 on, If you think We fellows are
in the right, we men who have thrown
away our political lives. we men whit
have risked our physical health and
most of US are now worse for it. Il
you want that great movement to e
on the only way you men and womeI
in Wayne county can show that is t
vote for the republican candidates 70,
the legislature. (Applause.)
They viii Vote for Him.
They are all going to vote for m,
in spite of the corrupt SANDER circul
ated by those of both parties on who's,
criminal brow Theodore Roosevelt to
day placed the burning brand Of al
everlasting shame: but it is not onl,
because they are going to vote for M
IL wouldn't ask you men to vote TO
them on that account unless l was on
of seven men that stood for yol
against al the powers of unrighteous
ness. l am not asking you to vot
for me. l am asking you to vote TO
yourselves, your children, the saliva
ton of this republic, the perpeuity O
free institutions, the ending of tn
political bosses, the death of the dis
honest politician that rots the life GU
of the ideals upon which this natio,
was founded. l am asking you. sir, t
vote for your daily bread, l am askin
you, sir. to vote for your wife an
your children, am asking you. sir. t
vote for what you fought for all you
life. l am not against wealth, am i
favor of it; the man who decrie
wealth to you is either an ignoran
man or a demagogue. What l ar
. contending for, what all Of us are COZ
, tending for is this-that no wealt
. shall become so great that it ca
steal and rob and kill; what l say
. this, that no aggregation Of capita
can become great enough to furnis
my party with campaign funds for
, temporary election that would carr
us through for the cause of unrigh
eousness. That is why am SO unpol
ular with the politicians. don't car
. in the least. / would prefer, as tina
gifted young man, with tongue of golt
Fred Lands, said the other day, ii
spired of God. as l believe any ma
, ever was inspired, would rather &
, down in defeat forever, for the RICH
, than to win with million men for
million years Of wrong. CApplause.)
A Non-Partisan Appeal.
. Now l am making my appeal thi