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-r-.-wra-.ra ‘ 11 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. RATLRDAT, rUini*? * l*lf. “WOW 7 THE LAW CONTROLS THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH; I TOM WATSON'S GREAT SPEECH TO FARMERS’ UNION Th# ftddreis of the Hon. Tteomaa E. Watson btforo th# rally of tha Farmer#’ National Union, at tha Bap tist Tab*marls on tha evening of Tuei. !lav January tt. will bs re ml mbs red for yaara by av#ry man who hoard tha f *Tli# bS^abamarla was HUM almost to ovsmowlnf. Hon. John Tsmpls Graves prasantad Mr. Watson to cha ^Tha^iill text of Mr. Watson’s treat speech, from a stenographic report, “Gentlemen # of tha Farmers’ National It "•’my purpose to show you that tbs pouth. which, by the law of as rare, should •Lolled to westth. Is comparatively barren, a,,,I that this comparative lack of wealth ha* b**a brought about, not by nature, not by the fault of tha people, but by the fault of the law makers who have passed Iowa agaluat you to enrich the East at the rxpeaae of the Houth. Upplauae.) I am going to prove to yqu tonight that the com. iterative harrenueas of.tha Booth Is tbs rs. •ult of hostile legislation: that the, fabu lous wealth of .New England Is the work, not of nature, but of the legislators who passed laws In fBvsr of New England jiiralnst tbs other sections of tbs union. I am act going to gusts from any par tisan campaign book. I am not going to quote ftpm any literature of peopegauda. I am not going to quote from doctrinaires, theorists, socialIfts. single-taxers. populists, tariff reform league# or mosey ‘reform h-aguea No. f skill quote cver.s fact that i«, Isldbefore you tonight from the official pubtiratton of the United States govern merit. Fog convenience ask#, the oue vol tunc which wilt be used tonight will be thu statistical Abstract of 1906. published by the rumeat, containing farts gathered bi census bureau, carefully sifted im ..m* lolly published. Now. assuming that you are earnest men. come with me while 1 go luto this hook, nblch your own government says contains situation at tlmt time. The farmers had more than half the wealth of the unlmt- $«.o>».ooo.(n0: wore than half of the nation* ai estate. What was the condition of the nffalrs? There was pot a single national bank, fmm Sea to pea. from lakes to gnlf. Andrew Jack sou. a Houthern president, hod made war upon the national (sink, and bad •ramped the Ilfs out of It. (Applause.) Conditions Buforo the War. Id 1RS0 there was a public debt of leas thau $.’ per capita. In 1*50, we bad gups period of low tariff. In UM, Great .Britain, under the lead of 8lr Hebert Teel, • up from the multitudes of her people. Hhc had stricken down the pfetcctivc tar iff. had declared for free trade, and. aa a i uiieo mates imusira iaai poncy, ami 1**, s Houthern man being president, law was enacted, known ia the Wsgrr tariff, which reduced the duties to only 5) per cent. That Is to say. you were only luted .*') per ceut. » cents ont of every dollar when yon bought protected foods— n tribute of only 20 cents *en the dollar was taken frniu the Houth and West for tbs iH-neflt of the North, We are frequently told that lu the great fight between 1'alhoun and the t'nltcd xtstro government, on that question of tariff, that Calhoun waa defeated. This la not the truth. History will not v sun- -port the statement. On* the other hand, that one brave and Intelligent statesman of the Mouth. John i\ Calhoun, contending for her rights against tha protected Inter- e«ta of New England. forced Clay to bli knees; and Jackson himself accepted a mprnmlae which took the protective fea- In MR four rrar* of ttrif*. la which a mil sswrsWvw ”• ™* <P klch.r—«o hl,h llut M aiR.viHAM. - * P*c raai. .pool eoltaa i: pra c**t *1 pra real. blanket, 12 par cat. wv-1 ... p» r r*ul. Bo that D.arlr everything tta >°« iMtutt, too had to par oonltbiua ilk* t»o prtm for it. Bat w»it *IM? That *•« aot tha worat. Ttay h wort lo tk, latt.r r«n of tko papar noair. deatroyed oo, thouuod «r»r. Imam* harder to **t. and I you went Into Ihr market to lot It, kad to por moro oottoa to aot It. yea I-7 moro Cora to (ot ir'ator* labor to aot.lt, 't It. you could aot do a ~ taring Mu. aad debt, t tta in (ot It In tko ton ycor, tafnra, ._, r . detraction of four rnrroacj orontoo i In* tk. year* from l«K> to IT* ~ that Urfr tnlndod, Urg*h**rt*d man. U*u*ral l’. It Grant, who ti_. dont Joboaon that ho ahonld kotl tk* parol, tbat had boon laauad to I kla iroopa lapplauML Goaoral C. S put a atop to tk. tiuralu* of paper ntoa.j. fonV-VS, IflWK « few New York millionaire who had the geld, might rob ths balance of the people Ihat did not have It. (Grant appUusa.) _ ^ .llks only 2 per cant of that »— •broad; not wtfh wheat-only* about one- third of that goes abroad; but with your rotten, thro# fourths of whtrb goes abroad and brings In the gold with which to sup port the gold standard. (Great applause/ Thn Tariff and tha Currtnoy. ths law and the distribution Am I establishing In your mind that there la n relation between the law and the question as to whether you ran hold what you make, ufter you bar# made It? Don't you ass tbat every tima they tamper with the tariff, sending It down, you prosper; while In nendlng It «p. ynu suffer? Every time they tamper with tbs currency, decreasing the amount, you suf fer, Increasing the amount, you prosper. Am I establishing that la your minds? l>t‘a go alone a little further. If there Is any reasonable doubt In ths court house, rill drive It out before I quit. Let's R forward from iRgft-but I like to bars 'gotten one thing. In this period lietweeo lSTu and 1M9. when the farmers. Increasing the cotton, the wheat aad the corn, could aot Increase their wealth measured b money. Get tbat good In your mlod tbs . In Increasing their cotton. In Incrssslug their wheat. In Increasing their corn. In Increas- tbe number of wageworkers, they could crime of ’TV* there used to lie a good deal •aid slioQt It—hut we won't go Into politics tonight. (Laughter aud applause » Now we take another step—from 1S*9 to into. When we com# to cast up ths hooka In ISM we Hod that the total wealth of the agricultural classes has Increased from tl2.< oft.noo.iyv> In 1$$0 to IlLOOO.OOfcfito In 109. The farmsrs have begun to gain mors ground, you see. Why. what baa happened between mo and lM? What waa It that ve ynn more money to show for your irk and your products* “““* ' ' “ ture out of the tariff, and made It a mm measure ottlr. «Applause.» Then. Wl the tarllT - •» only 39 per cent. Now, let me pause i.,:lit here. If thero are tiny reporter* who ore taking down/these retail rks. let me My. first of all. tr thty wtd bring tbstr notes to my room Mfter the meeting Is over It will give nr tbe greatest pleasure to correct them. lie- rsnso t nscssssrllr deal In ffgures a good statement to appear bright and early tn.the morning. In order that the appetite of cer tain people for their hrsskfnst may not bo spoiled. Ths Farmers* I'nlon. as an organl Farmers’ I’nlon does not go Into politics waist deep, shoulder deep, chin deep to get *bat he need* for home and wife and child. sill he the biggest fool on the face of the enrtti. iGroat applause and cries of "Hurrah for Tom Watson!") Now, havs the reporters got that down? (Applause.> I want to bs %*ery careful to have the report ers get It down, that I am opposed to the I’nrmerw union going Into politics. There are too men—well. I should say, a new Arm recently formed, whose peace of mind would be great!?* disturbed If I did uot ha'o that statement In tbe papers bright nnd early tomorrow morning—a new firm, known under the style of Urlngston A Jor dm. iApplause.• l.on Livingston and Unr ' le Jordan: UJinthter and applause and cries of "Hurrah for Tom Watson!"i And I would not for any consideration disturb the harmonious relations and plegsaut an tlclpst'ona which now |M«s*esa the minds • ud hearts of these Interesting Individuals. (Uushter and applause.i In limn the agricultural classes bad 14.999.- 9*9.999 of wealth. *Ws go on forward now for ten years, to IMO. There are no na- tlouai banks: there la n very small public debt; the tariff only levies 2) per cent tribute upon oa; the farmers of the country are side to bear their burden, aud the re volt is mat in lay they have doubled their estate, and tb^ have H.OOd.Olfo.nno of wealth. Another Dscads Forward. ,,,, forward another ten yearo- jw> to itfA. What oecurred during those ten rears? There are four year* of war fare. nnd nearly l.OOO.AOMOn workmen taken 9f the fields of Industry, ‘niree billion dollv.i of wealth are destroyed. Fields are tiafAted by dashing legions and rharglug '' ty worses, ntlea are wr— * 1 yesrs of rsiaq ll ll.oi^.-.W-^yw con we afrount for It urine ... . 1 nnd chH tbe low tariff had* Jll vome yearo during that decadent fa |7« woman and chHd In Amer- t **w tariff had* been swept the high tariff, known aa ths tariff, had been put upon tbe booka. '?? agricultural classes were being '•>“1 Mim a and k> fir n»M ,n add lo v *. ,*'•*!> -K aaannrai-tnrlna rlaaara. apll. or w,/. I, apl„ of a bug. pnh- II- d.ht. lo aplta Of « blab tariff, lb, farai- V.'n M.How ran yon .(plain lt> r.U m,. Mr. ttortrlnatro. tall m». IIr Ed J> 0 " yon will oiniatn It na nnv oth,r *i , f..tS* t *kt I'nltM Btotra aor.rn |".nt had BUN orory rbonntl of traa, with Ji""*T'kad pin now blood Into ,r.ry '' ' «k« rain of cotam.rro. and tb» rran- h^i k 'iff?;fy—Banc* than no |W ranlta- f.V 1 tk. farnaora to tbak* off tk. "*“1 "f tnr. aa tb« ronwd lion abak.a from Tib man*, tr.rrat ap- ,A*J'k.Jf forwnrd. now, aootb.r t.n to IS*, fomlni on down tb. U?* kk-l lattlbff n.arar bnm.-4ltT0 to IM". I'*,;-attM ont with .toran- Wlllona of Thar, bra a trrat.r oomii»r of 2r ’\ r * tb. Bald than »r»r h«for...lh.lr Pt 0 *"-' la iraat.r than »T.r IWor.- > aoorwano nnaatltlao of ram. of wbrat. f 1 * PtwdwN at bar. n.nr kran ,!"*» twfor. In tko klatorr of tb. world. '“* no kid not fa UN of warmtti, ib.. J^-kk .hod -no, jfallM 4f rnlna.' th. aoll 5:? ff;,4"i»&<*l*&*s? JjJJ Wbay - — -nltonG -laaaan la only tw.lr. of doltortt Tb.y bar. InorraoN —. billion in ten years; In ten years of L ¥?’* ^.9ereas. they lucressed four bll- h.’ut during the ten genre In which they Flret of all. ti ittfand the tarfft had been L redmed. They had stricken ont the dutiable Hat nearly t thousand articles, and reduced the tarlfl on several hundred more. Besides, that noble old Itomau of the ftoutb. Richard Blatod. 6f Mlsedbtirl. who had been Oghtlni ‘the crime of TJ" an peratatentiy. In 1171 p»t them to open the mints to silver Again, ind between w* and 1999 you were getf from S2.9uo.Q9n to S4.on9.<n9 of brand new rer from the mints every month In the year. Nothing else had haupeor * rnlna were about as usual; the sun waa abotft as usual, but (here w«» toti of dif ference In the amount cT ‘ waa k»ia of difference — __ currency. Why? Because there waa lots of difference In the law. If you think you can ew-spe the law. you moot bars besn advising with the new partnership of Llv Ingston it Jordan, tLaughter and great ap { llauwj -cokw a! "Unrfih Vac Tam * (tr< t X( *— u!t‘,*ffo'from iMB tn" woo. Wh.w w. cat Up tb. booka lu IBM w« Bad that tbt atrl- cultural rlaaara had InrraaaN their waulth until th. fia.-ym.ntn.iioo of ion had Brown Into K".Mn.ono.oni in th, rrar WOO. Twwnty ami a half hllllona! Still nlalnf ground, don't yon ara? Now. what nad happraN? Th. Dlngl.y hill haa follnwN th. MrKlnl.y and oarrlN up th. tarST. Thar la tra.. hut nbst else has happened? It Is true they closed the mints to allver and we lost that $4,509.9)9 n month on silver. What else lias happened? There has l*een a vast Increase In tbe paper money Issued by the uatlonnl banks, and there has been s vaat Increase In the amount of gold money, partly by thf amstlng Increase In the out put of the f mines of Koufti Africa and Alaska. Therefore there hare been pouring Into the markets of the world. Into tko vein* of uur l*ooy politic, the life-giving blood of espaodlng currency. Therefore you get more money. Naturally yon get move when there la more to get. (Laughter and applause.i Naturally you get lesa when there Is less to get. iLaughter and ap* r lause.j I was always pussled to realise hat It waa hard for eome people stand that. I should think that eren the new Arm of I.Mngston it Jordan would comprehend that. (Great applause ‘ not want the newspaperese come out In the morning and tay that ! haveT*ero abusing anybody. 1 never waa In a better humor In niv life, and atu doing my heat to this speech so tbat it will not offet new Arm. (Applause and laughter 8am* Telling Statistics. Now. let's go back. In IM» the farmers had $4,999,090,900 of wealth; th* roriro, re cqun* 9.90W9. ....... ..... In 1M9 tbe farmers had t 900.909. while the entire country had 990.009.099. Including the farmers. 1 fore, what? The fanner bad half—loelnf a little bit of ground, you aro. because of that 29 per cent tariff: but he doublet hla wealth. Even though handleapped. weight, ed down by that burden, be doublet his "Sow!' In 1*70 th, Nttra «,altb la PO.OOX- nno.noo. Tba farm.ra had lll.SB.BBO.IH IM Bn par rant, not tn, hot Ju»t a llttl. »ora than S par rant. H, had mora than half In 1»B. half In MBO. Juai a llttl* mot* than a thlnl In im. But -bat la tk, mattral Woalth la In-rraalng \,a. »k* Bkorra ahow that, hut th, farm-r laa't totting It. Who I* gottln* It* I will rail »*« by, and by*, djiught,. and rrl,a of • I.,t a bar. It. go on with It.", In l«n tk, Ntlr, wraith of tb, rauntrr I. »t-on\nnMn#: lb, fnrator baa only Bl!.«Bo.m>.i»B Why. h« baa not ran got • thlnl. Vary much Ira* than a third— Atilt loalna. yoi loaaa aotnah."! aaua, tb. Why. h, baa not ran irh laaa than a third- tv,II. what th, fartaor ,1a, muai h* paining, ho- ... --a'lik la h,ra Who la tatting It’ W, will and him hy, and by,. Ja 1IBJ th, ntlr, wraith ortho -"untr' lo *«£»,• MO.Oin. Th- farn>»r two only n*.m«i.«B.BilB— ■ot a third any moro; no. aa. m wtp down, ah-ot no, fourth: and,1bi1S» tka n- tit* wraith, of the —unlrr to gt.otft()0MS, and the farmer kaa only Cn.lB*."nn am Whr ho ho* droppN down about on. Drib Did -on over ara a man alld, down ilia atopa Ilk, lb, (armor BMP More than half In tun. fully half In MS. moro tka, a third «?., .u. «*.. mo from him orory ora who, ho hoi lormoua cron* of rotton-onrir oniirmono ,top* of ratio, and ■ hoot, to-h onormnu crop* of gold-pro. during ration aa oarer won tra, hofnn In lhr hlatory of tb# world Th# farmer mod. It. hut lb, farm,r haa aol twn aM, to brap It Who took ft away from him? I will tail rou by, and hy,. tApplaaoo and asn. bhi were emplevlng «ver four relltloaa of -work- Jf* Yef the Tarmera had to eelL tk* eu Tl*. produrt for t2.H2.Bhn.MB Slfi you admit that tb, nag, «ork.ra n trafartut la worthy of bio Sir,? Rural*. WJB yn* admit that tha falr arraag, Ijar th# mill worker would be 9 faw avaeege fee the agricultural author? kurtly. Tho» what? Allow that, mo, arks work In tgHraltaral paranlt, tko mm* wag* that U tllowN I* PftWAV S6 of th* product yott tar* mw «• moaoy to pay wa ( ra by Bn.00*.8M. U^BBMOB “ lotorrat , __ . mttt yon pat them. iLoud and cootlnuN applauoo.l la ISO th, farmer* tad taroatad. aa yoa tar* ton. SB.hoo.doa: that* wora oa the wage* by the mm* oral, as that paid lo Too taroaTfot a root to pay Mira: you bavrn t got a coat returo oa tb# moaoy la- Toottd. aad you or* abort lu yoar wag, 3& In tko year uni. ib, fanaon tad IMM.OM wag* worker*. They had tarolled IJh.Mn.. BOO. They oold tbotr ostlro product* w«;i tbat year. Why’ Tbortwaa mure mdooy ■ad whoa tker* la atora Soaoy oOoti. ora, the farmer raa ,,i torn* of It. la that yoor,. tkoy aold ibolr prod net for tkro* thou a* ad aoran hnndtN and alny four million dollara. That waa onnugli to pay wagra: tkoy had a aorpla, of IIC.h00. PM per rant on th# amopat taroatN- aod I prroum, that that would b* enough to pay the tax,, and ouh* th* ropalro— aid I gooaa tt would toko that much to dn It. Oh.ulld yon over ora amah * rarart aa that? boo t you ara the aoraaalty of arnua- lag yoaraolf to atudy tbrae coadltlaua: don t you ara that If you k„p on loafng year by yrar. yrar by yrar. you will b* oaaaala. and aomt othrr claaa will ho year lord a and maatora? South and North Compared. Now. lot'* look at It In anntbor way. In UM tk* Booth tad half tta wraith that there waa In th, 1 Dion. Th, North had th, other half. Th,v labored and com- potad for tta yrara. Th, North taa th, ad- raatage of a So per ram tariff. Tb, Rouili baa th, dlaadraalaa, of . M per rant tariff. The North la making th, rare with wluga 1 ra: th, tomb la making tht i to her f„i. aad yot la ten h tad oatatrlpped tk. North twolre kundrad million dollar*! trkat? Juggle with your tariff, loggia with yoar money oyatem-ctang, yoar tawa and ' To wtat ox. .worn ion and 1*30. the oa* lit Oo Now England atat* of Maaaarhuaetta gained moro wraith than nine great agri cultural auto*, mag* up of four In th. Watt and dr# ln_ thoBouih The atat* of iffT'lud gartiorad To bar- i ii th, entire Booth. In attar word., under * 2" per rant tariff, th, ”7. C* .w —IS k... ok. ..tlra Vo.lH prat* yoa? Oh. hot you i . and Weaiern men are laiy. thay are tat hualuraallke, they ara aot rota. . Lot a go up among th, cnontry prapl, of New F.pt- land. Ufa ara how tk* Yank** farm.ra tar* bran (rtUnV on, a* compared with th, Yankra manufactur.r. NohNy ,cr accarad a Y'ankra farmer of Iwlug any- bodr’a llttl, fool. Well, la ISM. th, amount of capital th, Yankra farmer tad InreatN was th, ram, as.that which th, Yankra manufacturer bad Invested. They run along for ton yrar*. to IBM. and, then, wtat do wo Bad? Th, Yankra manufacturer haa ‘atat,. and tb, Tankra farmer mad, nothlkg. hut k, hit loot opo-fourth of wtat h, had. and k* taa ahaadonN 4.1*0 of bit f.rma. lApplaarai w# go forward aaotbor tea yrara. to lion, • ad the Y'ankra manufarlnror taa agala doahlN hit ratal,, and th, Yankra farmer, after tea yrara of tromendoua atruggl,. ha. t ot ahoat hran able to holu hit own: k, a ant mad* a dollar-aot a cent: be'a got lust wtat ho tad tra yrara hofora. with Ion yrara of labor thrown la, "fra* grail* .'or nothing." lApplauoo.) I But sometime* our Niton go Into edata- dot Iwraue* a NVw England oottoa mill taa coma down Rooth-tho North,ro_c* taa brought hit money down *oui_ hunt another cotton mill downjtogtli Jill, ok. tkoy to into raptnrop—Juhllatlnc. Wtat difference dora It make lo you whether tb. Northern manufacturer coma* down Boutb ta rob you or otaya up yonder and roho you? I Laughter and applause i I heller*. If tborobery'o got hr go on ot ill. I would P fer for him to itay In th. North, where wonld grind op hit own llttl, children Into dlrldauds-nrramtndout applaua, and cheers of "Oo after him. Tomi-end not com* down her* to th, Ronth. where our ... ...— ..— , 0 Jr)B ^ IGrrat ap- And la IMO tank, atat* ■■■., p 1IBW WBa , PVB BnB i?r .ss'SM’fo’ttT.s::? SfM! 000. tad they bad Ittted mit tt Ittereat, tsauas “ .•?.»?«£:« js they bad pat 1)0 out at work-bffaglag la a reyaoaa. and ovary dollar waa majilpiylag man. bat I will ahow yam aaotbor oaa that wlU auk* that aa* look Ilka go ranla. On pag* <M of th* Btadttlral Atatrart of 1101 we conaa upon oar frloada, tka railroad rompaatra. aad a ewaat kaaak Itay ara. too. tLaaghtar.t In tha yrar IMO thee# gratlamaa war* making a rlrar pradt of li't.uM.OO) par yrar.. Oat of wtat? Out of public franchise* granted to private ladl rldatU. Out of the tram taa nenota iaSlyftWw tar year: (a IMO. MB.0M.W) oar yrar. Oa (hair Investment I bare da at Ira tyn,-half jjS tkay \rara' maktag tiToSow it tad L. H.tUO.QOO.OQO la their storks and Imuda I then ara at laaat from our children loto dividends. ^flSS; have I mail* out my ra.c. ttai thar. pEtuaa.i Now, have I mad, out my la a pratty cloaa ronn-dlori between •ad wraith? Orarg, Mclmltl, uoed tu tali ever mail* for th* human rare II* thought that tta wraith would alway, ta In the (oath and Wrat, hacanaa of their natural advaataaes. H* battavN that th* Wa would alarara he In New England, her* — of her natural bleakness and atartllty: hut tha laws have been made hy Norther, mra. •ad It la th* Booth that la comparatlraly bleak, whim startle N>w England taa wraith that turpsaaaa tha drram* of ara rlra. Who got yoar money? Now. jat's- taka a march warrant and go aad Bad that wraith that vnu bar* Iran lootag—tet'a are If wa caa't local# "ar.i t am going tn.rake oa. _ warrant her# tonight, bused upon th, facte coattlnN In th, gnermaant re port, and I am going out looking for the million, that you have Mat. tad I trill Bad them, and 1 will uncover to yoar gag* auch horde* of stolen property aa an mntar aver kid away aad an pint* aver pllN up In caverns. tApplauae.i Finding tha Stolon Good*. On page 110 of tha Btallatlcal Abstract of 1MB I think I coma upon no, hunch of tka** awn who have Iran getting yoar maoay. iLaaghtar.l They ara namN hy tta government, tta National .Banking Rva- tarn. Now. aaderatand ms. I hare nothing la tha world napleaaant personally tn ray •gtlnit tka national banker. H* lei .ta a rale, a moat alagaat gantlamag; ta draraaa wall, look* wall, behaves wall, aad Indeed ka I* aa aitremely ornamaatal Bgara la aoclaty or la tk* churrh, aaparlally on tba day* whan thay taka ap collection, to *»4 tta gospel to tha brathaa. iLaaghter.i la tat la my heart to atv a ward to kart tta (rating of th* lodlvMoal national B k,r. I am after the system: and her* I . on page It* of th* gorsraamil report, t th* govaramant aaya that tk* net prof. Its or th* national bank avatam to the a*' I Iona I tanka In IW war* (56.non.nno Tbata a right oral turn •>( moiay. What to tb# tnartal prtvllag, of tha national hanker? Wtat advantage haa be not over tta tal- auto of at. wh,tb*r<m,rrhanta or farmers? tloaal H* lain** kla am to aa*. ud tbua ting money. > glad to - • own not,*: might ilt Th, get them ' what h# owe*. ... ... That * all tkar* _ . . . , talk till midnight, hat I mold aot bit lb* mater of tt aav tatter than tbat. Th, gnvarnmeat ought in laau, ««* owa money, batjt allow, (k. national Utah to do it. la ItR tkar* ware Lion aa- Haaal tanka-all aicradlngly ale* panple- M “, 'feviis:. .s.vw b ^w.Trr;‘fs5 •hev had IncrraaN thalr praffi until It waa AHn.*M »vayy ymr. j, t gm u was in odd adfllnaa of dsllara ovary yrar Now. yoa •so who taa traa getting aomt of yoar mousy. ‘Uughter.i in company with tta ta tloaal hoahar waged tko private tanker, the atat, tanker, tha laaa aad trust mourn- •tra aad tta savings taaka-wbn aav, a good drat of thrtr owa araoay while Ik,, at* aav log gaura—by Ik* way. (Applause.) campailiag the jrapla to pajr tag oa It, pay dlyUeada oa It. SBHtipl tO $1 „ compared to that of ths grrot railroads ^ttch tir too not esif upon ?he actual ta- v rat men t. i>«r about $J09.009.000 per jear apou a fraudulent luvrstmrot. and how do they do tt? By mnuaflnf araryrhlnf with a view to dlrldrads. Tbej let the roadbed run down, they let the bridge decay, they let th# roillaji stock get lo bad order, they let the engine become out of date, forre the engineer lo work forty-two hours at a time, until ha goes to sleep In hla call; the tele* graph operator Is overworked and goes tn •leen in hi* offlce-ibey «Jo everything to get dlrideuds. although they keep ou killing men until thay kill their owu president on their own road—everything Is sacrificed to the heartless deafbe to make dividends Instead of to nave human life. (Great applause.) lu tbe republic of Hwltaerland. the state owns tbe railroads and no such butcheries as these occur. Why? Because the state, owning tbe railroads, thinks more df the T tip " * and .. block system. _ _ another «here you have the automatic block ayatetn; where, when one train Is In tbat section of the track, no other train can come In until that train haa gone out. Tberefoce these swful wrecks can’t happen. But It would coat 9709 per mile to put on tbat ayatetn. and the railroads will not ■P^nd ths (money <9jMveJhnman Jlfe; they men all along thHr tracks than to carry their passengers safely and have smaller dividend* What *1 want to see Is more home rota applied to our railroads. There ha* been too much Wall street rule-doo much foreign rule. . We must have more •ay-so ourselves, and I thank God that In the state of Georgia, after the first of June, we are going to have • governor that will ■?* ^f_,!?*• ptooi pigeon of the railroad kings. (Great applause and cheering and cries of “Hurrah for Tom Wataon. hurrah for Hoke ftnltb.") Tha Worat of All. Well, now you may think tbat what tbe railroads are doing amounts to an euor- mona robbery. It does. But I am going to •bow yon another little game, played under forms of law, that will maka tbe railroad gama look like a slick,dime with n hole In It. iGrant applause, i Let's go now to the manufacturing Industrie* In 1S*0 they had Invested $$.799,909,000, They employed less than 3.000,000 men. women nad children. ThHr entire output sold for more than $$,900,000,990. After paying for all the ma te rials used, after paying an average wage of about $34$ for every man. woman aad lee?j tie doctor was sent, medletoo was Mn home for Kuglaad ms _ _ i drenched the ewatlneut Amp It mat. fa the plaee established another, Slav- of bis life. New Rutland made war opua tbat nyatML and drenched, the ewntlneut with blood to atm - that ah# tea *■ lUkUC Iff wIN R« I V Ml* » BIT and left to die. and when dead nr# cai off to th# potter's field, nad the old turned oat an they aaed to taro the horses out t» grate about until they starved. De- Turquevlllo Mid la hla work ua America, that artetoerary would eome upon na through tua protective system, and It would he the hags heat arlatorraey that hla- lory ever-knew. It le ha rah. It has *o heart and no soul Is tt; It la built Up wpoa a theory tMt take# from agrlcalttire and ^ re* to omaufacture. and we are going to tht It until we compel the manufacturer to be content with n aha re that will not hug tbe whole business. (Applause.) Tha Old 8outhsrn Horn*. Ah. that old Hon them borne! .Ton can call It up In yotlr minds toutgbt-a* oau I. Just «• when the soldiers in camp mug the song which reminded them of home, "each ona recalled a different name, but all sang Annie Laurie;" an tonight, when f •peak of home, of tbe old home of the fioutha etch 00# of you will recall a dif ferent scene, but all of If will be the old home of the booth before the war. Tha noble tree# stood about the house. It may not have been n mansion—It was more fre quently n cottage, hut aot the less com- modi oaa. and comfortable for that. , Tha noble trees, the oak. the hlekory. the maple, the ruby-created holly that bad stood there for generation after generation. How de lightful II waa In the apring to untlre when tbe sap would begin tn rise and swell tko huds-atlrrrd them with life until some morning whan we stepped out, the ■ tender fiags of green floated over all the grove. Ton remember bow tbe trees moaned when the wind moaned; how they roared when tba storm raged; how they sighed when the hushed night fell down. Do you re member how the nxM-klag bird chased bis mate In and ont among the boughs, she protending aot to want to he caught, with that pretty coquetry which belongs to all tba more refined specimens of the feminine gender throughout the world: not discour aging him by getting too far from him. not making m ‘ ‘ ‘ iot i terms In’lh’e obi, old' way. flimf the”neat waa built for the little family that waa to come. Aa fbe summer went oo. ami •• tbe S -eas took on the full leaf, how beautiful was to see the mottled shadows which •often ad the biasing sunlight of our Southern sun: and at night every leaf open the oak seemed to be a looking glass, and tbe mooabeaius. Ilka pretty girls, were '"***— at themselves In It. tAnplatikC.i Ibe evenings arivr cupper, when the old people gath ered on the front veranda to talk or old times, how we children used to stretch out on the door, listen tn the katydids la the old trees, and with that lullaby In our ears, go to sleep In tbat laaoreat sleep of rhlld- nnod. Oo one side of the house yard stood the orchard; you remember It? The trees were not those grafted oom from the mir estmenta of pluk. breathing subtle Incense upon the amorous air, trembling when the lover-wind threw his arms •round bar, blissful at tbe touch and the klM of the annheama-tbe fairest, dalglEeat daughter that nature aver |ed form to greet an AprU da^rj A.A rra ram. mber the jr'i bdaioaia? They had CC4.090.090. What waa the Invsatment? CflCI lion dollara. Naarly# percant after paylag for materials tad wages, and tbat waa the year when the farmer did not make enough to pay wages by $372.909.990, Ob. wa areHludlng ffietn now. loreat Uagk- ter and applause.) Let's keep on down the Hue. Bat you are going to stop this with a holding company, are you? with a hold Ing company and n fraud order, are yoi? (Laughter.) In 1*90 the manufacturers had Increased their capital until It waa |#.<»).ooo.52&. They •old their product for more than $9.909.000,. ® no - After paying wages, after paying for materials, how did they stand? They had a net profit of $Lti&M0.900~uearly 39 par cent oa tba enormous capital of KMO.900.- 000; and that waa the year when tbe farm ers, with nearly twice as much money In vested. and nearly twice as manv men at work, could not produce enough to r wages by iii&.ow.oflb; hot we are going atop It with a holding company, and fraud order. Yes. yes. there's a #luge coming down upon the farmers of the conn try. torrents nmirlog npon their unprotect ed bends, and llsrvle Jordan going to pro tert them with a l#-eent tin dipper. • pole orchard-tie May qpple. that was yellow, sweet nnd tender: the June apple which reminded you of "Arnby the Bleat.” and the common, hat moat satisfactory, old horse apple. The nurseryman have done wonders since then, bnt they have not beat these three old favorites. There waa the old apple tree In which tbe Mae birds made their nests, and you loved to w there and see the neat, and later, the lodged birds. And •• you gated to rapt admlri “ the wonderfnl wreath of hioMaa. crowned the apple tree, yon wondered to yourself whether the Queen of Hheba when •he want to visit the Jewish king, over wore a tiara so magnificent &s that: and whether Boiomon Thall hie fiery, ever had a^ mantle^ao^bMntifnj^aa the djift< * — •qtna that suggested a snowstorm in some far-off paradise, where even thesaowflakes oae color. (laughter ! .....— j ualesa yon learn some thing) (get's learu from the national bank ers. who will not let anybody la but a ua- tiuaal I tanker. Now, here are the railroad- era. They have orgaalsed; when one move* they all m»«e; when one gate wad. they all get ready to fight; when one la tickled all are ready to la A, They atiek. together, thcac railroad fellows, clean down to the men who drive the spikes, iLaughter.i why. oue uf them engineers may run down a cow. you kaow-nisnlag fasll speed, did not see the row. knocked her about forty or fifty jardn. leaving very little of the row. * and be will Immediately go In aad report that tbe row rushed nut suddenly from Iwhlad a pile of crosetles. and It waa ImpossIblM to atH|i the engine la that short time, and then when he will tell you about 4» In private he will wtnk-hU eye. aad leH yrttf-he had 1t tn do. rLaughtev r “Oh. well. say. Mr, Watsou. I don't want tn lose my job about that blamed old row.” (Ap plause and laughter.) Well, now If the rallroadern daii'f allow anybody In but rail road men. you must know there Is some good reason for It. Take the manufacturers' association. They frankly what their purpose was: they dv clared their purpose was to malutslo an absolute monopoly of the American market. Tha Msafirtsrsr bottles ‘ It? (Applaase and a voice: In the name of rommon sense then have tbe Impudence tn rome Into your cotton aseoraflon? When _ New Orleans about rwo years ago to make a little speech to llarvle Jnrdsn T s conglom eration rlJiughteri ytm have no Idea how many manufacturers. Imw many bankers, how many cotton specula tort there were there. You have no Idea bow many of _ the farmers, ilatniff.1 Not a single one of them adds a donor to the Increase lu wealth: they simply take what yon make aud rouvert It to their own UM. Bankers do not create wealth: rail- roads do uot create wealth; manufacturers at best simply Increase wealth, but they ~ not Increaae It oue dollar until you Into your farmers’ coovcatlona-not Into tours, but Into Harvle'*»aud tell you what rnuat do to he anted. I notice tbat hllag. they want them to talk about _ Ing companies, they want them to talk atwuit everything else except the ona tblag Ita fot boutb grow uti In our grandchildren. ■■■■■■■■ |l*e your Immigration; m- metbodtcsl IloadUv—dowu- i farmer* what to do. Nice man to be In a farmers' ronveatlon. wasn’t be? I wonder that Livingston didn't abolish him right “ “ %o4l ‘ then and there. (Groat applause and laugh ter.) If you allow tbe rival Interests, the competitive Interest, the hantlle combine- have been so shaped against that you • re lost of about two ^tfiouMLnS hllilou lara a yror that lg rightly yours, and Lop Livingston la going to atop It all with a fraud order against gambling, ft ta an eg- tremely Interesting ptere of neat to me that Livingston is Interested In morals of •ny sort. (Apt lsuse and laughter.) In lh)0 bow do wa find It? The i_ •f capital Invested In mnnufacturles is ton billion dollars. The groM products sell for thirteen billion della rs. After paying wages and paying for materials, the aarouat of { roflt left two MIHon eight hundred and Igbty-elgbt million dollars. Nearly 29 per ent profit In that year, when you f ilmost bad enough to pny (ages an* repairs. How much Invested? Ten Mlllous of dollars. How mnch clear profit? Two thousand, eight hundred and Uona of dollars Any flnanrb bualnesa man here, will altion that $ get aa a m money If It were putrin any bualnesa where the law did * Therefore, tbe have brought In fire ... let us say It could hnvn been loaned out on land mortgages nnd not n dollar of it loot, every cent collected, the net profit that would have been allowable under the laws - rt kMx eight hundred >y not only mado tbe _ they mnde two thou- MDd millions besides Did yon stop to think of that? Here -the net profit of that one year waa sufficient to have- peM off tha lational debt: la addition to that. It wat mfflclent to dig tbe Panama canal, accord eiwBnrr orre, auj u here. wlU agree to the propo- r i cent would be nit he could returo on that amount of nutria any bualnesa where gnat special favors. Mllloos or dollars would ire hundred tfillllons; bnt •nfflcient to dig the ranamt canal, are lag to tbe «• Unrated coat. It waa aim ..., If not quite, eunuch to build a.transrontl -gtal railroad, whf-*- ~ ( way toward br railroad kings gone a breaking up the rrtgu of iiif the reat* Jwo*lth-tsand udSbrn^dofffrs year over and above r lend upon the money Not Oppoaod to Fair Profits. Do yon understand me tonight to be mak ing nay attack upon banking aa auch? I kop not. I am not an narrow, an bigoted •a to fall to reajlte the eoormnaa benefit* to any community of railways Do you understand me tonight to ho making any •tuck upon manufacturers •• auch! I hope They are necessary to th» well-being of the entire country It la irell foe ns to produce here as fsr as poaalhk. everything that we need; but wbat I do say la this that the great American family la mad* np of t’nele Ham a big hoya_the farmer, the bather, tht railroader, the tnanufactnrer- •nd three of tbe boys ought to give a fair •how and a square deal In the other on**; nad the Other one must see tn It. bts big brothers come acrosa and treat him right Applause) Time waa when the Houth was he home of a happy, prosperous, contented >eople. True, we bad slaves, but (hay were he beat treated slaves that the wnrid ever tnew. When they were too yonag to work, they were not made to work-they were left to play about the grove and (he yard. When the slates were elck they were not drives to their tasks nor forgotten nod oeg lected-lhsy ware not left to die, la neg E must uot forget the fiower garden, t beauty spot In the home of th th. Many a time now rou walk down in path, side by aide with your mother gathering flowers. • You remember where the Ulac bush stood: yoo remember where np; you rememt •food; yon remetr beds: and. althouj aa sweet, there are no OM*raahToned, „.. __ the .old home garden In that home of tbe old Houth (Groat applaase.» Where la It? Oh. tbe bdme of the old Hontb. where It ‘ It la gone. It Is a piece of • gone. vet. bnt It la ooi Itn' nrnrN ont (art tout to towa— torral to do It ta cfrruDx.t.nora anil I* I (ring ln_th*houw_? 'Ko^rn Billon, )Vh» tenant, imtaliN I? AU •mraliod nut. Whom I, th. '"ilm.tj? IraniII, on ■ rail fraoo. lAppItura and tought.r I tvtar. I, tb. Bnw.r ,trii< n. th* orobtrd? AU la th* catfoa ptnb lUap. tor.) Thrra nr faar auagr. Bra blttm don •ro I ring at th* fmnt door. On .tho Intli* ron at,? Bud • grant big oogro folio.- dy ing of puruuioul,. braaora b, won- thora that wot. oaf at tb* hottom and b» I* protablT Ijlatofl ■ £2 tad- tar# tran Ihat myralf. rorhtp.-a K<i rtl.ndar rlork • ad thru h. dora Rot do It. lUuaht.r.i Rooky Jan* ta, got a t?t organ In th, ptr- lor. Ilrr ftthtr nortgagod ovorythlnt b* had to g*> It. And th. IIM nml# had *7» of It* itlut kM#k*d ont of kloi Irani.* th* n*gro wonld not buy t >7 mlltr for th* 1150 mul* Is krap th* ham* from off bi, •hnnldtr tan*. Can w* not rarall th hnujM of th* *ld Ronth? (A ml'* Y*» Rllhll w* not dn It? Wh*n th* oountrr tar mm** to town nnd g»i* rlok. wbat la hit drram? That k* will mak* for blmtoir an Idttl ooualry kota*. Why **n't w* hav# tn Idral oonntry hon* Ilk* that our fwtti- •r* tad? IA TOlra: "OoIdr to tar* lt."i tv* mint tap* ft. (Applt.t* and rhrart i Lot th* *ry of Ik# ftrm*r ta, "tank to tb* country homo." L*t - * unit thlt hrraklng np and going tn town. L*t * go ta<-k nnd r iant our tatntrs on th* old rod hill* and ,rar l>y th. God that mad. na w, will radram tho oM ham. of th* old Houth It'ontloiird apptonra.i How? How? How? Now I am golag to tall you. Th* R*m*dl*t. Flrat of all. w* moat tar* • f*rm*r* lion. iApptoMO.1 Tk* (armor* nun tat* • rtoa* it,satiation. That to. orory man who*. Intorratn unit* him to tb* igrloul tnnl Intrrratn ought to talong to » farm •ra' union, and no oth*r man ought to h* ahl* to g*t In ttara with lor* or monoy lApplana* i Oh. I*t'* krap ont tk* fallow* that | found to b* In poaaoaalon of yoar monoy il.*ugbt*T and *ppl*ua*.i !■•«■ ar* tb* ntlon*l taafe*-w* found tk*m with tb* gnnd* on thdai. Bight ol*v*r rat of f*i Iowa: don't Itay rkrlatlaala* Ik. brattan? id tb.y fir. •• tall I'nlumhl. b.r* at ma. il.aughtor.i Bui. I ray. what *iam pi. dn tb*y a*t a.? Tk*y hav* a oloao nr ganlailnn. and Info that organltatlon not a alngl. *nmp*tll**T» allowN to »ni*r; not a alngl* rti-al I* allhwod to *nl»r: notad; grta Into that organltatlon that la not d* votN hoart and anal tn th* purpura* of th* taaorlatloB. Tb* tanka aot on tb* Id** that tk* rant* of na* la tb* raua* of all Applina* i way tb»y tar* not *.*n in UN aw Intn It. (Lailghttr and appMuto.i turoly I am nlo* oaougb to go anywbor* . I .augbtrr i I am M yrara old. and ib*y haron't InrltN ia* y*t. lApplana* ami a Tut.-* "Tb*y ara afraid yon will 1*11 oa ih»m."i Paralhly 1 may got aa Inrltatlnn through tb* aow Brm of LlrlagMon A Jor — 'Irra^l ■ iu,laa** - ~ “ -■ * go Into It? i'l rltal to go fato It? rt'rloa of ''No'”i Any lawy#ra. dooior, prrarhora Iran alMwN in Into H? Not ualraa Itay am aalloual yon trill _ . _ agalnat th* mmprtlilr* Intornia whoa you norrr ara Ibolr card, whtl* lb*y alarara rao your, Can -rou Mb Iho gaai* that way? If you think yna can win tta gam*, lotting thorn krap tbolr band concwIN from ynn and ynu allowing roan, yon an Mai aa almpl* aa th* now Brm of Living- •ton A Jordan takra you to ta. (Langfctar.) Broadan Your Markata. What non? Yon matt hrotdon yoar mar k*i. All Ikla talk about radnrlng lh* ont- put to nonaona*; mak. Juat na much cotton •a you cnu. tbrn dottrmln, to g*t R good prten for It and don't turn It loco, until yoa do. Did you *rar atop to think that If raary mau, woman nnd child In Amorim bought only IIQ worth of. cotton thay nrad that much—that amount rail* for ld.QOO.niin hair, uf cotton right hor* at homo, to ray nothing of tta n«Na of conttaoatal Europe, of South Anawtra. and of tb* UD. Qno.nn p*opl* In China. Japan and tta la laud, of th* ooran? Don't yon ra. yon-nm not making ton much? Your own cklMran bar* not got wtat tboy nrad; ynnr (Town (Btta taro not got what thay a Why? You birrn't th* mon*y to hay « Bruadrn ynnr m*rk*t; lower tho t*rlff the fnrMljn»F ftimt In ||ff |H ff|| •a you fo Abroad with your cotton an# sell It. You ass the foreigner aud let him sell to you. Invite the feretofier to come (a here, by lower tariffs—that means lower goods, that msana mure people to buy the goods, that meant more goods ne> * * ~ - raw rottou aesd«*l, greater, dema too. and that mean a a higher price for cotton. That Is tha atateamas'a vfaw of It. All tbla talk about a M.099.ono4oUnr bolding compeoy, all this talk alNNit fraud orders to atop fstnMIuf-.Mrs. l'artlngton'a at* tempt to awesp luck the waters of the At* laotlc ocean with • house broom was sublime rompered to rbis'business. (Ap plause and laughter.) Let me give you so Instance of what 1 mean by broadening your tnarkat. Presi dent McKinley-aghast at tbe operations of hla own law, and sympathising with the peopls-datennlaed to hare reciprocity trestles put Into effect, and bs appointed the Hun. John A. Hasson to go abroad and negotiate reciprocity treaties. He made s treaty with France that'probably would have eunbled you to have lucreased your annual trade In cotton sead oil by $20,099,090, thus addlug tu the value of every bushel of the seed and tbua tu the, oalue of every bale of cotton throughout the South. DM » e treety become n law? No* It wan killed. ho killed It? Th» Nlsnufaetniert* Associa tion killed it. Why? Because France naked a slight I r reduce*! duty upou cotton stock ings. and there was one little mill In New England that made that grade of cotton stockings. To have had the duty lowered would have tnrosr that tbat min* Instead of tnsklug 21 or » per cant of cMar profit, ■light have been compelled tn lie content with M per cent dear profit, and the mill objected The Manufacturers' Association, representing that lime mill, put ths strength of the satire association back of that little one-horse New England mill, ths KasaOn treaty was defeated lo the senate, •ud the Houth lost the l*eneflt of commercial rectororlty that would have broadened her market by $20,900,099 per year. HomeIImet when I nee an outrage like tbat perpetrated upon my people there swells within me for the moment the wish that I was there. I would at least give them a fight that would make the house rook »*efore they should per petrate such on outrage <Groat applause • ml cheers.) The Houth sacrificed for ttw little cotton mill. The Manufacturers’ As. soclstlon spoke fur the cotton mill and the Bepuhllran congressmen moved at tl|e ivnrd of rctnmand: they knew they would lose said rod, In old field pin (Applause.) Hystemat- — , — j; be aathfldlcsl about It. If you can get sober, ledue- Irinas, (bid fearing. Uw-abiding Hwedea. gel them; Kerweglnns. Danes, Genoaea. K them: but for Gnd'n sake, lie care- how you lend ap this country with a lot of the K»w orders of Hungary, Petted aad southern Italy; Be rarrfui lAt ma tall yon another thing. I la-neve tha ne- f 0 la here to stay. I will tell you how believe tbe aegro problem can N- solved If ire had. growiag sst of Ibis Farmers' I'nlmi. a cnaaly council government, meet ing every three months, and hate that represented by a commit taa of twehc. •peaking with Ibe aathority of the wbnta county, ladorseil every tbreg months or put oilt every three months. I believe you could put every white and black vagrant to woffc or put him In the rhslmrang in side of twelve months. The courts non too slowly and tbe lawyers have entirely too much to My. organise a county govern ment committee, and let It be understood tbat yon will deal Justly between white ami Mark, and that yoa will no more toi* erat# Vagrancy, vice and /rime la the white wen than you will In fhc trifling negro. (Applause.) If yaw will do this, my Jqdg- meat Is It • la ail that 90 per cent of the ; negroes want. I believe that 99 per cent of the negroes don't rare a thing shoot so* ; rial equality, don't carp « thing ahoat go ing to college, don't cam a thing about putting ralr.'i » set wanted. I hellerc that we white people ; owe It to cnrselves. to our posterity, and ta ; the grand men who went before os. ta govern this country and keep It white, f believe that the army does aot need the rod man. uor tha yellow mao, nor the Mach man—It ought to he made up of white entirely. (Great Legal right- lege# are another. anlf^iMS5?d?^fn^etfar*ai»dTn spirit, abaxw lute legal protection, absolute legal rights, and there 1 would atop. I would holo fo# tea I power. 11 remenuous appisuse.i nisviy o«r rant of tho n.grom wonld h. rail*- tn pra rant wonld ta Afro-Antrirann. (Ap* pinna*.) And I will utl ynn wtat I would flu with thfni. If tb»y nUynd In th* i-ommaultr I would.n,k* them tab,.*; I wonld rank* thrm tab***; I would urak* thro tabUT*. And If tb.y did not tahnr. If Itay would not taka,*, itay would. In «nw way, ,*t out Of tfcot commnmlty. (Grant ipQlnw aad ebrara.) . " 8*etl*nnl lnt,1*rnn*n. Away with ••etloul Intolanara! Ifkii #T#r • pmldtnt. wk*tk*r from th* Nrath or from tta Ronth, Bopubllran or Dm, rswffjw or*ry whit# man In tho Booth support him. wonld urat. Iff no nnd It wonld ntnnginon th* Ronth If wo mold taro o riling rot. oa Itat. I tailor* that B*n Tillman baa allowadbls paraooal tatrN of tho praoldcnt lo Ind him Into a fala* po*mon: and oolong** h* *tan In It. tta worn It will ta far S*n. But I Mirra wn or* It to tta Booth to Jpraki'r pro*rad*d^a* U followi'l H A E w««! C rATra"i*ttnn D . mJ * oatlafy yoar own mtota. IM ItH roto than ronrlrtloDS rrgjrdl**. of party namra. (Apptanao.) -, Home yaara ago, thirty years age. th# great Ben HIU atood hare In Atlanta ro- cefvlng a flag from Ohio, and with tbat •loqotsc# of Wi which w» cooiff imb : ; rate, said I# coodoaKm: ••Flag of oarUMoa! Wav# on! wav# on! bat wsre over free men _ and not over aubjects. Wav# ova» atat##-1 “?f^lL?r^w?vTf!^v4rMMih An * usllou of equals.*and not ' lord* and vaasala; over a Ian ^Thirty yea'fi' have gone by and the pra vac remains aatqtwered. Tht South l« s(Ul a pmflnce, exploited by th# North. W# hav# yet to pray for a union of equita, for thero Is no equality In our relations. Thero la •till the oppression of oajMt law#. Oh. my friemda! Here tonight lu the prosene# of the gathered men of the entire Houth. I pledge my word and honor that to th# ex* tent of my power, everything that I can do with pen or tongue to help these bravo man build up tba caua# of the Houthern peo ple shall be done, without money and with out price, without reward or the hop# thereof. (Applaua#.! Front the North Car- ollna shore, where tba Atlantic washes tha craga of th# Old North State, on out to thtJ Pariflc and where the South Hea washes th# sands. I Intend to go with him thl# year ami unfold your flag wherever the opportn- nines and. the people are ready for tt. (Great applause.) I want no office, no. f Want to help yoo make good, men ent of lyour bora. 1 want to do all I ean to help you build back Into prosperity your dose* fated homes, so that Urn Chains of special privilege being broken, the lawn which op press you being removed, a square deal be ing given you—aom# other .snsaker. ten years from now, can ataud right her# and coma; nui one or me mru wno wes re and could have finishr y.air battle. ► was there god didn't fight yoar battle, i the Honorable I.eonMns F. Lh Ingston. be saved? there and could Whu was i Applause.) What else ought you to *li Flaht special prirlleges.' The farmers have ne««-r asked any favors Make the others K t on the same lines. Tell (hem we must ve • square heal; tell them (hat demur- racy ss laught by mir fathers meant e«iusl rights to all men and special prlvllegea to none, iApplause i ||uw will vnu fight It? By electing men * ho agree with your views. I)o you expect the door to In- iqtened to you uuless >ou knock? Do you ci|N>ct to receive without asking? |Wi you suppose tbdtee protected Industries got wbat they got without organised effort? Had vnu B«en organised when the Kosaan treatv was up. tbe one little .Ww England cot ton mill wouM not have knocked out all the farmers «»/ the Houth. (Applause i Hereafter, with your organisation, you will he In a position, ss Infihldnals. to make your aentlments known and your wlshei sperfed. The pollt|e|sns are careful servers They keep their fingers eful oh- nrV^i t (hlafs it touch ting pretty soon. Yon Just get right, aud when «ott do. you just the button tb* poiltlcans will do the reef. <Applause.) Whit else must you do? Ton must study this l*l«>r question. There are some people who say “immigration! tmmt gration! Immigration!" I tell yoa, go •low on that matter. What I mean la thfa: Don't let tbe steamship compdnlea unload upon yon shlptuads of the pauperism, vice —. Mom of Europe, list her than riaiara the Houth pe»q»lei| |»y dai K ioto it? Not aalaaa they are national from so#r^ — “ nkera. No. air, that Ii wm n Juarph a aad hat# •ad rascal) rz ■Ot • , Thnu <to*t w„, or.r , l*nrt of tow. of lib- .rtr «n'l prara, rat of auurrbf, opprrarin, and ilrtf*." iPoutinuM apptooM lad "Thrra ebrara fo* Wat«,«!") Cultlvatra Butlnmllk, Pumh. Tho mod.m wotgan'B Rim 1, to b* . hualnraallk*. and h#r affair* of tba hrart, auch aa they ara, ah# rnnducta ua ' th* aant* prim-ipl** aa aha would con duct a public titrating or a charity ba- j •aar. 8h* play* hock*y and coif, I frnraa and grrwtlra In ardar lo devalop : h*r muaclra. and Irarns JIu-JItM NQb- j, clpally hn-aua* It la tha faahlon. but | alan braauw. •• an ath*ral debutante informN m# th* other day, “tf* ao Joliyurafnl If you want tp knock a man down."—Ladlra' F1*ld. No Water Wagon fur Intacta. That Inaecta have their own aeloont and get Intoxicated Juat like human being, la th# charge mad* by Profeeaor Bultnmley. who Iraturae on botany et th* tlnlveratty-of London. - Th* leading aeloon tn the Inatct wurld, eccordlng to Profeeaor Bottom- 1*5’. ■* th* wild arum. It looks Ilk* a Inrg* Illy, and Ita big. dark ahaft «x- trndlng upward la the algn that at- trart* tho Inaocta. Then- climb down Into th* nectar pit henrath tho flower'* hag* of poll*n. and thero tho orgy com- mencra.—London Dally Mall. Mlillra* by tha Young Idra. Among th# goma of a collection of aeheol boy "howlera" are-the following: "Th* etar chamber we* e room deco rated with alert. In which tortnran were carried out. From tMe w* have the I modern exprenlon To *— alar*’—that la. to be In path." “Thr l-,k. of Mart- borough waa a great general, who a|. way* (ought with a Rx*d delrrmtnatlnn to win or Mae." “Tk* n*m* of Carat! , wit* waa Caeearaa. t-'h* waa above Stapleton.” "Rocrate* died from a do*, of w*dlocS~—Kama* tTly Tlmra. -Hilh pniilr.1 Ity dauranei* ctoMra ^ ef th.ru Europe, who (Mr ara Ued Th* d*vll ta never troubled by a Ttt<r law and hale wralih la aU shortage.-—UUwaukce SentlaaL