Newspaper Page Text
-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
