FrPPLEMIKT TO THE
IfUP CITY NORTHWESTERN.
Friday, October 8,1800.
Whenever Danger Threatened the
Country They Have Rallied
to Its Support.
HARD TIMES AND THE CAUSE.
Employment of Labor in Mechanical
Industries and Not Debased
Money is Needed
Whenever danger threatened onr insti
tution the farmer has always rallied to
She support of his country. There is
good reason in this, in the fact that he
ttvrus the broad acres of our territory and
Is so identified with our institutions that
protect him In this ownership that his In
terest is necessarily of a character to
make him the safe conservator of our
government’s perpetuity, prosperity and
honor.
In the present campaign we arc con
fronted by an issue that ufTccts every
elosa of our citizens, hence, there is an
-In sites Adllinttut Hint*#* intense than
In any campaign since 18<)0. One reason
for the manifestation for so much Inter
est la the fact that the country has been
■offering from an unprecedented period
•f depression ond i* earnest iu its intent
to secure relief. Among those who la
bor noue have more reason for com*
plsint than the farmer. Prices of hla
products have been low. values of land
«»s stork have coutlnued to decline,
ntil discouraged and disheartened,
demagogues seem to believe bun ready to
•ccept any promise that they make, but
thefact i*. and Utter still, he is ready to
review and discuss fully the merit* of the
proposition* offered. '1 he proposition
that ha* Item urged paramount to all
others, is the free uud unlimited eoinugc
^Ther* never was a more deceptive
proposition, on® inor® startling in its
effects and results and on® that would
be more disappointing should it become
a practical fact. It 1* advocated by
men having a tiecuniury interest at stake,
backed by a combination of capital un
•muled by any that has ever attempted
to control our government since th® day
of th® slave power. The silver mine
owners of the United States, skilled In
BsUtleal maneuvering, hare organised
themselves into a syndicate for the pur
pose of forcing upon the country, with
out regard to consequences, the free and
•■limited coinage of silver.
ftw magnificent scheme tvas outlined
hr Mr Bryan in hi* Madison square
speech when he said: “At the present
time snd under the present law, a silver
dollar when melted loses nearly one-naif
Its value, but that will not be true when
wo can establish a mint price of silver
r-A leave no surplus silver upon the
market to drag down the price of sil
ver bullion,” and then to show the pos
sibility of cornering silver and forcing
It to a price satisfactory to mine owners,
**w# cannot even expect all of the an
anal product of silver because India,
China, Japan. Mexico and other ailver
•aing countries must satisfy their annual
need from the annual product; the arts
wW require a large amount and the gold
standard countries will need a consider
able quantity for subsidiary coinage;
we will be required to coin only that
which is not needed elsewhere, but if we
stand ready to take and utilise all of it,
other nation* will be ready to buy at
the priee we fix.”
This 1» the silver miners’ scheme as
outlined by Mr. Bryan. The people are
Invited to loan the resources of this gov
ernment to n silver syndicate in order
that it may he able by taking all th*
silver that Is offered to the world to
fig the priee and compel other nation*
to pay thut priee. Thia is worse than
free and unlimited coinage, yet it is ihf
only way Mr. Bryan says whereby th<
price of silver can be maintained al
parity with gold. The magnitude of tilt
scheme and their audacity in attempt
Ing its execution challenges admiration
but the American people ure accustomci:
to investigate the claim* of parties am
inen. They want to know for theinseivei
the why uud wherefores, if some proa
radical change is proposed. That thej
Will thus investigate and judge for them
selves is evidence thut ihcy ure quuli
Bed for self-government.
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pecially mining tin- funning data, i verj
tin# ualutitH. There i* undoubtedly i
ratine for thi* abnormal condition. 1 hi
silver advocate* attribute the eyjatiin
de|ire**inn to the demuiietiaatloii ail
vrr, "the eriute of 1H7H" aa they deaig
•late the so*|ieiiaU>U of coinage of *ilvi
dollars in l*ii3
They fail to show how that iegialatioi
reduced prices: they aiiu|dy aaaert that i
dnl. They fail al*o to *liow why priet
continued to decline after coinage of *11
»«•» waa re* u met I ill IS7H. They iguor
ail the fact* of development, tut* lurg
ami unprvtfiideuted iinalttrtWili of fan
|trwl«iet* mid < »|*-i Uily the uuprulltaid
division of laU*r. The building of w%
railroad* and (he o|* uing of > i*t terr
tone* fur • ultivaliou are entirely iguori •
I >wrmg the years |n*U*ti and sn it |
huuaii that over thai.ian ineebanie* It j
the fa* lorn a ami •lo in of Sew t'ngl in
ami the midltt ami ddri tVeslera *lai«
la We all- ua the land* in Kmony* and Nt
Wash a ami the Ihliiiat I
same active pfwfftttvtg lotl.ad of coikuu,
vit «f farm prudm*»
What we w*w Imtl la Hi reverse thl
en*nltnm» of affairs an I •** nee h-aa pr*
tain ami more maniumi uf farm life
dm la If by am wav »* tan do ill**
will hat> • •thing atm
teal in rarmti** Iit- dta our farc er
Mve to hear n* re ia a method W
w ho fc thra mar W stt ..n*p)i,r,,,| a femt
dr that It rtol tilt pi.inal I,Hi ,
tmjmni *'*•• fat reuebutg t« t,
There la a Weil ntiNnhnt (wnoiidi i
foliioal re . ».< oil.* ,. t .p
tittle re that iW greatest crvwtot a
atullk la the treat**! ft-ttlUt dtilaMM ••
llW« l*»* cti'M to lie * We • tea ,f | vga
WgW ..(»aatout of the It-cuMo*
Iff** •** t.i..Hi*Wta. a- were *mt*gi«H.
iff Win ' '« Weill WI Ihta turtwcHde *..
are w*<- rgpitii e**reoUMug o. *4,..,
Wy no i» atte* the ffgw|ff|w| ft.
•arm »•
Pth* effect a hfarh the mo 1 rtwen
I* ■»»* •* J|W» Mft*» and .Wane
It ->
i I fee Uli‘ M 4
PMMMii «HMK Ml
class to Iwfome farmers or producers ol
farm products.
The year 1N1*2 show* a rpeord of mar
▼clous Activity in the direction of semr
ing a larger division of labor by cm
ploying more in our mechanical Indus
trie*. Our shop* were filling up. new
enterprises were started, labor was la
1 demand at good prices in mechanical in
’ dustries, reciprocity was enlarging ami
extending our markets and we seemed
in every way to be realising for tin
American farmer and artisnn the full
value of that law of political economy
and creating wealth by "division of la
bor.”
In 18ft2 the policy of protection was re
versed and thus the laborer* from the
shop* and factories were forced from
sheer necessity to go out upon the lands
and become producers instead of consum
ers. It has liven estimated that over a
million Inborcra hare since the election ol
JHirj when compelled to seek employ
ment in farming in order to obtain sub
sistence for themselves and families;
many of these have converted parcels
of ground near and around their homes
into corn and potato patches, thereby
enormously decreasing the demand for
the products of the regular farm. It
I* easy to understand when the full effect
of this shifting of labor from the mechan
ical industries to the fnnn is considered,
what the effect must be upon prices
of farm product*.
In view of these facts, all of which can
be verified in the past history of our
country, it is plain that our farmers are
directly interested in the employment of
labor and that their prosperity depends
largely upon whether that labor is em
ployed as comiM-tltor* in the production
of farm products, or ns consumers em
ployed in the mechanical industries of
the country. We are certainly learning
from a severe practical cxjierlciire the
truth oud value of the economic prim-lple
nlicudy referred to that "the greatest
creator of wealth Is the greatest possible
division of Inleir.” We are also leuruing
that this division of Inlior may be
brought about by a wise policy of protec
tion.
The effect of production upon the
products of the farm can be summed up
in n few words. First, will it Increase
or diminish the number engaged in pro
ducing tin- products of the farm? Hec
ond, will it increase or diminish the num
ber of consumers of farm products?
When you have answered these two
plain propositions you will lie master of
the entire argument of protection and
free trade, so fur us the fanner is con
cerned. You need he 'concerned !u no
way about the free coinage of silver
ns this cannot in any way possible in
crease or diminish the consumption of
your products. Its adoption, however,
would bare the effect, as Mr. Bryan
admits, of producing n panic and con
tinued denression in our mechanical in
dustries, forcing more intior to the farm
and thereby add to the number already
producing farm products.
The employment of labor In our me
chanical industries and not the free
coinage of silver is the thing that (mer
est* the farmer and is to secure for him
the prosperity he so murh desire*.—-II.
A. Willard, Chuttanooga, Teuu.
NO MONEY IS TOOISOOI).
MaJ. McKinley Recalls the Days of
Stats Banka and Wildcat
Currency.
MaJ. McKinley said to a delegation
from Indiana which visited bis home on
September 23:
I believe in America for Americans—
native-born and naturalized. (Applause.)
I believe in the American pay roll.
(Laughter and applause.) And I do not
believe In diminishing that pay roll by
giving work to anybody else under an
other flag while we have an idle man
under our flag. (Tremendous applause.)
Four years ngo the laborer was agitat
ing the question of shorter hours. We
then bad so much to go. I have heard
no discussion of that kind for four years.
(Laughter and applause.) But I have
never heard of the laboring man dis
cussing the desirability of having short
dollars. The complaint—the chief cause
of complaint of our opponents is first,
that we have nbt enough money; and,
second, that our money is too good.
(Laughter.) To the first complaint I
answer that the per capita of circulating
medium in this country hns been grentei
since the so-called crime of 1873 than il
ever was before (applause), and that it
has been greater in the last five yean
than it ever was in all qur history. (Criei
of “That’s right. ) We have fiot oiiTj
the best money in the world, but we hav<
more of it per capita than most of th(
nations of the world. (Applause.) W<
have more money per capita than tin
United Kingdom per capita: than Ger
many, thun Italy, than Switzerland
Greece, Spain, ltounmuia, Servin, Aus
tria, Hungary, Norway, Sweden. I>en
inurk, Uussin, Mexico and the Centra
and South American states, and mon
tlinn Japan or China. (Great applause.
So thnt some reason rather than the laid
of volume of money must lie found ti
account for the prcscut condition of th
country.
To tlie second complaint that ou
money is too good, it would seem to b
enough to say that the uiouey of an,
country cannot lie too good; and tha
no iinlion ever suffers from linvlug it
i medium of ezchnnge of tile highest am
> I test quality. (Great applause.) It ha
: Inn'll i*ior money uot good money—tha
has been the cause of mi much loss sill
ruin ill the p««t. both to individuals am
r to nations, (Applause I ’I be older Ulc
nl this audience will remember that In
i fore the war w<- did business with nil mi
I certain sml (luetuatlug currency know
, ms state Iuink money. Malty (if then
banks Slid (heir miles Were ahmilutel
<s..uu,l - I.»>• #«.» kits, lass staff t.wSl ll.oi ic.is
> aulijr. I lu • Ularotllil, Tin- total liuu
, Iwr ul ho Ilka In Inm, nrhulvf of aiat
l.ink liwnrkaa, »»» t5To. Of tkl
iiiimir. ill*- "i ouuivrfrli ill'll* i**r,
tk*-n In i-onataul uar, r.i«.rt«
kti a» "t>fnk*-M. I loanl, f.iiln
, fim.liil.nl ami Muriktma." Tka m.t.
I of lk.*a In* hkt a *'M’ in .If. ukillo
| among the (a-onlo ami kail Iwn mnn
, |i> lli. in for tin if i'»l Ulm» ami lk«
gmal nrmtmta Tkr) nafa • l*..lut.l
M.ifihita* ami ml mi morv talm- ikau *h
p*|w» nt»»« nkk-h Ik* » n*f» ihiuImI I |
oh t* kou* <ll*i Iki» fall. i«> illlnm
, Tk*f* la a*a#«*l> an >44 ganikmai. u* ik
amln-m* »ko will n-l r..all Ikal il f*>
hi*h» ik. lalmfiug kwh ami tkr laftmi
of Ika I Uitml Mial.a It'fh* of ''That
Hgkl "i I »U**4» l« Ikl* o«l* la »h.
, ikal »k*m* nk*. mlvr m-al ff.au* i.«
, mowt af« Ik* Ivaaf ai4*> t» l»«i Ika »*»
li t* Ik* ktatwtf of maak.H I Ikal Ik* ka
itltiaMf wMa) mkt*k mil paw ««»ff.i
t* ik. m.a*> ) ikal at taal »mi* ila fmattn
, i4a*« an-af *k» tow# t«>*pk amt nk.
, tk» .f *»k .*.n**k ik» low mnat l» km
I k| ik. m to.I I -loakl it iW«* mam>
i ih lki« amihma nk« kaa M among it
• i* p.ogiug* of k*4 tiMb ai lk» faw.i.
kia talk, t aott** ft *k» -kt la»k |*»* « i
, a ..wimkf of nkal Ik*I k«*i It "*t»i
I | katv llu at k.***** noartf t I rant*.
t t magma of fckiMl ikni *•« k* p»
, mm*Monll) *aka*»*a*t kp ka*lhg r**f aa
«t fk* kata »«ag**l***» <*f am* a pm*.
i».a n* a man of wag m**ta to la
| Ha Ml lv>* IkiM
|t ilk) Sum lark 'tt ofkl manta I
kt.Mg t.ik*f ul Ik* <»• «' I*. ■ fal
I patto* pal** a Uf‘* UH Ik* II. pat... a
l MH| la l»<*4» ft* Ik* at*» r*ia mil I
| 4* f*a>«*l all Uka na-f* tmpkaM-ail.il
i uni M t* urn) wtUp. nk.. k W.ik I lag
l a*talk' Milk* 4* aw ml ikt* rammttf n.
I mat M**- Mi. **ntnUa Jontnal
Soria lift- The reason I'm n Hryan man Is because I want to cut down tltc wealth of these ptntocrats.
Workingman Vox. I’ve thought u bit about that, but It strikes me u good deul like biting olT one's nose to spite one's face.
Socialist llow's that?
Workingman- Well. I'll tell yon. Just suppose, for Instance, that a man whose Income Is $10,000 a year has Its purchasing
power cut down to I.VNS) by free sll\er; be can worry along very nicely, can't be? Hut bow about the fellows whose Incomes
amount to only $000, or even $.100? It free silver cuts the purchasing power down to $.'100, or $lo0. It will »i|Urcr.t them preltj
hard, won't It? —St. I’aiil I’loueer l’rcss.
. . . ..... ..
Free Silver Issue of Vital Import
to Wives and Mothers of
Wage-Earners.
HIGH PRICES AND LOW WAGES.
Working Women will Also be Far
Worse Off Than the
Men.
While the value of the wage* earned
by everyone who worka for a living will
be greatly reduced by the free coinage
of allver, tbe working women will be far
worae off in tbia reaped than tbe men.
Tbeir wagea will not probably be re
duced in a greater ratio than tbe wagea
of tbe men, but they will atand a poorer
chance of securing an advaucc to meet
the increased cost of living. They will
have to submit to tbe hardship of high
prices and low wages with less hope of
remedying their condition.
One principal cause of this disadvant
age is that the women employed in prt>
ductive industries have not the organized
unions with which to sustain tbeir inter
ests. The great advunce In the wages
of labor, especially of skilled labor,
which lias been made during the puHt
twenty years, is due in large measure to
the intelligent organization of the work
ingmen. It ia git error to regard the
IabSr unions as the machinery for pro
ducing strikes and boycotts. Properly
and sagaciously conducted, these organ!
ZUlIOIlS ure jiiTtvumv 'n «
veraies, for they urovide the mean*} of
conference and adjustment of questions
on which there ia disagreement between
employer* and workmen; and especially
when the question ia that of increase of
I wages they huve been effective in secur
' ing n proper recognition of what is due
1 to labor as it* share iu the compensation
i of production.
* The wages of women worker* have,
‘ indeed, advanced aloiig with those of
men, though not to a corresponding tig
r ure, and the laimr unions huve regard
* in some degree for the wages of female
operatives us well; hut the lack of or*
l ganizutions of their own will leave the
1 thousands of women workers In mu
1 mniiufueturiug Industries at u marked
' disadvantage if their wage* should lie
| cut down in value by the free coinage
of silver und the consequent depreciation
* of th*. money iu which they are paid.
1 In this respect, as always, it is the
weaker that must ls-ar the greater share
of the burden; nud the struggle to bring
1 wages up to a living rule alter free coin
age lias reduced them by tierhaps one
r half of Ittelr purchasing value would Is
'' long und weary f»r tbe working wmu
en. It is not a pleasant prospect foi
the thousands of Women who t.aluy wort
* fur wages Iu otir mcrmutilc ami maun
I factoring ealahlishiucnta. They are at
. industrious, self supporting class, mauj
’ of them ■ oiilrthuling to the famdi fit ml
* from their weekly earning* and hs»ini
! 4 jil»l pride in their ow n iiatep ndelie*
! ami their aldllty to Ski other. Attj
' pollin' (Milky wnhb tuts olt their le
' ...line* is a rrwrl wrong by wbleb tbi
* wb.-le i oiMiuiiully most suffer
* Kvrry motber of a family has ever hr
, f«*e her tbe diead i»«*.dolny of ibi
jj death of the «•* who#*- tat..* pr»vktrs tin
lo.uo* of llttug tutor* th* day come1
• beu it,. o.os wig Iu aide tu tab* U|
* lb* hunt, o »f *UH ">t ami tbe daughter*
U rue (i.rtabiy settled o. homes uf ibel
* us a flow if tbe i bihlfvik are grown k|
1 ami taking rare of Ibwsiw*, ami tin
, if tbri are doing so well as In be akb l<
U|. h. r a b"*r aft.r tbe ilvstb «l lb
* (silsM and latk.r. sb. kadi forward I
tbs Hat* wb*W she will be bit shine will
a dread of th* hum of ootspeodenie ii
■ ase tbe ae.nmoUtk.na of b, i husband
i working l*ats bate m*t h**n are*
* enough t« MSwckts bsr nouns of subsist
* is# aftst be hi gone. fh. it ta that lb
prudent man insure* bis lit* tor tbe hen*
1 |l *f bis wile sn-l bta children, pa tun
float *»u* In »**» daring bis a.Hti Irf
'■ ik« ,,ul »f asuoiuovs that at bla deal I
kk family will •*«*•** a *«m of worn*;
I *,iito ,»«»(.. start tbe sag*ting, of dsati
IMMki . . *n a
|ll t«t4mV r^iH, ilk# tiNfAiMV V I
** ik « t tin*# ilk# k#«Mft4 *«n
* f. 1^,1 t|| «»4 la Ilk# am*! *fc*l
** i t ||v, hyM ■ IkMt# l«k«i| Slf4# Ik* l# I ■
r no monel “• '
di* amid*kit » a p* - ■» «f bard tim.
II ami bwsuasm f*t*t*»* nbnb bat* strip
* J^d bon of lb* *nttugs of betta* day
and the Insurance money may thus he
come the sole resource of the widow am
orphan*. Knrely, a fund su<-b ns thh
ought to be sacred against robber}
througli depreciation of the value of th*
money in which it is paid. Free silver
on the basis of the present value of tli*
two metals, would rob every widow ol
half the money value coming to hei
from the insurance carried by her hus
band.
And this would lie a stupendous rob
l»ery indeed. The five Mursachusetti
life insurance companies of which sta
tistics are given in the commissioner')
report, paid $4,037,388 in death claim)
last year. The grand total reported ol
all life fnsnrance companies doing busi
ness in this state was $00,851,477. Can
the women, for whose benefit most of
thi# insurance money was paid, regard
with equanimity the loss of $33,000,000
In one year? There are millions of wom
en dependent upon the paymeut of such
policies. The Massachusetts companies
had 122,000 policies in force last year,
calling for $322,874,022 in cate of death.
The grand total, including all companies,
was 1,743,350 policies, amounting to the
enormous sum of $4,795,083,804. Right
here in Masacbusetts there ia $287,910,
409 at stake in this way.
In addition to all these there are the
assessment life inaurance companies,
with 39,329 certificates in force, repre
1 seating $98,522,457; the fraternal bene
heiary associations, with a memhershir
of 854,050, which paid out $10,003,05?
for 10,009 death claims last year; thi
casualty companies, which paid oul
$300,301. Ail these, which are primari
ly for the relief of widows and orphans,
would have to pay in depreciated uionej
I under free silver.
But the money in which the premium)
on these policies have been paid i)
uioaey as good as gold, worth 100 cent)
on the dollar. In Massachusetts alom
lust year $10,740,807 was thus paid. I><
i not the women want, and is it not theii
right, to receive from the insurance com
panics as good money ns their husband)
paid for the insurance?—Boston Post.
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
There is not so much fanaticism nm
foolishness in the country ns whs sup
|M>»cil when Bryan cnnturcil the Cbicag
convention with his “crown of thorns
and “cross of gold” harangue. Th
level-hcndedncsK of the masses is sti]
to lie counted upon ns a safeguard ugains
Socialism and anarchy,
j Powderly hits the nail squarely on th
head when lie tells the workingman thn
his motto with regard to money shoitl
lie. "The best is none too good to
me."
A man Is said to have injured Ills nnkl
j in a silver debate. That's what come
i of letting people witli comparatively III
tie strength juggle with these heavy ai
guno-iits.
Mr. Powderly. who says the Brya
free-silver panic would Is- worse for h
Isir than all the strikes ever known, wi
j coine in for the abuse of the Pehsite
j w bo want strikes galore, free silve
j free rum and a general break-up.
A government, like an individual, min
' have a reputation for honesty aud hav
\ good hacking if it docs business wit
' the great World outside of its owu till
I Its.
Mark llanna Is firmly of the Im*IU
' that the only effective confidence reston
I live is |>ut up at Pantua.
Ilrvaa say* that "the present dollar hi
list great purchasing power.** Ask sour
one w ho sweat* through eight kustt
| earn one whether this la true.
Npala want* more money, Mhr shou
send for Itryan.
An honest dollar la the n*ddr*t work <
! polities.
■ Pten thn |Wino«-r*i* »f hfbhiga
i kVto* .«n» u se.l utils are It->, king l<- tl
st a iota td of l|> Kiuley. The saute thit
' afitUl* klr lints. It seems, that led tl
! Mirnl of story into serious trouble I
! talks tvs mus'b.
I Neither free stiver tor any other * h*a
i no aey devi.w ran bring prwaaafitjr ta
! nation burdeued with a tariff ski.1 v
.-rate* adversely la the interest* nf I
; irvsn people
III 1 an vppesrs to he »*# of Ib -ve no
I who thinh they knew It *11 and an i
i t. Iliaent and ohsers lug putdle dos*n n
j toed to he inform*.! whist uswaMy h*
f I pen* to them
i J To pat m»n*y Intn rlesislivs hi tl
n»#v* m4 itidi i'#i W klvtf
j tg||I} |*» « (thflvhliN l#»UI ib*t Will v
| liv} litHkMVft
I I Hotd't IN lib#
I } «H Wvlf }v«4 b*‘
S liliM AH.
NM Ibiv tl#!
j Hi<m>
f || Ml Iha4 fAMMlI *« f(t« IKtV #
I mA»bv*4 I# tHlVf . Httim#, *i|fe**t |i
1 I I*# them <Htg minis also
Maj. McKinley’s Felicitous Re
marks to a Delegation of
Young Buckeyes.
TRUE WORTH OF SUFFRAGE.
Priceless Privilege of Be ng Able to
Vote for Protection and Na
tional Honor.
Tbe first visitors to Maj. McKinley’s
home on Heptember 245 were members
of a big delegation of votera from Wood
county, O. They were beaded by At
torney R. B Parker of Bowling Green,
who made tbe speech of presentation.
In responding Maj. McKiuley said in
part:
“Mr. Parker, Indies and Gentlemen:
I am very glad to meet at my home thia
representative delegation from Wood
county. I cannot imagine a body of
citizens more representative than that
which I ace before me here today—men
and women, old and young, workingmen
and farmers, men of every profession
and calling in your county; and it indi
cates to me that no matter what may
be asserted in other <|uarters of the
country there is no such thing known ns
‘classes’ in Wood county. iGreat ap
plause and cries of ’Thut's right.’) I
am especially glad to make suitable
recognition of the women who have hon
ored me with their presence today.
(Cheers.) They are a mighty factor in
our progress and civilization, and they
have been most potential in every crisis
. of American history. (Renewed cheer
ing.) I am glad to know that they are
, interested in the party of good morals,
, j good politic*, good government and pub
I if mill nrirnfi) lu.nt.ufv </!!•...«* ....
. p la use.)
I 1 "The presence of this hotly of young
| men who are to vote for the first time
; next November is to me an inspiring
* sight, and that you are ho soon to enjoy
the priceless privilege of eitizenship must
' lie to ail of you uii inspiring tfought.
r For twenty-one years you have been en
joying our free institution*, the protee
s (ion and omsirtunity of our laws, witb
" out auy iiolitical power or responsibility.
True Worth of Mulfrage,
“I fear ...lines that few of us esti
mate suffrage at its true worth. It
n clothes us with sovereignly. It is a
guaranty to our liberties amt institutions
II 1 sml is our surest safely. It j* ij„.
'• stitutionul inode of expressing the i„ll,n
f. Inr will Through it public pnlicIcV
determined slid nubile laws enacted
>1 Through it administrations are tluingstj
e and ndmiiiislrntions an- made. Through
h it our whole governmental machinery is
I- | luiulllctcd. It Is Indeed a priceless into r.
ituiue, and should ha tannd us sudi by
f every young man.
I- ! "With the privilege conns grave re
sponsibilities in Its use It shoiiti) #x
, press the ililelligt lire slid judgment slid
p. , ...MS. b lue of III*' Voter, It should never
a Is- employed for any l-us* use. |i should
lie exertis*sl with courage, wisdom ami
, pwlrtoWsm, It should inter, an never
l». thrown against tin • otUilry, ansi
shook! mv.r represent public dishonor
’* «l**sl sii-iunse 11 I read, young m.n,
my Nr*l vole W dh what a ihnlt ,,f
X, p«de I esentsed lor the Hist to,,., tj*.
le full prerogative ul ritlseushi i | ha,(
ig not realised greater pmk sm.r | f, p
I* that I had some |uirt in the got eminent
le The period ml < n< uiwstam ■ « when I
• wsl mt Irsl vole may hste uis>te s
p d-.psr isimi *sn»u u|s*n no- than li ,il»,,
# ! wise w-nkl. hut I retail u now alley
p thirty two not with »cu«tiii..us uf l,<
Ig sml swHnlsttb-u t.kptdause | |M
, >rls*s ul war, in th- vny gekl u|
hut, my Prst Vole Wnstasl .Thrnhsa*
# 1 .in* utn tlifvNt ihewting i |i p pt
lt • pm* W«s no m..»i Xvhst a gfnlsai
a privilege to have ksea |eiutllb<i to vtd*
r for n rami Ida le lor I'resrkal - hl,
j bes lu bu towulry IN the gtesl. St sent
' of IIS iite iwuh with the senhea of
T W ..-hiugit-u, the lather >«f hbs towulry
r j I Applause i I'm vie s* baetSHWI lo nee* lhal
| | touM vole fur <he nssrlyi n,
* the vwea«eipslor of i is* e. and the swvbur
11 $ of the only flew go tel its** si saeoug nsms
| iliml thnu •
I > X ■ *», gealb bo'W, dtel | | hive Ibtl
I privilege, bwl || having keen dialed you
hef* will he Se-w*e Hlblstibs lo yon |.t
P I t«|# f’V the pwily of l.o*.ois which Iwl
I had the )owog meg of the tonally
aronnrl the banner of liberty, union and
national honor, between 18*10 and 18*15
(applause), and now summons you under
the name glorious banuer. lUcucwed
applause.)
Appropriate I iiu.tmlon from l.lncoln.
“I cannot omit here to make a quota
tion from Mr. I.lpeoln, written to the
young men of Illinois on June 22, 18-18.
Mr. Lincoln said: ‘Now as to the young
men. Yon must not wait to lie brought
forward by the older men. You young
men get together, form a “rough and
ready club, and huve regular meetings
and speeches. Take in everybody yon
enn get. Am yon go along gather up all
the shrewd, wild boys about town,
whether Just of age or a little under
age. Let everyone play the part he can
play best. Home speak, some sing and
all holler. (tlreat laughter.) Your
meetings will lie of evenings. The old
er men and women will go to hear you
and see you. It will not only contribute
to the election of Old Zach. but it will
lie interesting pastime and improving
to the intellectiiui faculties of all en
gaged. I to fiat fail to do this.' (Great
applause.)
"I commend these homely words of
Mr, Lincoln to the young men of the
country. Hitch organizations ns he ad
vises will have powerful influence in the
political contest which is now upon us.
They will not only inspire the young
men, but will cheer the heart* of the
old guards of the Republican party.
I Applause.) It is seldom given to the
first voters of this country to start in so
important a national contest, where so
much is iiivoi.cd. and where so many in
terests nre at stake. It is a year, too,
when old party divisions count for lit
tle; when men of all parties are united
in the common object to save the coun
try from dishonor and its currency
from degradation.
II is always snre, young gentlemen,
to nmingc yourself on the side of your
country. (Applause.) It is always wise
to tytatid against lawlessness and repudi
ation. (Renewed applause and cries of
•'That's right.”) It is always patriotic
lo stand against those who are opposed
to law and order, and who would raise
artificial harriers between classes or sec
tions in the I'tiitcd Hlntcs. (Great ap
plause.) I congratulate you upon the
glorious opportunities you liHVr. and, ap-i
predating those opportunities. I am surd^.
you will use them for the welfare of the
people and the glory of the country,
(Cheers.)
Further Iteferenee to Mints anil Mills,
"My fellow citizens, I ventured a few
weeks ago to suggest in a public speech
that I made that it would be I letter to
open the mills than to open the mints.
(Great cheering and erics of "That's
right.”) I see that some of our political
adversaries criticise the statement, say
ing that it is 'pulling the cart before the
horse.’ They seem to think that the way
to open tiie woolen mills, for example, is
to start a yardstick factory. (Great
laughter ami applause.) They forget
that you must make cloth before you ■
can measure it (renewed laughter) and
that the weaver n>n«t be employed before
tiie yardstick is required. (Applause.)
Hut they say the yardstick is too loag. S'
I answer if you make a yardstick nine
teen inches long instead of thirty-six 8?
inches, its present length, you will not ip;
increase the output of cloth or its value ip
or give an additional day’s labor to an ,
American weaver. (Great applause.) j*..
Nor will a f»2-cent dollar increase our in- “
dustrial enterprises, add to the actual
earnings of anybody, or enhance the real
value of nuyfhing. (Great applause and
cries of “That’s right.”) It will wrong
labor and wreck values, and has dope so
wherever it has been used. (Great ap
plause and cries of “That’s right.”) More
cloth might require more yardstick*
(laughter), hut more yardsticks or short
er one* will not create a demand for
more cloth. (Renewed laughter and cries
of "Good, good.”) Nor will short dol
lar* with wide open mint* free to all
the world increase our factories. (Ap
plause and cries of “You are right. )
More factories nt work will find work
for the good dollar* now in their hiding
places, and find employment for the good
men now idle at their homes. (Tremen
dous cheering.)
“Industry most rome first. Labor
precedes all else. It is tly foundation
of wealth: it is the creator of all /
wealth. (Applause.) It* active employ
ment puts money in circulation and sends
it coursing through every artery of trade.
(Great applause and cries of “That’s
right!”) The mint* don’t distribute it
in that way. (Cries of "Yon
don’t!”) Start the fact<»
blast and the money will flow
anil vault. Tiie lender i*
borrower, not. as now. the I
lender. (Great cheering f
"That's right!”)
“Start the factories and g perican
machinery in operation, n* re will
not )>e an idle (nan in thej v who
i* willing and able to wow te will (
not be an American home# Linger
and want will not disaptt (once;
(great applause and eriea what's
right!”): and there will inf mirmer
who will not Iw cheered an) Wed by
his improved home tnurkcj wiy the
lietter and steadier prices g prod
uct*. (Renewed applause *ic* of
"That's right!”) Credits me the
place of debt*. The wast Ings of
tin* poor will lie restored surplus
will take tiie place of a ill 'in the
public treasury (cries of “j ight!”);
plenty and prosperity wU n to us
again: anil do not forget, pi wom
en of Wood county, that 4 £iot coin JtM
prosperity (great cheering g you can- 'mm
not revive industries this Ale mints.
Itjreat ll|.1 •!iiIIiiinl 'I hat * ^B
right V'l They mine tin Ilnlmr mol
miihili ii'i-. .kill mul eiitf -mol Inm
e»ty. mnl tiny will corny lerjyay."
tllreat »|H»l«n»e.)
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la It lila habit nr until B>t ami
try tn relieve the ntfli B»i- leaa
kittituaie iii life than
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