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APRIL 13, 1905
T5ha Nobraoko. Indopondont
THE POPULISTS RAMPANT
A Tremendous Meeting in- Cooper
Union in New York Where the
People Shout for Populism
WATSON MAKES GREAT SPEECH
The Hall Crowded, Adjacent Streets
Crowded, Indoor Meetings and
Outdoor Meetings
New York, April 8 The municipal
ownership wave has reached the me
tropolis. This evening it filled historic
Cooper Union and the adjacent streets
with a cheering human tide that prom
ises to sweep on and engulf the city
hall in this fall's municipal election.
Inside and overflow meetings were
held. They were under the auspices
of the Municipal Ownership league
and were called to order by Congress
man William Randolph Hearst; the
founder and president of that organi
zation. Mr. Hearst was given an ova
tion that lasted several minutes, after
which in a neat speech he introduced
the young philanthropist, J. G. Stokes,
as the chairman of the inside meeting.
. Justice Samuel Seabury presented
resolutions demanding immediate mu
nicipal ownership, which were adopt
ed with a shout. Short speeches were
made by Clarence J '.Sheam, Judge
Palmierl and others, chief among
whom were Judge Edward F. Dunne,
who has Just led the municipal owner
ship hosts to victory in Chicago, and
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, the populist
r.hieftain of Georgia.
- It will be recalled that in a recent
interview m tne xsew xorK worm mr
Watson outlined the plan of campaign
for city ownership which is now talc
ine form.
Mr. Watson's speech immediately
followed that of Judge Dunne. The
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nprv i ipnrtriH n was kikclcu uv wiaic
ana cneers as neariy anu luiig-cun
tinued as met him in 1904. He sound
, ed this keynote of public ownersmp
through the right of eminent domain
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-we American peuuie uaueu me re
turn of the heroes of the Spanish
American war hailed them with pride
and joy as they came home from San-
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tiago, ban juan ana lviamm nay.
Their triumph had made for liberty,
but it was liberty for a foreign land.
- They had , lifted higher the standards
3iriliaHnn hilt it WRS for - Other
, "Tonieht. we welcome a soldier who
comes to us from another battlefield,
flushed with a victory which in its
" consequences may be rated by the his
' torian as . more important than those
"I won by Sampson, Schley, Dewey, Shaf-
"In the great battle just fought in
Chicago, the triumph was a gain for
' liberty liberty . for ourselves. . The
cause of civilization was .advanced,
and it was civilization for the folks
here at home.
"All nonor to juuge fluwiiiu
Dunne. In the memory of the Ameri
can people his name will long be asso
ciated with the first signal triumph of
the principles of public ownership of
nublic utilities.
"And there is another who deserves
special mention, here tonight an", un
assuming, modest man not a mere
talk factoiy, not a man whose purpose
finds its only life in words, to die away
with the echo of those "words, but a
man who for a dozen years has in
trepidly championed tne cause or tne
' people, and who at Chicago was in the
- thick of the fight.
"It would be rank injustice not to
say that the whole country owes rec
ognition and applause to W. R. Hearst.
. . '
' "The great God " of nature rolled
from the hollow of His hand the earth
' the lake, the gulf, the river and the
bay; and the human familj was put
here to live . and multiply. ;
"For reasons of state, society, has
' permitted the division of the soil into
private holdings and homes, just as it
regulates ; the relations between the
man and the wife. ; . ;
- "Our civilization has built itself
upon the home and the' marriage tie,
Wisely, necessanij.
"But while the state has allowed the
soil to be cut up into homes, farms,
gardens, mill-sites, there has never
been a time when those things which
were essentially public in their nature
'and their use were not kept for the
"TKniefit of the public.
"Kings might grant monopolies and
did grant them but no king ever
dared to stretch his sceptre across the
sea ' ; .
"The story-books do, indeed, tell us
that the courtiers of an absolute mon
arch once flattered him with the as
surance that ho could control the
ocean, but when King Canute stretched
forth his sceptre, and bade the waves
retire, the insolent, Irreverent tide
came rolling on, with an angry roar.
and King Canute fled for his life. Some
of our American kings may do well to
recall this incident, and take a lesson
from that example of what the sea can
do when it gets in motion.
"Nature gave us Lake Erie where's
the politician who would dare suggest
that It should be handed over to a
private corporation? Nature gave us
Chesapeake Bay who would say that
it should become private property?
"What citizen of New York would
give his vote to have North River
Morganized, or Belmontized, or Cas
sattized? . "And where's the man who can gee
any difference between public own
ership, as applied to Fifth avenue or
Broadway, and public ownership, as
applied to the Hudson?
"The river is not more public in its
nature and its uses than the street
whether that street be on the ground,
under the ground, or above the ground.
"You tell me it is too late private
corporations already own the streets
and they can not be taken away. . I
answer: 'It is never too late to mend!'
It is never too late to correct a mis
take, or to reclaim stolen property.
"Inherent in the sovereign state, of
which every city is a part, exists the
right of self-preservation the right to
rule; the right to subordinate special
interests to general Interests, when
the welfare of the state and city de
mand it. 1
"How did private corporations ac
quire the property in your public
streets for railroads, telegraphs and
telephones? Through the state exer
cise of the principles of eminent do
main. In plain English, the right of
eminent domain means that Ho man
whatsoever can hold an unqualified
title to any property whatsoever. Al
ways and everywhere, is the reserved
right of the sovereign the state.
"To prevent the spread of fire, the
city blows up my house hundreds of
houses, if necessary, as General Sheri
dan did to stop the Chicago fire. To
check the spread of disease, the state
may have my cattle shot, or my family
imprisoned within rigid lines of quar
antine". My life, my liberty, my prop
erty I hold them subject to the will
of the state, to be given up life, lib
erty and property whenever the sal
vation of the state demands it. Thus
the civilian gives his property to the
state when she calls upon him with
her tax-laws. Thus soldiers and the
sailor give their service, and their
blood, when public duty demands.
"The man who is not willing to live
by this rule in good faith this rule
which requires special interest to yield
to general interest is not fit to live in
any civilized community.
"By the exercise of thelaw of emi
nent domain, public utilities have been
taken away from the people. By the
same law they must be restored to the
people. The same method which was
good enough to assess the property
when the private corporations wanted
it, is good enough to assess it when
the people demand its return. Some
of these public franchises may have
been paid for some were given away
by those who were bribed but no mat
ter how the private corporations got
the property, the title Is now In them,
and the property must be honestly as
sessed and paid for that being the
penalty which the community must
pay for having elected thieves to rule
over it.
"I am not here to debate the ques
tion of what political party deserves
the credit for, the Chicago triumph.
The victory at Chicago was a victory
of a principle a victory of the people.
The man who is not willing to sink
party pride and prejudice in the cause
of this principle, and of the people, is
not the patriot demanded by the duties
of the hour.
"To redeem New York, to liberate
public property from the clutches of
private corporations, I am ready to
step into the ranks under the leader
ship of any honest man who is devoted
to the principles.
"Men of New York!
"Chicago has set the example let
us rise, and follow in her footsteps.
Let us throw off the yoke which ras
cals have nut unon us. Let us break
the chains which fetter us hand and
foot. The whole country resounds
with cheers for Chicago, and the
whole country now looks toward New
York. This fight will require man
hood. Haven't you got it? It will de
mand courage. Haven't you got it?
"The heroes of 1776 had nothing at
stake more important than that which
is now involved. The civil war be
tween the states was waged for no Is
sues more important.
"It is a question of self-government,
of self-preservation, of personal and
political V-erty. To hundreds of thou
sands it is a question of meat and
bread. To millions now living, and to
millions unborn, it Is a question of
being freemen or slaves.
"A great New Yorker once pro
claimed on the eve of a struggle in
volving vital principles: 'There is an
irrepressible conflict between freedom
and slavery!'
"A yet greater man, who came like
Judge Dunne from the state of Illinois,
declared: 'This union can not continue
to exist. half free and half slave.'
"Squarely and fairly, you face issues
of equal magnitude. If in your veins
there runs the blood of the men of
1860, you, also, will say: 'Between
commercial freedom and slavery ' the
conflict is irrepressible.' '
"You, also, will say: 'This union can
not continue to exist, less than half in
dustrially free, more than half indus
trially slave.' ; "
"Take your choice choose your
ground. I, for. one, declare that I
would rather not be alive at all than
to drag out the prolonged humiliation
of the slave arslave to the soulless
corporations and the heartless billion
aire. ;
' "If you want to maintain liberty, you
have got to pay the price. You know
what that is, don't you?
"Eternal vigilance and the readiness
to fight and die for your rights." (Tre
mendous applause.)
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Satan Writes a Letter
Dear Sir and Kinsman: Let us have
done with this frivolous talk. The
American board accepts contributions
from me every year; then why should
not it from Mr. Rockefeller? In all
the ages, three-fourths of the support
of the great charities have been conscience-money,
as my books will show;
then what becomes of the sting when
that term is applied to Mr, Rocke
feller's gift? The American board's
trado is financed, mainly from the
graveyards. Bequests, you understand.
Ccnscience-money. Confession of an
old crime and deliberate perpetration
oi a new one; for deceased's contri
bution is a robbery of his heirs. Shall
the board decline bequests because
tliey stand for one of these offenses
every time and generally for both?
Allow me to continue. The charge
most persistently and resentfully and
remorselessly dwelt upon is, that Mr.
Rockefeller's contribution is Incurably
tainted by perjury perjury proved
against him in the courts. It makes us
smile- down in my place! Because
there isn't a rich man in your vast city
who doesn't perjure himself every year
before the tax board. They are all
caked with perjury, many layers thick,
lion clad, so to speak. If there is one
that isn't, I desire to acquire him for
my museum, and will pay Dinosaur
rate3. Will you say it Isn't infraction
of law, but only annual evasion of It?
Comfort yourselves with that nice dis
tinction if you like-for the present.
But by and by, when you arrive, I
will show you something interesting;
a whole hellful pf evaders!. Sometimes
a frank lawbreaker. ; turns v, up else
where, but ;I get i those ; others every
time. .: :it -(: r-'M : I ;;ir.
To return to my muttons.!. I wish
you to remember that; my rich -perjurers
are. contributing to the Ameri
can board with frequency; it Is money
filched from; the sworn-off personal
tax; therefore It is the wages of sin;
therefore it is my money; therefore it
is 1 that contribute IU and, finally, it
h therefore as I have said: Since the
board dally accepts contributions from
we, why should it decline them from
Mr. Rockefeller, who - is as good as I
am, let the courts say what they may?
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