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Ei nOBEWATEK , Editor.
WR surrender a largo portion of our
editorial pages to the eloquent and for
oiblo speech of Captain J. 11 Stioltlo
delivered at the atato anti-monopoly
convention. It is by far the ablest
and most comprehensive presentment
of the loading issue of the day
that haa over boon made by
any public epoakor in this tato.
Oapt. Stickle is a man of culture ,
who haa for three ycara boon engaged
in practical farming in Thnyor county
this state. The speech was delivered
without minuicriptor any preparation
and olictcd from hundreds who were
present the most unbounded oxpros
Jilons of admiration. It wan and of-
lo'rt of which any public man might
well bo proud. It shown that Nobrns
ka has farmers who would rank with
the best minds America can prcduco.
POLITICAL cooperage it now the or
der of the day ) The bar'l ia mightier
thati the argument.
VALENTINE in the Third and Laird
in the Second districts , are a good
railroad pair not to draw to.
IOWA'S railroads are aasoesod at
$25,000,000 and people are complain
ing that as usual the atato executive
council has been purchased by the
-corporations.
TBN loading Now York papers reject -
joct Folgor'a candidacy. Tivolvo re
publican papers in the third district
of Nebraska endorse Hon. M. K.
JTmrnor , It looks as if tire machines
In two elattse needed oiling.
MILITAKY martinets in Washington
"have given orders that officer and civ
ilian employes of departments shall
in future afford no information relat
ing to the army to newspapers , News
papers will in future retaliate by sup
pressing the details of official drunk
enness and army scandals from the
public.
Tunas is an impression that cabinet
officers are paid for applying thorn-
aolves to the work of their depart
ments , but the impr'saion .corns to bo
a mistaken ono. Mr. Folgcr is Conducting -
ducting his canvass in Now York ;
Mr. Lincoln is announced as n candi
date for senator from Illinois ; Mr.
Chandler proclaims himself in tbo race
for the sonatorshlp from Now Ilamp-
ohiro ; Mr. Frolinghuyson is netting
up the pins for a seat in the senate
from Now Jersey. There is loft Mr.
Teller , who is working for His old
place in the senate , and Mr. Drowsier ,
who appears to bo abouc the only
-member of the cabinet who ia attend
ing to his buslncfl.
THB platform adopted at the state
anti-monopoly convention stands out
in marked contrast with the recent
platform utterances of both the re
publican and democratic parties. It
gmpplcs boldly with the living iesuos
of the day , and demands for the in
dustrial and , producing classes the
naino fair aud just treatment
that [ is accorded to corpo
rate " capital. It in the only
platform adopted in Nebraska that
gives recognition to the rights and in
terests of the workingman. It is the
only platform that proclaims the true
doctrine of republican government in
-demanding the assessment and taxation
of railway property in the snmo manner
nor as the property of individuals uud
private corporations. Unltko the r
publican platform , which was in <
geniously framed for the purpose ol
confuting and confounding the pcoplo
upon vital Issues , the platform of the
anti-monopolists is ( specific and out
jipokon so that everybody who reads
can fully understand its intent.
The municipal expenditures of Paris
are Meadily increasing. In 1875 the
zpenso was $39,024,291 ! and during ,
the fiscal year ended ? 18,983,2it : For
the coming year the estimates are $50 ,
530,174 Th6 increase is mainly duo
to the development of primary cduoa
tioa , increase in public asslstanco nni
pedal attention paid to the streets.
Thus education has rltcn from ! ,
242,330 in 1809 to $4,204,698 in 1882 ,
and an estimate of 4,294,298 for
1884. Pnblioassistance 1ms increased
from $2,709,700 ia 187C to 93.C85.700
in 1882.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS
To these who predicted * > long , bit
ter nnd expensive war in Egypt ,
Arabi's prompt surrender and the
eagerness with which every class ol
the people is submitting to the khe
dive is mortifying in thooxtromo , The
last oparks of the rebellion appear to
have been stamped out , the English
prolcctorato is everywhere acknowl
edged and nothing remains of the
rebel army but a fo * loaders in the
prisons of Alexandria , and the moul
dcriug earthworks in the delta of the
Nile. Cairo hai shown eigna of dis
order in the incendiary fire of Thurs
day which dentroycd ten day'n provis
ions for the army and eoveuil torn ol
ammunition , but the state of the
country at largo is ono of uuusun
quiet for a land so recently conquoroc
and which is still in the hands of the
enemy. Twelve thousand men are to
bo retained ! ! Exypt to enforce such
subsequent decrees of thu Knglish
ministry aa in jy bo rendered ncccsnary
In completing the work of rcorganiz
ing the Egyptian finances , and in
settling the status of the English con
trol. It seems hardly probable that
either of those questions can bo do
tcrmincd without the approval of
Europe. Their settlement will in' '
volvo a revamping of the much
dreaded eastern question , the main
tunatico of Turkish autonomy and the
right and power of England herself to
bold the koyo to the
Egyptian treasury and the
Suez canal. That the homo ofllco on
Downing etrcot in awao of this and
SIRS already fortified its position by
sounding IMsmnrck is evident from
the Berlin dispatch of Tuesday , which
slates that "thu cloacat connection
torcahadowod between England and
jonnatiy on the eastern quoition. "
Thin is in the line of much that has
jcon enid before , The ovidcnco that
thrro in complete ncsord between the
; wo nations is not conclusive , but the
irobabilittes are almont strong enough
to amount to a certainty. Tlioro are
also indications that the German in-
luenco at Constantinople.is very
idwerftil. There are no sign * that
franco is at present disposed to risk
any alliance with Russia that may
r.volvo her in war. The disposition
of that republic siuco the fall
of Qambotta is manifestly
lacifio. It therefore appears
hat if Kussui intends to
determinedly oppose whatever practi
cal aggression the Ausro-Qcrman al-
iance , and England may unite upon
with reference to the composition of
matters with Turkey , she must do so
lone. The presumption ia that she
will not venture against such f ormida-
> lo odds , and that she will sit and
hafo in silent wrath at the extension
f her rival's power in Turkey. If
lusaia Is thus successfully combined
Against , a partial' solution at least of
ho eastern question becomes reason
ably clear. England will insure the
afoty of her road to India and of her
nvostmonta in Egypt , the ouporin-
Icnoy of which will bo pratically in
y > r own hands , while Austria will
omo nearer toward her goal of
laving the complete control of the
) anubo and a port on the Bluck sea.
lor subjection of the Slavic provinces
will bo materially advanced. Thus will
Germany have the aatisfaotion of BOO-
ng the dreaded growth of Russian
> owcr in Europe chocked , while Eng-
and will feel easier with respect to
icr Asiatic possessions. The farao of
ustainiug the "sick man" as aruling
lotontato will bo carried on for an in-
Ic finite season , and where ho utterly
ails to rule the void will bo filled by
an Austrian , Gorman or English ar
rangement , the character of which
will bo decided by the location of the
roakncBB.
Til ? term of the Irish coercion net
a nbout to orplro , and numerous re-
easeo of suspects are being made in
anticipation of the date at which the
aw becomes inoperative. A glance at
ho state of Hll'iirs in Ireland is not at
all IhllcriiiK to the success of the
nctuuro. Agrarian outrages have con-
inuod under the vary noses of the pa-
ice , and the uumbar of farm ens who
are willing to reap the cropa % or to
ako the holdings of evicted tenants , ,
i as shown very little increase. The
Egyptian trouble 1ms naturally drawn
attention from Ireland , but Eirl
Spencer has been fully occupied. The
Ilynua execution , the Gray libel cuit ,
thu constabulary dunil'eotion , all of
which have boun troublesome matters
within the last few months , have kept
the lieutenant governor at his wit's
oiidi. Wo hour little of the operations
of the land act and still loss of the
laud IOURUO since its suppression
Bpasmodlo'appoals for further American
can help come now and then front
acrots the water , but the loaders under
dor the ban tire working at a disad
vantage. Nationalization of the lacd
as preached by Henry George nud
adopted by Ilchaol Dixvitt moots with
little favor , Dillon 1ms retired from
parliament , and the closa of the session
has taken away the medium by which
the home rule party made known their
wishes to the country. They are
likely to bd heard from egain next
month , when parliament meets.
The estates of intectates dyiug with
out known nexc of kin bring largo
sums a'uuually to the British treasury
la behalf of the crown. These wind
falls have averaged over 100,000 slnco
1870. The large lum of 143,272 11s
2d. , arising from fractions of n penny
on account of the dividends of the
national debt , has recently been transferred
forrod from the Bank of England Into
the treasury. It has never been cus
tomary to pay fractions of a penny on
government stock.
A tunnel under the Elba between
Hbmburg and Stoinward has been pro
posed. The great Ilanscatlc city is
shortly to loco the privilege of n frco
port and to bo Included in the /a
voroin. It is intended , however , to
make an exception of the island ot
Stoinwardon and permit it to retain
the privileges of a free port. Lnrgo
bonded warehouses will bo built thcro
for the accommodation of merchandise
before paying duty , and in order to
bring the island into closer connec
tion with Hamburg this schema for a
tunnel has bcon started. It will ho
nearly a third of n milo in length , and
its cost is estimated at $4,500,000.
Manila , where thousands have died
of cholera during the past few weeks ,
is a small city in the Philliplno islands.
The Islands number 500 , and have
bcon under Spanish rule for 300 years.
Thcso islands have a population of
6,000,000 , 30,000 are Chinese and
350 Americans and Europeans.
Ono of the most extensive tree plan
ters in the world is declared by the
English journal Land to bo the Duke
of Atholo. Every year , it eaya , ho
plants from 600,000 to 1,000,000 troco.
During the present season ho has cov
ered with trooa a plantation of seine
2,000 acres. Uy the gale which de
stroyed the Tay Bridge his planta
tions were denuded of 80,000 trees.
Ono of the Dukes of Atholo ia still
known as the Planter Duke. In the
year 1874 , his Dtiukeld hills were al
most entirely bare , and ho began to
plant on n largo ncilo. Before ho
died ho had planted 27,000,000 Iroes ,
which covered 15,000 acres.
Turkey haa finally nettled the Greek
boundary question by surrendering all
that Grocco claims under the treaty of
Berlin. Thus the otico vast and
mighty Ottoman Empire has bcon
pared down to a mcro remnant of its
'ormor self and Iho crushing dobta in
curred in rosintitig the process are now
piled upon promises BO few and poor
: hat it is a relief for nny of them to
30 detached. With each increase of
Turkey's debt comes loss of territory ,
oss of rcnources nnd loss of credit ,
and soon her bondholders will bo left
with no security for their money , and
Snglaud aa the principal creditor will
etop in aa the receiver of the Sultan's
nnkrupt cstatd.
The telegram i announce that Sir'
3arnet Wolsoloy , already a Knight oi
the Grand Cross of tiovcral orders , is
.0 bo raised to the peerage as a baron.
Years ago , after the gonoral'a return
: rom the west coast of Africa , ho was
offered a peerage , which ho declined.
A Roman Catholic himself , and heir
presumptive to a very old Roman
Jatholio baronetcy , ho preferred to
: ako his chances of that inheritance
rather than absorb an old and honored
itlo , albeit a commoner' * , in a brand
low peerage. It may bo that since
.hen . the relative from whom ho would
iavo inherited has had a direct heir ,
n which case his consent to bo made
a peer ia explicable. If that is not
ho case , Sir Garnet's .ideas have
changed since the day ho announced
hat ho preferred such honors as came
o him in the way of his profession
o the tinsel of a now made coronet.
TUB ghost of the vetoed river and
larbor bill is haunting many con-
rrcsslonal candidates for nomination
HONORS TO ABLER.
A UollRlnrul Party at Standard Hall
Last Nliflit.
Standard hall was thronpcd lad
light with a brilliant nwcmbly , gath-
otcd to do honor to Mr. and Mrs , Ad-
or whoso honeymoon has scarcely yet
.irgan to wane.
In addition to the host of friends
wh' > hailed front llioGxto City , there
were numerous visitors from abroad ,
among whom the reporter noted the
names of Mrs. A. Abel , Denver ; Mr.
uul Mrs. Ilonrv Fuhrman , Mr. Jo
forth end Mr. Victor Wolf , Fremont ;
Mr. Slnnn K'Uin and Mr. Kummur-
stiel , Chicago.
The committee of nrranscmontB ,
consisting uf Mr. Juliui Meyer , II ,
Uanwitz , and A. Huller , had done
their work wolland nothiuc was want *
to make the u voning's en joy men t
complete. The Muaio.il Union or
chestra furnished the music which ia
equivalent to saying that it was par
excellence , and the following pro
gramme of dances waa followed : Pol-
onoiso , Waltz , Lanciurs , Sohottischo ,
Linuicra ( Glide ) , Waltz , Quadrille ,
Galop ( Uacquot ) , WaUz ( Mies'
choice ) , Qa&drillo , Waltz , Polka and
llipnlo , Innciers ( Glide ) , Galop , Quad
rille , Waltz , Quadullo Waltz.
A sumptuous luuch was served at
midnight , and the evening through-
cut was ono of uninterrupted oujoy-
uiont.
It will Interest those who atplre to fill
a place iu the cltvlccuncll to know that In
addition to the cussing they will reecho it
will luvolvotho following waste uf time :
On abatis of two meeting * per week and
lasting throe hours each , both of which are
low iigwea , n councilman will spend
thirteen lolld days of twenty-four houn
each In tbo council chamber , Supposing a
man. to La elected at the ge of 21 and kept
In otllje tor tie average length of nun'n
life , until he wan 70 years of age , two
yean of life , of full length day * would ba
spent In the euterUlnmeoU tuch u reheard
hoard ererjr TuewUy
ORGANIZED OPPRESSION.
[ Continutdfrom Firtl
come so blurred that ttio figures al
most defy detection , so that what
the great artist had intended as a joy
forever IB uo longer regarded as n
thinv of beauty. So I admirn ( he
republican party , not for what it is but
for what it was.
Now , Mr. President , I have never
bcon in any eonso a fair weather re
publican , but can illustrate my faith
by my works in that party'ii darkest
hours. Moro than three years , the
three bait ycara of my life , were pass
ed in the nrmy for the suppression of
the rebellion and the establishment
of the supremacy of the republican
party. My lot was cist in what is
generally known as a border state ,
surrounded with an atmosphere taint
cd with treiion. At times
I WAH HO lIAIinASSKU
with soc'.al oinbarrasments that I felt
almost like npoligir.ing for having
commanded a company in the federal
army. Mr. President it coat notno-
thiii } ! to bo n republican in these days ,
and I incurred not n little abuao And
inconvenience at that time. It is
nggravating to hoar men who have
burno all the bonilits from the party ,
prate nbout party feeling. 1'or my
own put I no longer acknowledge
any allegieuco to that party nor to
any otliftr that docs not show
seine dinponltiou to protect the rights
of the many nj against the privileges
of the few.
Now the republican pirty has bcon
in power moro than twenty years.
Corporate power dominates the1 legis
lative executive and judicial depart
ments not only of the national govern
ment , but of every city government ,
and so controls in this nnion t'uit ' it
renders void the Amoricau declara
tion of independence.
Who is to bo held accountable for
this otato of affairs if the republican
party is not ? I confess to Badly need
onlightmont upon this question.
WHAT IS THE ISSUE
between the democratic and republi
can party ? What single ifuuo does
the republican party bring forward to
day' How can you distinguish the
democratic from the republican party ?
Titko the republican platform adopted
at Chicago in 1880 , and take- that
adopted by the domocr.it3 at Cincin
nati the lotno year , cut off the head
and exchange them and it will take a
smarter mnn than 1 am to tell the dif-
erenco. Thcro is no vital issun eub-
listing between llto two parties to-day.
Slavery ? why slavery is dead and
buried past all resurrection. The state
rights heresy haa been crushed for all
titnr. Sactional or race domination
will never bo started again. Resump
tion has long been an accomplished
fact. The paper dollar is worth just
aa many cents as the gold dollar. The
long ffllictcd greenback now cries with
the elect of heaven , "I know that my
redeemer livoth. " ( Laughter )
Now in support of my statement
that there is no vital issue cubsiating
between the great parties of the coun
try I wish to quote some other in
stances that you will readily accept ,
as authoritative ? . Senator John
Sherman , of Ohio , will readily bo ac-
X FAIK tXroNENT
of orthodox high-toned ropublicaniam ,
whoeo private life was nb3olutolyso _
pure as bo without a singlt ! redeeming
vice. Ho told ono of the largest au
dienees that over assembled in Cin
cinnati , laat fall , that there was no is
sue worthy of the nnmc'eubsistlnft in
American politics. E-l3enator Bon
Hill , of Georgia , will bo readily ac
cepted aa a fair exponent of hiijh-
toned bourbon democracy. Not a
great while before his death he gave
expresiion in The Atlanta Constitu
tion to the very etmo aontimont.
General Weaver , of Iowa , in 1880 , in
Cooper Institute g vo forcible and
eloquent utterance to the same idea.
David Davis , senator from the state
of Illinois , who haa long boon the
most conspicuous figure perched upon
the independent fence , declared last
year that both the democratic
and republican parties were in the
throes of dissolution from the absccnco
of any issup to give them vitality.
Then there ia
THK rU.MKD KNIOIIT
from Maine , n man of unquestionable
ability. Still it is difficult to deter
mine precisely what he docs represent
other than Jamea G. Elaine. Per
haps ho cornea aa near being a factor
of the party known as the jingo ptrty
in this country as Disraeli did in Ens-
gland. Having long had the presidential -
dontial boo in his bonnet , ho seems
willing to have the assistance .of
southern democrats and half-breed republicans -
publicans lu the ( Utainmsnt of that
object in the campaign of 1884.
Abraham Lincoln will surely bo ao-
coptod as a fair representative of the
very beat features of republicanism
and by ull odds tha very best pnduo-
ttou of manhood that American llfo
lisa produced. In his inaugural ad-
drees March 4th 1801 ho declared that
twenty years wzs us long us any politi
cal party could bo trusted with power
thu implication being that in that
time any party became so rotten aud
BO corrupt as to fall with its own grav
ity. Mr. Lincoln hud reference , of
course , to the democratic party , then
the ruling power. But it is a poor
rule that won't work both ways. Mr.
Lincoln's words were oracular nnd his
declaration prophetic. Now , then ,
thcsu are representative men of excep
tionable ability men of fairness
whoso candid judgment must bo ac
cepted ,
The republican party haa exceeded
its allotted time.
IT 11AS RUN ITS OOUKSB
and fulfilled its deitiny andt mutt
now give way to now parties , ca'led to
moot now issnrs , Shakesporo tolls
us , aud Bob Iiigersoll ssys lie in the
greatest mtm that over walked God a
earth , that when a man's brains are
out ho dies. The braina of the dem
ocratic party wera knocked out ii |
1800 , but Baoquo-liko they nto
galn with tweuty mortal ghoata to
torment us.
About all thnt can be said about the
democratic party is that they never
did anything particular. They have
never had any great potency for Rood
or evil. It is my conviction , how
ever , that had it eliminated ono of its
cardinal principles and chanRed its
name , It would have prov _ < d one of the
most powerful agencies against cor
porate power , These partjoa have
defiantly Ignored this great Uiue an
iiiuo , sir , that , In my solemn oonvlo-
tion is destined to give the antimonopoly -
monopoly party
RUI'REMACY IK THIS COUNTRY ;
an iuuo not only vital to business in *
terest ? , but I solemnly believe vital to
Iho personal liberty of every man ,
woman and child on this continent.
"By their fruits ye shall know
them , " WAS the teaching given out by
the Great Master moro than eighteen
centuries ago. That dictum applies
just OS infallibly to-day as it did then ,
Until grapes are produced from thorns
and figo from thistles , you need not
expect any righting of wrongs by any
existing party. The only fruit they
have borne have been dead sea fruit ,
fruit which turns to ashes.
Mr. President , you can no moro
make a political party than you can
make & human conscience. Ever
eitico the thrco tailors of Tooloy street
mot nnd resolved , "Whcrcaa , wo , the
people of London , in mass meeting
aasombled. " All efforts at makina
political parties have proved abortive.
I'.irties grow spontaneously and they
can no7or bo made. Whonovera great
political issue asserts itaelf parties will
riao pro and con to moot that issuo.
TIIKHE M AH ISSUE NOW
clear , specific , comprehensive aud
understood by everybody in this land.
It is the solo , the dire inevitable issue
of the hour. Shall corporate monopoly
ely overshadow and dominate the productive
ductivo industries of America , or shall
it bo controlled by state and national
restrictive legislation ? That is the Is
sue and the only issue. It is the is
sue militant and if the people of tins
broad land are nlivo to their interests
they wili make thu iesuo triumphant.
At the bar cf ( public opinion wo. pro-
pom to bring that issue to trial.
Lt us for a moment look at some
of the forces that have superinduced
this iesuo. Wo have in the United
States a railroad monopoly , express
monopoly , oil refining monopoly , as
sociated proas monopoly , barb wire
monopoly , with a protective tariff
which , enables a few individuals to en
rich themselves at the expense of the
masses. I should weary you if I wore
to grapple with all the monopolies.
Wo are the most monopoly ridden
people , and will patiently submit to
moro humbug nnd moro encroach
ments on our right than any other
jeoplo on the face of tliii green earth.
The coat of American railroad ; ,
roughly estimated , la two thousand
millions of dollars , capitalized at four
thousand millions. It ia a sum eo
enormous , BO ntupondous , that it dazes
: ho human mind. No finite mind , no
genius
"
FROM I'ROMETHEUS TO JAY dOULU ,
can grasp it. If you were to count it
mt and pilu it before you , you would
only have a faint idea of its magni-
; ud ) . Cost is the basis of value , and
: ho intrinsic worth of anything is said
to bo the cost of the material and the
abor requiuito. The stamp , if placed
upon the dollar by the government ,
docu not make that piece of met-al
worth a dollar because it contains
28 9 20 craiua of gold , but bocausa it
required a dollar's worth of labor and
Material to produce that dollar ,
tlsvcrtihg to the railroad , with an en-
tine line , cokting two thousand mil
lion dollars 'and capitalized at four
thousand millions , two thousand mil
lions must bo pure water. Railroad
nagnotea have a habit of calling it
'our thousand millions of concentra
ted capital. If they have concen-
: rated two thousand millionu of water
with that capital , it is
CRYSTAL1XZI ) QUAND LARCENY.
But it would bo very little moment to
us how much watering ( hey did if
they did not compel us to pay ten par
cent on four thousand millions , in
order that they may declare a full
stock dividend. By this process they
are just robbing us of two hundred
Billions annually , and the productive
Industries are taxed by the railroads
this amount in excess of what they
sh'ould bear. Thorn ia no monarchi
cal government in Europe that would
dare to levy auch a direct tax without
Tear of a revolution.
Will anybody tell us that the ques
tion of corporate monopoly is not im
portant enough to make it the great
issue of the day ? Why , the tax on
Lho tea America imported from Great
Britain before the revolution
DWINDLES INTO INBIONIFICANCK
when compared with this moat out
rageous tax ; and the infliction of this
tax involved the very issue upon which
the war of the revolution was faught ,
namely , taxation without representa
tion.
tion.If
If wo are to bo taxed wo must and
will have a voice in fixing the rat of
taxation. That principle was main
tained by our forefather's blood.
When Boss Tweed was charged
with the monstrous robberies of the
people of the city of Now York ho
liked , "What are you going to do
about it1 ? Boss Tweed felt
secure in the thought that
10. , was stroncer than the
great city of New York. The railway
obbors feel coouro in the thought that
they are stronger than the people , but
wo must clearly uhow them what wo
are going to do nbout il. Wo have
DKCIHION AFTER DECISION
of the highest courts in the land that
joth national nnd state legislature
should control the freight nnd passen
ger rates , This ia the past interpreta-
ion by the supreme court in the cole-
iratod praugor cases. The constitu-
; ion of Nebraska says that the logis-
aturo shall enact laws to piovent ex-
tartion In charges raado by railway ,
express and telegraph companies.
'Iho organic law of this state , fortun
ately for us , concedes to the legisla
ture
NO PISCRkiTION
in the terms , but is mandatory upon
it to enact restrictive laws. The con
struction of railroads is a public and
not a private concern. The charter is
granted tha railrordi for a specific
[ MjrpoioauJ the rights of eminent do
main are also conceded for n purpose ,
and -whenever that charter is so
nbusod as to work against the citi-
zeus the state may annul that charter
and recall the rizht , or , in other
words , she may take complete and
entire poKsf Kiion of the road and dis
pose of its road titlo.
Now this law is BO well settled by
repeated decisions by the higher
courts in the land that the Innumer
able instances of discrimination is not
only robbing the citizens , but is n in
sult to his intelligence , and a re
flection upon the law.
These railroad managers with their
four thousand million capital , two
thousand millions which is cryitalixed
grand larceniy , are not only able to
retain the ablest legal advisers , but to
mould legislation nnd the interpreta
tion of it to their own will. For
proof I refer yon to Mr. Vanderbilt
who boasted that they have the
LEGISLATURES AND COURTS
on their side nnd pay for their law by
the year. Frankness and candor is
always to bo admired , but I ask
nny man if thu time has not
nbout arrived when the question of
corporate monopoly should not bo ele
vated to the piano of n political issue
I venture to recall an incident that
occurred in the supreme court of the
state of Pennsylvania , nud I nm
always compelled to grind my teeth
to restrain tv breach of the third com
mandment whenever I think of
this piece of moral obliquity. A
little over a year ago the leading
attorney of the great Pennsylvania
raili'oud rose in liis Boat , and point
ing hia index finger at the judge ,
throat onod the court with the dis-
ploacuro of his clients if ho dared to
rule against thorn. O , jrhamo
where * 1 thy blush. ( Cries from
audience shame , ahamc ) WAS it not
monstrouel It was an itioult to law ,
an insult to decency , itwns an insult to
the great commonwealth , nnd an innult
to every man , woman nnd child that
lives beneath tlm starry Ihg , It was
nn intuit to every man's inctinctivo
respect for the majesty os the law.
Aa an instance' otupcndous stock
watering I want to call your attention
to Mr. Jay Gould's peculiar business
methods. The New York it New
Eaglandrnilroadhad issued their stock
at $20,000 per milo , and of course
upon tint capitalists had boon dealing.
lie watered that with $40,000 more ,
giving it a capitalization of $00,000
per mile , upon which patrons of the
line had to pay freight and p.iaeongcr
charges to pay 10 per cent dividends
on that sum. The Now York Block
exchange is not noted for ita sensitive
ness , but it rebelled against thii
achcmo of grand larceny nnd rtfusud
to place this block on its lietc.
Mr. Gould at once gnvu out rumors
among the Wall ttrcot gamblers that
ho proposed to establish a atcck exchange -
change of hia own , and in n few dayn
lie Bucces3fully bulldozed that great
Now York stock exchange in placing
hia New England railroad stock on
the list.
Physically Mr. Gould u a very
small man , but ho ia a
! OLOSSUS IV WAYS THAT ARE DARK
and when lion fckina fall short ho ekes
it out with foxes.
For moro than three > eara Mr.
Gould tried by every moans honorable
and otherwise , but chiefly otherwise ,
lo got possession of the Denver & Rio
Grande rail way. First by legitimately
purchasing the controlling interests of
it3 stock. Next he tried to black
mail , by charging malfeasance in the
office of the treasurer of that
road. Failing in both of those
ways , ho next tried bribery. Mr.
Richardson , who was auditor of that
road , received a telegram signed
"Jay , " submitting a proposition for
him to make affidavit tbat there had
been irregularities aud forward them
to "Jay , " and the office of second
auditor of the United States treasury
would bo nt his dupcsal. Now , Mr.
llichardson happens to bo an honest
man , and , like most honest men , slow
to believe dishonesty in others. lie
wired Jay Gould the question whether
the telegram signed "Jay" wa his.
IJifick as lightning flashed the answer ,
"Yes , " and signed Jay Gould. Was
not that rather neat ? This man has
not only control of most of the lines
of railway , but ho has the disposing
of the patronage ot the na-
ijon as well. I ask , if the
; imo haa not arrived for use
; o recognize corporate mono-poly as an
sjuo in American politics. This man
iaa control of the telegraph , the rail
road and oxpresa companies , and
THREE OF THE HEVT.N PAPERS
; hat compose the American Associated
irces. With the railroads , telegraphs
\nd newspaper in their possession ,
; hey have the three great powers ot
modern civilization. Wkon they have
cribbed the postollice their eupremaoy
will bo complato.
This man Gould has virtually the
aovoroignty of ovr ry state iu the union.
I can well remember when a boy
; hat it was a standing joke to call the
state of Now Jersey the Cninden &
Amboy railroad. That joke has
widened into a roar of laughter , for it
Its every atato in the union to-day.
But , as the Frenchman says , ho laughs
jest who laughs last. By the time wo
; et through , corporate monopoly will
cave us to do the laughing. Od Car
dinal Richliou used to say : "Tho state ,
.hat is Richlieu. " Some taon of mod
ern times could make the anne declar
ation ,
Sir William Jones haa nome verses
which are very npproprlabo to this
subject , but ho never in hio innocence
dreamed of corporations usurping the
power of sovcreicnity and conktitulug
; ho stato. Mr. Lincoln in hia memor
able oration t _ Gettysburg raid of
.hoBO who had yielded up their lives
on that bloody iiold that they died
THAT THE NATION MIGHT LIVB
and that the government of thu people
ple , by the people , aud for the people
should not perish from the earth.
Had that great man lived but n few
pc.ira longer , ho wuuld have ben
forced to declare that wo were now
threatened with a government of
monopoly by monopoly , and for mon
opoly , und-uuhm itoiriotod in ita
power , the government of tbo people ,
oy the people mid for the people would
cease from off the faoa uf thu earth ,
Mr. Buckles JH his "His.
tory of Civilization , " says tha ;
ull great reforms must pits through
three great processes : First , ridicule -
culo ; second , argument , and third ,
adoption. Happily for us wo have
passed through the first great process ,
During the past faw years
the railroad organs have ex
hauetcd nil the ridicule that
concentrated capital combined with
crystallized grand larceny could giro
vent to. But like John Brown's eoul
wo go on marching until wo have
reached the tecond procoss. Whittier -
tier is right when he says ;
"The wrouR can never bioot delay
The light iuu well afford to watt.
Mr. President , wo can afford to de n
lay , wo are charged by these corpor
ation editors that if
WE ARE COMMUNISTS , n ; o
; hat we place ourselves above the
laws , aim at the inhrernlon of all
social order , and have no respect for
the sacred rights of person and prop
erty. O ( course you know , and every
r\
fair minded man knows that the
charge is groundless as the baseless
fabric of a vision.
Should the tlmo come when people
should rise higher than the law nnd
take the redressing of their wrongs
into their own hands , they will have
the very _ highest republican authority
this nation has produced for doing to.
About 1858 William U. Seward , who
war , facilis princops , the heart
and brain of the republican
party , nnd from Ills seat at the
head of the United States oenntc ,
proclaimed concerning the famous or
infamous Drcd Scjtt decision , that
thcrii was
A UlfltlER LAW
than the written law of the land. The
implication was that public ecnttmcnt
would justify the violent rtuiatnnco
to the enforcement of the fuptivo
nlave law under which some of tlu
most horribln atrocities had been
committed upon mm and wotnon. It
wts in bfTi'ct R tfbctaration that nn
nation wild to i/iu.it that it can nffurd
to tr (1 ( 1 with tliLt which rnnkcn it.i
The New York Time * , the leading
republican nowapiper of America ,
always conservailvo , and never iu
nny senpo nn r.lurmist , ( pM
its readers the other day if something-
was not done to curb the gtoed of cir-
potato monopoly thcro will at no dis
tant day rise up n foico that would
shako the vbry foundations of our gov
ernmental fabric , when , ns Lard By
ron Bald , men "got drunk on blood to
vomit crime. "
Mr. President , in conclusion I sim
ply &Bkis there anything wrong or
inexpedient in olavating the question
of corporate monopoly to the plane of
nn issue of American politics.
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