Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 31, 1896, Page 4

ka ab ee Grand TRepids Beratas"Review Published Every Saturday. VO DOLLARS A YE red in the postofic 5 secoud President ARTHUR SEWALL For in Congress for TOWNE, For Governor FOUN LIND, ¢ Earth County { Governor— J. M. BOWLER, iville County ato— S HENRICH, nnepin County. asurer— NeKINNON, of Polk County. For Attorney General— JOHN A. KEYES, +. Louis County. Senator, Fifty-third district-- THOMAS R. FOLEY, of Aitkin County. Representative, Fifty-third District— DANIEL W. DORAN, of Itasca Covnty. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Auditor— WILLIAM C. LaCROIX. For Treasurer- THOMAS J. WELSH. For Sher MICHAEL L. 'TOOLE. For Register of Deeds— CHARLES KEARNEY. For County Attorney— FRANK F. PRICE. For Judge of Probate— EDWARD C. KILEY For Clerk of Court— PATRICK H. VARLEY For Superintendent of Schools— MRS. PERMELLA STILS For County Commisssioner,2nd Dist.— | A. E. WILDER. riavocracy Liustrated, In answering a correspondent the New York World quotes from the cen- sus of 1890 to show that 3,000 families own over $12,000,000,000,000—over twelve thousand million dollars—of the wealth | of the United States. At such a time as this, the World is i to be accused of assisting So, accepting t they mean. d value of all real in Nebraska un- 0 was $184,000,000; 1 proper’ 1 00,000; of Illinois, , $347,000,000; of of Tennessee, ado, $20,000,000; of of Alabama, $253,- ppi, $16,000,000; of and of California, sed wealth, real and per twelve great states of th d south, as shown by the census of 1890, foots up between six and n billions, while the com- bined wealth of 3,000 ‘plutocratic fami- lies foot 7 twelve billions—near- ly twic What more need be said?—St. Louis Post-Dispatch The Republican Remedy—More Taxes, Mr. John Sherman to Emmet Ritten- hhguse: “*h field, O., Sept. 22, 1896.—Dear Sir—The only way in which a Repub- lican administration can correct the evils of the past is by increasing’ the revenue law by a new this, I fear, is not practicable, “Very truly yours, “JOHN SHERMAN.” tarife law, and STRONG APPEAL To LABOR. John N, Bogort of the American Federa- tion of Labor Analyzes the Speech of the Nominee and Makes Predictions. ‘This speech is very timely. It is more than an address to the workers in Chicago—it appeals to the toilersevery- where. It will bring out and crystalize the “labor sentiment” of the entire country. The attempts to suppress this sentiment will rather develop it, broaden it, deepen it, strengthen anl embolden it, make it more determined in its say. Inquiry from all parts of the industrial world will now be fo- cussed upon the issues represented by Mr. Bryan's candidacy. His strong expressions in behalf of the common people; his quotations from Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln; his demand for government without favoritism; his recommendation of ar- bitration in labor disputes; his advo- | cacy of proper legislation on the prob- lem of the unemployed; and finally hiv exaltation of labor organizations an their achievements, placing them above associations of bankers, railroad magnatesand monopolists in their rela- tions with the general public—all these will touch the responsive chord among the city workers and farmers. Mr. Bryan is distinctly a people's | candidate. 1 belive the plain people of | this country—whom Abraham Lincoln loved—feel that they again have a}| candidate for president whom they can trust as they have not trusted any oth- | er candidate since Lincoln. The his- tory of our country shows four such | true representatives, appearing at | | cyclic intervals in this country—Jeffer- son, Jackson, Lincoln, Bryan. These men were defenders of the rights of the people. They were called to lead- ership at critical periods of our his- tory. We are now at a critical pe- riod. The crisis has brought forth the man to lead and win. Mr. Bryan is the embodiment of the principles for which organized labor is battling. Our platform might well be simply “Bryan!” This is labor's gold- | en opportunity, to be embraced with zeal and utilized as the chance of a lifetime. And, thank God, that, al- though capital is banded together as never before, there is a steadily grow- ing unity of purpose among the work- ers that will, by election day, sweep aside this evil power and give an en- during triumph to the new and true Democracy. The idea that any considerable num- ber of workingmen will vote for Mc- Kinley, especially since this far-reach- ing speech, is preposterous. | JOHN BOGART, Organizer New York state Branch of «hw American Federation of Labor. ‘r cannie pen. prince o? men— ye maun be write like you; dine ken— you John ! i | Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush. | : i “far ben,” A’'ve read it sax times o'er, a’ swea And ilka time a’ lo'ed it m Tho! whiles it made my 1 And gar'd me greet. An’ whiles w lauchea unt dtow’'d off ma seut! n’ in ma dreams at nicht, hderin’ wi’ renewed delicht stin’ on each bonnie sicht In yon sweet gle} Conversin’ aye wi a’ thae bricht Drunitochty men, nic Briar Bush grew, Geordie die i Yon giorwous day | En’ Burnbrae, elder o” the kirk, An’ Hilioe <s, type “o 1.onest work, An’ Beas parcausuc quirk, Aun’ big msheau, whi, Wha’d in: Oerastrk, \ chiel ve hel) . al’ wi’ the Diei pr mony a Wi’ hira a cann An! gr but feel, 4 pray. An n Campbell, who was ea’d wha regarded God ereign ruling wi ru, An no wi? Session awed t-like face. k’s smeet an, mild i r ns wild, them hat asna sud, vase V rves rich an’ po Aye, Dear Maclare! him roaist 0’ a | thro’ the dritts 0” sna’, | *o' the north wind raw, We teartu’ come; i Wi' a’ t ide halls gien we draw Near-laun his tomy. we pray, lice day, Whuteruon wero ra a’ things hi the tribute to us pay ove wrung tear, .” you're ister o' r’ w Yer bookie by Wall li une arts, | | | | lad o' parts,” , | 1 ‘Ye hue the day | continue until | we must maiz | policy not un ES os ve ©: via LE PEN BP) eal HANNA: “HE DIDN’T The Peoplt Some oF Tue Timesf Propie AU. THE Tomes You CAN Fook AWOF Buy you cawt ee Aut 1 oF f KNOW HIS BUSINESS.” —San Francisco Examiner. a ae BER Beckfelt & Mather, ERROR | Largely increased store room increases our capacity to do business. We always carry a complete Best quality of goods in all departments. Prices the lowest. Clothing and Dry Goods, B Groceries and Crockery; Hats and Caps. GRAND RAPIDS, See BEES BES NE BS General Merchandise =*4- - Lumbermen’s Supplies. line of the Furnishing Goods. oots, Shoes. MINN. HREM RS RA BRYAN’S SAYINGS. Extracts from the Speeches of the Demo- cratic Candidate. “You tell me that we must have a gold standard because England has. I reply to you that we will have bimetal- lism and then let England have bi- metallism because we have bimetal- lism.” “There is no ground upon which the opposition is willing to fight this bat- tle. They dare not declare in favor of the gold standard, because all history teaches that nothing but suffering has; followed the experiment of a _ gol¢e standard.” “We have been opposed to the im- portation of criminals and paupers from abroad and we shall oppose the importation of a financial system which is criminal and which makes paupers wherever it goes.” “The vote—not the bosses—ran the Chicago convention and I am proud to be the nominee of the convention which gave expression to the hope, the aspirations of the common people of the Democratic party.” “The gold used in the arts is increas- ing every year, and we shall reach a time—in fact, some insist that the time is already reached—when the total amount of gold produced every year will be needed for the arts, and leave no annual product to keep up with the demand for money.” “When these Republican politicians refuse to tell the American people what kind of a system they would have they must not expect the American people to put their financial affairs in the hands of those who do not know what ought to be done, or, if they do know, are determined not to let anybody else know what they know.” “They tell us that the election of the Chicago ticket will drive gold from this country. I want you to remember that the mere nomination of a candidate for president on a free silver platform has been bringing gold to this country for the last few weeks.” “If it is desirable to have money come from abroad, then it is evident that we have not enough money here now, and if we have not enough money now it is better to let the money come out of our mountains and be our own money than to borrow from abroad and have to pay it back with interest some time.” “We are sometimes accused of using extravagant language. But we do not have to use extravagant language. Whenever we want to be very emphat- ic we turn back to the utterances of men like Mr. Carlisle, who are now worshiping the gold calf, and use their language, to show what emphasis was before their hearts were turned from the people to Wall street.” “I am the nominee of three conven- tions, but I do not appeal to the votes of any man on the ground that I am nominated by his party. I have a higher claim to your suffrages than party ties can give me. I appeal to you as the only candidate to the presi- | dency who believes that the American people can have a financial policy of their own.” “The Republiczn platform adopted at St. Louis declares not that the gold standard is good, but that it must be maintained. How long? Until the American people are tired if it? No, they are tired of it now. Until the peo- ple desire to get rid of it? No, they de- sire to get rid of it now. Why, we must maintain it until for- eign nations desire us to get rid of it, and will let us get rid of it.” “In my judgment the income tax is just. It is not war upon property, but it is a demand that those who have property and whe demand the protec- tion of that property by federal laws should be willing to support the gov- ernment to which they look for that | protection, and rot seek to use the in- strumentalities of government for their own benefit and throw supporting that government on the backs of those not able to bear it.” “These assistant. Republicans whose hearts are willing, but whose flesh is weak (laughter), may as well under- stand now that the contest in which we are engaged is not a contest for this year alone. I believe we shall win now. But whether we win now or not, we have begun a_ warfare ngainst the gold standard which shall the gold standard is driven from our shores back to Eng- | land.” “The Republican platform declares ain our present fin 1 we get tired of it, until foreign nations get ti consent for us to abandon it. To my mind, no more infamous proposition was ever indorsed by any party, and I cannot believe as I look into the faces of tens of thousands of free Americans | throughout all these states that they are willing to trust the destinies of the people in the hands of foreigners, whom we can only reach by petition.” “If anything is wrong with our laws We can correct them at the ballot. but How long? | | cannot. ihe burden ot | While their money system has been in | general if we transfer the legislative power from Washington to Lombard street our ballots cannot reach them, and we can simply go upon bended knees and beg for sympathy and compassion from those who have never known sym- pathy or compassion. Those who are denominated as money changers have never in all the history of the human race listened to anything but force. They have no heart. They cannot feel. They know nothing but greed and avarice, which have no corscience to which you can appeal.” “Democrats who believe in tariff re- form and Republicans who believe in protection are able to get together when both recognize that the money question is superior to the tariff ques- tion. A Populist leader in this state well expressed the idea, when he said that, while he believed in Populist doc- trines, yet he was willing to lay some of them aside until he could get oth- ers. For instance, he said, while he believed in the government ownership of railroads, he did not want the gov- ernment to own the railroads as long as the Rothschilds owned the govern- ment.” “But we are notified that we cannot maintain the parity because Mexico ry man who thinks that this nation is no gre ought to vote the Republican ticket. It is the only place that he will feel at home. [Appleuse.] This nation can do what Mexico cannot do. This na- tion can create a demand for silver ten times as great as any demand that can be crated in Mexico, and if there is a Republican who still doubts that this nation is greater than Mexico let him remember that the United States and Mexico together may be able to do what Mexico cannot do alone.” “We apply the law of supply and de- mand to money. We say that the value of a dollar depends on the num- ber of dollars and that you can raise the value of a dollar by making the dollars scarce, and we charge that our opponents are in favor of making the money scarce because they are con- trolled by those who want money dear. If you are in favor of dear money you ought to vote the Republican ticket. If you are in favor of making money the only thing which is desirable to own and making property the thing that everybody wants to get rid of, you want to vote the Republican ticket, be- cause the Republican party proposes to continue the present financial sys- tem, the object of which is to make it more profitable to hoard money and get the increase in the rise of the value of the dollar than to put that dollar to work employing labor and developing resources of this great country.” Fruits of the Gold Standard. Suppose that in 1892 a free silver president and congress had been elect- ed and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1 inaugurated. Then suppose that these things had followed: The industry of the country sandbagged, workingmen thrown out of employment by the million, farmers unable to sell their products at a profit, bankruptcy hang- ing over countless thousands, banks everywhere so near the verge of in- solvency owing to depreciation in valu that to press their debtors would mean ruin to themselves, our bond obligations increased by $262,000,- 000 to keep gold in the treasury, pay- ment of the public debt stopped, and a} deficit in the revenue of $12,000,000 a! month piling up—suppose all this under a silver administration, and who would there now be to question that our man-| ifold calamities had been brought upon | us by free coinage? All these disasters have befallen un- der a gold administration, and why should not the gold standard be charged with them? Present facts are better guides than the vaticinations of prophets of evil. Let the defenders of | gold monometallism tell why it is that | existance the country has so suffered. ‘As the gold men promise the people nothing more cheering than a contin- uance of this distress-breeding system, At is not clear why the people should rise with enthusiasm to vote for an- other four years of the gold standard | and hard times.—New York Journal. Will Make Money Easicr. Why should the money lenders want! prosperity in this country?| The misfortunes of the masses makes it possible for them to lend their money at high rates of interest. When money is easy theif business languishes. Had | [73 this country net been nged into debt by the Cleveland inis eration | 3M it would not have been ble for a syndicate of Wall street 1 money kings |! to lend the government an immense sum of money at a ruinous rate of in-| terest. The free coinage of silver will make money easier. That is what the money lenders fear. A vote for McKinley is a vote for more taxes and less money. 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