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manding fact in the race of life,” he 
observed, passing on, “is that it 
grows steadily harder for the aver- 
age man. There is a cause for this. 
Why is it in a country so prosper- 
ous, the race grows harder for the 
average man? ‘The reason is that 
the products are artificially gathered 
and artificially controlled by a few, 
and they dictate what the _ price 
shall be.” He spoke for a _ few 
minutes on the tariff. 
“Mr. Gardner had to admit that he 
didn’t stand with the majority of 
the people. What did he say when 
he was nominated at Ipswich? ‘I 
suppose I am a wicket stand-patter.’ 
He hasn’t the moral courage to 
stand by what the people want. He 
doesn’t because he probably never 
earned a dollar by honest labor in 
all his life.” 
Mr. Berle, however, directed most 
of his speech to what he termed 
“the enormous misuse of money” for 
the “corrupted purchase of nomina- 
tion.” 
“The issue before the voters of 
the sixth district in this,” said he, 
“ “Shall. this. seat in Congress be 
given to the highest bidder?’ ‘Is the 
district for sale?’ This issue is not 
a fictitious one, but an actual one be- 
cause you have seen the Republi- 
can nomination here, bartered away 
and amid the spending of money, to 
such an extent that the moral sense 
of the whole state has been shocked. 
“The man who stands for this 
type of public life and service is to- 
day asking you to confirm him in 
the possession of his purchased seat 
and to permit him to say to the na- 
tion and the commonwealth, ‘In 
Essex when you want a seat in Con- 
eress, you simply put up the price 
and get it, 
“That I may not be supposed to 
be in error in this matter | want to- 
night to devote my time to a_ re- 
markable editorial, printed last 
Saturday in the Lawrence Tele- 
eram. This is the paper owned and 
edited by ‘Honest’ John Cole, speak- 
er of the Massachusetts house. In 
my letter to Congressman Gardner, 
which remains unanswered and 
which cannot be answered, because 
to deny any allegation in it would 
be to insult the common knowledge 
of the people of Essex, who were 
witnesses by the scores of the 
scandalous incidents of the Shaw- 
Gardner campaign, the speaker 
takes me somewhat to task because 
[ say that against Mr. Gardner per- 
sonally I have nothing to urge but 
say that he is an ‘upright and in- 
corrupt man.’ 
“T want to be fair wtih Mr. Gard- 
ner and I am not ignorant of the 
legal principle that what a man does 
by an agent, he does himself. But 
let me call your attention to the 
fact that Speaker Cole admits the 
indictment and says words of truth 
and soberness which this whole dis- 
trict ought to hear. Discussing this 
very case he says that Gardner was 
up against another rich man and 
they fought it out on that line. But 
admitting the indictment he says, 
‘Without justifying Mr. Berle’s at- 
tack upon Congressman Gardner 
there can be no doubt that the lav- 
ish expenditure of wealth in secur- 
ing nominations is a menace to our 
system of government. The rich 
man who buys his election, is_ far 
more dangerous to American insti- 
tutions than the most radical social- 
ist or anarchist.’ I ask you to note 
that this is the word of Honest John 
Cole, speaker of the Massachusetts 
house. What he says is the simple 
truth and Gardner today is a greater 
menace to the honor and moral in- 
terests of Essex in public life than 
any socialist or anarchist within her 
borders.” 
“Every vote for Gardner by a 
Republican here is an assault on 
Gov. Guild, on the majority of the 
Massachusetts congress and’ on 
the toiling masses of men who are 
trying to get along under the in- 
creased cost of living, and the bur- 
dens of the trust supported tariffs. 
No poor,man need hope for any re- 
lief if Mr. Gardner’s vote can pre- 
vent it. 
“No poor man need hope for any 
public office while Mr. Gardner’s 
money stands in the way. No Essex 
man can look the world in the face 
till the district is redeemed and the 
reproach which I heard in Wash- 
ington last February, ‘As rotten as 
Gardner’s district, is taken away. 
“The question to ask yourself is 
whether a new bill of sale shall be 
issued to A. P. Gardner and the 
good name of Essex be dragged still 
longer in the mire and dirt of 
money-bought office holding.” 
Mr. Richardson’s Address 
When Mr. Berle concluded he has- 
tened from the hall and went to Bev- 
erly to speak at the rally there. 
Frank Richardson of Essex was then 
introduced. Mr Richardson isa good 
Democrat ; he was sincere in his re- 
marks. He praised Hearst and 
Moran and gave Hearst a place in his- 
tory alongside of Washington, Jeffer- 
son and Lincoln. 
“T am unfortunate to follow such. 
an eloquent speaker as just addressed 
you,” said he in starting. ‘The 
question which confronts the voters 
of Essex county is whether or not 
this county is for sale.” 
He spoke a good word for Moran, 
and threw down Gov. Guild for ap- 
pointing Dana as judge, giving the 
record of the latter. He discussed at 
length trial by jury. 
“We are drifting into the hands of 
the great monopolies,” he said, in 
continuing. ‘Now, my friend Gard- 
ner, at Newbury the other night in 
speaking on the Philippine question 
said ‘some people are troubled about 
our rights there; that doesn’t bother 
me, I believe in the inexorable right 
of the strongest.’ 
“When the time comes that the 
‘plain man’ as Lincoln calls him, 
ignores the law as the rich man does, 
God help him.” He spoke also of the 
protective tariff. In speaking of Sen. 
Schofield he said : 
“In every case where the people 
were interested he worked with you. 
Why was the soldiers’ bounty bili de- 
feated? It was ‘unconstitutional.’ 
They didn’t have any trouble to get a 
pension for probate judges, and yet 
they refuse to grant $125 for the old 
soldier who went out there and stood 
up to be shot at. 
about the soup house. He didn’t tell 
you that a Democratic administration 
passed an income tax, but the su- 
perior court vetoes it as unconstitu- 
tional. 
‘“‘We must be true to the people, 
the future belongs to labor. Mr. 
Schofield voted for every labor meas- 
ure that came before the legislature.” 
When Senator Schofield entered 
the hall there was a loud outburst of 
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