ing you that we may be assured of the support of the East," he
begins.

"That you are with me and are determined to vote for your rights I do
not doubt for a moment. You are men who have learned the lesson of life
in the school of experience. A truth once grasped by you is not soon
forgotten. You all know who are your enemies."

"Down with the Plutocrats!" howl the people.

"As you stand before me, men of might, one a mechanic, one a laborer,
another a tradesman, another a railway employee, is there any one of you
who wishes to vote to deprive his fellow-workmen of the right to earn a
living? Is there a single man among you who is striving night and day to
corner the food of the land that he may starve his brother-workmen into
paying him tribute? Is there a man among you who is living on the
distress of his fellows, brought about by his wrecking the bank in which
they have hoarded their savings?

"No, there is none such here.

"Then there should not be a voter here who will cast a ballot to put in
power men who seek in public office only their personal ends. The
Plutocratic ticket has not a man on it who is not an agent of the
Trusts. Do not take this assertion on my authority. Investigate the
ticket for yourselves."

Here the assembly cheer wildly.

"I want you to roll up a majority in the city of Chicago which shall
demonstrate to the world that the citizens of the Star of the West are
among the staunchest patriots in the Union."

With the whistling and shrieking of the crowd in his ears, Trueman steps
from the platform and makes his way to the train. The trip East is
unique. It differs from the ordinary Presidential campaign tour in so
much as there is no attempt to have reception committees meet the trains
on which the candidate travels; there is no speaking from the rear
platform of the trains. The depots are owned by the Plutocrats and no
crowds are permitted to congregate to hail Trueman.

At Toledo, Columbus, Philadelphia and Newark, Trueman changes trains and
goes to a public square where he addresses the populace. As he nears New
York the enthusiasm of the crowds abates. In Newark the Plutocratic
missionaries have spread the seeds of falsehood and have made such
telling use of coercive threats that the people are actually hostile to
Trueman and his party, deeming them Anarchists. The protection of the
police is needed to prevent the most violent of the men from attacking
the speakers. In the attempt