Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-03

Senator Stockbridge and Con-
gresham Burrows
TALK SOUND REPuBLlcANISM
To More Than 600 PsEsons-The Ban
nsr Meeting OF the Year-Syncpsis
OF tbs SPeseh-s.

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"Juhus-J uilus- C.esAr-Csesar Bur-
rows vas the yell prepared BY TIE
young republicans OF the city with
wnleh % greet mat distinguished states
man and orator iasg evening IL Vas
With widest cheers and waving OF
thousands Of fAgs tnaI nc VAS greeted
as nc entered me slage OF Hartman
hail Wet, wIad aud mi.t could not
suppress republican enthusiasm last
night There were evidences OF IL Al
every turn. Al 80 seats were al a
premium and tie zis.es and spaces N
tue rear OF the nall we're beginning 10
MI. Tue great majority were republl-
cans but tneru We're many democrats
scattered through the audience. The
crowd laI falrly settled itself when the
Young Mems r. publican cluo anu
the Mckinley club, $50 strong,
marched IA each carrying q tag
OF six. red wnIIe-and-Olue par
asOI lOOmed up IA the center Of the
club SOTue II the members carried
TN horns and At gwen signals tnln
sqassly horn would alternate with the
bassO prOtundO OF miniature fog
horn. The club made lt interesting for
tue tremendous crowd for a half nour
with horn blowing and campaign yells.
some OF these yells were intensely
amusing and placed the audience IN
good aUmOr
a ID. gilbert to Preside.
:. c.. ketcham called the meet
ing TO order and called the Hon.
L. ID. Gilbert 10 preside. Mr.. Gilbert
said e was an honor to- preside over
5000 patriotic citizens VINO had turned
out To hear the issues OF the day s.
cussed lie made a few preliminary
remarks and called on the Schubert
CLUB for a campaign song. After the
song and the tamult mad subsidized Mr..
Gllbert introduced senator Stockbridge,
who said: Il always take pleasure IN
visiting your city. | always make II
my duty 10 visit you IN a campaign
and make talk. while bring along
my friend, Mr.. Burrows, 10 make the
speech.
1.-The first duty of any country IS to
furnish n sound currency. The ques-
ton OF 3 good safe, sound currency
comes home 10 the heart OF every man.
woman and child IN the land. In 1859,
Just before the republican party took
possession OF this country, We were
bankrupt. This government pad u
per cent for money TO pay Its debt.
When the republican party took hold
of the relns OF tho government we had
the war TO put down, which cost mil
Ions
The Banking system.
The wise men of the party started
the banking system which mas fur
nIshed the best currency possessed by
any country IN the world. At the
close OF the war the debt of the nation
was a, 900, OOo. 900. Today II is between
$500, O0O, 900 and $500. 200. 900. In the
meantime the government has erected
public buildings when needed and i'm
proved our harbors and highways. To-
day our credit IS the best of any nation
on earth. What does the democratic
party and the peoples party propose
TO give US ID exchange? They propose
to remove the 10 per cent tax on state
banks, the very tax placed on them by
the republican party to crowd them
out of existence. He showed come old
state bank bills, and sald every one of
those worthless pieces Of paper cost
some hard woIkingman his hard labor
or the prod ucts of his labor. Now, If
you wish u go back 10 that kind of
money, lust vote for one of those two
parties"
Gold and silver Coinage.
When the mlnts Of this country were
established. IL was decided to com botn
gold and silver, but IL was also decided
TO make them OF intrinsic value. At
that time the ratio of the intrinsic
value OF gold to silver was one to
fifteen. Later, owing To the large pro-
ducts of silver. the values separated
and It took sixteen grains Of silver To
equal in value one gram OF gold. Now
10 taxes twenty three grams OF silver TO
equal one grain OF gold. Now the
democrats wish the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver. You cannot circulate
cheap money with a good metal dol
Jar. II SILVER were coined IN IN limited
amounts. the gold dollars would 20 up
IN value and the silver would 20 down.
To would reduce the purchasing power
ofa dollar about 80 per cent The
man that had saved for years IN the
savings bank would have to take
money from the bank that IL worth
about twO-thirds az much as the money
ne placed IN the bank.
southern war Claims
7 wish to speak OF one more matter
and that q the large number of south
ern war CLAIMS on the congressional
calendar ready for acton when con-
grsss meets next term. None of those
bilis were reached during the last con-
grsss. Perhaps the democratic bretn-
rem thought it was not safe 10 pass any
OF th-m lust before presidential cam
psign. But the election wall soon be
ps<t ana the tear of the md Knstlon of
the people OF toe north will not trouble
the democrats. There e every reason
10 believe that those eislms Will be
pad. If you wish 10 SEE them pad,
vote the democratic ticket If yeu do
NOT. vote fhe republican ticket from
top 20 bottom. l viii take 10 more of
your me-
congressman Rurrcvs speech
The Schubert club gave another se-
lection and Mr.. Gilbert introduced toe
Hon. J. 4. Burrows. wn0 spoke a. fol-
low-.
eve have reached q crisis in our IN