Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-18

certain financial results bv creating
scare. and have raised bigger scare toan
| they intended. and the fire that they KIN
died to accomplish certain end IS now
| envelopIng them in its flames. But my
| friend diverted my mind little for o mo.
ment. The Democratic party expected
this thing. and they met year ago IN
| Chicago and they nominated Grover Cieyc-
land for the President of the United
States [applausel. aud they laid down IN
black and white their pledges to the peo-
pie of this country. in which they told
tho people of this country of their
| earnings and prostratlng manutac-
lures. and agreed. instead of the Mckinley
! tariff TO provide tariff for revenue, which
would reduce taxes and leave in eyerV
mans pocket every dollar OF money. ex-
, cept what was absolutely necessary for the
expenses of the government. They paid
| attention also to the election laws
! OF the United States and declared
that they ought to be repealed. They
paid attention also to the coinage
OF the United States, and with one voice
| the Democracy at Chicago declared that
gold and silver were the money OF tho
people. and that they ought to be coined
| at the mint of the United States without
discrimination against either metal. Ihey
| also pointed out the fact that during the
war there had been levied tax OF 10 per
cent. upon State banks of this country
that is, a tax for protection only. which
| does not render per cent. OF revenue.
STICK TO THE PLATFORM.
Now, say. when party has been en-
| trusted with victory bY conhding people
| the way for them TO show that they de-
/ Il A. a nY.A
| that responsibility is to go right straightfor-
ward and redeem all and singular IN good
| faith every one Of the pledges which
were made. The character OF polltical
! organization Is and ought to be judged
| like the character of man. The trouble,
my countrymen. In this country 10 not so
much IN making platforms as 1t - tue IN,
| tegrlty and sternness OF the men who VIII
| keep their promises after they have maze
them. Tremendous applause
heard q gentleman as came into the
room say that he heard carpenter the
| other day describing what political plat
| form WAS He said platform was
! thing winch you made around the toun-
| datlon when you wanted 10 build mouse.
| but as soon as the house was finished they
| olways tore away the platform and threw
II INTO the lumber-pde. lLaughter.l J
! That may be very good carpentry. but IL
Is terribly bad politics and bad taith. anu
| it will come homo with condemnation
upon any party that adopts 1t.
THE SHERMAN BILLS REPEAL.
Now. | suppose you will expect to hear
something from me about the sherman
hill. Lam perfectly willing to stand upon
| the Democratic platform winch was
! adopted at Chicago lapplaus3h upon
| which Grover Cleveland was elected Prcsl-
! dent. and upon which the Democratic
party was entrusted with power. but
| / am unwilling. at any mans oehest,
- get of that platform and adops
something else now that We arc IN
power. As il Is great question, VIII you
| hermit me 20 engage your attention a
| moment. and allow me to read to you
| what / said about the Sherman blli before
| any of our esteemed boards Of trade dis
cussed it?
| had the honor 10 be your representa-
tive IN the Seuate at that time. and VIII
read YOU what | said when the bill was
upon the passage:
! - If finance were the matter OF the day
! | would give my adhesion 10 this oiI' ~
ia better, in my Judgment, that thls blll
should become law than that no bill
should become law. and will be better
for two, three, or four years IN tins re-
spect. that 1t will increase tho volume OF
/ your circulating medium and VIII 20 that
degree for a while relieve TO certain eh-
/ tent the people of the country aud 40
that much good.
! But this bill is n mere make-shitt; II
is mero expedient tor the nOnce. IL - q
| lawyers plea put in to get continuance
/ Of a case when the witnesses are ready ard
the Jury il about to retire. DIR. President,
! there is n day of judgment not Tar on tnht
| will SIT upon this hIll. For two or three
wears. for little while. this VIII IN some
degree please the people by the declara-
ton that they have more money and oy
actually giving It TO them. but silver Is not
going 70 20 rise TO par under TINS bill;
New difficulties are gong to oeset aud
thlcken upon our lathway. IN the mean
time It will be cOntended. Just Gs wo see
the monometallsts undertaking TO contenc
| here now, in the face OF precedent, I'D III,
face of plain truth. that We have adopted
O single gold monometallc standard
TIE PARTY CONES TO JUDGMENT.
NV countrymen, | have never pretended
TO be a prophet, nor the son OF prophet
but il IS the Sherman bill to-day and tho
mlsaction of tno Republican party. and
not o Daniel, that comes to judgment
IL had had the Photographic apparatu:
Il from the gallery Of ole OF yonr artists VI
the street and could photograph tins daj
| could not photograph 1t moro clearly
than did IN the vision that arose before
NV mind three wears ago. Now
then, what are you gong TO d'
about 1t? | had the honor, as you
representative TO be appointed memoel
of the Committee on Platform III the Chi
caro convention. The platform was no'
framed IN precise accordance with my De
sire. There were one or two WORDS WhlcI
| would have erased or modified or cor
rected, but the platform was accepted bi
that great body OF representative men
representlng Massachusetts a. well a
Nevada, representing Grover CleyelanC
and New YORK as w.ll a. Virginia, repre-
senting the miners OF Wyoming as well a
the merchants and bankers Of Phlledel
phia and Baltimore. HEY put me upoi
that platform and you upon that p.atiorn
and we went TO the country with tnes
pledges.
WHAT TIE PLATFORM SAYS.
I will read them: I'VE donounco tn
Republican legislation known as To
Sherman act Of 1880 as cowardly maze
shit. iraught with the possibility OF dan
ger in the future" and 50 on. / ha
already done that two years before. W
hold 10 the use OF both gold and silver a
tie standard money OF the cOuntry." No
to god as the standard money and siIye
as subsidiary coinage, but TO both gol'
and silver as the standard money OF th
couutry. And 70 the cOInag
OF both gold and silver wthou
discrimination against either meta
or charge for min,age.. but IA
dollar unit OF coinage OF both metal
must be or equal intrinsic exchangeabl
, value. or he ad busted through an interna
, tiouai agreement as shall insure tho raln
,, tenance Of parity OF the tvs
metals and the equal power o
every dollar a. all times in the marke
and in the payments OF debts. And "
demand that all paper currency shall b
kept at par with and redeemable IN sue
coin" Kedeemable IN what kind OF coin
KeCeemabls IN gold alone? No. he
deemaOie in sucn standard coin colne
. without discrimination at the minis OF th
United State..
: Furthermore. we recommend the pro
hibiGory 10 per cent. tax on otate-banA Ii
sues 20 be repealed"
Now, MY iellow-citiZans, you know ID
i record on tne silver question. was no
elected as your senator with my head IN
bag. There has not been county IN TN
State nor public meeting that ever al
dressed ~ which | did not freely an
frankly lay before You my views, ana 80
elected me knowing them.
You ed Grover Cleveland as you
President standing upon that platform
DO YOU want me TO represent the pledge
which you made TO the people OF IA
United States, or do you wish mo 70 orea