Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-23

N.''ii'ouN Stanudih OF 1872 that tho
circulation Of that metal tsoid1 bnt1,
foreign and domestic become to,"it,'
and completely extlngulshed IN ths
United States" and In support or tbs
bill and change " ratio he rave as his
reason the following; ITO enahle IL,
friend Of gold TO do its work M III
right place. to effect the recovery a,
that precious metal which the fathers
once possessed, which the subjects of
european Kings now possess. which
tne el.lzsns OF the young republic OF
the south all possess, which even No
ifee negroes OF San DOMINGO n1ssese
but OF which the yeOmanry OF hi
country have been deprived Tor more
than twenty years and viii be deprivei
forever unless they discover the cause
OF the eyil and apply the remedy to
Tell me not, fellow citizens. that
Democracy is involved In silver coin.
nge one way or the other. / cite yor
the record II has never been made
q Democratic test. II never was the
Democratic party. II was condemned
ny Jackson, who was a Democrat
and who established gold standard
Yet you viii hear Judge Reagan and
the Populists pile up table after table
of bewilderlng figures to show YOU hoy.
cotton goes up and down with silver
as II such figures could impose tipou
intelligent men. Silver goes up and
down Tor the same reason that cotton
ana grain goes up and down IL guc.
tuates by operation OF the inexorabl,
law OF supply and demand. This law
as old hs the universe. controls II
and not statutes. We cannot regulate
the price Of silver or any commodities
by law or by the fiat OF the govern
ment. Any such attempt would be
met by the laws OF trade OF the world
This depreciation IN the price o
silver IS no new thing. They say tina
from the time Of Abraham silver bo,
been the standard Old King Solomon
who comes down to US as the wlses
man God ever made, solomon himself
ueInoncuzcd silver. He demouetlged n
because II became as plentiful as ston--
IN the streets Of Jerusalem. The same
reason or rule operates now as In sold.
mons day, 1000 years ago old ia.
sephus IN his history Of the Jews. and
ne Is regarded as an authentic hlsto
rlan' tells us that Solomon ordered his
cups ana vases made OF gold anon ne
he used for the entertainment OF hi.
guests, to be engraved and etamnes
artistlcally. The reason stated is Inn.
80 low had II fallen that nothing comic
be bought or sold with Silver. ,ybIci
was as plentiful In the New Jerusalem
as stones In the streets" Judge Clnrl
hen quoted another ancient historio,
20 me same purport If these. he said
are not enough, let us read the AMI
which states essentially the sa,n.
thlng' i read from First Klnps cban
yer X, verse q, and all King solo.
mons drinking vessels were Of eoid
ana an the vessels Of the house OF tbc
forest or Lebanon j. ere OF pure poId.
none We're Of silver: it was notbinc
accounted FOR In the days OF Solomon =
SUI these people who are CRYING out
i l. SILVER VIII not be satisfied with Sill
yer. Ihey plead for the free and IN.
limited coinage of silver. ana In tha
next breath demand the free ana nm
limited Issue OF greenbaeks Tbev
admit that they want fiatism. For nv
ser 10 not care II we do have silver
would not care II we had a thous-
nthu nllllons OF silver In circulation II
II be good money. dollar for dollar with
any other money. They say coin IL
ana that will give Il full value. II
they can guarantee that I am win
them, but they cannot. and there IL fbo
doubt and danger, ! want n dollar
worth 100 cents for the laborer and the
inilllonaire' one that will not defraud
labor of its hire. That Is as L under
stand the position OF President Cleve-
land. care not how the storm NAV
hlow, l care not from what source
the abuse come, so long as he is the
democratic president I intend to stand
by him and support him. CThe APP
plause which had been liberal through
out, here became uproarious3 never
go into battle TO shoot my own gem
eral Mr.. Cleveland has perhaps made
mistakes Pelhars we may disagree
with him on some measures or some APP
pointments The only one regret is
that Judge Terrell was sent away off
IN fT1IplpN "a "a F.tf 70, -. 4
Of his services at this important june
ture. Gaughter)
Mr. Cleveland Is no enemy Of bime-
tallism. but he wants some guaranty
the finances OF the country Will not be
l agree with him, and
you see II Is charged that he is
traitor TO the democracy and the coun-
try. Whenever one makes that charge
to you ask him to point his finger to
the spot. Mir. Cleveland stands upon
the platform OF the party and Is true
10 Its principles. lie has given us an
honest clean democratic government
and has appointed good and efficient
officers Now, when we hear distin-
guished democrats say Cleveland is
traitor We Know there IS trouble for
the party. What shall we do. fellow
democrats. for there is trouble ahead
OF us? Shall We divide up and invite
defeat upon purely economic questions?
Shall we permit this strife in our ranks
and division, or shall we retire all such
questions and come together az agreed
upon on the great national democratic
platform without adding n word 10 It
or changing a word in itg / invoke
from you that catholic and fraternal
feeling of brotherhood which should
rule and we ignore what Is not now
essential and stand for what Ia essen
tial CApplause) We have the enemy
In front, The republicans in other parts