The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1895-05-22

the other side might get scared. Pile up
the debts on us, but don't alarm the
Englishman or Dutchman over the
water.
He reviewed an editorial in Tuesdays
Courier-Journal, which he said should
bring the mantle of shame to every
American cheek. The editorial said
there would be no more raids on the
treasury's gold because the Morgan-Roth-
child syndicate had agreed to stand be-
hind the treasury. What have we come
to, he asked, when Rothchild must play
wet-nurse to the American baby and see
that its collie is attended to.
He ridiculed the idea of international
conferences, OF which we have had three
without result, and said nothing would
ever come from one of them. England
as creditor nation would never consent
to the rehabilitation OF silver.
He exposed the falacy Of the argu-
ment that with free coinage of silver
other nations would dump their bullion
upon us. Only one nation, the United
States, has any bullion. They said this
when the Bland-Allison bill was passed,
but it proved not true. They said our
gold would leave us, but when that bill
was repealed we had three gold dollars
to one Of silver as compared with the
date of starting.
The newspapers all lie when they say
this is fight between the gold standard
and silver standard. The friends of sill
yer demanded the double standard which
the constitution guaranteed.
An afternoon paper in Greensboro had
printed to-day an article headed, "Black-
burn hedging on silver" which, he said,
was as near the truth as you find in those
papers. He had never swerved an iota
in his devotion to free silver.
He commended the Democracy of such
newspapers as the Greensboro Messen-
ger, Elizabethtown News, Hopkinsville
Kentuckian, Bowling Green Democrat
and others.
Five thousand bushels OF wheat had
once been the value of his salary as SEN
ator. 1t was now double that. Fifty
thousand bushels of wheat had once
been the value of the presidents salary,
but it now took 100000 bushels to pay
him. This was of no personal conse-
quence to him or the president, 'but the
fellow that grubbed that wheat out OF
the earth was hurt like the devil"
With silver and wheat every other
commodity had been ground down to
ruinous prices, while gold alone remained
high. There must be sound money for
the bondholders, gold hoarders, brokers
and bankers, but no sound money for the
laborers.
He ridiculed the idea that there was
gold enough alone for redemption money,
when Rothchild owned 81, 600, 900, 900 OF
the gold OF the world. When silver goes
to par again you merely give back what
was stolen away. Suppose gold had
been demonetized, wouldn't it have
fallen?
Christ scourged from the temple bet
ter set of men than those who had
robbed the people under the guise of
law. Some Democrats had proved recre-
ant to their trust, but should all be con-
demned for this. 1t was impossible to
get all true men in so large a number.
Christ, in his infinite wisdom, had tried
to select twelve honest men as his disci-
Piles, but only got ten out OF the twelve.
Peter denied him and Judas betrayed
him, but the senator was thankful that
even old Judas didn't sell out for gold.
Thirty pieces of silver was his price.
Father Abraham in his real estate tran
sactions dealt in silver. Christ, when
the sheriff was on his trail for taxes, paid
in silver coin taken from a fsh's
mouth.
When the speaker incidentally men,
toned Harvey, the author of Coins
Financial School, great shout went up
from the audience.
His description OF the different kinds
OF alleged bimetallists was very amusing.
He closed with another exhortation to
Democrats to courageously do their duty.
Democrats could not shirk, Republicans
will defeat us il we do. Send brave men
to the State convention. Send no cravens
or towards. Many hard things of Ken
tuckians were said in the North and
East, but in all his associations with East
ern people he had yet to hear of Ken
tuckians being accused OF cowardice.
We should declare our principles in the
State platform. II we are for the single
gold standard, let US say SO. If we are
for free silver let us say 30. The con-
flict is inevitable. We must fight it out
among ourselves, and II the friends OF
silver are vanquished they will still fight
for the ticket that is nominated. For
the preservation Of the party he pleaded
for the principles it had so long advo-
Gated.
Senator Blackburn was cheered time
and again throughout his argument. This