Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-14


constantly apprcciating gold dollar"
senator Tiiiman.
The next sneaker was Benjamin r. TIL
man. the Populist United States senator
from South Carolina. to whose appearance
everybody had been looking forward with
great interest, as his speech was expected
TO furnish the sensation Of the convention.
Senator Tillman said, IN part Some
in this city a body called to teach the
southern people the meaning OF sound
secret agencies and the use OF llimitable
money and drumming up DELEGATES from
they assembled here to tell us what was
the meaning Of sound money, and, after
hsy"g b the pTGEpe 9 mis- f whSss 9sn
to the banking interests, turn out, they
succeeded in drumming IN a large gath.
treasury here to tell us the difference be-
tween. sound. money now and sound money
OF the president, they had three cuckoos,
who sold their birthrisht Tor the mess OF
pottage mpplause), three congressman only,
and ! saw IN the paper which read about
4, that there was not solitary farmer ~
the proportion between the agricultural
interest and the rest Is seyenty-hve farm
see before me too many sunburned faces
not to recognize in this gathering those
is sound nG H'n% money y IS ,ha, money
which. requires two pounds OF cotton. two
bushels Of wheat to get the same quantity
y
such a dollar as that Is robber dollar OF
200 cents, They tell you about the 80 cent
200 cent dollar.
Tackles Carlisle.
mir. Carlisle, in picturng the despair
and destruction that would follow the re-
hablltation OF silver, mentioned. among
other classes who would be robbed-and
right there | would like TO emphasize that
question OF robbery-thnt the charge that
We. who are in favor OF silver, want TO
pay our debts in 30 cent dollars, whereas
we know that it has taken 200 cents to
pay. them.
toned by Mir. carlisle as being the great
sufferers from this scheme of bmetalsm
ana rehab,t9tion Of silver S ie,, were hlHs th9se
could pay off their depositors, representing
millions OF dollars, in all the Northern and
are are Mr.. Mr. carisle's backers? Who are his
thing to say OF the secretary of the treas
ury. that he has owners, but then ! am
thoughts. tAppiauseJ The bankers of the
United states to-day, to man, are, the
ones M VINO are eamorng m asainst siyer
sent to this country the spectacle Of pre-
which would enable them to pay off their
debts to their depostors in 80 cent dollars.
ocratc party? Now. this has a direct bear
ing on silver and you VIII see it directly.
what Is that COnultlon! AS "A Democrat
am almost ashamed to, catalogue it or
speak OF it in an assembly mostly Demo-
cratic The president whom we elected
by vote almost larger than that received
the party. believe that he, is first
IL that platform on which he was nom
mated Ind elected and which he accepted
without any doaGng dd g not of see sd5rIn in his
p-I say if that. platform meant any
thing. It meant that silver should have
about parity and they have gone and
Thegg g0efh ShrFs me on wh being new ire
brand. preaching sectionallsm, because !
mention the South ,,1, and West as agains,
states. II there Is sectionalism in that 1t
is the sectionalsm of poverty and wrong
on the other, and the day is going. to
come very soon. for come II must, when
you can't stand this much longer, when
there will be day of reckoning with
these men.
a New Mason aud Dixon's Line.
"There is going to be a new Mason and
Dixon's line drawn next year. 1t will
start in the mouth of the Chesapeake bay
Every Republican and so-called Democrat
northeast, Of that line IS going to vote
ocrat and Populist south of il and west
of It is s99s to vote T for some somebody who is
from whatever party he may" (Applause)
An Evening Session.
Congressman Bankhead, Of Alabama. pre-
sided at the evening session of the conven-
tion. He introduced General A. j. Warner,
of Ohio. who declared that any man who
says silver was demonetiZed with the full
knowledge of the people of the United
States simply lies. You can dlsentomb all
the traitors whose lives are written in his
tory, and all can give a better reason for
their tIaitorous deeds than can the senator
from Ohio for his action on the financial
question"
Mr.. Bryan's Remarks.
William ]. Bryan. of Nebraska the next
speaker. in the course of his remarks said:
"Popusts will not envy you Republicans
who follow the famous motto Of your mar
tyred president. Government of the people.
for the people and by the people, and win
Victories for auth, Republicans and Dem
victories won for truth If you follow the
rules laid down by jefferson and jackson.
Republicans and Democrats will not envy
you Populists, who are made up of the
two mother parties, and honor alike Lin
coin Jefferson and, Jackson, II you win
victories for truth
Most OF MIR. Bryans speech was devoted
speech State Senator Anson Walcott OF
Indiana. was the last speaker of the even
ing.
Under the resolution passed this after
noon, a national committee was appointed
to call a national silv convention, in its
discretion.
The committee elected John r. Goodwin,
of Tennessee, as chairman, and j. II. Ack-
len of Nashville. secretary.
1t will meet in Chicago during July to
perfect a permanent organization
The convention then adjourned sine die.