The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12

lIOu anu. COlu value were Tue same.
Until human wisdom>has devised some
other financial system than that now
recognized by the entire world, gold and
silver will continue to be used as money,
and SO long as we are to use metals as
a representative of value, and as an aid
to exchange we cannot afford to dispense
with either gold or silver. We cannot af-
ford to allow all value to be represented
in either metal nor rely upon one or the
other as the sole medium of exchange.
The quantityof either is so limited, that
the demand for the one exclusively pre-
ferred would tend constantly to appre-
ciate 1t, working not only injustice to the
debtor but also by its apparent reduc-
ton Of prices-a constant check to enter
prise and commerce.
And again, these monometallists say
that the demonstration of silver has not
had a tendency to lower prices; but al
most In the same breath they charge
that the reorganization of silver will un-
duly enhance prices. They deny that the
prices of commodities have gone down
and the next moment explain that the
reason for decline is overproduction.
They try to avoid the necessity Of be-
ing consistent, by predicting panics and
calling We, who are in favor of
the remonetizatiOn of silver say there is
no injustice-even to the creditor-if
the government shall restore to silver its
old place in our monetary system.
The reconciliation is a return to a
system under which the world developed
from barbarism into civilization.
Through all the centuries of progress
there has been added large stocks of the
precious metals. With their aid the
modes of barter were discontinued and
commerce became free, humane and
beneficient, nations grew closer to each
other and comforts began to spread
themselves over the face of the world. /
don't want to say-for l don't believe it,
that then a conspiracy was formed to
make those who had wealth richer than
they were but just rs If such were the
fact, the capitalists of the world became
eager to restrict the circulating medium
of exchange; and this great movement in
Ubiquitous in its results, was very appro-
prlately initiated in England, the great
creditor nation, and the most selfish ma
ton of the world.
The time has come to rebuke those
who distrust the wisdom Of the people
and accept the selfish wisdom Of the
money changer and the %bondholder. The
time has come now for us to be definite
in demand and resolute in exacting obe-
dience from our official servants. We
must say-and say it with the voice of
command-that we demand the remone-
tization of silver at the ratio establish
ed by law. The system we want re-
stored has been approved by long exper-
fence; has been sanctioned by our pro-
gress; is justified by our situation and is
necessary to our national independence
and prosperity. We must rid ourselves
of the veto power of New York and Lon
don. Let the people command, and our
official servants must obey.
A. ]. HUNTERS SPEECH.
Ex-Congressman Andrew J. Hunter
said in part: "We are here because of
the efforts of Mr.. Cleveland to force the
Democratic party to accept as final the
law of 1873 on the money question. We
are here to declare against the enemies
of true Democracy without reference to
political titles. We have no leadership
to obey. When we were fully ready to
strike down this law of 1873, re-enact a
law for the free coinage of silver and
carry out our pledges to the people, Mr..
Cleveland to the surprise Of every Dem
ocrat in the United States, abandOns his
party and platform and goes over to the
enemy. The party became violently in
censed, more so than at any time in
their history, refused to go to the polls
and permitted the election to go by de-
fault. Curses of Mr.. Cleveland, both
long and loud, could be heard from the
old and active Democrats from one end
of the country to the other. Upon this
money question 1 am unable to see any
difference between Sherman and Car
Isle, Cleveland and Collum and Brice
and Allison. They have joined hands to
fight the Democratic party for the res
toration of silver. l have but little
doubt that Mr.. Cleveland and all those
Democrats who choose to follow him
will have a ticket of their own in 1896
and will insist that they are the Dem
ocratic party; that we are r~enegades and
that we have left them.
81 am glad to know that Mr.. Cleveland
cannot control one-half of his appointees
in this state. They are not the kind of
line with John Sherman, VIM. Mckinley
and Shelby McCullom under any kind of
intimidation.
party believes that Mr.. Cleveland is sole
= oAN VAuuclAy 4CoPOAolOAC AOA Az
Generalization in the party and the ter
rible defeats of 1893 and 1894. There
are few Democrats %hesitating as to the
course they will pursue in this contest.
1t is the duty Of all men here who think
that Mr.. Cleveland can lead them into
a purer and higher Democracy that the
conventions of the party to follow him.
Blu I fear you may be deceived. There
cannot be two Democratic parties. If
Mr.. Cleveland wants to start a new and
different Democratic party let him Gail
a convention of his own and lay down
his platform. He can christen his new
party according to his tastes and go be-
fore the country"
Is BRYAN'S SPEECH.
This convention has been regularly
called by the party organization in order
that the Democracy of Illinois may de-
clare the position Of the party in this
state upon the money question. The
word Democracy means 1.-THE rule of the
people,"
No man is a Democrat who denies the
right of the people to govern themselves
and no one is worthy of the name which
our party bears unless he has faith in
the Intelligence and patriotism of the
people. Thomas Benton said of Jack
son that he mad saved the nation by
ov~erthrowing the bank, as Cicero saved
Rome by defeating the conspiracy 81
Catiline. We are confronted with q
conspiracy greater than that attacked
by Jackson, a conspiracy which Secre-
tary Carlisle once described as interna.
tional in it's extent, and destined in its
contamination to produce more misery
than war, pestilence and famine"