The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-10

picion, because there is scarcely a
state here to-day asking for the gold
standard that 1t not within the abso-
lutte control of the Republican party
cloud cheering)
But note the change. Mr.. Mckinley
was nominated at st. Louis upon a
platform that declared for the main
tenance of the gold standard, until 1t
should be changed into bimetallism by
an international agreement. Mr.. Nc
k1nley was the most popular man
among the Republican party, and
everybody three months ago, in the
Republican party prophesied his
election. How is it today. Why
that man who used to boast
ter and cheers; that man shoulders to-
day when he thinks that he was nomi-
mated on the anniversary Of the battle
of Waterloo"
At the suggestion of a coincidence
between McKinley's nomination and
the fate of Napoleon at Waterloo, the
silver men showed their appreciation Of
the point by yell and an uproar,
which for 20 or 80 seconds prevented
the speaker from proceeding. At length
when things claimed down a trif1e, he
resumed as follows:
mot only that, but as he listens, he
can hear with ever increasing distinct
ness the sounds of the waves as they
beat upon the lonely shores of ST.
Helena. (Cheers). Why this change
All, my friends, is not the change evil
dent to any one who will look at the
matter? 1t is no private character,
however pure, no personal popularity,
however great, can protect from the
aVenglng Warth of an indigant people
the man who will either declare that he
is in favor of fastening the gold stand
ard upon his people, or who is willing
to surrender the right of self-govern-
ment and place legislative control in
the hands of foreign potentates and
powers. cheers)
We go forth confident that we shall win.
Why? Because upon the paramount issue
In this campaign there is not spot Of
ground upon which the enemy will dare to
challenge battle. Why, If they tell us that
the gold standard is good thing, we point
to their platform and tell them that their
platform pledges the party to get rid Of
gold standard and substitute bimetallsm.
Applause.) If the gold standard is a good
thing, why try to get rid of it? daughter
and continue applause) If the gold stand
ard-and 1 might call your attention to the
fact that some Of the very people who are
in this convention today, and who tell you
that we ought to declare in favor of inter-
national bimetallism, and thereby declare
that the gold standard is wrong and that the
principle of bimetallism Is better-these very
people four months ago were open and
avowed advocates of the gold standard and
telling us we could not legislate two metals
together, even with all the world. (Renewed
applause and cheers.) l want to suggest this
truth, that II
THE GOLD STANDARD
is a good thing, we ought to declare in favor
of its retention, and not in favor Of abandon,
ing it.; and If the gold standard 1s bad
thing, why should we walt until some other
nations are willing to help us to let go?
Applause)
upon which issue they force the fight. We
are prepared to meet them on either issue
or on both. If they tell us that the gold
standard is the standard of civilization, we
reply to them that this, the most enlightened
of all the nations, Of the earth, has never
declared for gold standard, and both the
parties this year are declaring against 1t
(applause).
are those who believe that if you just legts-
late to make the well-to-do prosperous, that
their prosperity will leak through on those
below. The Democratic idea has been tnat
if you legislate to make the masses prosper
Gus their prosperity will find its way up and
through every class and rest upon 1t zap
plause). You come to us and tell US that
the great cities are in favor OF the gold
standard. I tell you that the great cities
rest upon these broad and fertile prairies.
Burn down your cities and leave our farms
and your cities will spring up again as II
by magic but destroy our farms and the
grass will grow in the streets OF every city
in this country cloud applause). My friends,
we shall declare that this nation is able to
legislate for its own people on every ques-
ton without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation on earth (applause), ana
upon that issue we expect to carry every
single state in the Union (applause). shall
not SANDER the fair state of Massachusetts,
nor the state of New York by saying that
when its citizens are confronted with the
propostion-'is this nation able to attend to
its own business?'-I will not SANDER either
one by saying that the people of those states
will declare our helpless impotency as ma
ton to attend to our own business.
1T is the issue of ITS over again. Our
ancestors, when amounting to but three
to declare their political independence
of every other nation upon earth. Shall we,
their descendants, when we have grown to
70, 000, 600, declare that we are less independ-
ent than our forefathers? No. my friends,
1t will never be the Judgment of the people.
Therefore, we care not upon what lines the
battle is fought. If they say bimetallism is
good, but we cannot have it until some other
nation helps us, We reply that instead of hav
we shall restore bimetsllism and then let
England have bimetallsm because the United
States has. (Applause.) If they dare to come
out and in the open defend the gold stand
ard good thing we shall fight them to
the uttermost, having behind the produc-
ing masses of this nation and the world
Having behind us the commercial interests
and the laboring interests and all the toiling
masses we shall answer their demands for a
gold standard by saying to them you shall
not press down upon the brow of labor this
crown of thorns. You shall not cruelty man
kind upon cross Of gold" Great applause.)