The Progress., 1896-07-30

idULiiltr lc0g continued.
Now. my friends, let me come 20 .hc
! great paramount issue If they ash
Us here why VIC say more an the money
| question than we say on the tarit
| question | reply il protection has slair
It's thousands the gold standard
has slain its tens OF thousands. II they
ask rs why We did not emboly all
these things in cur platform which We
! believe We reply that when We have
| restored the money Of the constitution
Z" other nee ssary reforms will be pos
slble, and that until that is done, .here
Is no reform that can be accomplished.
| Cheers. Why is it that within three
months such a change has come over
the sentiments of this country?
Three months AGO whe2 it was conf
IDENTITY asserted that those who be-
| lleved the gold standard would frame
our platform and nominate our candi-
date even the advocates of the gold
standard did not think that we could
elect president, but they had good
reason for suspicion, because there is
scarcely a state here to-day asking for
| the gold standard that's not within
the absolute control of the Republican
party Cloud cheering), but note the
change. Mr.. Mckinley was nominal
ted upon a platform that declared for
| the maintenance Of the gold standard
until it should be changed into bimet-
alllsm by international agreement.
Mr.. Mckinley was the most popular
man among the Republican patry, and
everybody three months ago in the
Republican party prophesied his cleo
ton How it to-day? Why, that man
who used to boast that he looked like
Napoleon laughter and cheers, that
man shuddcrs to-day when he thinks
he was nominated on the anniversary
of the battle Of Waterloo. The coinci-
dence OF McKinley's nomination recalls
the fate of Napoleon at Vaterloo.n
The silver men showed their appre-
citation OF the point by yelling, and the
roar for twenty or thirty seconds pro-
vented the speaker from proceeding.
At length, when things Gained down
tritle, he resumed as follows:
"Not only that, but as he listens he
can hear with ever-increasing distinct
ness tho sound of the waves as thew
beat upon the lonely shores. TCheers. !
Why this change? All, my friends, it
Is evident to everyone who will look
at the matter. 1t is no private charac-
ter, however pure, personal popularity,
however great, that can protect from
the avenging wrath of an indignant
people the man who will neither de-
clare that he is in favor of foistinc the
gold standard upon this people, or
who is willing to surrender the right
OF self-government and place Legislative
control in the hands of foreign poten-
tates and powers. Cheers
I'VE 60 forth confident that we
shall win. Why? Because upon the
paramount issue in this campaign
there is not a spot of ground upon
which The enemy will dare challenge
battle. Why, if they telt US the gold |
standard is a good thing, we point to
their platform and tell them that their
platform pledges the party to get rid
of the gold standard and bimetallism.
Applause. Ii the gold standard is q
good thing why try to get rid Of it?
Laughter and continued applause. I
migat cab your attention to the fact
that some of the very people who are
in this convention to-day, and wnc de-
clare that we ought to declare in favor
of international bimetallism, and there
by declare the gold standard wrong
and the principle of bimetallism bet
ter, these very people four months
ago were open and avowed advocates
Of the gold standard. and telling us
that we could not legislate the two
metals together, even with all the
world. Renewed applause and cheers. I
| want to suggest this truth, if the |
gold standard is a good thing We !
ought to declare in favor of it's retan-
ton, not in favor of abandoning it,
and if the gold standard is q Lad
hing, why should we wait until some
other nations are willing to help 10 let
90? Applause. Here is the line of kat
nc. We care not upon which issue
hey icrce the fight. We are prepared
% meet them on either issue, ono or
both. Ii they tell us the gold stand.
ard is the standard of civilization. We
'eply that this, the most enlightened
II all the nations OF the earth, has
lever declared for the gold standard,
md both parties this year are declar-
ng against it. Applause. If tho
'old standard is the standard of Grill
alton, why, my friends, should we
lot have it? SO, if they come to r>eet
IS on that we can present the history
If our nation. More than that, we
an tell them this, that they will
earch the pages of history in vaia to
ind single instance ia which the
ommon people of any land over de- !
Jared themselves in favor OF the gold /
tandard. Applause. They can :nd /
where the holders of fixed Investments t
lave been. Mr. Carlisle said in 1878 t
his was struggle between the die S
olders of Idle capital ard the stryg- i
ling masses who produce the wealth