The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28


newly.convcrted apostle OF tf.- nov
tdea. Brother Lentz7 tProionesd 40,
Pnuse.l There 10 another ohIcctior,
Oia you ever stop TO study the person.
nel o. the convention that nornlnatet
tionrD s'asei,'
DO not know how many conyen,
sions no has been nominated by. FIraI
ne was nominated by the Dan0cratis
convention At Chicago Then re wa,
negginetea py the Popuiistic convention
q -. Louis. Then he was nonilnatsd II,
the silver convention at 81. Louis: Az
men ne was nominated by the Nati6naI
convention, or Endorsed, or somethino
q mat sort. But. however II may BE-
E. HEyen was nominated by both ire
sHvcrAuo ana Popuiistie conventions
ana they will represent the great mar
o. the lew people who support him NJ
me goi4. tGreat cheering and laughter.
VINO were the prominent actorM n,
tnoee conventional Who were the mer,
Ngefe representing constituencies ana
Sng 70 nave new light about
nnhnceaf Who were the profound com
aututIonaI lawyers and the wise imam
GERS q these bodies? I want 10 read
you Few OF their names that thought
Or To-Day as came up here. And want
20 tet you that proposition, without
aas rrinh 70 olsperaEe those people at
Al that comes from them, to affect me.
y not going TO meet with my approval.
nor with yours, think, until We hear
what other people think about IL af,y-
now. tCheerfpg1 Wen there was Gov
ssner Ailgeia great laughter and cries
man trenewod iaushter.j And along
with them rs the next chief actor ON
mat side OF the convention was this
man, who, when last heard from. was
shreaiening TO blow the livers and
lights" out of the Federal troops IN
Cleveland should send them into Texas
as ne had sent them into Chicago 10
suppress the riots there. refer 10 Cow
ernor Hogg. Continued applause ana
laughter.l Aitgeld, Tlilman and HoEgi
thenewed applause and laughterl
AND then. when the Popuiists ASSEM-
PED the chief instrumentalltics for good
tnere were Cyclone" Davis from sui
phur Springs. Tex. Iong continued
laughter) He made at least three
speeches at every session of the CON.
yshuon. and ne was ably seconded by
stump Ashley and "I3uffalo" Jones
ana "Commonwealn Coxey, and last hut
not least. Mary Ellen Lease. Iong
continued applause and launhter,1
There you have II. Senator Hill OF New
iotk. governor Russell of Massachu-
sets and men of that character. men
OF that ability. men OF that record, mon
OF their belief tried in that conyention
10 keep y from making the fatal mis-
take IL did make. but all In vain. The
votes, II not the brains OF that conyens
ZION, belonged to the Cyclone Davises
ana the Buffalo Joneses and the Mary
Ihen leases tProlonged cheering and
Now, my fellow-citizens. would
rather take the judgment Of John Sher-
man on financial proposition than the |
Judgment OF Mary Ellen Lease. Great
applause and laughter.) world rather.
81 = profound constitutional or finan-
cial question follow the leadership of
BENJAMIN Harrison than that of "Pitch-
fork Tillman. Continued laughter and
applause) would rather trust Gov
ernor Bushnell than Governor Hogg
tcheerinsl, no matter how fat he may
be. CONTINUED cheering.) And would
rather follow the leadership OF the gal
lant governor Mckinley uong contin-
ued cheering). with all these great rep
resentatives of sound money, sound
protection, sound patriotism and sound
everything else. supporting people con-
trolling him. (More cheering and APP
plause.l
Now, my fellow-cltlzens. don't you
think, Just on the face of the case that
the issue ought to be decided in our
favor. Continued applause.) Well, /
think 30.
And yet am going to talk with you
about this issue little bit; not very
long. II Is pretty warm here this after
nvUu' NNuiCes US III On. wei, VIII.
You are not done with me yet. ! am
going to talk with you about that issue
for little while. Notwithstanding what
has been 30 we'll said by Senator Sher-
man. ] want to talk to you about 1t in
the first place to the end that we may
understand Just what that issue is; and
am a little bit particular about that
because read. day or two ago-and
1t took me day or two TO do 1.-THE
speech made by ''the boy orator OF the
Platte" when he was notified In New
York. 1t occupied eight columns In the
Cincinnati Enquirer. close print. read
every word of II. and when got done
with It I thought knew why he was
called the Boy orator OF the Platte"
Geography tells us that the platte
Is n very peculiar river. They say 1t is
a thousand miles long and only six
inches deep. Nong continued laughter
and cheering.l
As closed the reading of 1t, 1 had
another thought about him. l said.
out loud, mir. Bryan made himself BY
one speech, and now he has unmade
himself by one speech" tApplause)
No man will ever be made president
Of the United States upon that speech,
(Renewed applause)
What is the nature of this case? There
Is a great effort helng made to create
the impression that the Republican par
ty has changed its pasition in regard to
this matter That Is not true. The Re-
publican party has not changed.
tCheering.l II Is more explicit in Its
declarations this year than ever before.
because the circumstances were such as
to require q more explicit declaration;
aut the Republican party has declared
thia year for identically the same things
Il declared for In 1892 know; was
there; helped TO make both platforms.
lApplause.) Senator Teller was there.
100, both times. He came. In 1882, before
he committee on resolutions, demand
ing that we insert in our platform a
declaration for free silver. We said
NO" We said, THE Republican party
believes In bimetallism. In the sense
that both gold and silver shall he used
as standard money, and In favor of an
International monetary conference to
bring that about, but tine Republican
party does not believe In single silver
standard monOmetallism. and we arc,
therefore, against Your free silver prop
,sition." Applause. We refused to give
him his declaration. He did not expect
10 get 1t when he asked for II, and he
was not surprised when we refused Il.
know he was not. because he told me
ae was not.
Four years passed. was again on
that committee. So was he. We az
sembled to prepare q plank upon the
financial. as upon every other question.
He came before US with another de-
mand for free silver. We answered him
10 1886 as we had answered him In
1882. hut Senator Teller said. Unless
you give me what ask, free silver, /