The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
LOVE HIM FOR HIS ENEMIES,
THEY RECEIVE HIM WITH
WAVING FLAGS.
H1s SPEECH WAS LONG ONE,
And 1t Was Largely Devoted to q
Defense of His Acts as Governor
of Illinois.

as the one which collected in and
around New York's historic hall to-
night. At least 10000 persons listened
tc speeches from stands erected on the
outside.
Within, the hall was decorated with
American flags with the pictures of
Bryan and Altgeld above the platform.
Small American flags had been dis
tributed among the audience and when
Mr.. Altgeld made his appearance
the vast audience arose as one man,
waved the flags and cheered for sever
al minutes.
Henry George preceded Mr.. Altgeld
to the platform and he too received
tremendous ovation.
The meeting was held under the au-
spices of the German-American Demo-
cratic association, and it's president,
VIM. F. Grail, called the meeting to
order in German and introduced as
chairman Frederick c. Schaub, the can
didate for lieutenant governor.
Frederick H. Ernst addressed the
meeting in German. While Mr.. Ernst
was speaking, Mrs. Mary e. Lease
made her appearance. She was liberal
ly applauded.
Chairman Schaub produced the fol-
lowing telegram from VIM. J. Bryan,
which was read and applauded:
big Rapids, Mich, Oct. N.-Please deliver
the following message: cordial greeting to
the German-American Democratic association.
Free coinage at Is to without waiting for any
other nation, will furnish sounder cur
rency than is possible under a gold standard,
and will, in the language of Bismarck exert
a most salutary influence in restoring BIZ
metallism throughout the world
Congressman Sulzer made a brief
speech and was followed by Gov. Alt
geld, who was received with a storm
Of cheers and a cry Of 1--WE love you
for the enemies you have made"
Gov. Altgeld's speech was very
lengthy and had been very carefully
prepared. There was $4,000 words Of
it in all and 1t covered exclusively
every proposition involved in the Chi
cago platform. In opening the speaker
said;
Il have come to bring to the patriotic peo-
pie Of New York and of the East the greet
Ing Of the great Mississippi valley; Of that
States that has always rallied to the support
Of the American flag in times Of danger, and
that supports and maintains our institutions
In times Of peace Those great toiling and
producing masses who make our civilization
possible feel that their destiny is linked with
that Of the sons of liberty who inhabit the
East. We are unwilling to believe out in the
West that patriotism has died east Of the
Alleghanies and that Mammon Is the only god
1T whose shrine Eastern people bow. We are
unwilling to believe that the few men in your
large cities who use government con-
venience to make fortunes; who use our re-
public a mere foraging ground to anass
wealth; who cringe to European aristocracy
and who wave the American flag with one
hand while robbing the public with the other,
represent the sentiment of that section of the
country that was the cradle Of American lib
erty. We do not believe that because you
have In your midst men who value the privi-
lege Of taking breakfast with the Prince Of
Wales more than they do the blessings of free
government; that because you have In your
midst men who are ready to undermine and
to overthrow republican institutions in our
land in order to gain a temporary personal
advantage for themselves, that therefore the
fires Of liberty which for more than century
burned upon your hilEtops and illumined the
world are extinct. We believe that the hearts
OF a majority Of your people are loyal to the
institutions of the fathers and that they
beat in unison with the hearts Of the great
people Of the South and West who believe
that the time has not come for converting
this republic into an oligarchy.'
Continuing, he said:
"At present there is in addition to the
gold standard a quartette of blighting sisters
in our land respectively called:
Federal interference in local affairs
Government by Injunction
'Usurpation by the United States supreme
court, and fourth, corruption
All TOUR are cl0JneQ IN pnar1sa0fSm ana
pretense, and all recognize the gold standard
as their natural or foster mother. We be-
leve that these blighting sisters whose smile
beams paralysis and whose embrace means
death, have more admirers among your
people than they have among ours.
This campaign is to decide, not only
whether we shall perpetuate the experiment
of this English financial system but also
whether we shall permanently adopt these
four sisters into our household and make
them the ruling members of our family"
THE GOLD STANDARD.
He attacked first the gold standard,
saying in part:
The mask has been torn from the gold
standard. Our people are beginning to I'M
derstand the attempt to introduce it through
out the commercial world is a disastrous
experiment; that down to 1873 the world used
not only all the gold and all the silver as
money, but SO great was the worlds bust
ness that every dollar loaded with TWEEN
ty times as much credit; that all the great
achievements of mankind were accomplished
under the bimetallic system; that under
this system everything that makes the civ
ilzation of this century was done, and that
since the Introduction of the universal gold
standard the wheels of progress have stood
still. Our people are beginning to understand
that formerly there was added every year
to the worlds stock of money nearly all
of the gold and silver that was mined which
in measure kept pace with the increase
of population, but that since 1873 only the
gold has been added that Is only one-hah
as much has been added each year as there
formerly was. while the population has in
creased more rapidly than ever, and that this
fact alone must produce a continuous fall in
prices. Our people are beginning to under
stand that making money scarce makes dear
money; that dear money means low prices
for property, for the products of the earth
and for the products of labor.
They further understand that as taxes and
debts were not reduced. low prices have de-
stroyed the purchasing power Of the farming
and purchasing classes, that they can no
longer buy the products Of the factory and the
mill as they formerly did. IN consequence Of
which the factory and the mill had to par
TALLY or wholly shut down, thus In turn de-
stroyfng the purchasing power Of the laborer
and that In this manner the gold standard
has spread paralysis not only over America,
but over Europe and the civilized world.
Our people understand that when the gov
ernments of the earth forced the world on
onto the low gold standard prices, they prac
tically doubled the burden OF all debtors. and
that strange It may seem none OF the
Pharisees who now cry aloud against max
debtor e pooi
They understand that the bullion In one
OF the so-called hfty-cent doliars"-treated
erased-has substantially the same PURCHASING
power and will buy as much properly as
mueh on me products OF the earth and OF Ia
Dor as had or did any Of the dollars which
the Enghshmen gave US for our bonds. They
understand that the gold dollar has baenn
forced up to where It will buy twice as
mucn property and products as Il formerly
oio; that the governments by destroying sil
yer reduced the worlds supply of money
and by making gold alone do the worlds
work they Increased the demand of II Tins
interfering with the law Of supply and de-
mand and that as soon as this legislation Is
wiped out gold will of necessity come down
70 It's former position. Our people understand
and restore prosperity 10 the world nnti1
IN me purchasing power. of the farming and
me great producing classes Of the earth is
restored ana that this can only be done by