Connecticut western news., 1896-10-29
GRAND SILVER RALLY.

ouk lS5uO ol ihSb WCNh Sokho oAA 1e shO Town Hall last Thursday night. Be- fore the meeting there was fine dis play of fire works, including sky rock cts, Roman candles etc. in front of the Town Hall. Before the speaking be- gan, the auditorium was filled to over flowing. On the stage. which was de- corated with two large American flags and many smaller ones, sat Messrs A P. Briggs E. s. Roberts. l.. F. Bronson and W. H. Merrill and the speakers of the evening, Hon. Homer s. Cummings and Hon. W. J. Bohannon.
 Mir A. P Briggs called the meeting to order and introduced Hon. ". J. Bohannon, of Stamford. Mir Bohannon began his speech with an allusion to the plank in the Chicago platform which denounces the arbitrary interfer- ference of the federal executive in local affairs. which he said was an encroach- ment on the rights of local self govern ment of the states. He claimed that the republican and democratic parties were practically in accord on the tariff question, because a tariff sufficient to raise enough revenue would necessarily be protective. The two parties agree on the use of both gold and silver and only differ as to the ability of this gov ernment to maintain bi-metallic cur rency without the help of other nations The Indianapolis platform declares for 8 single gold standard. He denounced the underhanded methods of the gold democrats. He said J. Pierpont Nor gan and other fnanciers undertook to regulate our financial system. Con- gress only has power to do this. He said the appreciation of gold was the curse of this country. The fall in prices of all the staple products had made it many times more difficult to pay debt than when the debt was contracted. It would take much more cotton or bar iron or any other staple to pay the remainder of the national debt than it would to pay the whole debt in 1885, The fall in prices had also made the farms valueless. The price of gold had been raised by the striking down of silver. The speaker eulogized Bryan, comparing hlm to Lincoln. He declared that America ehol h.. any man who says that Amer1ca should be under the domination of any foreign power. Trusts and corporations were denounced. The circular of Receiver Sherwood. permitting the employees of the F. R. X N E. road to decorate stations and engines and distribute literature on Oct. 24 as demonstration in favor of sound money, was severely commented on as an insult to free American citizens.
 When Mir Bahannon had taken his seat A. P. Briggs introduced Hon
 Homer s. Cumm ings, of Stamford, as 8 democrat of the Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson type, as the law part ner of "Sam" Fessenden aud as the democratic candidate for secretary of state of Connecticut. Mir Cummings spoke in substance as follows: I am glad to see such large audience pre- sent. hope many of you are republi- cans. I like to talk to republicans, I was once a sinner myself. I am pleased to see so many ladies present. When the ladies get interested in any thing, somebody is going to hear some thing drop. have so much faith in the righteousness of the cause l advo- cate that will use no words of abuse or vilifcation of honest gentlemen who differ with me. I will leave those weapons for our friends the enemy. We are told that the silver craze is dead. In view of the triumphant march of Bryan across the continent I wonder where Is the corpse. It is charged against us that we are anarchist. re. pudiators of the national debt Thai we would not hesitate at blood shed
 yes I think blood shed IS the word used. If belief in free coinage of sil
 yer makes a man an anarchist, then Me.
 Kinley was an anarchist in 1878; he is reformed anarchist only, land he may
 relapse any day We have the specta cle of Rev Dr Parkhurst and the infdel
 Bob" Ingersoll supporting the same candidates. The republican and demo
 cratic parties both agree that bi-metal
 ism is a good thing. The difference i,
 that the publicans claim that we can
 not have it without the help of England
 and other foreign nations and the demo
 crats say that we can unaided maintain
 the parity of the two metals. WheI
 once you understand the doctrine O.
 prices you understand the whole none, question. Maintain or raise prices snc
 prosperity will be here; lower prices and you have disaster. "Sam" Fessen
 den said that the tin plate industry haG
 so lowered the price of tin that tn,
 laboring man can buy his dinner pail
 But the difficulty now is to get any
 thing to fill the pail with. High price
 are desirable. High prices create
 demand for labor. If prices are rising
 the manufacturer can sell at a profit
 keep his mills going, pay good wage
 and everyone will have plenty of money
 If prices fall, the manufacturer canno
 sell at profit. he closes his mills an,
 the men are out of work. Prices de
 pend upon supply and demand. Th
 demand for goods depends on the powe
 of the people to buy. If none
 is plenty the people hay
 the power to buy. Scarcity c
 money means low prices. Mir Gun
 mings denied that it could be prove
 that there was enough gold to mair