The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-23
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the craze Is dying out l care not what
they call the silver cause. You may apply
to 1t such epithets as you will, but know
that the silver cause will not die, because
truth never dies
"our cause appeals to the masses OF the
people because the masses are interested
In equal laws. Our cause is opposed by
those who want to use our government
for profit because we arc opposed to gov
ernlnent Instituted for any such purposes
Your city Is called Philadelphia, the City
of Brotherly Love. come to proclaim to
you tho gospel that Is described by tho
name Of your own city, and yet you say
you will glyo a hundred thousand ma
jority against that doctrine l come to
proclaim financial independence in city
which saw the Declaration of Independ-
ence ISL gned moro than hundred years ago
"The issue which is raised now was
raised before. There were people then
who said that we could not obtain indie
pendence unless some foreign nation
wonla! help ms; There are those who say
It tdiuy, and thosY who say 1t today stand
in the same position as those who said 1T
then The people who hundred years
ago declared In favor of foreign supremacy
were the people who had business deal
ings and acted as the agents OF the
people who employ them over there.
You have no banks in this city today
which are not controlled by the in
fiuence of London, and have no more re-
spect for the American who takes HIS
patriotism from Lombard street than l
have for the Tory who took his patriotism
hf,D nd
"One of your papers said that l lacked
dignity. My friends, have been looking
into the matter, and do you know that
would rather have 1t said that lacked
dignity than to have it said that lacked
backbone to meet the enemies of this gov
crnment who consPire against this ma
tons welfare in Wall street believe
that Il nun ought TO be digniiled enough,
not too digni!ted and not lacking in dig
nifty. Now, it might be more digniiiea II
/ would stay at homo and have people
come TO 500 me. Buty know that said
WASH going to promise 10 give anybody
IN office, and therefore great many pco'
pie who might come to see candidate
under some circumstances would not como
to see me at all. And then, all our people
don't have money to throw at the birds.
Why, our people want more money, ana
If they could come all the way TO Nebraska
to sec me il would show that they had
money enough now.
~ don't like to he lacking in any of the
essentials, but do you know l can't see
that there's any lack of dignity shown it
/ go before the people md talk to them
and tell them what | stand for and what
r., huy I
for votes. Not nt all. ] mover asked
man to vote for me- In fnct, have told
some people to vote against mo; that Is
more than most candidates do. l have
said that II there was anybody who bo-
leyed in the maintenance of the gold
standard until foreign nations came to us
and graciously permitted us to abandon
1t, not TO vote for Ine at all.
"There is ono party-ro, it is not party
it claims to be u pArty-which puts up
one ticket In order to elect another. am
moro digniilcd--I AIN too digniflch to ad-
vocnte ono thing when l mean to do an
other thing. lam too digniiad to nomi.
nate one ticket for tho purpose Of voting
for another ticket. lam too digniticd to
practice deception upon the AmeEican
people
"The Republican party adopted ut st.
Louis platform which does not say that
tho gold standard Is n good thing, You
have heard those goldbugs. l do not use
the word guldbug in IN offensive sense.
use the word in that same kindly spirit i'll
which the goldbugs use the word lunatic
when they speak of lue. The goldbugs
toll US that gold is the money of civiliza-
ton. Isn't IL stra nge that the Republican
party dc, not find that ont in ST. Louis.
Their platform plcdsus the Republican
party to get rid OF the gold standard The
Republican party pledges to substitute Il
double standard for tho single standard.
Tho Republican party admits that bi-
metnllism Is better than monometnllism
that double standard is better thun q
single standard.
"1ho Republican party admits that tho
gold standard Is bad, because If it is not
bad they ought not to try to get rid Of It,
and they affirm that although bad tho
American people must suffer from that
bad thing. How long shall we maintain
1t? Forever, if foreign nations insist on
us doing SO. That Is what that platform
means, and the candidate for president, in
his lotter of acceptance, states that untn
foreign nations join us W. are helpless.
NV friends, want you to meet this issue.
said in the beginning that the Rcpubli-
cun party assailel the right of the Ameri-
can people to govern themselves on tho
money question repeat It, Their plat
form transfers legislative power from you
across the ocean.
Now let Inc give you my Interpretation
of the Republican platform. l believe tho
| men who wrote it did not want bimetul-
| lism. believe that the men who wrote 1t
|. wanted the gold standard permanently,
but did not dare to tell tho American peo-
pie what they wanted. | believe they
| adopted that platform in order to hold
| the people who wanted tho gold standard
and If possible to concillnto the people
who did not want the gold standard. In
| other words believe that platform was
| intended to deceive the voters of the
United States,
"The Democratic party never declared
! for gold standard, and no man In office
ever agitated n gold standard aftor he was
elected until he betrayed the people who
| elected him. deny the right of any pub.
| lilo servant to secure office upon plat
| form and then abandon the platform.
| w nen Anu biltSV my CoilSCleilcc VIII Hou
| permit me to carry out the platform on
| which was elected l will resign and let
| some other man have the office. stand
here not only as the regular nominee of
the Democratic party, but l stand here
representing the principles that have been
| Democratic from the time there was q
| Democratic party.
| "Thomas Jefferson says that people
called him q maninc. They call us luna
tios. Why did they call him maniacP
Because ho said that bank issues were
more dangerous than standing armies.
The greatest fight Andrew jackson ever
had was against tho national banks Of his
day, and yet those who would turn over
the issue OF paper money to the national
banks take his name in vain and bring
disgrace upon his memory by speaking
his name upon their tongues. There is
| not an influence that tried to defeat Jack
son that Is not today arrayed against tho
Democratic ticket"
| The remainder of Mr. Bryan's speech
was devoted mainly to a discussion of the
recent bond issues, In which the syndi.
Gates were vigorously denounced.