Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-07-18

advocates of the gold standard and tell
ing us that we could not legislate two
metals together even with all the world.
(Renewed applause and cheering.) /
want to suggest this truth, that IL The
gold standard is gocd thing we ought
to declare in favor OF its retention, and
not In favor of abandoning 1t, a: d il the
gold standard is bad thing, why should
willing to help us let go? (Applause.)
Here is Ii eof battle. We do not care
upon which issue they force the fight.
We are prepared tomeet them on either
issue, or on both II they tell us the gold
standard is the standard Of civilization,
we reply to them that the most enlight-
ened of all nations on earth has never
declared for gold standard. and both
parties this year are declaring against
1t (Applause) If the gold standard is
the standard OF civilization, why, my
friends, should we not have its So, If
they come TO meet us on that, we can
present the history Of our nation More
than that, we can tell them this, that
they will search the pages of history in
vain % find single instance in which |
| the common people of any land have |
ever declared themselves in favor or
gold standard. (Applause9 They can
find where the holders Of fixed invest |
ments have. Mr. Carlisle said, in 1873, |
1t was that struggle between the holders
of idle capital and the struggling
masses who produce the wealth and p "
the taxes of the country,and, my friends
1t is simple question that we shall de
cide--upon which side shall the demo-
cratic party fight3 Upon the side Of
idle holders of idle capital, or upon the
side of the struggling masses'
That is the question that the party
must answer first, and then 1t must be
answered by each individual hereafter.
The sympathies of the democratic party
as prescribed by the platform are on the
side of the struggling masses, who hae.
ever been the foundation of the demo-
critic party. (Applause.) There are
two ideas of government, There are
, those who believe that If you just legis-
, late to make the well-to-do prosperous,
that their prosperity will leak through
on those below. The democratic idea
has been that if you legislate to make
the Masses prosperous their prosperity
! will find its way up and through every
class and rest upon it. (Applause.)
, You come to us and tell us that he
) great cities are In favor of a gold stand
, ard. tell you, the great cities rest
upon these broad and fertile prai-
ries. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms, and your cities
will spring up again as is by magic
But destroy our farms and grass will
grow in streets of every city in this
country. loud applause.) My friends
we shall declare that this nation is able
to legislatc for its own people on every
/ question without waiting for aid or
consent of any other nation on earth.
(Applause). And upon that issue we
expect to carry every single state in
the Union. (Applause). l shall not
SANDER the fair state of Massachusetts
nor the state of New York by saying
that when its citizens are confronted
with the proposition, is this nation able
to attend to its own business-I will not
Islander either one by saying that the
people of those states will declare our
helpless impotency as a nation TO attend
to our owr business. 1t is the issue of
ITO, over again Our ancestors, when
100000, had the courage TO declare
their independence of every nation on
earth shall we, their descendants, when
we have 100000 declare that we are
less independent than our forefathers2
No, my friends, 1t will never be the iudg-
ment of the people. Therefore, we care
not npon what lines the battle is fought.
If they say bimetallism is good, but we
cannot have II until some nation helps
us, VIC reply that instead of having a
gold standard because England has it,
we shall restore bimetallism and then
let England have bimetallism because
the United States has. (Applause.)
"Tf they dare to come out and in the
open defend the gold standard as good
thing, we shall fight the to the utter
most, having behind us the producing
masses of those nations and the world
Having behind us the commercial in.
terests and Iaboring interests and all the
toiling masses we will answer their
demands for gold standard by saying
TO them, you shall not press down upon
the brow of labor this crown of thorns
You shall not cruelty mankind upon the
cross OF gold" Great appause.)
The grocers are busy-not giving
money back, but selling more ScHH..
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