Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
and gold amounts to nothing.

and gold amounts to nothing.
Most all these objections have been dis
continued by the ablest advocate of the
gold standard, and are no longer used
tney nave quit argument and are resort
ing to abuse and denunciaton.
God gave man mind to think and II ia
mighty poor sort of man who will not
think for himself, but swallows whole
what some little smart Alex may tell him,
though interested on the other side. Such
are
Like the Constable's Wife.
Mr.. Constable said: "Wife, | was cleo
ted constable today" What will | be-
Mrs. Constable?'' No" ne said, You
will be the same old fool you have al
ways BEEN" -
Every man should study this great
financial question for himself He owes
1T to himself, his family his fellow citi-
zens and his country and to the great
democratic party that holds to the theory
that the people are intelligent and patri-
otto and capable of self-government.
There are some men who, either on ac-
count of their conceit or from want of
time, will not study the question. They
Will read nothing on the subject except
the papers owned by those interested in
maintaining the existing state of things
or literature sent out by that class of
people.
1t was men of this sort-over cautious,
too conservative, always opposed to any
change-who attempted to frown down
all efforts on the part of this country in
1776 to establish am Independent govern
ment.
But those who passed resolutions con-
demning patriots for wanting to fight
for this country's freedom We're foremost
when it had been won--to rejoice And
those who are today fighting against our
declaring our financial independence will
be the first to rejoice when the fact is
accomplished.
During the Worlds fair at Chicago
thousands looked on a celebrated picture
on the magic walls of the fine arts build
ing-"Ths Spirit of 1776'-representing
our forefathers marching from their dear
ones to fight the British.
Today we are marching against the
British ideas of government and finance,
and our mothers and wives and sweet
hearts are bidding us Godspeed
The spirit of 76 is abroad in the land.
Money Shall Not Rule.
The theories of government held by
Mark Hanna end his followers will never
prevail in this country of free institu-
tons. He has thrown aside the mask
worn by the sly old republicans of the
past. and boldly says that money shall
rule.
There can be but one result The peo-
pie will decide that they will rule; that
this government Is powerful enough to
establish the financial plan admittedly
most beneficial to the people; that the
rule of the syndicates shall be a thing of
the past, and that gold and silver, the
honest money OF the constitutions shall
be restored, and none of the evils pre-
dicted and irdustriously circulated by
those interested in perpetuatng the ex-
listing state of things will come true.
In ancient Egypt around a certain idol
clustered the superstition that If it was
molested the sun would go out, the moon
disappear from the heavens and the Nile
run with blood.
A young man, however, Of majestic
stature, massive head. noble counte-
nance. the fire of intelligence flaming
from his eyes not imbued with supersti-
| ton, shook the idol from it's pedestal and
| it fell to the ground mighty mass of
| crumbling powder.
The Hand OF Providence in the Nomination
of Bryan.
The people were Mortified, expecting to
realize all the evils that had been pre-
dicted. But the sun shone on in all its
magnificent splendor, the moon continued
to light up the Egyptian heavens and the
blue waters Of the Nile continued to glide
eacefully on to the sea.
In 1896 the people of the United States
will overthrow the idol of a stronger CEN
traliZed government, attempted to be set
up on the ruins of the states, through
the gold standard and currency contrac-
ton, by those who would rule instead Of
the people.
I believe the hand of Providence is
guiding the destinies of the republic. |
believe the hand of Providence was mani
tested in the nomination of w. j. Bryan.
Unmindful of self thinking only of the
great cause of the people. which he was
pleading, he seemed, while making his
great speech at Chicago like one in
spired.
When his concluding words OF defiance
of the money power rang cut into every
corner of the great Coliseum a scene was
enacted which no man can describe. The
vast multitude rose to their feet and
midst the waving of handkerchefs. flags
and the throwing of hats and umbrellas
in the air, midst music and laundering
applause, which shook the great building,
he was borne on the shoulders of strong
men from the platform to his delegation.
Then state after state. bearing aloft
| their banners, with name of the state in
scribed thereon, gathered around Me-
braska's standard. labama's was there
| among the first. Then | saw the noble
| Daniels, limping he came. bear the
| Virginia banner to Bryan.
Others quickly followed. and when the
demonstration was over, which had last
ed more than an hour. all realized that
Providence had given MS in this great
struggle for honest money and the resto-
ration of the rule of the people. a great
leader, whom history will record as the
greatest American of his dag and genera
ton. God grant that he may be victori-
Gus.