The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-10

% questioa q ~ Enc va,ns ~ the cur
Isnsy Which t1ey had 20 S12rsy their
Hss,as sAp2.assse.,
immortal hero Of Apoonafsox. vino fought
Y TIE ssnss var ard for sh~ same lag
for wnscn MCKINLEY drew bis sword q ,
a. deAthlesx a. the human Language. new
z! advocated while he lived q financial
possy tass you'd rob TIE widow and the
tory and to DEAN. tAppsans<.l
ISen he says wages haye gone down
zen did tEsy 90 dawn. under Cleveland
son. An. no my friends. i hold in mr.
hand tire famous Aidrsch senate report.
Trts report shows THAI the wages of
ssory os aDs sns rsss iso , e s me
|. Moan left the ark as under tire adn1snis-
tratson OF BENJAMIN Harrison. fAppIarss
Ioa czn.k deny thls authority. because Il
was signed by Senator Jones. OF Nevada.
the great frss silver leader, And this ad-
vance IN wages was greater whether
measured ~ gold or measured by the ne
eessitles OF life which that gold bought.
YES there has been q fall In wages. my
Trends, hut IL has come 10 us since the
days OF iss2. and under policy which tore
American factory. built up the industries
beyond the sea. and left American labor
acreiess and hungry. tAppszuse) You
buys loo much. ! say that every dollar
ever paid 20 any American woykingmAn
during the thirty years OF Republican ad-
Has si a. sooa s y .oa soa a dollar as q
. dollar which pays for American labor
never buys too much. tAppiause.) They
a draw ss c sannn y s svss 'h. . ssany
holding II up before the eyes Of the Amer
lean farmer. and telling him that IL IL
the gold standard and the crime OF $50
that are aiiing aim Let me tell you what
- wrong with the American farmer and
shop and factory on American soil was
lean sorsinsn asa and " Women A@ aho
day night and spent spent the s greater sA pSr-
of the American farm. The best custom
CIR and consumer the American farmer
has ever had was the American working
robbed the laborer Of his wages. the far
mer OF hts customer. and now they are
running around over the American ma
,lon iysnr to sofh ,s ne farmer End ne
the gold standard. The so-csiled de
monettxation act was passed In 1878. and
took az swensy-shrss years 70, 70 ind a oIs
this nation az exactly the same moment
that We ate the green apple Of free trade.
! know that when you. my fellow country
men. run your idle hands deep down into
your empty pockets searching In vain for
the dollars that used 10 be there, there Is
a cry OF Distress rises to your lips. ana
this country" And agree with You that
there ts something wrong with this coun-
try. but IL Is not the financial headache.
but the Democratic beilyache, from which
this nation is suffering. u.aughter)
A Popslist Injustice.
Now. sir. you have so far beIiftled your
self as 10 abuse and maiigu Senator Sher-
man. Of Ohio. and you. my weil-meanlng
but misguided countrymen, have nEng
Is as false as hell itself. II was the Wis
dom. the patriotism and the statesman
ship OF John sherman that guided the snip
and shoals that beset her In the starless
night Of our own civil war. and he brought
her out al last upon the broad and sun,
lit ocean Of national honor and national
prosperity. The lilies OF nations CRATE
fuf memory viii be white above his hon.
ored grave when the red weed OF human
forzetfnlness has forever obscured from
those who have yliifed and reviied him:
tGreat ap2!ause) You. sir. nave rai!ed
about the crime Of 49,. NO well IN
formed orator on the American platform
today who values his reputation VIII speak
OF the act OF 1913 and tell an American
Au1ience that thai act was passed secre.iy.
The records of the American congress
bear me out when l say that the bin was
pending before the American congress Tor
three years. II was printed sixteen times.
and the debates on the same I'LL 10
ConrrsssIonai Globe. You today are
throwing mp your hats for senator Jones.
or Nevada, and cursing John sherman.
when as 4 matter OF fact. Jones voted for
thtS crime, and Sherman voted against IL.
You declaim wtthou; proof that TINS act
was passed at the behest OF England, VINO
being our creditor nation wanted 10 be
benefited thereby; when, as a matter or
fact. the standard silver dollar when de-
mcneiixef was WORTH i@ cents; Sow ,,a !
great credit for being generous and open,
hearted. but. great God. never suspected
they were SO philanthropic as 10 SPEND
S5oa ooe for fear we would pay the los cents
when We only owed them 100. u-aushter.)
They have. talked to You: as ! said anout
the crime OF 1874" until II nils IN. very
air nv little nephew, at home. started
10 school for the first time a few weeks
ago On Friday night took him on nay
knee and said 10 him; Franz. my oo;.
week And he said: Il have been
learning about the discovery OF America
And said 4; What did YOU learn about
the discovery OF American And he SAID !;
.sIt was discovered by a conspiracy In
iS1s.' tl~aughter)
Al oEe point In my opponents argument
ne stated 10 you that under free coinas Sc
silver would rise 10 si.@s an ounce, and
that every silver dollar then coined would
be as good as gold. The next inmate he
ea "A that The present dollar was too dear
and that free silver wouli give you q
dollar that was cheap. The author OF
this argument Is u1aFstfeSsly 50 cFooksa
tl>as ne can't walk Ground the block with
or meeting hin,zels on the opposite side,
tLaughsers A lahorinS man said TO Hse
on your streets today. II perform a cor
lars worth OF ianor and only get ~ cents
worth of silver therefor. ] don't see now
am 30 get the other IL GEMS. We'll.
now my friends. that Is easy enough eS-
planned On every one of Billy sryan
new silver dollars. Trey are gong 20 naF"
slammed In God We Trust. and when
The iaberfnx man performs Dollar
worth OF labor he viii get - cents IN sill
yer and he will trust IN God Tor the oiasF
Il eenta daughter and arPaa1iscD IN
raxe or every Washington home or farm
nd In IL a gold clause. and that tho si-
irene court Of the United states hss ds-
..loex that such clause can be sniofced.
either IN The kind 90 money specified or us
,es,,ifxaIe-sf ia waite. That this has beer
en- decided has been denied by nay opponent
,NesItenala When | think that the man
WHO hss the profound Ignorance and the
sublime gall TO make THIS stSsetiai> =
the man whom many az Won are sapg1ft,,
ina To- suaprsar judge. | AN narasN Bed
villa sympathy for yoa. tLaugatere dss
oos expect 10 meet on any stump man
al ignorant OF THIS decision. anu hence
rave ret tha volume With ME. I ana no.
a gambling usaa. bat taking his sold
oafrA from ssss pocket. together with
small rxsf az niilsl hay on this tsoSe my
Ssla xafcs and all the money Rave Win
,re "a a wager that sais decision - as
have quoted ~: and dare aim or any alsa
al ~ Ma followers in This ha1 10 cover
va. N@t t2epah,afcan cheers.l a stand
hare A4iy waiting 10 seems % ne. my
sr4ef4fx that l am Ia the same fa%tioa
- /. srA&s many men In these days. wRss
a. asyersn.s great odds on Mc&taiey and