Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-10-16

dollars per year that would be addet
to the burdens OF the people of thi
country. That would be only the in
terest. Simply to satisfy these patri
otto, honest sound money men of th'
East.
Having been Republican all my
life | always liked to go to Repub
lican meetings. always liked to &C
to the county conventions and listen
to the patriotic speeches and heal
them talk. | went to one or two this
year. | find that they are to-day de
pending upon the record of the deac
and they dare not quote single mar
in all the long list of glorious states
men to which they refer-they dare
not quote them upon the tinancia
issues OF the day. They come out here
and tell you OF what grand and glo
rious statesmen they hsd-of Lincoln
Grant, Blaine, Logan, Garfield and al
the rest of them. How many do they
quote on the financial question? Not
one. They are very careful they dc
not say anything about what these
fellows thought about it and they are
perfectly safe in referring to them be.
cause they are all dead. Laughter
They tell of the grand old Republican
party, but l want to tell you that the
Republican party is like potato vines
the best part is under the ground
Laughter.l Let us quote from some
of the illustrious dead:
81 believe gold and silver coin to be
the money OF the constitution. No power
was conferred on Congress to declare
either metal should not be money. Con-
gress has, in nay judgment, no power to
demonetize silver any more than to de-
monetize gold. JAMES G. BLAINE"
| February, 1878.
6" am clearly of opinion that the gold
| and silver, at the rates fixed by Con-
gress, constitute the legal standard OF
values OF this country and that neither
| Congress nor any State has right 10
| establish any other standard or to dis
place this standard. believe gold and
silver to he the money of the Constitu-
| tution."
DANIEL WEBSTER,
December 81, 1886.
Blaine is one of the men to which
| they refer to-day, and if he was here
he would not recognize them. Imag
inc Mark Hanna carrying on a CAM
| paign for such illustrious men as Lin
coin, Blaine and Logan. Why, it is
ridiculous.
Mr.. Foster, during Hsrrison's ad-
ministration, paid coin obligations in
gold. Mr.. Carlisle, the Secretary under
Cleveland's administration, has paid
coin obligations of the government in
gold, contrary to the laws of the United
States. have here circular pub
lished by Mr.. Carlisle. / do not use any
printed matter nor any arguments ex-
| cept from the gold standard side in
support of the question. They furnish
the best silver argument in the coun-
try. Carlisle says. regarding Treasury
notes, land to pay for the same in
Treasury notes redeemable on demand
in coin," that was the act of Congress,
that was the law, and to violate the
act OF Congress is anarchy. Mr.. Fos-
ter violated that law during Harrison's 8
Administration, and Mr.. Carlisle is vi
olating it to-day, and in my opinion
We are living under a reign of anarchy
simply because these men will not
abide by the laws of Congress but do
whatever the moneyed syndicates of
the East demand Of them. Coin obi
cations OF the Government are re-
deemed in gold coin when gold is de-
manded. Why Because some men
90 into the Treasury Department of
the United States and they say to Mr..
Carlisle, 1--WE want gold for them
we have coin obligations, but we want
gold" Mr.. Carlisle should refuse to
violate the laws which he is sworn to
obey. Yes, but they say, "Pay us in
gold, or we will destroy the credit OF
this country" and Mr.. Carlisle pays in
gold. And these are the men who
shout Anarchy" at you-this glori-
Gus set of land-pirates. Applause
Decentralization DONE BY STEALTH.
Now there is one thing to which
want to call your special attention.
Do any of you old gentlemen remember
the party plot formed just prior to the
demonetization of silver Did they
come to any OF you and tell you they
were going to demonetize silver and
ask your consent -? Do you remember
of their having a petition sent to Con-
gress for the demonetization of silver
Was there ever Farmers Alliance
that asked for it? Was it ever brought
TO the attention of the laborers or the
producing classes of this country
Who asked Congress to do it Why
these patriots down there on Wall
street; these presidents of banks
and trusts. And how did they ask it
Did they 60 in broad daylight. with an
open petition to Congress, a petition
that the world might see ? No. They
went secretly, when you did not know
it. They did not want any talk or dis.
cussion about it, because they knew
it was a good thing for them and bad
thing for you.
| SOME SWALLOW IT WITH A GRIMACE
Now there is a certain class of Re-
publicans that say, "Oh we'll, l am as
good silver man as you are." You
perhaps have had them out here say
ing the same thing to you. And that
reminds me Of a story called "The
Rockabore," which is about like this
There was an island in the sea, long
island, very steep on one side. Only
on one side did it have any pasture and
there was drove of swine that used
to pasture on the side of the hill. Now
the Creator was very kind to them,
because he knew they had to Craze on
that steep hillside constantly, 80 he
gave them a long leg on one side and
short one on the other side, so that
they could walk along ON that steep
hill very conveniently. But when
they would 60 down to the other end
OF the island and turn around to feed
back, their long leg was on the wrong
side laughterl. But the Creator
looked after that part of it. He gave
them long neck and all they had to
do when they wanted to return was to
haul in their head and shorten on the
long side and lengthen out on the
other side. [Applause and laughter. ]
Now our gold standard friends de-