The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-10-10

the unit u stand on both metals" II
was during the administration OF Wash
Mgten that the great secretary of the
nnn the use of either Of the two metals
as none is to abridge the quantity of the
CIRCULATING medium and IS liable to all ths
corrections that arise from a comparison
OF the benefits Of a full with the evils of .
scant c~,rculat.on.' Have we in the advo-
caey OF b,metali:sm departed from demo-
crtlc teaehsnss, from the democratic faith
been the declarations of the great con-
Nent;ons which. We're alone authorized to
SPEAK for the party. In the national con-
was placed in nomination for the pres..
dehcy, the platform declared for honest
money--.cons.St;ng of gold and silver. and
full party vote was pol.ed IN favor OF
both candidate and platform IN that mem.
orab.e contest.
-Four years later IN the Chicago conven-
t;on-and 1t seems to me there IS some
ting m the words Chicago convention"
aiWags susgest.fe of victory, Mr.. Cleve-
iana was nominated and subsequently
elected upon the declaration, we believe
IN honest money, the gold and silver com
age OF the constitution and the circulating
med-uin. conVsrtsble .nto such money With
out .oss.' These words constituted no
un.mPortant part of the platform upon
WINCH the chosen standard bearers, C,eve-
land and Hendricks. were tr.umpnanly
elected. As a membe of that convention T
gave my cheerful assent to that declar-
alton. I considered It then, as I do now. n
cardinal tenet of democratic faith.
The vice. president proceeded to. dwell
upon the financial issues at considerable
length, and concluded IN these words:
am firmly persuaded that IN this great
contest we are n the right; that the cause
PIE. The sun in all his course shines upon
no country. upon no government. the equal
OF ours. 1t should be IN the largest sense
the land of plenty.
We turn To the praat bfstor,o n,ct,,
whose lie s measured by that of the re-
public: the party which came IN with JEFF
ferson and which for sixty years controlled
the destiny Of the nation; The party which
in all periods of our history has been the
bulwark of the constitution, and the faith
~! guardian Of the rights of all the people;
the party which knows no privileged class
es. but demands equal and exact justice
for all: the party which in the early morn
ing and the noon of this century, glor,fied
n The leadership of Jackson and Of Doug
las, the champions of the honest money OF
the constitution. and the u%ndaunted foes OF
SPECIAL privileges and of all unjust tax
alton.
| am drmly persuaded that IN the pres
ent contest the interests of all the peop.e
are bound up IN the success of the demo-
crae;e parry, whose GREGG upon the pending
founders of our government. Now, as IN
the struggles of the past, its appeal IS to
the Judgment, the patriotism, tls4 sense of
justice Of the American people Its cam
quent statesman whose words have
cheered the respondent, gwen hope and In
sp,ratson to his countrymen, and whose
Inauguration VIII be the earnest OF better
days to the republic.
At the conclusion of Vice President
~Stevenson's address, Governor Stone
marched down the aisle to the speakers
platform, leaning on the arm of ex-Gov-
ernor Fishback of Arkansas. The con-
vention threw their hats in the air,
while the band played Dixie" Gov
ernor Stone, in a few appropriate words.
welcomed the delegates to Missouri.
Then three cheers were proposed for
Altgeld of Illinois. These were accord.
ed a hearty response.