Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

made great, he asked, how could they
expect pity from the nations from which
they had wrested uu empire' He as
serted that his opponents were preach
ing the gospel Of despair, that they were
asking the people TO continue a policy
from which there was no hope, not
promise, not prospect. lie added that
the country was bat on the Threshold
of period of depression which was in
definite in duration 1.-THE gold standard
were to be continued What, then, will
be the result when all the nations de-
mand goldi
You say you are not concerned in
what others do. Let me beg of you 10
beware of subjecling the interests of the
greatest nation on earth to gold stand
and until you are prepared to accept the
legitimate and natural results of such
an act. Ifgreed and avarice can blind
the judgment or stiie the conscience of
seventy millions of people in the United
States, do you not know that when his
policy is consummated here the same
influences will be turned toward other
silver using countries. If they can
drive silver out here, what nation can
withstand its inAuences' Wait until
these Influences, wait until these
heartless, mercless Influences have |
driven silver from here and they |
will turn to other nations Wait until |
fhau hot dett - J
two hundred and fifty millions of people
reach out after their share of the worlds
supply of gold. Wait until they have
driven silver from China and three
hundred and fifty millions of people
reach out after their share of the worlds
supply of gold wait until they have
driven Japan to the gold standard, and
Mexico and south America, and then
YOU will put gold on an auction block
and every toier under the sun will bow
to it and work little harder and get
title less of the yellow metal. And at ,
whose bidding do you destroy silver9 ;
At the bidding of the farmers of the
vorld' The farmers have never asked 9
or the crucihXion of silver. >
"At the bidding of the laborers of the
vorlds The laborers of the world have 4
ever demanded the death of the white :,
METAL Who has demanded it? "a
dice; wall street, The money =
hangers whom the Savoir drove out of
ne temple. Go to the great money :,
enters, where a few men can corner
he worlds gold, and let it out for a
tile while to the nation that will pay .,
he highest price for it. Go to the large !.
olders of fixed investments who find
lat their property raises as stagnation !,
I'd distress prevails throughout the !,
orld. They appeal to the laboring =.
en- to help them fasten this standard
BON the country. My friends, you
I'VE the right to ask them, when they "a
II you that they are laboring for the -
neiit of the laboring men-you have .
e right to ask them to produce some :,
oof of the statement that they feel an
crest in those who toll. When did 'i'
csc Sauls of Tarsus become converted ei'
ministers of our religion When did ia
sse men who stoned the prophet turn Jus
'und and say peace on earth and good
Il toward menu You have a right to oi'
isider the manner and words of those I'm
o come to preach the gold standard ,"e
sc defenders who raise themselves 10 ~,
full height of their moral stature
say; Shall we allow the poor, ig-
ant, incompetent people to ruin ne-
mselves?" ou'
understood that so dol
y want votes of employees go to the W
oloyers and arrange for the delivery. f0'
nd cries of Mark Hanna, Mark N0'
ma and Kisses. My friends, when NN''
want votes for the Chicago ticket, 0"
go to the sovereigns themselves, who
the only owners of their votes. If
employees of the railroads want to
for the Chicago ticket, those who
NV iis"' is I
Oi.''' al" u"oer the Aus brut
Ian ballot they cannot prevent it. I.,t
to feel that | have behind me 20 -
'rity of the American people who -, >,
''9 "'9 ~,i'e put IN iorce punt
: word of the Chicago platform if rri,,,
: is power in the government to do e,cts
Peep
riends, they call us anarchists. No
who owns property that he came
'nestiy need fear that a hair upon Ne'
cad will be disturbed. And as the Ne