The sun., 1896-09-13

y s % m % :Soaq s ssy day @ e ,h
sS ss ;Ss nISS nKsp,Ss sY nom
tonight TO ofIiciaily and formally notify ther
of the nominations whici, were conferrcd upo
"i shall not. my frieDcs. on this octaslo
undertake. 70 discuss the causes which led I
Ing that future genera Soss shall jnds
eSSSn,rS o mnSc nGt ,sApplSu The MddTe;se
guished orators. and the re.ponso' that will b,
made By tho candidates. VIII occupy a suiiicion
you any longer than TO simply sNy that the Ma
tionnl Committee. after having accomplished
81 was right, submitted its action 10 the hiRhesi
Democratic authority IN this country. and
swCT to their Invitation. from Visiting he'd
Democrats which will now read"
Francis and Lamont and these w vre esei received
enthnssiasticailya s and tho tumult did not subsde
frey. Il was va % dramatic aS ineGent ''o'''0f '
Senator Cnffery's speech of notification was
the " e hed his mamSr sn
In his hand and fiourished 1t and ut times con-
When he spoke OF the man who captured tho
Convention with " metaphor, some one in the
audience called out dorIsiyely, And stole y at
Palmer by name, the old soldier rose and faced
the house.
Senator CafTery's peroration was spoken with
standard Of the party which had waved over
ever have the support OF the soldiers who wore
the audience a'I
rose then while tho band played tho Star
Spangcd Banner"
cAFFERy's SPEECH TO PALMER.
Senator Cafrery said:
GEN. PALMEi: am charged with the pleas-
ant duty of notifying you. on behalf Of the Ma
nee and cand idate for President OF the United
states. Under ordinary circumstances no
which led up to Your nomination would be Sp
prorriate, bnt the Democratic party is no longer
the wedge that has separated Il in . twain. ma A
comparison OF the platforms adopted at Chicago
ana at Indianapolis dtscloses tho reasons for
,"You. sir stand on a platform ndhering to
mocracy. 1t declares in unequivocal terms for
tariff for revenue only: the gold standard.
et OF om the sanpn
business with safe and elastic currency. under
sd o Ss
and integrity OF the Supreme Court; individual
snd 5fst n~ the
No uncertain sound comes from indanap-
oils; Ghiear distinct. T. and emphatic its utter;
the the republic; The Chieago platform is pre-.
nuded OF its Democratic force by dropping the
word , only thus leaving a wide margin
cardinal tenet. You and the public
know the deadly ,thrusts made in tho
Presidents power to suppress riot, affecting
Federal property or authority. and at freedom
attack on the public credit and honor; on tho
present money standard, and of the threat Of
ment 1t is needless to specify Il the I'd Departures ]
from the Democratic doctrine contained in the
senator Caffery then gave a sketch of the
the Of saa repndstc
national obiiEntionr, and strike at the right of
nomnss o II sss
pounds that the free coinage in the United
states ale alone & Sf silver at the ratio Of 1910
it by the dsmonetizaton OF silver by the United
free and unlimited coinage by the United States
alone win raise the bullion value Of silver to ts
coinage value. M and thus make silver bullion
worth worth Sl-29 cents per ounce throughout the
We have here, two propositions which to-
arch. Take away. from gold IN the United
was added to 1t by the tiemonetzntion OF silver
and still the utopia is not realized. With silver
and with gold lowered in the United states
alone, bimetallism is further of than ever AS |
for the last twentysthree " years @ - stil % Exists
in Europe. and will beyond ali question continue
TO exist. = the mighty Nebraskan creator and de.
Id goId dollar In America for one-hundred-ccnt
beVon the n,sa qGes not Ss skend fo!d
out tGs world the gold vslue Of siae per ounce.
What singular medley. There is a line in |
Pope that might assist TO describe the scheme: |
What mighty contests rise from trivial things
Us It possible that our gold ia to be debased
TN inv tfat t,lar.
according to MIR. Bryan. is to be kept at si.a6
This as %aEeG as he
AS MIR. Bryan makes no claim to a world |
M wide halyinE Of gold and confines the power of |
her own borders, lie gives us a two hundred |
cent silver dollar and one hundred cent gold |
gold by half and raising tho worlds silver to |
SID Der ounce. measured in the worlds gold |
Hare is another picnic for tho Rothschids,
tne synGGhtcates. Gh and the orowned heads Of Eu-
gold. since their machinations are rendered ID |
easy easy In the United States by thus demopetzipg |
and Mh as sas sF,ssS sS
have a few ~, battered remnants Of con.
SssHfs Sas S ls soon TRss sns Tsy ss.sss s' nat
the ieFlsiatiys IA! Of ihs United STATES IL
silver dollar they might illuminate thus: we |
ordain and establish that hereafter gold dollar |
sball bo legal tender at 100 cents and silver |
dollar at so cents
Then lot opposing, jurisdio.ion clash. Then
would values rise and fall with the appearances
or disappearance OF tho British lion and the |
American eaglo. IL the old Titanic battles OF |
the Gods upon Olympus were fierce enough to |
shake the earth. how fearfuy would the war of |
giant fiat against giant fiat convulse and rend |
itl
take flight to countriea where legislation adds To
Its value, and our devoted ntry will be turned
over to tho silver standard, which will be as on
pressiye; as crushing. ms grinding as the goid |
standard ever was alleged to be. Silver mono.
metAlism will reign supreme. The mine owner
will rejoice. but the poor people ,wIll find their
dreams rudely broken and their idoatry OF the
silver goddess suddenly disturbed. 0
Tho Mexican peon, the Chinese coolie, the
ranchero of Argentina will rejoice in the DOS
session OF q silver dollar of double its present
purchasing power which eyerywhere through
alchemist, who. ,disregardinE the claim OF His
own people for his benefactions, scatters his
gifts to the silver universe.
Further on, Mr.. Bryan says. A dollar which
increases In purchasing power is as dishonest |
as u dollar which decreases In purchasing