The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-29

YOU vi your citizenship. should ne made
to feel the penalty by an injured people.
tApplause) | know that it is not polite
to say anything of these iinanciers who
think so we'll of themselves. daughter
But, hiy friends, if they do not want hard
things said of them, let them be Just and
cease to be despots. (Applause)
want you business men between now
anu election day to think over this promo.
sltion. If the gold standard is good why
90 those who advocate it resort to decep-
ton? Do you have to resort to deception
when you are selling something of good
quality? Do you have to resort to decep.
ton when you are selling something that
has merit? Merity Not ut all. You
present the merits of that thing, if il has
merits, and when you see man resort.
ing to deception il is a confession that
the thing which he is advocating has not
the merit to go upon its own strength
(Applause and checrs.)
II say to you that the platform
adopted this way is n fraud, applause
say that 1t was intended as Il fraud. IAN.
plausc,) that the men who wrote it, wrote
1t to deceive the people and TO secure an
advantage by deception that they could
not obtain in an omen fight. applause
Another thing, if IL man comes to YOU
with business proposition you expect
nm tn be able to point out to you the al.
vantagcs of the plan. You ask him the
details and if he tells You that he does not
know Just how it is going to work YOU do
not have any confidence in his plan. If
he tells You that his plan has great mcr-
its, but that lie is not going to tell Won
anything about them until YOU invest your
money III the plan you will not pay at,
tention And yet they don't want ven To
understand in this campaign that the
Republican party has not elaborated any
financial policy. 1t is opposing, not pro-
posing anything. If the Republican par.
ty knows what is best why does not il tell
the American people? Ii the Republican
party has plan which will relieve us
from our present financial conditions
why does not the Republican party sub
mt that plan to the American people for
their verdict, and if they have no plan
what presumption it is for them To ask
you to trust them first and let them find
out afterwards. Great applause and
cheering.)
II want you to note this proposition.
When we talk about wanting more
money, why they tell YOU that there is
money enough in the country; plenty of
money i'll the country. The moment Won
begin to argue that there should be more
they will silence you by pointing to the
amount of money in the banks awaiting
10 be loaned and then you say, all right.
II we have enough money in this country
now, let us have II financial system of our
own, and they say: 'Oh, no, no: can't
do that, because if you do that then we
cannot borrow from abroad daughter
and cheers.) Why do we want to borrow
If we have enough? prolonged cheering
Now, my friends, there are the two prop
them.
The Republican platform pledges tn,
Republican party to use every effort tc
promote international bimetalism How
Is II going to promote it? BY making IL
profitable for foreign credit How are
they going to promote international hi
metallism? BY making it profitable for
foreign finnnciers To refuse our petitionsp
| promise you To promote international hi
mctallism and promise tod it inamore
sensible way than 10y making it pronta.
bic TO refuse our petitions. You ask me
what out plan is. will tell you. You
nave SAID To foreign creditors that if they
VIII object to bimctallism that we viii
join with them in making their MORTGAGES
more valuable and their notes more val.
liable and their dollars buy more. pro-
pose to take United States bullion TO the
mints of the United States and open them
To the free and unlimited coinage of silver
on equal terms with gold Mt the present
ratio and the money coined shall be alike
legal tender for all debts private and pub
lie. (Applause.) And then propose that
we shall say to our foreign creditors that
we intend to pay our coin obligations in
either gold or silver. (Applause.) pro
pose that we shall say to them: Gentle
men, If you conspre TO make that silver
dollar worth less than the gold dollar we
shall pay you in that silver dollar Great
applause ana checrs.) You say that is
repudiationf | deny it. They bought
our bonds only Il short time ago and they
made Il difference between coin bonds and
gold bonds, charging for the risk they
took, and now let them have the risk they
were paid for. You say you have RIGHT
to charge us more because of the risk they
took; and then we haven't the right to eX-
erclsc the option which they calculated
on. All, my friends, that idea comes sim
ply from those who think that ali society
should he careful TO guard the rights of
the creditor and neglect every right that
debtor has Cheers notice that
some of our cities are very much excited
because the Chicago platform says that
we pledge our services To secure such leg.
islatIOn rs will for the future prevent con.
tracts for particular kind OF money.
Why, they say that We are not going TO
let people contract. We are not going to
let them make contracts that are against
public policy; we do not intend that they
shall demonetzc by private contract what
this government makes money 10y univer-
sal law Great checring) lou say that
we have no right To interfere with private
contracts ask one of you to enter into
Il contract to collect twenty npr cant in