Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-10-03
srOAz IN THE INTEREST OF BRf-
AN AND sEWALL.
brings Mn Array of FhctS OF " MAJ
Democrats DID in Com
Ere~R for silver.

spoke here last night in the interest
OF Bryan and Sewall, saying in conciu-
sion:
There are still some things 10 De
proud OF as democrats. We can appeal
TO the official records Of George ASH
incton Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson, the presidents who approved
the coinage OF gold and silver on equal
terms as full legal tender money. We
can appeal to the fact that the demo
cratic creed never contained an express
sicn OF hostility TO either metal. We can
appeal to the fact that no democrat III
congress or out of congress can be named
who ever 8ntagonized silver before lH6'
when John Sherman took the lead, also
OF u few democrats from states whose
people held large amounts Of government
bonds. We can appeal TO the fact that a
ma iority in the house and senate NAYS
always supported the restoration OF Sli-
yer TO free coinage.
We can appeal TO the fact that demo
Gratis in congress have won Tor silver
larger coinage by 400 per cent than 1t ever
had In the history Of our country we
can appeal to the fact that convention
honestly chosen by honest democrats and
consisting of $40 delegates--Rll in their
places-as honorable and as enlightened
n body as any of equal numbers that ever
met in national convention, voted py
more than two-thirds of their numbers
for our platform and our nominee.
We can appeal 10 the fact that the
democratic party placed on the statute
book the best. most equal and least OPP
pressive tariff that we have ever mad,
and has driven from our code OF laws
the abomination of the election laws and
the force bills, and has forbid the ON
plCyment OF the standing army as a
posse cOmitatuS.
we can appeal to the fact that We
have voted for Seymour, Tilden, Han
cock and three times for Cleveland, all
New Workers., and once for Horace Gree
ley. a New Yorker. for the sake Of peace,
harmony and unity in the party, and
some times at the sacrifice of our per
sonal judgment; and that we never de-
serted democracy. If all this diSproVes
our democracy. then we are not demo-
Gratis, and we are fools. 1t does not dis
turb my sense of duty or wound my pride
that l am shut off from the privilege
OF appeal to The sage of WolfertS RoOSt
fol justification Of my vote on the in
come tax, or to the fountain of light at
BuzzaTd's Bay for the lamp OF Diogenes,
while searching to find an honest man
in the bond syndicates who disdain dis
honest dollars Neither am / distressed
that | have not the faculty Of Palmer
to palm of a spurious pretense Of democ-
racy for the true creed of our party, and
to take possession of the organization
ia virtue OF alleged credentials that have
served as a passport 10 every republican
convention and office in reach of the
1ourneyman politician who was recently
buried In his third party baptism In IN
dianapolis
Il do regret that Mr.. Cleveland mistook
the party TO which he devoted himself
u
elections, two of them successful as be-
ing his sort of democratic party. IL IS
sad thing to contemplate, that a great
man should thus be betrayed into the
presidency for two terms by the votes
Of men who turned out to be luna tics
and perhdiouS betrayers of their sup
posed chief and master.
After proving his devotion to his Ideas
OF true democracy in the appointment
OF Gresham as secretary OF state az re-
ward of his lifelong service TO the re-
publican party, and HIS devotion to pure
democracy In the effort to fasten the no
BILE Liluokalani on her throne; and his
devotion to the safety OF the country by
putting the treasury under the guardian
ship OF the Rothschilds syndicate, the
democratic party abandoned him as n
stranded mugwump.
1T Is not our fault that he made me
mistake OF supposing that he was ever
ueAOCAal' II Is Sa1u no Is man Il
nc BILE independence. That Is a noble trait
when 1t leads one to refuse office and
honors, but when these have exhausted
the generosity OF the people who confer
them. 1t Is not honest independence that
turns upon them and seeks to hand them
over to their enemies for destruction.
Talleyrand was Independent when ne
helped to turn Napoleon over to the al
hSd powers. but his Independence was
that or an migrate and HIS fame is still
n wound upon the honor of France.
am glad that Mr. Cleveland sought his
own, and that his own have received
him