The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-28

He said: Mr.. Chairman, Fellow Clti-
| zens: l came to Chicago as l started on
my way to New York to open this cam
paign, and return to your city to take
! part in the closing exercises of this cam
! paign. I have witnessed to-day a scene
| which impresses me, and leads me to be-
| Neve that this great city OF the west,
which rests upon the prosperity OF the
| great mass of our people, which cannot
| prosper without they prosper-that this
| great city will cast its influence, one week
| from to-day, on the side of an American
! financial policy for the American peo-
| pie. (Applause) l beg to express my
deep gratitude to those organizations
which participated in this welcome to-
| day. My friends, 1 am not vain enough
| to believe that any part of the eXtraor-
| dinary enthusiasm which / have witness
ed between the Missouri river and the
Atlantic coast, is intended as a personal
tribute. (Cries Of yes, II is.'O No, my
friends, l want you to believe me when
l say that In this great contest It is the
principles for which the candidates stands
and not the candidate himself that has
called forth these demonstrations. CAP
plause.)
There is only one thing for which I
claim any consideration. believe that you
and others who have expressed themselves
as you have expressed yourselves have
confidence that will carry out the pledges
which may have made in this campaign.
(Applause). 1t is simply your confidence
that / will do what l promise to do and
carry out the ideas for which, in this cam
paign, / stand, and for this only, that
can claim any credit. But, my friends,
what credit Is 1t TO a man to be what he
seems to be2 Why, If l were other than
true to the principles which / advocate
would be beneath the contempt of those
whose suffrages I ask (Applause) do
believe that in this campaign question Is
1NaaH -
do believe that the settlement Of that ques-
tion affects every man, woman and child
in this land, and when l see the people
stirred as they have seldom been stirred
before, i believe that they appreciate the
responsibilities of citizenship and that they
intend that their ballot shall be cast for
that financial policy which they believe to
be best for themselves. their neighbors
and their country. (Applause.) / appre-
| clate, too, the kindly feeling that has
prompted this gift of the Hebrew demo-
Gratis. (Applause)
"Our opponents have sometimes tried TO
make It appear that when we denounce
the financial policy advocated by the
Rothschids, we are attacking a race. We
are not, my friends. We are as much op-
posed to the financial policy of j. Pierre
pom Morgan as we are to the financial poll
Icy of the Rothschilds. (Applause) We
are not attacking a race. We are attack
race nor religion. (Applause) l do not
| know of any class of our people who, by
| reason of their past history, can better
| sympathize with the struggling masses In
/ this campaign than the Hebrew race. (Ap-
| plause.) The Bible teaches us that when
| the children Of Israel were In bondage
| and asked for a little tightening OF their
| burdens, the Pharoahs Of their time said:
| They are idle; make them work harder,
and they will not complain (Applause.)
| Pharoah has been the same in all ages.
| No matter to what race he belongs, no
matter in what age ne lives, Pharoah has
lived upon the labor of others and Pha-
| roah always wants to stamp out COM
/ plaint by making the load heavier (Ap-
pause) Whenever we have a great con-
| test and whenever right is arrayed against
| might, the example of David and Geliah
is always cited to give inspiration to those
| who fight for the truth. David conquered,
not because he was stronger; he conquered
| not because Of his might. He conquered
| because he was on the side Of truth; and
in this contest If our Hebrew friends will
| liken me to David let me to say to them,
| as David triumphed because he was on
the right side, so my only hope Of victory
is in the righteousness of our cause.
| Great applause).
my friends, / may be wrong. (Cries
| of mo, no. and cheers) / have never
|
question and reach conclusion which
| believe TO be right, when l take a post
| tion which my judgment supports, l am
| willing to stand by what l believe, care
not what may happen. And in this strug-
| gle for the restoration of bi-metallism,
| there was a time when ! had less COM
| pany than l have now. Qaughter.) Your
| papers have called me q demagogue.
| (1isses.) If there is one thing which
| am not, II Is a demagogue. (Applause.) }
| A demagogue is defined as a man who ad-
vocates a thing he does not believe, In
order-(cries of "Bill Mckinley" and
| cheers).
| This audience is too responsive. (Ap-
| plause.) My friends, let me now get
| through with that sentence. daughter
and a voice: "Ain't he a peach?" and
| cheers) Now let me finish that sentence.
demagogue is man who advocates a
| thing which he does not believe, in order
Ito conciliate those who differ from him.
| Great applause)
| "A demagogue is a man who is willing
| to advocate anything, whether he believes
/ or not, which will be advantageous to
| him and gain him popularity. Great APP
| plause.) Now, my friends / have never
advocated, during my public life, sin
| gle thing that did not myself believe
in. (Applause) ! have proven my Will
ingness to go down in defeat by advo-
| eating things when / was In a minority,
and have been willing to accept defeat
| when / went down with my convictions
rather than to rise to demagogulsm-
CGreat applause.) i say that here, be-
cause in this city the papers are against
us we have to do our own talking for
| ourselves. (Srles Of How about the Dis
| patch" and cheering. } I do not mean
| to slight the Dispatch but you know that
the great bulk Of the press Of this city
| is against us and has been against us,
and that we must seek to reach the peo-
| pie directly, because we have not the
advantage that our opponents have Of
reaching them through the daily press. IL
there is anybody in this city who believes
| that free silver will be injurious 10 this
| country, he has a reason for being against
those who stand for free coinage; but l
| do not want any person who Is In favor
| Of tho money Of the constitution to be de-
| TERED from voting for those who stand
for II by the abuse that our opponents
may use against US between now and
election day. (Applause). / shall be In
| this city for a few days and shall see as
Ia Ia all FOR