The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-31
UPPER MARLBOFOUG H, MD friday j ULY 81 1896.

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You will read what Thomas Benton
said, YOU will find that he said that in
searching history he could find bnt one
parallel to Andrew jackson. That
was Cicero, who destroyed the conspir
acies of Cataline and saved Rome. He
did for Rome what jackson did when
he destroyed the bank conspiracy and
saved America. Applause
"Wo say in our platform that we be-
lieve that the ri ght to coin money and
| issue money is a function of-~Govern-
ment. We believe it. We believe it
is a part Of sovereignty, and can no
more, with safety, be delegated to pri-
vate individuals than we could afford
to delegate to private individuals the
power to make penal statues or to levy
laws for taxation. Applause. Mr..
jefferson, who was once regarded as
good Democratic authority, seems to
have a different opinion from the gen
tleman who has addressed us on the
part Of the minority. Those who are
opposed to this proposition tell us that
the issue Of paper money is Il function
of the bank, and that the Government
ought to go out of the banking busi-
| Sfo Loft ha,
than with them. and tell them, as he
did, that the issue of money is a func-
tion of the Government, and that the
banks ought to go out of the Govern
ment business.
"They complain about the plank
which declares against the life tenure
in office. They have tried to strain it
to mean that which it does not mean.
What We oppose in that plank is the
life tenure that is being built up in
Washington which excludes from par
ticipation in the benefits the humber
members of our society. cannot
dwell longer in my limited time"
Cries of $50 on! Go on"
''Lct me call attention to two or
three great things. The gentleman
from New York SAYS that he will pro-
pose an amendment providing that
this change in our our laws shall not
affect contracts already made. Let
me remind him that there is no inten-
tion of affecting those contracts. which,
according to the present laws, are
made payablesin gold. But if he means
to say that he cannot change our mon
etarv system without protecting those
who have loaned money before the
change was made, | want to ask him
where, in law or in morals, he can find
authority for not protecting the deb
tors, when the act of 1873 was passed,
but now insists that we must protect
the creditor! He says he also wants
to amend this law and provide that if
we fail to maintain parity within
year that we will then suspend the
coinage of silver. We reply that wnen
We advocate thing which we believe
will be successful we are not compel
led to raise a doubt as to our sincerity
by trying to show what we will do if
We can. | ask him, if he will apply
his logic to us, why he does not apply
it to himself? He says that he wants
this country to try to secure an inter
national agreement. Why doesn't he
tell us what he is going to do if they
fail to secure an international agree
ment? There is more reason for him
to do that than for us to fail to main-
tain the parity. They have tried for
thirty vears-for thirty years-to Sc
cure an international agreement, and
those who are waiting for it most pa
tiently who don't want it at all. Cheer
ing. Laughter, long continued.
Now. my friends. let me come to
the great paramount issue. If they
ask us here why it is that we say more
on the money question than we say
upon the tariff question, | reply that |
if protection has slain its thousands,
the gold standard has slain its tens of
thousands. If they ask us why We did
not embody all these things in our plat
form which we believe. we reply to
them that when we have restored the !
money of the Constitution, all other |
necessary reforms Will be possible, and
that until that is done there is no re-
form that can be accomplished. |
Cheers. Why is it that within three
months such Il change has come over
the sentiment of this country! Three !
months ago, when it was confidently
asserted that those who believe in the |
gold standard would frame our plat !
form and nominate our candidate, even
the advocates of the gold standard did ,
not think that we could elect a Presi- .
dent, but they had good reason for the
suspicion, because there is scarcely a
State here to-day asking for the gold |
standard that is not within the absolute
control of the Republican party.
Loud cheering.
But note the change. Mr.. Mckin-
ley was nominated at st. Louis upon Il
platform that declared for the mainte-
nance of the gold standard until it
should be changed into bimetallism by
an international agreement. Mr.. Nc
kinley was the most popular man
among the Republicans, and every body
three months ago in the Republican