The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

81 cents Now. that is the philosophy
or the thing.
voice-It is the governments ham,
mer that hammers it out, under the
governments hammer.
Another Voice-Give that calf more
rope.
So far as am individually concern
ca, have not got much time tonight
Tut II any gentleman will come right
here on the stand, and If he is q gen
tleman and wants information. shall
be glad to give 1t to him. (Applause.)
I ought to have said that Gen. Buck
ner and have been nominated for
another reason. / saw the other day
down In Kentucky-in one Of the towns
in Kentucky. that John G. Carlisle. one
Of the greatest men In this country
(great applause), was denied the right
of free speech and Gen. Buckner and
are not the champions, but we are
the representa- of free speech
everywhere in this country. (Applause,)
| ahridge no mans right to speak
freely, and will not submit to
abridgment of my own right to speak
freely.
A Voice-ThrOw him out!
No. don't throw anybody out. Gods
mercy Is broad enough to cover every
sbody. (Applause.)
/ have said that those are the issues
that you are called upon to decide. i
don't allude now to other matters
other dangers that are involved in this
contest; allude to this simple QueS-
ton; and I say to you that the ques-
tions that are submitted to you at
this election. and q question that the
country has right to require you to
think of and a right to require you
to act upon after you have made up
your mind. Is one that involves the
prosperity of this country for the next
fifty years. eApplausel
Now, why do say that? Everybody
must agree that the experiment upon
which Mr. Bryan and the free silver
men propose to enter Is a startling one.
So far as human experience goes, 1t
has been unsuccessful everywhere that
it has been tried That is to say, as
have mentioned before, that in all these
silver using countries, where they have
adopted the principle Of the free coin
age of silver with unlimited legal ten
der function, 1t has failed to advance
the silver dollar above or beyond the
commercial value OF the metal Of which
it is composed.
What makes you believe that it is
possible that the experiment should
succeed in this country? / am address
ing my fellow citizens that know feel
they are responsible to their wives, to
their children and to their country
and to their God for the honest exer-
else Of their judgment in the next elec-
ton ask YOU what reason have You
to suppose that 1t will succeed In this
country better than 1t has In all other
countries where the experiment has
been tried?
Mr. Bryan says that this Is q power
full country. So it is. Our population is
today over 10000 900. This country has
capacity for production that was
never surpassed In the history Of any
people In the world. We consume an
enormous amount Of the products OF
oul. own Industry as well as OF the In
dustry Of foreign countries. But will
that produce the result? It may.
am now appealing to your expert
ence; the experience Of mankind Is the
other way. And 1t Is said-and the
most that can be said-is that this Is
an experiment / don't pretend to say
that IT is impossible, for the Lord
knows don't know how it will result
i know as much as you do, and you
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