The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-16

days ago being now certain FOR Bryan.
Under such circumstances, ii was q
time for concessions and for union
The Captain closed with beautiful
peroration which was greatly APP
planded and then handsomely intro
ducing Mr., Locke Craig, he took his
seat amid great APPLAUSE. The Captains
speech was ornate and strong and in
fine spirit and Was receives with
profound attention.
After Captain Daviss speech the
band, which had ushered the speakers
in, played an Appropriate and stirring
air.
Mr.. Little now introduced Mr.. Craig
in a few graceful remarks.
Mr. Craig was received with app
plauSe. and expressed his appreciation
OF Capt. Davis's patriotic sentiments.
He rejoiced TO meet SO many citizens
from the good old county of Anson.
The people were attending to their
own business and not leaving it' to
politicians. This is a government by the
people and ought to be government
for the people. He had travelled all
over the State, and if any State ought
To he prosperous North Carolina ought
to be-
hut something was wrong. He saw
a farmer the other day who was dig
ging sweet potatoes for the hogs,
couldn't get anything for them. At
the same time there were thousands
OF children who were crying for sweet
potatoes all over this land. 1t was the
same way with corn which was being
used for fuel in some parts of the West.
Mr.. Craig here told quietly but with
much impressiveness the STORY of
Teller's career and bolt from the Re
publican convention, and Senator
Pritchalad then did all that he could
TO secure the movement headed by
Senator Teller Yet he comes back
here now and asks you to vote the
gold standard.
My friends, / tell you there is some
thing wrong about that He told
funny story about Goldfish balls which
made everybody roar. There is some
thing rotten in the cause of such men
as Pritchard. What are you going to
do about il? He told another rattling
good joke which made every body
laugh. None of you got what You
wanted at st. Louis. Let us go to
Chicago / believe that the body that
met there was next 10 the one that
met at he signing of the Declaration
of Independence. He paid glowing
tribute TO Bryan as he appeared in the
convention which made the audience
shrek and ven with applause. Bryan
stood as q standard bearer of the
Peoples party, of the Silver Republi-
can party, of the Democratic party,
and there is not corruption enough on
earth to beat him, because the people
are with him. (Applause.)
Mr.Craig continued: Let us talk about
money a little; just as well talk about
it, none of us have any of it. The
power of the gold standard places the
people of this country in the power of
merciless plutocracy" There was not
enough money for the people, because
| few giant money-kings controlled it
all. Where is it? Gold is the only
money. Everything else is but a repre-
sentative lf gold. Put that gold in the
hands of a few, and you have no money
for a medium of exchange among the
people. Where is the gold? We know
where one half of it is. One Roths-
childs owns one-half (S2,000,000, ,000) of
the gold in this world. Is there a gold
dollar in this audience? | ask any
man in this audience who has gold
dollar to raise his hand. (No hands
funny story, which NIGHTLY tiekled
every body. One man controls one half
of the gold and the other half is lock-
ed up in banks. 1t is not the money
of the people, but of the millionaires.
There is a plenty of everything else
but money. Congress is bound to
furnish a circulating medium for tli,
people. Has Congress complied with
its duty? What is the remedy? We
simply propose 10 restore as money
that which has been recognized as
money ever since Abraham bought
the field in which to bury his wife,
that was Put In our Constitution as
money (Applause) They talk about
a food Of money. I know you lay
awake at nights thinking about the
flood of money that is coming. I4augh
ter.) They say it will take fifteen years
to coin enough silver and in the mean
time we will have one of the greatest
panics that ever cursed the earth
Whether we have mints enough or not,
we have printing presses enough to
strike off silver certificates. Mr..
Craig told another funny story which
much amused everybody. He applied
it to the SO cents argument, and asked
somebody to lend him a gold dollar
NODOQY GOulI 10 ils SO lie SdltI lie WOulu
imagine he had gold dollar He took
out a silver dollar; he would never
have had it but for the Bland-Allison
act. He would not measure his silver
metal by the gold metal, but he meas
ured his silver by all the values of
this country. The gold had been
fraudulently established as measure
of value. He was willing to have any
thing almost except gold. He would
measure silver by the sweat of labor
(Much applause.) The truth was that
this gold dollar was worth 200 cents.
and the silver was still worth 100 cents
The silver dollar had been a good
enough dollar for men from the time
of Christ, who paid his taxes
in silver, good enough for the farmer,
but not good enough for Grover Cleve-
land and John Carlisle, good enough
for George Washington. Thomas
Jefferson. Andrew Jackson, Lincoln,
and Blaine and Garfield What would
It have taken to pay the public debt in
1866? Twenty million bales OF cotton.