The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-07-18
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But note the change. Mr.. Mckinley
was nominated at St. Louis upon a
platform that declared for the mainten-
ance of the gold standard until it should
be changed into bimetallism by an
international agreement. Mr.. McKin-
ley was the most popular man among
the republican party, and everybody
three months ago in the republican
party prophesided his election. How
is it today? Why, that man who used
to boast that he looked like Napoleon
daughter and cheers), that man shud-
ders today when he thinks that he was
nominated on the anniversary of the
battle of Waterloo.
CAT the suggestion of a coincidence
between McKinley's nomination and
the fate of Napoleon at Waterloo the
silver men showed their appreciation
of the point by yell and an uproar
which for twenty or thirty seconds
prevented the speaker from proceeding.
At length, when things calmed down a
trifle, he resumed as follows:)
Not only that, but as he listens he
can hear with eyer-increasing distinct
ness the sound of the waves as they
beat upon the lonely shores of st.
Helena. Cheers.
Why this change? All, my friends,
Is not the change evident to any one
who will look at the matterP 1t is no
private character, however pure, no
personal popularity, however great,
that can protect from the avenging
wrath of an indignant people the man
who will either declare that he is in
favor of fastening the gold standard
upon this people, or who Is willing to
surrender the right of self government
and place legislative control in the
hands of the foreign potentates and
powers. (Cheers.)
We go forth confident that we shall
win. WhyP Because upon the para
mount issue in this campaign there is
not spot of ground upon which the
enemy will dare to challenge battle.
Why, if they tell us that the gold
standard is good thing, we point to
their platform and tell them that their
platform pledges the party to get rid
of gold standard and substitute bime-
tallism. (Applause.) If the gold
standard is a good thing, why try to
get rid of it. daughter and continped
If the gold standard-and 1 might
call your attention to the fact that
some of the very people who are in
this convention today, and who tell
you that we ought to declare in favor
of international bimetallism and there
by declare that the gold standard is
wrong, and that the principal of bimet-
allism is better, these very people four
months ago were open and avowed
advocates of the gold standard and
telling us that we could not legislate
two metals together, even with all the
world. (Renewed applause and cheers
| want to suggest this truth, that if the
gold standard is good thing we ought
to declare in favor of its retention, and |
If the gold standard is bad thing, |
why should we wait until some other |
nations are willing to help us let go? |
Here is the line of battle. We care
not upon which issue they force the |
fight. We are prepared to meet them
on either issue or on both. II they tell |
us that the gold standard Is the stand
ard of civilization, we reply to that
that this, the most enlightened of all
the nations of the earth, has never
declared for II gold standard, and both
he parties this year are declaring
against it. (Applause.) If the gold
standard is the standard of civilization,
why, my friends, should we not have
tP So, ii they come to meet us on
that we can present the history OF our
nation. More than that, we can tell |
hem this, that they will search the
pages of history in VAN to find single