The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-10

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"
the suggest ton of the 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 Gained down he resumed
as follows:
mot only that, but as he Gistens he
can hear with ever increasing distinct
ness the sound of the waves as they
beat on the lonely shores of St Helena.
(Cheers.)
why this change? All, my friends.
is not the change evident to anyone who
viii look at the matter. It is no private
character, however pure, no personal
popularity, however great, that can
protect from the avenging wrath Of an
indignant people, men who will either
declare he is in favor of the fastening
of the gold standard upon this people,
or who is willing to surrender the right
Of self-government and place the legis-
ANNAf NO-AllO1 III AAAC 4Ae~4ANAS -
potentates and powers. (Cheers)
I'VE go forth, confident We shall win.
Why? Because upon the paramount
issue in this campaign, there is not a
spot Of ground upon which the enemy
will dare to challenge battle. Why, if
they tell US the gold standard is a good
thing, we point TO their platform and
tell them that their platform pledges
the party TO get rid of the gold stand
ard and substitute bimetallism. Gap
plause.)
IF the gold standard is good thing,
why try to get rid of it? daughter
and applause.) 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 that the gold standard is
wrong, and that principle of bimetaN-
ism is better. These very people four
months ago were open and avowed ad-
vocates of the gold standard and were
telling US that we could not legislate
two metals together. even with all the
world. (Renewed applause and cheers)
L want to suggest this truth, that if the
gold standard is good thing we ought
to declare in favor of its retention and
not in favor Of abandoning it; ond if
the gold standard is a bad thing why
should we wait until some other ma
tons are willing to help us to let go.
(pplause.) 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.
If they tell us the gold standard is the
standard of civilization, we reply to
them that the most enlightened of all
nations of the earth has never declared
for the gold standard, and both parties
this year are declaring against 1t. Gap
plause) If the gold standard is the
standard of civilization why, my
friends, should we not have it? So if
they come to meet US on that we can
present the history of our nation. More
than that, we can tell them this. that
they viii search the pages Of hisory in
vain to find a single instance in which
the common people of any land have
ever declared themselves in favor of the
gold standard. (Applause.)
They can find where holders of fixed
Investments have been. Mr.. Carlisle
said in 1873 that this was a struggle be
tween the idle holders of Idle capital
and the struggling masses who produce
wealth and pay the taxes of the country
and. my friends II Is simply question
that we must decided upon upon which
side shall the Democratic party fight.
Upon the side Of the idle holders OF Hide
capital. or upon the side Of the truggling
ma sses? That is a question that this
party must answer first and then it
must be answered by each individual
hereafter. The sympathies of the Dem
ocratio party as descIbed by the plat
form are on the side of the struggling
masses who have ever been the foun-
dalton of the Democratic party. Cap |
plaue)
There are two ideas Of government |
There are those who believ that If you |
don't legislate 10 make fell, TO do pros |
porous, that their prosperity will leak |
through on those below. The Demo- |
cratic idea has been that II you legis- |
late to make the masses prosperous |
their pospeT-fty will find it's way up and |
through every class and rest upon it. |
,Applause) You come to US nd tell |
ls that great cities are in favor of the |
gold standard / tell you that great |
sitfes rest upon these broad and fertile |
prairies Burn down your cities and |
cave our farms, and your cities will |
spring UP again, as if by magic But /
destroy our farms and grass will grow
n the Steets of every city in this coun-
.ry cloud appEause) My friends, we
hail declare that this nation is able TO
egislate for its own people on every
question, without waiting for the aid
n consent of any other nation on earth.
And upon that issue we
xpect to carry every single state in the
Union. (Applause) / shall not Islander
he fair state of Massachusetts nor the
tate Of New York by sayig that when
is citizens are confronted with the pro-
position that this nation is able to at
end TO It's own business I will not SIAN
Ter either one by saying that the people
f those states will declare our helpless
mpOtency as nation 20 attend 10 our
wn business. 1t is the issue OF 1776
Yer again. Our ancestors when but
600. 600 had the courage to declare their
of every other nation on
arth. shall we, their DESCENDANTS. when
ne have grown 10 100000. declare that
7e are less Independent than our fore
athers? No, my friends, II VIII never
e the Judgment of the people There
ore we care not upon what lines the
attl is fought If they say bimetallism
; good but we cannot have Il TIL some
alton helps Us. we reply that instead OF
avfng the gold standad because Eng
and has II, We shall restore bimetallism
nd then let England have bimetallism
ecause the United States has. (Ap-
lauSe) II they dare 20 come out and
efend the gold standard as good thing
e shall fight them TO the urtermost,
aving behind US the producing masses,
ne commercial interests, laboring inter
SITS and all toiling masses. we shall
ever answer their demands for the
Old standard by saying 20 them you
hall not press down upon the brow OF
abor this crown Of thornS You shall
OF cruelty mankind upon the cross OF
old. Great applause)