The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-17

Ofthe hankinS business. / stand with Jeffer-
son rather than with them and tell tnen as te
! did that the issue of money is q functlon ol ING
| government and that the banks ought 10 go
! out of the government business.
LIFE TENURE IN OFFICE.
They complain about that plank which de,
| clares against life tenure in office. lney nav
tried to strain it to mean what u aoes The the
mean. WHAT we oppose In that plannK, ~ 80, 20,
life tenure which is bel, DUH up ramresenta
| tion in the benefits the number melhoeie VI
our society.
GOLD CONTRACTS.
cannot dwell longer upon my limit ed lltne'
[Cres of 60 on, go on!'J Lei me call youl s,S
| tention to two or three ieat things Inc gen
tleman from New York says that he VIII pro
pose an amendment providing that thiS
change in our law shall not affect contracts al
ready made Let me remind nm tnat , r .ne,e
is no intention Of affecting these conar"0 ,
which, according 10 the present ftWs' a. :
made payable in gold. ,so
But if he means 10 say that we cannot change
the me notary system without protecting nose
who have loaned money before the change
was made, want to ask MIN Where III Jaw VI
the debtors when the act of 1878 was passed
but now irsisttI at we must protect Ihe cIeu-
itors. $40
He says he wants to amend this law pro
vided that if we fail to maintain parity Wilhin
a year. we will then suspend theicolnase OF Sill
yer We reply that when We advocate a
thing that we believe will be successful we are
not compelled 10 raise doubt as TO our own Vsll
why he does not apply it 10 himself 20
He says that he wants thus country to Try 70
Sc 'ure an International agreement. why docs
not he tell us what he is going to do If they
fail to secure an international agreement nj.
There is more reason for him TO do lhat IMAM Ior
us to fail TO main tale the parity.
They nave tried for thirty years to secure an
international agreement and they are wai u
for it most impatiently ana don't want IL al
all. [Cheers and laughter long conllhueo'l
THE GREAT ISSUE.
Now my friends. q me come to the great
par mount issue. II they ask us here why IL
is that say more on the money question
than we upon the tariff question, reply
that protection has slain Its thousands; that
the gold standard has slain its tens of thou
sands.
If they ask us why we did not embody those
things in our platform which we believe, we
reply that when we tave restored The money
of the constitution all other necessary reforms
will be possible, and until that is done there is
no reform that can be accomplished. Cheers
Why is it that within three months such a
chan &C has come over the sentiments of this
country. Three months ago, when 1t was con-
fidenty asserted that those who believed IN
the gold standard would frame our platform
and name our candidate, even the advocates
of the gold standard did not think tnat we
could elect a President, but they had good
reason tor the suspicion, because there is
scarcely q State here to-uay asking for the
gold standard that is not within he absolute
control ofthe Republican party. Loud cheer
ing.
NAPOLEON M'KINLEY.
But note the change. Mr.. Mckinley was
nominated al st. Louis upon platform that
declared Tor the nalntalnance Oh Ine soiu
standard until 1t should be changed into 0l-
metahsm by an international agreement Mr..
Mckinley was the most popular man among iit,n
months ago in the Republican party prophe-
sled his election. How is IL to-day? Why,
that man who used to boast that ne looket
IKE Napoleon, Laughter ana cneFrsl lhaI
man shoulders to day When he thinks mat ne
was nominated upon the anniversary of the
battle of Waterloo.
AT the suggestion of q coincidence upon Nc
Kinley's nomination and the fate of Napoleon
al waterloo tne silver men showed u elr ap-
preclatlon on the point by a yell ana an up
roar Whlcn Ior twenty or thlrly SECONDS pre-
vented the speaker from proceeding Az
length when things Gained down a tribe. ne
resumed as follows:
Not only that, but as he listens he can hear,
With eNer-increasing distinctness, The sound
s. & CT the waves as they beat upon the lonely
shores sQ(etsh, kiSIsi3lsas Cheers Why this
ehapge2 .,Ah. my q ien5s lisseEs dent - every
0{]A " i1d look 1t tlZ NH Ter. He1s no pri
s]ariAy, however great that car prdlecf from
tire a1enRillg With 0foAn hidignaht p6Blle
the man who wifi neither declare thntf me iSfln
| favor of foisting the gold standard upon this
people or who is willing to surrender the right
OF self-government and place legislative con-
tIol in the hands of foreign potentates and
powers. [Cheersl
REASONS FOR CONFIDENCE
a
We go forth confident that we will Win.
Why? BecLu 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 that the gold
standard is a good thing, we point to their
platform ana Tell them that their platform
PteaseH, lIe parry ~ set Ilu o solu ailodr u
| If The cold standard il a GOOD thing why
trv 10 oct rid of il? TLaughteT and continued
app atise / If the gold Standard and might
| call your attention 10 the fact that some of The
i verv people who are in this convention to-day
and who Tell you that we ought TO declare in
favor of international bimetalism and thereby
declare that ne gold standard is wrong and
the principle of bmetalism is better these
very people four months ago were on, n and
ayOWed advocates of the cold standard and
telling ms that we could not le0isIate two met.
ais together even with ali the World tReneJy-
| ed applause and cheers
want to suggest this truth, that if the gold
STANDARD is a GOOD thing we orrht To IecIa ra
in favor of its retention and not in favor of
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