The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-09
RANKIN ON METALS.
IRON MOLDER ORATOR HAS NO
TIME FOR FRED SILVER
/, q '"'.s'e 9asrHEORIEs. TAe e~ 30
! He Is IS RUGGED. But e. oloU r.
HOLDING Az AUDIENCE OF 1900
sPM.L-BOUND FOR TWO
80 '-o y HOURS. n
SILVER MEN TRIED TO BREAK IN

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SILVER MEM ss,s9i TRIED TO BREAK In
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And Make Stump Speeches Under the
Guise OF Questions, But Were
I Called Down.
A. G. Rankin, the 'iron molder ora
tor'ef Pittsburg, Pa, spoke for sound
! money to 1000 people at the Auditorium
| last night Every chair on the floor
was occupied, but the audience In the
galleries was scattered The speakers
| platform contained about seventy-five
more or less prominent citizens. Among
the former We're Judge FIandrau, Albert
scheffer, Maj Libbey. Col r. M. New
port, Judge Chandler. J. J. McCardy,
B. F. Knauft, J. L. Helm, Fred Schiff-
man. Maj. H. r., Denny and others.
1t was essentially Republican gath
ering, arranged by the Republican
| state central committee. but held I'M
der the immediate auspices Of the To-
| cal Iron holders Union No. 232.
Mr. Rankin did not arrive until near
ly $50, but the audience waited for
him patiently. When at last he ap-
peared, escorted by a committee of the
iron molders' union, he was greeted
with much applause H. d. Young, of
| the molders' union, introduced Mr..
| Rankin as g.. fellow workman who
| would address his brethren on the sub
| ject of sound money. When Mr.. Ran
kin stepped to the front Of the platform
| the people beheld q man of medium
| height, with clean-cut features, keen
blue eyes and light hair. That hair is
| tinged with silver, and the features re-
semble the Bryan. type. but there was
| no silver doctrine. in Mr.. Rankin's
speech, and mo symptom Of Organism
In the man. Mrrn Rankin is not a pol
ished orator, either in respect Of de-
| livery or diction, but he Is a plain, d.
rect, forciblea speaker. who drives his
words home-withs clinching effect.
Though the advocates Of sound
money were Overwhelming in the ma
| jority, yet tffe audience contained a
| sufficient nuinber Of silverites to add
spice and zesf TO the occasion. After
Mr.. Rankin =haf progressed to that
stage of his argument which began to
reveal the vagafies and absurdfties Of
the free silver gospel the silverites
| could no longer remain silent. They
interrupted the speaker repeatedly
with all sorts of questions, some rele-
want, and many entirely irrelevant.
One man, for example, asked Mr.. Ran
kin how much money he supposed Mr..
| Hanna was spending to secure the
election Of Mckinley. Questions of this
description Mr. Rankin treated with
contempt, but the honest and peril
nent questions received the Nronsidera-
ton Of the speaker He firmly refused,
however, to permit any interrogation to
| make a stump speech. That, he said,
was his function.
Mr.. Rankin, by. the way of introduce
ton, said that he was glad to be in q
position to explain why he was going
to vote the Republican ticket this fall
He had his reasons, and he believed in
showing respect to those VINO honestly
differed with him, He declared that
he would be sorry to think that a
great majority of the voters Of the
country We're political hypocrites. He
| simply regarded those who differed
from him as mistaken. Mr. Rankin
said that he was willing to be ques-
toned All that he asked was that the
| questions be honest ones. Once in a
while, however, there were smart
Alexis in a meeting who wanted to in
| ject stump speech with his Interrupt
ton. That would not be tolerated,
for" as Mr.. Rankin put 1t, 81 will do
| the stumping myself"
| Mr.. Rankin then proceeded. He said
that the people were to, be congratu-
| lated on the fact that the candidates
| for president of5the United States were
men of clean personal character. He
| then described ahow the Democratic
| party had eptieed the. Populists over
| to their party. and then found they
could do nothing with them, and how
| the result had manifested itself at the
Chicago conyention. when the Populist
| element nominated man hitherto
| comparatively. unknown. Mr.. Rankin
| likewise reiateda the logical course Of
events that resulted in the nomination
of Mckinley ,;,sq ~. e 49,
And he wasr nominated by public
| demand adaed the speaker. $50 truly
will he be elected president of the
| United States 1Cheers and applause J
1--WE had thought to make the Issues
| on the tariff question, but the Demo-
Gratis and Pops were not willing. They
are tender on the tariff. But they
| needn't think, that they are going to
| slip into the White house one Of the
most rampant and extreme free trad
ers ever known" (Appiause.)
Mr.. Rankin discussed the money
question fully; clearly demonstrating
that the result of the free coinage of
| silver at the ratio of Is to would re-
suit in silver recommendation Hence 1t
would be far better to retain the sin
| gle gold standard, until such time as
silver could be restored without de-
moralizing a business. = Bryan's argu-
ment that the United States can act In
Ithis matter without the consent or any
| foreign country completed the issue.
Mr.. Rankin said that he felt, in con-
fronting the 716 to argument, like the
little boy. saying his prayers, who
asked the Lord to wait minute while
1 he Knocked the stuffling" out Of his
little sister who was teasing him ago