The record-union., 1896-09-26
SACRAMENTO RrcoRDUNroN. SATURDAY sprrr,nrR

get a Mexican silver dollar for his
bushel Of wheat-the difficulty being
that he would not take it. He would
be getting higher price, but the value
would remain unchanged.
For twenty-five years. the speaker
contended, the workingman had been
struggling to get his wages up to what
they now are, but under a system of
free coinage the workingman's wages
should be raised to just double what he
now gets, because prices would rise 70
that proportion. But wages would not so
rise, and he would be obliged to go to
work and for another twenty-five years
struggle to raise his wages up to the
value Of debt-paying money of that
which he now receives.
1t was the hight of sarcasm to tell the
people that a cheap money would be
given them, and at the same time take
away their chance to earn it. The only
true bimetallism was that made by a
monetary conference of the nations of
the world. England, Germany, France,
Italy-all the countries of Europe, in
fact-are drifting toward monetary
conference in order to arrive at uni
versal system of bimetallism.
If Mckinley were elected, and the Re
publican system of protection once more
put In operation, the balance of trade
would again be on the side of America
European gold would flow in to grease
the wheels of labor and prosperity would
return.
In conclusion Mr. McKinlay stated that
Mr.. Bryan was the second man of des-
tiny" who had risen in America within
the past twelve years. Grover Cleve-
land was the first, and at the late Ma
tional Convention Of his party there
were none so poor to do him reverence. I
It. remained to be seen what would be
the fate of the second. The speaker
said he had not appealed to died in the
wool members of any party-he ap-
pealed to the man ION the fence" That
was the man who held the balance of
power, and kept parties from becoming
despotic-the man who saved the ma
ton and strangled anarchy, and such
men should be found on election day
voting for William Mckinley
Mr.. McKinlay was vociferously
cheered at many points and after he sat
down and the band had played Rally
Round the Flag" the Chairman intro
duced Judge w. r. Davis of Oakland.
SPEECH OF JUDGE DAVIS.
Judge Davis said the Democratic
party in National affairs never got
higher than ward politics, and ever
since the days of 1861 every choice Of
their candidates for the Presidency had
been made from one ward-New York.
But the Democratic party had conten-
ded that free trade was or would be
salutary to the nation, and in 1894 they
found that no candidate could ever
again be elected upon that old plank
and this knowledge resulted In the NOM
ination Of another man from another
ward who had a new hobby to ride. The
man pitched upon was Bryan.
Bryan, at the age of %. was admitted
to the bar, hfs wife being admitted on
the same day. He staid in his office two
years, practicing lava little bit He
was political lawyer. Then he got a
bee in his bonnet which finally devel-
oped into the silver bird; he was elected
to Congress and, unfortunately, re-
turned; tried his hand at editing news
paper made a speech at the Chicago
convention, said something about a
crown Of thorns being pressed down
upon somebody's brow, and-that was
all, and now he was "a years old.
Bryan said he indorsed every word OF
what he called the Democratic platform,
and in that same platform was a plank
denouncing the Supreme Court-the
only body which upheld the principles
of freedom, political and otherwise; the
only body which, under the Constitu-
ton, protected the liberties Of the peo-
pie from the political felon, the un-
principled man and the anarchist.
Where was the man, asked the speaker,
willing to vote for a man who indorsed
a platform which recommended the
abolition Of the only Federal safeguard?
Bryan had said that the Republican
party favored bimetallism, but believed
IN waiting for the rest Of the world to
agree upon the matter; he had also
said that If bimetallism was good
thing II should be brought about at
once without waiting for anyone else.
Mr. Bryan, even though he was only
two-year lawyer, a four-year Con-
gresham and an eighteen month news
paper editor, should know that this
country could make no Legislation that
would reach one inch into Canada or
England or Germany; and while il
might legislate silver dollars worth 30
cents upon its own people, that rnirtage
in Canada, England and Germany will
still be worth the same old 80 cents.
If such legislation was imposed 1t would
require Americans to accept the silver
Of Canada and England and Germany
In payment for exports, but 1T could
never compel either of those countries
to take that silver back again in pay
ment for imports. 1t would be our
error, and they, and they only would
profit by IT,
Both Republicans and Democrats had
worked to exclude Chinese and Japa-
nese labor from the country, and the
people should get back to the question.
They should not go after the gold dol
lar, or the silver dollar, or the leather
dollar, but should get back to the party
who stood and worked for the protec-
tion of the American laborer-the party
represented by Mckinley. 1t was said
by the free silver men that the reason
the prices of wheat had gone down was
because the people did not have a
leather dollar to buy it with. But the
lack Of a cheap dollar was not the
cause Of it, for since 1873 the Govern
ment had lost S145 900, 900 in attempt
ing to bolster up the cheap silver dol
lar in circulation to-day, and keep up
lis value-a S145, 900 900 loss, merely
on the reduction Of the value Of silver