The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-04

country and the welfare of the Republi
can party in the west, upon the passagl
of the bin, and, Resolved, That the sec
rotary of fine senate is hereby directed
TO transmit copy Of this resolution Il
each member of the delegation in con
gress." Mr.. Long voted for it.
That is all right If he had staid by it
but what 1 kick about is a man gettins
position under false pretenses, VIVA
1 protest against is a man going around
the country trying to make you believe
that is in favor of both gold and silver
when he amt. j like a T-g1 20 come
put square and say he is a gold standard
man and stand sQuarely on that posi-
ton and defend 1T, but not q man thai
Will go about this district and saw he +
friend of silver and the Republican
party put more silver in circulation
than any other party, they never did
anything of the kind. "a voice: "They
aid') You are mistaken. Now. will
prove it to my friend that they did not.
When the Bfand-A1Iison bill passed
pver President Hayes veto. the Repub-
hcans did not pass it at all, the naugh-
ty Democrats did that, and if you have
got dollar in circulation on do not
pwe it to the Republican party. Here
Is the vote Of the senate over the veto:
Yeas, eDmocrats, "a; Republicans, %;
nays. in the senate, Democrats, 4; Re-
publicans, Il; in the house, yeas in Ia
For Of the bill, Democrats, lis; Republic
cans, IS How do you like that! Noes
N the house in favor of the veto: Dem
,cratS, %; Republicans, 81.
Now. Mr.. Long told you a whole lot
Ebout the Democratic party bringing on
hard times. When President Harrison
vent ashore on the gang plank on that
sinking ship, his coat tails were dragg-
mg in the water. You know that his
secretary Of the treasury gave orders to
the chief clerk Of the printing and en-
craving bureau to get the plates ready
issue bonds, so, Ooo, 900 of per cent bonds
that had passed by amendment to the
sundry civil bill, and wrote him saying:
VI write you this in advance because Of
the urgent and present straits Of the
government, to have them ready the
minute the bond bill passes so as to put
them out in circulation"
Now, let us see about who paid off
The most of the debt. Cleveland in the
four years previous to Harrison paid on
the bonded derbt of the United States
1866, 296, 964. Harrison paid in the four
years of his term s244 ,S16,SS0. One hum
dred and twenty million dollars less
than Cleveland paid
Since 1893 we have practically Nenn on
a gold basis. restricting our 10
the use of gold alone as a primz i1n-
ey. and you know what has followed.
Panic, bankruptcy and falling prices
Men vino have worke and toiled for a
long life see the products CT their labor
slipping away from them, and | tell you
that as far as Kansas is concerned, it
Is my humble opinion that Republican,
Democrats and Populists alike are de-
termlned to cast aside this fal all pre-
judice for the purpose of casting vote
to restore silver to her place in the coin
age and TO restore prices and restore
the value Of their property.
New, gentlemen, this Is the last OF
these debates. You have read in the
non-partisan press, of course, ike the
Eagle, and the Hutchinson News, and
the Kansas City Journal, how Mr.. Long
and were skinnfng one another. Now,
then, so far as Mr.. Long and 1 are con-
cerned We have not allowed these de-
bates to descend into a skinning match,
we have tried, and I believe have sue
ceeded in discussing these questions in
an orderly and gentlemanly way. We
desire to arrive at the facts in the case.
we have discussed it without anger and
without prejudice, / hope. We leave il
with you, the jury, to decide on the 3rd
of November which side you viii take.
We believe on our side we have got right
and justice, that we have got an argu-
ment, and that we have got as our lead
er one of the grandest men, man who
win go to the White House, when he
goes there on fine 4th of next March,
with more patriotism and more brains
than any man since Washington and
Mr. Long told you two years ago If
he went back to congress that he would
get bills in for our benefit He has not
done it. But on the 3rd Of November
we are going TO get our bill in. And
I want every man who votes that ticket
20 come over and vote for this grand
party Vote it straight from top 10
bottom, from presidential electors down
TO road overseer. and don't put a single
scratch on it. That is the wa 1 believe
In doing, and vote in grand old Kansas
go that we will again bring her up into
the forefront in this grand reform
of the nineteenth centur.
This is the grandest struggle that ever
nan contended in; the restora ton OF the
back into the hands Of the peo-
pie taking it away from the plutocracy, J
who have got possession of it today. 1 |
am glad we have in one party Grover |
William Mckinley, Mr.. Har-
tison, Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Sherman |
and all the defenders of plutocracy-and |
Mr.. Long is trying to get there with !
hem himself. We have got the enemy |
AL into one army, and we viii move to
1he attack this fall on rout them all |
along the line. horse. foot and dragon.
1 thank you one and all for the patient
bearing you have given me here today. !
md for the courtesies you have shown