The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-28
BAD Eggs IN The Windy CITY
continued from first page

Democrats of Chicngo.) "Our oppo-
nents have sometimes trie il to make it
appear that when we dcnounce the finan-
cial policy advocated by the .Rothschilds
that we are attacking IL race. We are
not, my friends; we are as much opposed
to the financial policy of j. Pierpont
Morgan as we are to the financial policy
of the Rothschilds. (Applause) We
are not attacking II race. We are attack
ing greed and avaricc, which knows no
. race or religion. (Applause.i And | do
not know of any class of our people who
by reason of their history can better
sympathize with the struggling masses
i'll this campaign than can the Hebrew
race. (Applause.)
My friends, the Bible teaches us that
when the children of Israel were in bond.
age and asked for II little tightening of
their burdens, the Pharoah of their time
said: They are idle; make them work
harder and then they will not complain
(Applause.) Pharoah has been the same
in.all days. No matter to what race he
belongs, no matter i'll what age he lives
Pharoah lives upon the labor of others
and PharOah always wants to stamp out
complaints by making the load heavier.
(Applnuse.)
whenever we have Il great contest and
whenever right is arravcd against might,
the example of David and Goliath is
always cited To give inspiration to those
who fight for the truth. David con-
| quered, not because he was strong He
| conquered not because of his might He
conquered because he was on the side of
truth, and if in this contest our Hebrew
friends will lillcn me to David, let me say
To them that as David triumphed because
he was on the right side, so my only hope
If N-t,sr
cause. applause
My friends, | may be wrong Cries of:
| NO NOD do not claim infallibility;
but WHEN | examine a question and reach
Il conclusion which | believe to he right
when take Il position that my iudg-
mcnts supports, | am willing o stand by
what believe. | care not what may hap
pen. (Applause) In this struggle for the
restoration of bimetallism there was n
| time when had less company than have
now.
You papers call me Il demagogue
| If there is a thing | am not, it is il dema
| gogue. Great cheering) a. dcmagogue
is defined as man who advocates thing
which he does not believe in-(Cries of:
! That's Mckinley and cheering which
continued some minutcs.)
Now let me finish that sentence. \
! dcmaSoguc is It man who advocates II
| thing which he does not believe in, in or
| der to concilatc those who differ from
| him y demagogue is Il man who is will
| ling To advocate anything, whether he
| believes it or not, which would be adj
vantagcous to him and gain him popular
ity Cries of; That's Ingcrsoll.n
Now, my friends. have never advo-
Gated during my public.life single thing
that did not myself believe. CHEERS. }
have proven my Willingness to go down
in defeat by advocating things when /
was in Il minority and have always been
| willing TO accept defeat when went down
| with my convictions rather than rise by
demagogism | say that here because in
| this city the papers are against us and we
must seek to reach the people directly he
cause we have not the advantages that
our opponents have of reaching item
through the daily press.
Il shall be in the city for few days
and shall see as many of your people as it
| is possible to see in that time. am going
to talk to the people themselves and not
go to the employers and bargain for the
delivery of the votes of the people. loud
and CONTINUED applause.) Three polit-
ioal parties have declared that the money
question Is the paramount issue and the
| boiling Democrats who are helping the
| Republican ticket without having the
courage to come out and say so haze de-
clared that this money question is the
| paramount issue. and the leading Repub
leans have admitted it, and yet, when
our opponents are driven to the wall on
the money question, when they have fail
ed in their attempt to defend thcmsclve.
| before the American people, they attcmp
10 turn the decision of this campaign oil
| from the money question on To- the othcl
questions; but give them notice that fol
one week more they have got to marclt VI
to the money question Great applause
and cheering
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