The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-26


Jefferson and Hamilton whosas estab-
lished Our great financial system, and,
| IL Mr.. Bryan will not accept 1T, the
| great American people will. (Cheers.)
From the beginning Of the century
this nation made the greatest progress
| IN It's history on gold basis. and for
| 90 years only eight million silver dol
lars were coinedl That was one epoch
In 1861 another epoch was commenced
III American finance. Lincoln opened
IT, And now our young Mr. Bryan ex-
poets to open the third. daughter and
JeersD He tells the american people to
reject all the teachings of history, all
the experience of nations and to fol-
low him to prosperity on 53-cent dol
lar. Gaughter.) 1s1ess45
Go back So years, when we might
say that the country was on paper
basis, with neither gold or silver TO
back 1T, nothing but pure patriotism
and confidence IN the nation. We re-
deemed 1t all. tEheers.) Congress said
that all obllgatinns should be paid in
honest money and Ii was SO. Congress
ana the American people so ordain to-
day and l trust in the people and in
God that the promise shall never be
repudiated. Mr.. Bryan says that the
crime of '73 is responsible for the hard
times. II that logic is SO, then we must
have had hard times continuously for
" years. We all know that that is not
the fact. Our nation has never seen
such prosperity as during the past %
years.
The wonderful boy Bryan says an
other remarkable thing. He says that
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
! yer Will bring back prosperity. So he
believes that 1t Is quantity which will
produce this result. If that is so why
/ was 1t in the war when the Confeder-
1;r~I,A
/ and day, that it took 500 to buy a
breakfast and 5000 in paper money to
/ stable your horse? They had the guam
| tity. But up in Richmond where Uncle
Sam still held sway, you could buy for
81 greenback more beans and pork
/ than you could for 5000 in the land
where they had quantity. 1t was be-
cause the United States greenback
rested upon the honor of nation
whose word and ability had never be n
questioned. If 1t is only quantity that
we want, let's take our lessons In fin
ance from Jeff Davis
Gen. Sickles closed his address In an
unusually enthusiastic burst of elo-
| quence in which he narrated his i'm
pressions Of the recent Grand Army
convention, in which he saw 10000 men
marching down the street and never
heard the name of Bryan once. He
prophesied that when the ballots were
counted the patriots Of America would
| be heard from. When Gen. Sickles
finally concluded his address, there was
the widest applause from the audience
| especially from among the hundreds Of
! veterans who occupied the center of
the Auditorium.
| Gen. Thomas J. Stewart, Of Penn
sylvania, was next introduced by ex-
Gov McGill. He said:
| my friends and fellow citizens: l shall
not detain you long from the treat you are
| anticipating in the remarks of Corporal Tan
| ner who is to follow me. / shall be brief.
am glad to be here in the Northwest to-
night and am glad to bring to this assem-
| blage the message that Pennsylvania will
! give majority Of $1,000 votes to William
| Mckinley at the coming election. Applause)
| 1t is a choice of honor and integrity against
| reputation and anarchy and the state of
Pennsylvania will record herself in glowing
letters on the right side.
| 'Much has transpired during the past
| week which is of especial interest to those
upon this trip. My memory. goes back, to
| the days Of the civil war when these men
| (point:ng to his colleagues) saved the nation.
They saved the day then and now they are
| engaged in second struggle for its life
| and honor. When / look at that beautiful
| flag floating over us tonight and gaze upon
| the pictures Of Lincoln. Grant and McKin-
| ley before us, think Of what illustrous ex-
amples Of honor and craftsmanship we have
to follow. When the conflict in which these
| men engaged was over we set to work to
0OSoc~it
! to pay honestly every obligation incurred in
| our hour of trial. And we did 1t and with
| the blessing of God we will go through the
present crisis in the same honorable manner.
J with the home coming of those engaged
In the war we builded up our industries and
out here in the Northwest lines of houses
\ reached out into the untitled prairieS. The
working man was happy; he had a happy
| home. That is what we need now and those
| prosperous times are coming again. They
| are near at hand. We have sought out the
| advance a
| ard in his hand Now the people are looking
| forward to the Sd of November when that
| glorious standard shall wave over the face
| of this entire land in the hands of William
| Mckinley.
There has been great deal of nonsense
| disseminated during this campaign, and we
| pleasure in dwelling upon free silver and
the evils of a "crown of thorns and a cross
of gold" but recall the first mention that
we have Of free silver in history con-
| nected with the name of Judas, and had there
been no Judas. there would never have been
crown Of thorns nor cross of any kind.
| Enth usiastie applause.)
Il heard story the other day illustrating
| the foolshness OF those who hlindly follow
William, j. Bryan which will relate. A
! farmer had an old COW who had been blessed
with little calf. Both were shut up in the
pasture, where the calfswas fed and petted by
the farmers wife aud children. But the calf
| did not like the safe home surroundings and
began planning how 1t might escape from
the pasture. Winter was coming on, and the
foolish calf did not realize the advantages Of
good treatment and a comfortable home One
day as 1t was looking rover the fence, three
| steers came dashing up the road. William
| led the race closely followed by Tom and
Arthur. Uaughter.) That was enough for
| the foolish calf One spring and 1t was over
/ the fence and tearing up the road after the
| three steers. The farmer had witnessed the
escape of the calf and started in pursuit
After long chase the farmer halted and
| cried to the calf to come back. 1t was of no
avail. The foolish animal only ran the
harder. Go. then, dern YER, said the
farmer. but when night comes. I'll bet you
1 will son find out that neither of those steers
Is your mother" daughter and applause)
Il must hurry on continued the speaker
when the mirth aroused by the story had
/ subsided, land I cannot go into the details
OF the financial question. Suffice it to say
! cheap money means cheap men and cheap
homes. empty of all comforts. and in their
| place sad-faced wives and starving
children. Think of the prosperity which was
ours before this crisis came upon us. Where
of its return, founded upon the election of
| William Mckinley Nov. 8. (Applause)
AS long as nations live there will be palaces
and cabins, but in this glorious country every
man can take his child upon his knee and
tell him that the road to honor is open to ALL
The humblest may traverse It's broad way
side by side with the most exalted. Go for
moment with me back to Old Kentucky
| poor boy energies from log cabin, and in
the course of time makes his way to the place
OF highest honor among his countrymen.
! When Abraham Lincoln died, the shackles
had fallen from a people, and nation of
slaves were free. Every man is a king In
this grand land. and every man needs the
help Of the other in the struggle now being
| waged for country and for honor. Each state
needs the aid Of the other, and we want the
assistance of the rich and poor alike; but
! we do not want localized robbery marching
] through our land. under our flag. which SYM
bolizes honor and liberty the world over. No,
| my friends, in this hour of trial let all stand
| together for the honor and integrity of the
! nation.
81 see our ship of state out In the ocean
| surrounded on all rides by the angry waves,