The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-16

More than that. We can tell them
this, that they will search tie pages OF
history in vain to find single instance
in which the common people Of any land
have ever declared themselves in favor OF
q gold standard. tApplsuse) They can
find where the holders Of fixed invest
ments have.
Mr.. Carlisle said 10 1873 that this was
struggle between the idle holders Of idle
capital and the struggling masses who
produce the wealth and pay the taxes
Of the country. and. my friends, it is
simply question that we shall decide,
upon which side shall the democratic par
ty fight? Upon the side Of the idle hold
ers Of idal capital. or upon the side Of the
struggling masses? That is the question
that the party must answer first, and
shen it must be answered by every indi-
vidual hereafter. The sympathies OF the
democratic party, as described by the
platform, are on the side OF the struggling
masses who have ever been the founda-
ton OF the democratic party. tApplause. }
TWO IDEAS OF GOVERNMENT.
There are two ideas OF government.
There are those who believe that ii you
just legislate to make the well-to do pros.
porous, that their prosperity will leak
through on those below. The democratic
idea has been that il you legislate to
make the masses prosperous their pros.
perity will find its way up and through
every class and rest upon it. tApplause)
"You come to MS aud tell us that the
great cities are in favor OF the gold stand
ard. l tell you that the great cities rest
upon theee broad and fertile prairies.
Burn down your cities and leave our
farms and your cities will spring up again
as Il by magic. But destroy our farms
and the grass will grow In the streets OF
every city in this country. cloud APP
plause,
MY friends, We shall declare that this
nation is able to legislate for it's own
people on every question, without watt
ing for the aid or consent OF any other
nation on earth (applause), and upon that
Issue we expect to carry every single
state in this union. tApplause.) shall
not Islander the fair state of Massachusetts,
nor the state OF New York by saying that
when its citizens are confronted with the
proposition, is this nation able to attend
to its own business? / win not SANDER
either one by saying that the people OF
those states will declare our helpless inn.
potency as nation to attend 10 our own
business. II Is the issue OF 1875 over
again. Our ancestors were the 5000, 900
who had the courage to declare their in
dependence Of every other nation upon
earth. Shall We, their descendants, when
We have grown to 10 900. COO. declare that
We are less independent than our fore.
fatbers3 No, my friends, It will never
be the judgment of this people.
Therefore We care not upon what lines
the battle is fought. II they say bimet-
allism II good. but we cannot have it
until some nation helps rs. We reply that,
instead Of having gold standard be-
cause England has. we shall restore b.
tnetallism, and then let England have BIZ
metallism because the United States has.
(Applause.) II they dare to come out in
the oosn and defend the gold standard as
good thing, We shall fight them 10 the
uttermost, having behind us the produc-
ing masses of this nation and the world.
Having behind us the commercial int :
ests aud the lahoring interests and all
the toiling masses, we shall answer their
demands for gold standard by saying
to them you shall not press down upon
the brow OF labor this crown OF thorns.
You shall not cruelty mankind upon a
GROSS OF gold"