Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-22


you, this man will be relegated to his
home some where In Nebraska and he
Will make crowns OF thorps all bis life
and crosses of gold. There let him
rest.
THE MONEY QUESTION DISCUSSED.
Mr.. Bird then turned to the subject
OF free silver and went into it clearly
and explicitly. An ounce Of free sill
YER Is worth 65 cents the world
over. An ounce OF gold is worth
Sl8.60 Sixteen ounces OF silver would
be worth $40. 40. There you have got
the value. Bryan and mis- mining camp
followers claim that sand, iron, lead
or mud Is Just as good as anything
when IL has the government stamp on
1T. The silver man admits that the
silver in dollar Is only worth so cents,
but he asks, What difference does
that make, II has only been worth that
all these years and it is good as gold
dollar" But why did It pass. asked
Mr. Bird. What made 1t gooda Simply
that the government OF the United
States by its faith and integrity was
able to do it. But suppose there was
free coinage Of silver, could the govern
msnt do 1t? Before the act Of 1873
anybody could take silver to the mint
and get 1t coined into dollars, but no.
body brought silver because silver was
worth 81. 04 in bullion. Now the silver
men say We want more money. Up TO
1873, 5000, 900 silver dollars had been
coined and since 1873, 437, 900, 900. Up
to August of this year there had been
u, 600, 600 silver dollars coined from the
first OF January. II you would ,oin a
million minute you would not satisfy
them u they had more silver to bring.
10 England, France and Germany there
are $3.50, 900, 900 of silver not in circula-
tion to be dumped upon this country
and that does not take into considera-
ton every old man and old woman with
old coffee pots and spoons. The silver
people want to make this government
purchasing house for all the silver
in the world.
He reminded workingmen that the 50
or SO cent dollars were the kind they
would receive their wages in. Bryan
says we will have more dollars. But
won't everything in the world go up
that you have to buy? asked Mr. Bird.
Everything will go up at once. Putting
gold up and silver down is debase-
ment; it Is like man who cheats his
CTbultuTb. LIZ you WANT tnib Cuuutfy
Of A braham Lincoln TO come down to
American republics? 1t would bring
the country down to disrepute. The
government owes $780, 900, 900. Every
dollar of it was paid in gold aud yet
Bryan says Pay it in 30 cent dollars. -
How can he sleep, or cat or live adyo-
eating such theory as that2
pnynn aoya .;luar mill ,yo ,tn. tbo .
instead OF 65 cents it will be worth
81. 20 an ounce. Why, my Christian
friend, what becomes of it them Why
it is worth more than gold. How is
that going to improve your 1t is worse
than ever. It's a wonder he don't say
the gold dollar will be as plentiful as
blackberries in Brandywine hundred.
He says give us free silver and wheat
will 60 up. We have sample now Of
wheat up and silver down. Mr.. Bird
held that the price of silver has
nothing to do with wheat, and he pre-
scented figures to prove il. There was
sl4S. 900, 600 more spent for breadetuffs
in 1890 than in 1894. From 1869 to
1876 only pa, 600, 600 bushels of wheat
on an average were raised; from
1890 to 1896 $40, 900, 600 were raised.
Other countries, Russia, Argentine Re-
public and India, which had not export
ed wheat began to export their surplus.
On the other hand there ia less wheat
consumed in this country every year.
For eight or nine years from 1879 the
per capita consumption Of wheat in
this country was five bushels; ia 1896
IL was less than two and half bushels.
WhyY Because the poor people have
not the money to buy -four and can't
buy -four because the shops are shut
up and the shops are shut up because
protection has been taken off Once
open the shops, set the FORCES going,
| the car shops at work and you will see
where the flour and the truck 60.
There is nothing more important
| than the election of Mckinley, con-
tinued Mr.. Bird. 1t isn't question
of party. You hear Democrats say: 81
cannot vote for Mckinley" He was
nominated by the people Of this
country. 1t was the voice Of the
workingmen, 1--WE want him back; he
| is our idol and him We will have, :"
and him you will get. Applause.
scATHING pENuHcIATIoN OF ADDIcKs-
| ISM.
Now there is only one Republican
pArly III luib DIhlu, thppluubo anu
| cheers) and that party has named these
two gentlemen Indicating Mr.. Higgins
and Mr.. 7Houston) one for Governor
and one for Congressman. There is
what is called--they call it by another
name--it 10 a one mans party. Now
I'm not going to speak unexpectedly.
We had an election in this State two
years ago. We elected Legislative
ticket. We had majority in the
Legislature and this great country was
yearning as it had never yearned before
for Republican Senator. The national
welfare was in the balance and every
man who was good man prayed that
the issue would come so that Re-
publican would be elected. But one
man, who claims to be resident oil
this State, said II can't be elected
no one shall"
Is that RepubicanismH Answer, my
friends. (Cries of "No! no! that is
Addicksism.
When all of them came together and
said, will you agree that We give you
Col. du Font, (applause), an honorable
man and an houored name-whose
uncle fought for the Union and none
better than Admiral du Portland we
offered him that man. "No; III 60 OF
nobody will go" And to-day there are
men again working to send that man
TO the Senate. If you build party
on that platform it will rot and fall
apart.
say that whom the single uualifica-