Arizona republican., 1896-07-26

age Of thelr ll10 IS DOuuu III SudlloWS and in miseries.' And then in dra- matic climax, he exclaimed:
 "On such a full sea are we now af1oat, and we must take the current when it serves or lose our ventures
 "For twenty years we have been pleading with the people to espOuse the sacred cause which is at stake in l this campaign We have constantly 1 urged through evil report that our principles were more important than party associations; were above all con- alterations of private fortune or the petty and feverish ambitions of men. l We have thus far suited our action to l our words made through five presi- dential campaigns, stretching from 1876 to 1899. You correctly estimated 1 the purpose of old party managers, and events have sustained every speci- l fication in your indictment against them. Millions of honest men within old party ranks were deceived, lured
 into ambush and betrayed. But not a single one of your pickets has ever been caught mapping or been taken by surprise. To your devoted efforts is
 largely due the revival of economic
 learning in this country which has
 enabled the Democratic party to as-
 sume the present admirable attitude | Your work now promises much to mankind and is about to break forth in
 complete victory for the industrial
 masses
 Though oft repulsed by the multi
 tude whom we would have liberated
 though crucified in return for our
 kindness, yet through it all we have I steadily confided in the righteousness
 of our cause and the final good sense of the people. We still believe this I Nation has mission to perform which
 bad men will not be permitted to de-
 stroy and recent events indicate that
 the nineteenth century is not, after all, to close with the friends of free
 dom Respondent in the western hemis-
 phere
 "This country has recently witnessed
 a new Pentecost and received another , baptism of fire. The recent conven-
 tion at Chicago sounded a bugle call for union, which can neither be mis- understood nor go unheeded. In pa- triotic utterances and action it swept
 away all middle ground and opened the way to formidable organic alli- ance. They not only made union pos sible, thank heaven they have ren- dered it inevitable
 g From the very beginning our orga- @ nization has made party feeling sub f ordinate to principle. We will not
 here reverse ourselves and refuse to
 accept victory now so easily within @ our reach. We will not refuse the
 proffered assistance of at least three l. million free silver Republicans simply n because they have shown the good :, sense to come with an organized army :, fully equipped and manned for battle u Let them have their own divisions and d army corps. Let them manifest theil
 own esprit de corps. The field of glory n is open to all competitors who art Q fighting for the same principles. "The Populists have already showr IL their prowess in many engagements d during twenty years of struggle. | e our allies can strike sturdier blows a @ plutocracy than we can; if they car l. scale the battlements of the golt
 power more gallantly than our olt
 veterans, and are able to plant theil l. colors one foot nearer the citadel 0 l. the enemy than we can ourselves, le a, every Populist cheer and support then l. in their honorable work. We vii :, all march under the same flag, kee1
 step to the same music, face the sam, u foe, share in and shout over the sam g, triumph.
 Ie We cannot be mistaken concernin, 1t the real issue involved in the struggl If of the present year. It is between tn ,+ gold standard, gold bonds and banl '' currency on the one hand, and the bi
 metallic standard, no bonds and gov e. ernment currency on the other. Tn T. people are asked to choose betweel Is enforced idleness, destitution, bank
 ruptcy and despair on the one side an an open door of opportunity under jus
 laws and normal conditions on tn e- other. The situation presents tn 1e mightiest civic questions that ever con d. fronted a civilized nation.
 ,d Tn the name of the suffering pee
 pie, affirm that this is no time for dis ,. sension nor party divisions. The su 'n preme hour for action has arrived. l O. we would be victorious we must mak SC common cause with the heroic me ay who dominated the Chicago conven ed tion. No other course is either prr -s dent or desirable We are not aske ,0' to abandon our party nor would it t H. wise to do so. If it is to be preserve >" we will, in my judgment, be con he pelled to take the course which I al on about to indicate
 it. The silver Democrats nave lined u be as an organization. Now let the Pol ,a ulists, free silver Republicans and tf " American silver party do likewis
 From an embattled square-impen, lat trable to the assaults of the confe, K erated gold power, after due consider; ,re tion in which I have fully canvasse ed every possible phase of the subject,
 have failed to find a single good reasc