The Butler weekly times., 1896-07-23

nan from New York says that he !
Will propose al amendment proyid- |
ng that this change in our law shall
not affect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there is no
of affecting those contracts,
which, according % the present
laws. are made payable in gold. But
If he means to say that Wa can not
change our monetary system with
out protecting those who have loan
ed money before the change was
made, | want to ask him when, IN
law or in morals. can lie find author
ity tor not protecting the debtors,
when the act of 1873 was passed.
but now insists that we must pro
tect the creditor.
''He says he also wants to amend
this law and provide that if we fail
to maintain g parity within a year
that we viii then suspend the coln
age OF silver. We reply that when
we advocate thing which we be
lieve will be successful we are not
compelled to raise doubt as to our
sincerity by trying to show what we
will DO if we can. ! ask him If he
will apply his logic to US, why he
does not apply it to .himse!f, He
SAYS what he wants is for the coun-
try to try to secure an international
agreement. Why doesn't he tell US
what he is going to do if they fail to
secure an international agreement
There is more reason for him to do
that than for us to fail to maintain
the parity. They have tried for
thirty years-for thirty years-to
secure an internationa. agreement,
and they are waiting for it most pa
tiently, and don't want it at all.
Cheering and laughing, long con-
tinued,)
Now, my friends, let us come to
the great paramount issue. Ii they
ask US here why it is we say more on
the money question than we say
upon the tariff question, | reply that
if protection has slain its thousands,
the gold standard has slain tens of
thousands. Ii they ask us why we
did not embody all these things in
our platform which we believe, we
reply to them that when we have re.
stored the money of the constitu-
ton all other necessary reforms will
be possible, and until that is done
there is no reform that can be ac
compIlshed. (Cheering.)
WHY is it that within three
months such change has come over
the sentiments of this country7
Three months ago, when it was con-
fdently asserted that those who be
lieved in the gold standard would
frame our platform and nominate
our candidate, even the advocates
of the gold standard did. not think
we could elect President, but they
had good reasons for the suspicion,
because there is scarcely a State to-
day asking for the gold standard
that is not within the absolute con
troll Of the Republican party. Loud
cheering
| MCKINLEY INA POLEON WATERLOO.
But note the change. Mr.. Nc
kinley was nominated at st. Louis
upon platform that declared fol
the gold standard until it should be
changed into bimetall;sm by an in
ternational agreement. Mr.. Mckin
| ley was the most popular man Of the
Republican party, and eyerybod,
three months ago III the Republicaf
party prophesied his election How
is it today. What-that man VIII,
used to boast that he looked lik
Napoleon daughter aad cheers)
that man shudders today when b.
thinks that he was nominated O.
the anniversary Of the battle O
Waterloo"
At the suggestion Of coincidence
between Mckinley's nomination ant
the fate of Napoleon at Waterloo
the silver men showed their ap
probation Of the point by yell ant