The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-10

! wagons which awaited them, and wen:
| into the building. 1t took some time
| for the entire column TO dispose OF
their torches and get into the building
but this was finally accomplished.
Mr. ". Z. Stanley the orator of the
evening came in shortly after, and was
greeted by loud applause. After being
seated upon the pla tform, Hon. Harry
L. Gordon was introduced as chair
man of the evening. He made brief
address in that magnetic, stirring man
ner which is characteristic Of him, be-
ing frequently and loudly aplauded- AT
the close of his remarks, he introduced
Mr.. Stanley to the audience as man
whom every one knew 10 honor and
trust and as lifelong Republican who
had fought upon the side ne thoroughly
believed to be right ever since he was
old enough to have an opinion.
w. Z. STANLEY'S ADDRESS.
Mr. Stanley was met by loud and
long applause and when ii subsided
he said that he could attribute none
| of the reception to himself. but 20 the
cause for which every honest Repub-
lican was assiduously laboring. The
money question" said ne, lis one which
/ do not understand and none Of us
understood it we would all think alike
and necessarily would vote unanimous
ly for the same candidate"
Il take it that We are all honest. We
are all working for the side which we
believe to be right. Some believe with
Mr.. Bryan that the free and unlim
tied coinage of silver is the remedy for
all our national ills; others, and there
are great many of them, applause
believe with us that the gold standard
Of our finance, accompanied by the
grand old Republican policy Of reci-
procity and protection, viii restore
what we have lost
81 will try and discuss for a little
while the policy Of the two parties
upon the money question. Mr.. Bryan
tells us that under free coinage of silver
the government stamp placed upon an
ounce Of silver will make it worth S1.29
as measured by the gold standard.
Now, if the government. by putting its
stamp upon % cents worth of silver can
make a dollar of il, why can it not
take 20 cents worth of nickel and make
dollar OF il, or why not take a small
amount of metal as base as copper
and make a dollar of it by this same
process. Then, if this is true, why
have the government place its stamp
upon 1t and make it a dollar and have
the old greenback system? Now, my
friends; it is no more fair TO give TO
the silver mine owner the benefit of the
increase of silver under free coinage,
which, according to Mr.. Bryany, will
more than double its value. than ii
would be to cut in two the price upon
the products of the farm.
No, my friends, the idea that the
government fiat will make silver worth
S1.29 per ounce is a mistaken one, but
if free coinage comes into force the
silver dollars will be thrown upon the
markets of the country independent OF
each other and each to take care of
themselves, neither being able to lean
upon the other"
when / was a boy we used to have
an axiom when we wished TO express
something par excellence, we used to
say as good as gold but they say now
that gold has enhanced in value, that
it is dear money, but the law OF supply
and demand is universal The trouble
is not in this case the lack of the
money, for we now have more money
in this country than we ever had, but
the trouble is we have not the oppor-
true that a man can by no honest man.
ner obtain a dollar without giving in
return something for it of equal value.
The trouble that our people have not
the opportunity to get it. I picked
up my. bankers magazine a few days
ago and noticed this cold, hard fact,
that in less than a dozen banks in
New York City there was locked uD
$45 900. 900 in gold. The money is in
the country but our business and work
ing men have not the opportunity to
get il. The Democratic party has vio-
lated every promise which they have
ever made the people tCries of that's
right but the Republican party has
never made the people solemn prom
Use which they have not fulfilled. Cap
plause) The Democratic party has
talked TO us about the tax upon our
dinner pals. our clothes and we were
caught by the feasible appearing plan
of these schemers and trapped, and
now they have piled upon us debt of
$3.50, OO0, 900 Did the experiment pay?
Cloud cries of 'NO.)
Now. my friends. if you had an en-
ploye who was managing your business
for you and who did it in such a ann
ner that YOU were realizing fair profit
and another plausible. smOoth-tongued
fellow came along and induced you 10
turn down your well doing employee
and put him in his place. and then he
let your business run down and you
were quickly in debt, what would yon
do? Would you not go back TO your
old employe and get him TO come back
to you and help you out of the hole?
(Cries OF 'Yes.O That is the position
of the country at present and when
our good. honest old servant, the Re
publican party. is called 10 the rescue
and again installed at the head OF our
government we can nope to see day
light again, but not till then" loud
applause)
Mr. Stanley then presented number
of statistics showing the relative val
ues under protection and under threat
ened free trade under the Wilson-GOr-
man bill He was heard attentively
to the end Of his address, which was
full OF interest from beginning 20 end
and was at different points loudly
applauded.
The ladies were all seated in the
gallery where they could see and hear
both the speakers and the enthusiastic
Republicans below. The meeting was
an interesting and enthusiastic one.
and if any Demo-Pop present thought
that the Republicans We're all converted
to Organism they had fine opportu-
nifty TO entirely disabuse their minds
Of their error