The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

oled here one OF tho grandest neetinss
" sne citxens or this commonwealth
ever assembled In the state Of Ohio.
way - III Why II Is because. a. Sem
s ~. sherman has been telling ua. wa
, sass new question this year. The De
49, mas started new issue They
unAoe new Issue. Why n IL thew hnva
made new issue? Did not the Deroc.
racy Know everything there was n
HhOW from the beginninge u.aurhterI
= VIII tell you why 1t II we have 4 nav
issue They have run completely o,it a..
IN, 1ne OLD. tMore laughter ana apnlauseS
rney We're whipped 10 standstiii Ne,
,vLe Lncy started on the tartff freneuca
isa n, and cheering) and they were
,nr, Hssu oeiore they started In on tho
~ ~. .eesusc, unlike 1892. we now. all
NJ NJ us. understand the tariff Question.
You cannot md a labcring man any.
where IN the United States who dnas rot
now understand II Without n 4, arv,,,,,ans
having to be made to him THAT n von
make product across the water II,
sone other country you do not have "a
MAKE u In this country. (cheerine1
lnA. y you make Il over there their h
an inereaseu demand for labor over
s sas.s. ukuknterl-an that much less
uulltlu Ior labor--oyer here. Ronewed
laushterD That Is what the lrbcr,ne
man has learned. - - S''4s
me farmer has learned sounethinr.
no. soo. Times have been pretty nard On
MN. He IL selling lbs products NJ thr
cheapest price ever known since hefors
tne war. He has found out that TO have
s0oa demand and to get good prices far
nus product he must have A GOOD hon,s
an tCheerlng) He must have
envss products which the American
people want to make use of--mnde not
by Englishmcn or Germans or FrsncSs
men. who will constitute home ma rEei,
ior the farmers In these countries INF
lilaue oy the honest sons OF toll OF our
own country, who WIN constitute \
nome market for his products JAp.
Ana the banker has found out some
.nins: remember when lived here
N m. columbus for short time I thought
Srvtner Huntington. who sits ON the
b IN knew everything about bank
ing, Out ne knows more now. i venture
than he did then. He knew much thsn
IN general way; now he knows il Ia
Z practical form. A man In the banking
business gets along better and nakra
more when all the laborinR men nre
employed and when the farmers mr.,
having some place to sell their products,
ana tne dry-soods man, and every
o.her KIND OF business man IN America
nas FOUND out the difference between
p'v.esuon and free trade. (Appiause.J
"a nho men there Is Uncle Sam him.
SELF. He has found out somethinr
daughter and applause.) In the 81
years the Republican party controlled
THIS country. after the close OF the wRr
Gown to 1882. we paid or and cancelled
forever more than one thousand seven
hundred millions OF the public debt
During the three years and n frncilon
OF Democratic free trade rule, they have
paid on nothing. but have Increased the
public debt by more than s2s2, 000, 900.
tGreat cheering.) Uncle Sam II inst
now calculating how long. at that rate
Il Will take him to get out of debt. (Con-
tinued laughter and applause, and cries
OF Hit him again.'D He has made up
him mind, like some other people did
IN 1892. that he wants n change: and
he Will have change just MS soon rs tho
law and the constitution will allow Il.
tFSenewed laughter and continued an.
plause.) And II was because the Demo-
cratic party foresaw that this was to
come to pass In November that they
thought they had better try and have
a new issue this year. They did NOT
want TO go to battle again on the tariff,
ana the result 10 we have this money
question. have told you why We havu-
II. Let me now tell you some OF the
objections have to II. before conn
merce to tell you Of the nature OF Il.
object to It In the first place because
the Democratic party proposes Il
tGreat laughter. applause and cries OF
"Tha. Is sufficient" THAT Is enough.'')
founded on reason. (More applause and
cheering.) will tell you why. 1t is
enough to settle It with me that tho
Democratic party proposes II, for have
been pretty well acquainted as an out
side looker-on. with that party for the
last 40 years, and In all that time, Il
has never failed to be on tho wrong
side OF every great national question.
Continued laughter and great cheer
ing)
You know how 1t was in war times;
how II was In the reconstruction period.
You will remember how they caressed
the rag baby. daughter and applause.)
You will remember how II was about
specie redemption. Why. Mr.. Sherman
talks here AZ though disposed to take
exception to their criticism OF him in
connection with the act OF 1873. Have
you forgotten. senator; has any man
forgotten how the Democrats Of this
country assaiied him and abused him
and maligned him because OF his grand
work In connection with resumption in
1879? Qong continued applause.l
And not TO be tedious about 1t. they
were not only wrong about all the aues-
lions to which have Just adverted, but
they were wrong. as was trying to In
dicate awhile ago. about their PROPOSE
ton of free trade on which they carried
the country in 1892. and SO II Is. say.
they have not advanced an idea: they
have not put forward a proposition In
the last 40 years with respect to the ad-
OF our national AFFAIRS that
has met with the acceptance and today
enjoys the approval Of the people OF the
United States. CMore cheering)
Now, when party has had 40 years OF
trial. ], somehow or other. lose con-
fIdence In them Cheering and langhter).
especially when they come TO me with
a new proposition. admitting In the pre-
sentation OF It that they have failed be-
You'd expectation with respect to the
last one that they advanced.
And so ! say am opposed TO this In
the first place, because the Democratic
party has put It forth. But have other
objections to II. The Democratic news
papers do not seem to like II. one-halt
OF the Democratic party itself does not
approve this new proposition. Now.
when the Democratic party brings for
ward something so bad that one.halt Of
Its own party cannot stomach II, 90
down. (Great laughter and cheering)
Here IL what they have TO say about
It. ! want to read Just two or three ex-
tracts from leading Democratic news
papers TO show you how they criticise
thIs new issue. The New York World. II
1 suppose. the greatest Democratic
in the country. UNDER
stand that It admits that 1t Ia Great
Here is what the New York World
SAYS about this new proposition: The
platform was dictated by lunacy."
Cheering and cries Of Good enough.
that Is rightly
The New York Post says: ''In point Of
morals. 1t Is baser than anything ever
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