The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
FORAKER FOLLOWED.
Ohio's Standardized Set the Big
Crowd to Cheering.


Senator Sherman's speech was fire.
quently interrupted with applause
When Gov. Bushnell next introduced
Senator-elect Foraker there was
sdeafening applause. The audience was
expectant and Senator Foraker was
alive to the situation He said he had
prepared his speech for the press In ai-
vance, in compliance with an urgent
request, but that he would speak as
the impulse Of the moment prompted
him. And it was remarkable speech
that swayed the immense audience
at his will
1t was replete with pungent phrases
bright sallies and brilliant metaphors
Senator Foraker said:
We have new question this year. Demec-
racy has started a new issue; they made
new issue. Why is it they have made
new issue? Did not the Democracy know
everything there was to know from the be-
ginning? / will tell you why we have new
issue. They have run completely out on the
old They whipped TO a standstill be-
fore they started on the tariff, and they were
defeated before they started in tariff because
unlike 1882, we now all of US understand
the tariff question. You cannot find a labor
ing man in the United States who does now
understand, without an argument that If
you make product across the water in some
OInef country, you DO not nave TO make 1t
in this country. That If you make it over
there. there IS an increased demand for labor
over there-and that much less demand
for labor-over here. That Is what the labor
ing man has learned.
The farmer has learned something too The
times have been pretty hard him. He is
selling his products at the cheapest price
ever known since before the war. He has
found out that to have good demand and to
get good prices for his product he must
have a good home market. And then there
is Uncle Sam himself He has found out
something. In the twenty seven years the
Republican party controlled this country
after the close Of the war down to 1892 we
paid off and cancelled for ever, more than
81, 7e0, COZ, Geo of the public debt. During the
three years and 4 fraction of Democratic
free trade rule they have paid of nothing
but have increased the public debt by more
than $262. eco 600. Uncle Sam is Just now cal
cuiatiHg how long, at that rate, it will take
him to get out of debt He has made up
his mind Ike some other people did in 1892
that he wants change: and he will have a
change just soon the law and constitu-
ton will allow
My fellow citizens, would rather take the
judgment of John Sherman on financial
proposition than the judgment of Mary Ellen
Lease. / would rather on a profound con-
stitutiona1 or financial question. follow the
leadership Of benjamin Harrison than that of
tfPitchforks TTllman. / would rather trust
Gov. Bushnell than Gov. Hogg; no matter
how fat he may be. And I would rather fol-
low the leadership of the gallant governor
y, x
OF sound money, sound protection sound
patriotism and sound everything else sup
porting him. than to take '3The Boy Orator of
the Platte" with all OF these people con-
trolling him. read a day or two ago-and
1t took me a day two to do 1.-THE speech
made by the "Boy Orator of the Platte
when he was notified in New York. 1t occu-
pied eight columns close print. / read every
word of it, and when I got done with it 1
thought / knew why he called 1.-THE
Boy Orator OF the Platte Geography tells
<1off fn 10 q -1xr
They say It is thousand miles long and only
SIX inches deep.
AS closed the reading of 1t I had another
thought about him. / said cut loud. ''Mr.
Bryan made himself by one speech and
new he has unmade himself by one speech
No man VIII ever be made president Of the
the nature of this case? There Is a great
effort being made to create the impression
that the Republican party has changed its
position In regard to this matter. That is
not true The Republican party has not
changed. 1t il more explicit in its declara-
lions this year than ever before, because the
circumstances were such to require a
more explicit declaration. but the Republican
party has declared this year for identically
the same things 1t declared for In 1892.
know; I was there.
Cur declaration In 1892 and our declaration
In 1896 are both declarations IN favor, as
said minute ago, of bimetallism, when you
can have 1t. and we think you can have 1t
by an international agreement, but deeiara-
lions In favor Of maintaining until then the
existing gold standard, and not being allowed
to be driven to silver standard
Now what Is the policy that we have been
having? That Is the policy that we have been
having for twenty-three years. Senator Sher-
man has been telling you how we have main
tanned gold and silver at parity. Mr.. Bryan
seemed to think he ought to say something
on that point, and he stated in his speech,
made in Madison Square garden, to which
have referred, that we have been able to
maintain silver dollars. coined In the ratio
OF Is to /, at par with gold is because the
silver dollars are a legal tender. That Is
not the reason at ali. The reason silver dol
lars are maintained 1t par with gold Is be-