The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-09

national distress or the national dis
honor.
The atmosphere of the Chicago con-
vention was surcharged with the spirit
of revolution The platform was car
ried and its nominations made with
accompanying incidents of frenzy that
startled the onloOkers and amazed the
country. The courts and the president
were arraigned for enforcing the laws
and government by the mob was given
preference over government by the law
enforced by the court DEGREES and by
executive orders.
''In the platform they denounced in
reference by federal authorities in the
local affairs as violation of the consti-
tuition Ofthe United States and crime
against free institutions. Mr.. TilIman
in his speech approved the declaration.
Ii was intended To be in words direct
condemnation of Mr.. Cleveland, as
president of the United States, for using
the power of the executive to brush out
of the way every obstacle to the free
passage of the mail trains OF the United
States and the interstate commerce.
"Once we were told, and a grave
question was raised whether the United
states could pass its troops through
kentucky TO meet a rebel army in Ten
nessee. Ny friends, this constitutional
question, this division between the gem
eral and local Authorities is a plain and
ard easy ono. When a law Of the
United States is invaded and broken il
is the sworn duty of the president to
execute it and this convention ar
raigns the president for doing what his
oath compelled him To do.
Il do not intend to spend any time
in the discussion Of the tariff question.
That debate has been won and need
not be pro;racted. We needed an ex-
perience of our own, and we have had
IL. II has been q hard lesson, but a
very convincing one, and everybody
was in the school-house when it was
given.
"A panic in 1898 OF most extraordi-
nary character has been succeeded by
a gradual drying up, less and less, and
less, until universal business distrac-
ton and anxiety prevail all over our
community. l do not believe there
has ever been a time except, perhaps,
in the very heat Of some active panic,
when universal business fear and anX-
iety and watehfulness characterized
this great metropolis as it does to-day.
Men have been afraid to go away for a
vacation.
$50 eager were our Democratic friends
1 to relieve their embarrassment and 10
put directly upon our people according
10 the English system tax to support
our government that they passed an
unconstitutional act in order to levy in
ternal taxes and help out tariff bill
which had reduced the duties upon im-
ports.
an connection with the financial
matter do we all realize how important
is the choice of president? Do you
know that as the law is now, without
the passage of any free coinage of silver
law at all it l. in the power Of the presi-
dent of the United States to bring the
business of this country to a silver
basis? All he has to do is TO let the
gold reserve 90, to pay out silver wher
neu ask for gold, aud We are there
already. IL is only because the presi-
dents OF the United States that we hav,
| had, and the one we have now, have
regarded it under the law as his public
duty 20 maintain the gold basis, main
tanning that parity between our silver
and gold coins which the law declare
is the policy Of the government.
''The silver questiOn-what is it q? "a
we want silver because We want NOR,
money, a larger circulating medium
l haven't heard anybody say 81. Mr.
Bryan is not urging il upon that basis
Ii anybody were 10 seek 20 give that a
reason foE wanting free silver h
would be very soon eonfoanded by tn,
statemen. that free silver would p
more gold out of circulation than thG
minis OF the United States could pos
sibly put in in years OF silver and tina
instead of having more money "
would have less.
1t is not more dollars, bIt cheape
dollars that are wanted. Ii is lowe
standard Of value that they are de
manding. They say gold has gone al
unit, It has ceased to be a proper stand
AID of values and they want silver
But how do they want it Now m
friends, there is great deal of tall
about bimetallism, of the double stanC
ard and great deal of confusion in tn
use of those terms
"Bimetallism il the use Of the tw
metals as money where they are bot
used. BY a double standard they mea
that We snail have gold dollar and
silver dollar which shall be units
value by which all property and a
wages and everything are to be nieasaI
ed Now our fathers thought ths
when they used these two metals
coinage they must determine the il
trinsic relative values of the two :
that comparison of the markets ,
the world would show just what reli
ton one ounce OF silver bore To on
ounce Of gold.
"Now what do these people pTOpos
: to do; to take any account OF thou
/, sandths9 > No. When the markets
, the world fix the relative value of silv,
or gold at thirty-one ounces of silv,
To one ounce of gold they propose I
say sixteen. Well, my friends, the
: has been nothing more amusing, an
i, vet fear that with the thoughtless
! may have been in some measure mi
leading, than the repeated decla.atiC
= of Mr. Bryan that everybody admitte
I that bimetallism vas good thing
''there is no debate on that subject, an
A that the debate of the campaign h
!, come down To this fine point, the II
: publicans say that we can not have tn
Il good thing without the consent of En-
i land, and we say We can have il Ou
# selves" and he has endeavored to piv
z this great campaign with its tTeInen
ous issues ur.on that nin-holsA