Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28

as personal tribute. Cries of Yes.
It is.'l
"No, my friends. want you TO believe
mo when I say that I'm this great con-
test II Is the principle for which the
candidate stands and rot the candidate
himself. that has called forth these
demonstrations (Applause) There Is
only one thing for which / claim any
credit. / believe that you. and others
who have expressed themselves as you
have expressed yourselves. have conh-
dence that ! will carry out the pledges
which have made I'm this campaign Ap-
plause) It is simply for your con-
hdence that ] will do what ! promise 20
40. and carry out the ideas for which
.n this campaign, ! stand. and for this
only. that / can claim any credit But
my friends, what credit Is it 10 a man
10 be what he seems to be? WHY. IL
We're other than true 20 the principles
which l advocate. ! would be beneath
the contempt Of those whose suffrages j
ask App ause) ! do believe that In
this campaign q great question Is TO be
determined, for the present at least; l do
believe that the settlement OF that ques-
tion affects every man. woman. and
child ia ali this land; and when l see the
people stirred as they have seldom been
stirred before. l believe that they ap-
preciate the responsibilities of citizenship
and that they intend that their ballot
shall be cast for that financial policy
which they believe TO be best for them
selves. their neighbors. and their coun-
try. (Applause)
THE HEBREWS.
II appreciate. too. the kindly feeling
that has prompted this gift Of the Hebrew
Democrats. Applause) Our opponents
have sometimes tried 10 make II ap-
pear that when we denounce the financial
policy advocated by the Rothschids we
are attacking a race We are not, my
friends. We are as much opposed to the
financial policy Of J. Pierpont Morgan as
we are TO the financial policy of the
Rothschilds. (Applause) We are not
attacking race We are attacking
greed and avarice. which know no race or
religion. (Applause) ! DO not know Of
any Lass Of our people who, by reason
of their history. can better sympathiZe
with the struggling masses I'm this cam
paign than the Hebrew race. (ApplauseJ
The Bible teaches us that when the
children Of Israel were in bondage, and
asked for little tightening Of their bur
dens. the Pharoah of their time said.
They are idle; make them work harder.
and they will not complain (Appause)
Pharoah has been the same in all ages.
No matter to what race he belongs, no
matter in what age he lives, Pharaoh
has lived upon the labor Of others. and
Pharaoh always wants 10 stamp out com
plant by making the load heavier Gap
plause)
Whenever we have great contest. and
whenever right is arrayed against might
the example Of David and Goliath is al
ways cited to give inspiration TO those
who fight for the truth. David conquered
not because he was strong; he conquered
not because Of his might He conquered
because he was on the side of truth.
And I'm this contest. II our Hebrew friends
viii liken me TO David, let me say TO
them that. as David triumphed because
he was on the right side. so my only hope
OF victory is in the righteousness of our
cause. Great applause)
NOT A DEMAGOGUE.
"My friends. l may be wrong. Cries Of
No. no. and cheers) l have never
claimed infallibility. but when l examine
question and arrive at a conclusion
which ! believe to be right-when / take
81 position which my judgment supports
am willing 10 stand by what ] believe. j
care not what may happen. And in this
struggle for the restoration of bimetal-
lism there was a time when l had less
company than / have now. Uaughter)
Your papers have called me a deInagogue.
Hisses) If there is one thing which am
not It is a demagogue. (Applause0 a
demagogue is defined as q man who auNo-
Gates a thing he does not believe, IN or
der (Cries Of Bill Mckinley and
cheers) This audience is too responsive
(ApplauseD My friends. let me now get
Il,
and a voice, Amt he a peach? ana
cheers) Now let me finish that sentence.
A demagogue is a man who advocates a
thing which he does not believe, in order
TO conciliate those who differ with him.
Great applause) a demagogue is a man
who is willing to advocate anything.
whether he believes il or not. which VIII
be advantageous TO him and gain hlm
popularity. Great APPLAUSE
Now. my friends, l have never adVo-
Gated. during my public life, a single
thing that / did not myself believe IN.
(Applause) I have proven my willing
ness to 20 down i'm defeat by advocating
things when / was in a minority, and !
have always been willing TO accept de
feat when / went down with my conVic-
tious. rather than TO rise by demagOsl-
ism. Great applause)
II say that mere because in this city
the papers are against US, and we nave
10 do our own talking for ourselves.
(Cries Of. How about the DispatchY ana
cheeringD / do not mean to slight the
Dispatch. but you know that the great
bulk Of the press of this city is against
us. and has been against us, and that
we must seek to reach the people direct
lv. because we have not the advantage
that our opponents have Of reaching them
through the press II there is any
body I'm this city who believes that the
free coinage Of silver will be injurious
10 this country, he has a right and a
reason for voting against those who
stand for free coinage; but / do not want
any person who is in favor Of the money
of the Constitution TO be deferred from
voting for those who stand for it by any
abuse that our opponents may use against
US between now and elecuon-day. Great
cheerlng)
sACREDNESS OF THE BALLOT.
81 shall be in this city for a few days,
and shall see as many Of your people
as it is possible for me 10 see in that
time: and / shall defend the principle for
which 1 stand before these people. and
am going te talk TO the people them
selves. and not 90 to the employers
ard bargain for the delivery Of the votes
Of the people. Great appiause) have
been taught 10 believe that the ballot
was given TO the individual for his own
use. and that the citizen who has the
right TO vote also has the ability TO de-
termine how he ought 10 vote. There
fore, in this campaign, / want to address
my arguments TO the individual voter,
and not to the head of a firm or the
president Of a railroad, or the boss of a
oorUorgf ion fAffd phgpre and "A voice
Wen be with you Tuesday,
Three political parties have declared
that the money question is the para
mount issue. and the boiling Democrats,
who are helping the Republican ticket
without having the courage to come out
and say so. have declared that this money
question is the paramount issue. and the