Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-13

is not the change evident 10 any one
who will lock Al the matter? II Is no
private character, however pure no
personal POPULARITY, however great, tnat
can protect from the avenging Wralh
Of an indignant pepOie The man
who will either declare that ne
is in favor Of fastening the god
standard upon this people, or VINO
is willing 10 surrender the right OF
ssn-govgrnment and place the legsla-
I've control in the hands of foreign po-
tentates and powers. (Cheers)
We 20 forth confident that we shall
win. Way? Because upon the para
noun, issue in this campaign there S
not a spo. of ground upon which the
enemy VIII dare to challenge Datlie'
WAY. f they tell Us that the god stand
ard is a good thing, we point TO tnelr
pl.tform and tell them that Their plat
form pledges the party 10 &c. rid OF
gold standard and substitute b!metal-
Ism. (Appiause)
II the gold Standard is a good Ting
why try 10 get rid Of il? daughter
and continued applause) II the goiu
standard-anG / might call your atten-
ton to the fac. tina, some OF the very
PEOPLE who are in this convention TO-
day and who tell you that we ougaJ 20
declare IN favor of international bimet-
aIlism and thereby declare that gold
standard is wrong ana that ;he principle
OF b.ma,allism is be,,er-these very
people four months ago were open and
8v0wed advocates OF the gold standard
and telling us that we could not leg!s-
late TWO metals together even with all
the world. Renewed applause and
ctcers)
/ want to suggest this truth, that II
the gold standard IS good thing we
ought TO declare n favor Of its re.en-
ton and not in favor Of abandoning IT,;
and if the gold standard is bad thing
why should we wait until some other
nations are willing 10 help us TO let go?
(Applause) Here is the line Of battle
We care not upon which issue they
force the fight. We are prepared 10
meet them on either issue or on both.
If they tell us that the gold standard is
the standard of civilization, We reply
TO them that this. the most enlightened
OF all nations of the earth, has never
declared for q gold standard AID both
the parties this year are declaring
/ against IT, (App,ause0 If the gold
standard IS the standard Of civilization.
why. nv friends, should We not have il?
SO if they come to meet Us on that, we
can present the history Of our nation.
More ,han that. We can tell them this,
, that they viii search the pages Of his
tory in vain TO find q single instance in
which the common people Of any land
have ever declared themselves in favor
OF a gold standard. Applause) They
can fild where the holders Of fixed in
vestments have. Mr. Carlisle said in
1873 that this was 2 struggle between
the idle holders Of idle capital and the
struggling masses who produce the
wealth and pay The taxes Of the coun-
{ Try. and. nay friends. it is simply ques-
ton that we shall decide upon which
country. (App'ause) My friends, we
Tpon The side of the idle holders CT die
caD.ai or upon the side of the strue-
Cling masses? That is the question
that the party must answer first, and
, then II must be answered by each ind
vGuai hereafter.
The sympath.es of the Democratic
party. as described by the platform are
on the side OF the struggling masses,
who have ever been the foundation OF
, the Democratic party. (Appl2use)
There are two ideas of government.
i, There are those who believe that If You
ms 'egfSl8te to make the We.l-tO-dO
prosperous. their prosperity VII leak
, through on those below. The Demo-
cratic idea mas been that If You legis-
late 10 make the masses prosperous
their prosperity viii find is way up
ana through every class upon il. CAP
p'2nse)
You come to MS and tell US that the
great cities are in favor of the gold
standard I tell YOU that the great cit
les rest upon these broad and fertile
prair.es. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms, and your cities VIII
spring up again as if by magic But
DESTROY our farms and the grass will
grow I'm The streets of every city n this
ciun-ry. (Applausel Ny friends, we
shall declare that this nation IS able 10
: leg's'9te for Its own people on every
question without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation on earth.
(App;ause) Upon that issue we expect
to carry every single State = in this
Union. (Applause)
sra1l not SANDER the far State OF
Massachusetts, nor the State Of New
York bv saving thai when its citizens
are confronted with the proposition. is
This nation able 70 attend to lis own
business-I will not SANDER ei,her one
, bv saving that the ipeop'e Of those
SAFES VIII declare our helpless impo-
-crcv as a nation to attend to our own
, business.
= L is the issue Of 1916 over again.
, Our ancestors. when but three million.
d. had The courage to declare their poi-u-
cal INDEPENDENCE Of every other nation
rnc2 eqr.h. Shall we. their descend
ans. when we have grown to seventy
: million. declare thatiwe are less lnde-
4. pendent than our forefathers? No, my
friends. Il will never be the judgment
1f his people.
Thereiorewe care not upon wha, lines
: the battle is fought. If they say bimet-
S ql,ism is good. but We cannot have Il
till some nation helps us.we reply that
instead of having a gold standard be-
p cause England has. Wa shall restore BIZ
. me.allism and then ,eJ England have
[ b'metall.sm because the United States
] has. (App.auSe) IF they dare to come
g ou- Gn the open and defend the gold
@ standard as a good thing. We shall fgh,
r. them 10 the u-termOst. having behind us
/ the producing masses of this nation and
e she world. Having behind us the COM
@ mercial interests. and the l3b0r.ng in
% forests and all the tOiiing masses. we