The herald., 1896-09-27

patronage against any class or section
of our sseeiDplo on .c0tlfltry; which will
place as light a burden of taxation on
the people as Is consistent with the pre-
seyrvatton6M the public faith and an
economical administration Of our gov
honest government, for the maxim of
Thomas Jefferson that "the art of good
government is the art of being honest"
is wise one.
Hence. the question for you to decide
Is which of the national parties and
candidates asking for your suffrage is
best calculated to secure to you such an
administration as I have described. It
is my firm conviction that the only way
to such contamination is the success
of the allied forces of the Democratic,
Populist and Silver parties and the tri-
umphant election of William Jennings
Bryan as your president.
THE PLATFORM.
There are two chief and crucial tests
to which the pretensions of political par
ties and candidates should be subjected.
In the first place we should examine its
platform and see what it processes, and,
secondly, review the character and his
tory OF the party and it's candidates to
see If both accord with its pretensions.
AS to the declaration of party plat
forms we have been led to know that
party. But we know also that parties
are never better than their professions,
and If their platform does not promise
those things which the people desire-if
1t processes doctrines repugnant to the
conscience and adverse to their inter
ests, then, without further inquiry, the
honest and intelligent vote will renounce
the party which stands upon it,
I hold in my hands copies of all the
national nto ffnprno Of o11 t,n1itfoQ1 nc
ties from 1888 to the present time, and
maintain that an impartial comparison
will prove to all just minds that this new
declaration of independence declared at
Chicago is of all more expressive of the
righteous principles enunciated by JEFF
ferson, enforced by Jackson and perpet-
uated by Lincoln. 1t represents the
hopes, the aspirations of the toiling
thousands and workless millions. 1t is
the duty of every man who claims to be
a Democrat and Of every man who SYM
pathizes with his fellow, irrespective of
party affiliations, to endorse it. I con-
slider it a proud privilege to be able in
this presence to join in an endorsement
here Of its every plank, paragraph, SEN
tence, word and syllable, and commend
1t to the convictions of all men.
THE MONEY QUESTION.
The issue that this platform makes
money. Something with which many of
us personally at this time are only
slightly acquainted, except In the alb
stract and in an earnest effort to make
one dollar fill the place and need Of six
teen.
{ That one great issue today is empha-
sized and the necessity Of its considera-
ton exaggerated.
MORE MONEY THE NEED OF THE
TNnPTn
The need Of the world this country, of
our state, is more money, more cur
rency, and it's absorption and circulation
by the masses of the people. The world
at large requires more primary money
this country more constitutional money
!! The population Of the money-using ma
tions of the earth Is increasing and their
financial needs enlarging annually, but
instead of the quantity of money being
enlarged to meet advancing conditions
since 1868, by reason of financial schemes
conceived and put in execution by the
money power, the volume Of money has
been constantly decreasing by the de-
monetization of silver by one nation OF
the earth after another and the estab-
lishment of gold nonometallism. This
financial policy was iaugurated by the
money lenders and changers of the
world, so they could more easily control
the money volume and to thereby en-
nance the value of their holdings OF
gold as we'll as subsequent requirement
of the precious metal. And for the fur