The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-24
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yentlOn, my felloW-c1tiZenS, VIII 1OilOW
| its deliberate judgment, its cool judg-
ment and not its partisans. This is no
time for sentiment and no time to give
way to passion. The man VINO is moved
by passion is always a failure---alwayS
| a failure. A man who is controlled by
| a clear intellect and a high sense of
| duty is the man who succeeds. CAP
| plause.) This convention will place in
| nomination, / have not the slightest
| doubt, presidential candidate and a
vice presidential candidate. 1t is for
you to say whom you want, not for me.
! AS your presiding officer, il is my duty
| to recognize the rights of every man of
| you with absolute impartiality. CAP
| plause) 1t will be done, my friends. as
far as 1 am capable of doing it.
Let me appeal to you as one who sees
| the homes of this country imDerilled;
as one who sees the homes Of the farmer
and the laboring man in this country
passing into the hands of landlords; as
| one who fopeSees the time, not far dis
tant, unless there is a change, when
there will be few landlords in this
country and great mass of tenant
peasantry-let me appeal to you not TO
suffer any sentiment 10 move You con-
trary TO the interests of your country,
prolonged APPLAUSE.
Take into account this one thing
and it is highly important: What will
be the effect at the election in November
if you shall put in the field a third tick
ct? That is for you to consider. That
is where you should use your highest
judgment and your greatest patriotism.
Take into account, my fellow-citiZens,
the fact and weigh 1t well, whether We
shall unite the forces OF this country
against plutocracy or not (Applause)
Do you want Mckinley? Voices: mo,
MOI Do you want a rule of British?
Voices: ''No.'D Do you want more Of
Grover Cleveland? (Voices: MOI
Do you want two hundred and sixty
three millions more of gold bonds in
time of peace? (Voices: NOD Do
you want Mckinley and Grover Cteve-
land to lock arms and walk shoulder to
shoulder in the interest of this money
power? (Voice: Vest, that's just where
we want them.'O Isn't ii a little that
Mr.. Cadlisle in letter to Mr.. Foster
within a day or two said that If the
Democratic party did not adopt the gold
standard, he would vote the Republican
ticket? Isn't it a little suspicious when
you see Carlisle and John Sherman to-
>
Isn't it little suspicious when you see
the great and good Deacon Danna and
Herr Most together upon the gold ques
ton? applause and laughterD Isn't
it little bit suspicious, my friends.
when his excellency, Mr.. Cleveland.
says that on the result of this conven-
ton he will or will not become a candi-
date for the third term? Isn't 1t a little
suspicious when the chief magistrate
of II 900, 600 people caused letter TO be
written from the money counters to the
farmers of the south and west and the
northwest, threatening them If they
fail to vote for the gold standard. their
supplies would be taken from them? Are
you suspicious of a man who a few
years ago said gold and silver were
money of equal value and yet today is
the outspoken champion of a single gold
standard? Do you want Mckinley and
bonds and high taxation? Voices:
MOI And government by injunction?
cloud noes) Do you want that or do
you want an enlarged volume of mon
ey? (Voices: ''Yes'O by the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at
16 to /. Do you want the income tax?
MIXED cries of yes and MOI Do
you want the man in the executive office
supreme bench?
DO want a man that is in favor of
Tightening the burdens of taxation upon
the people? Do you want man that is
in favor of government ownership of
railroads, telegraphs and telephones?
(Cries of ''Yes.'O If you were compelled
to take your choice between one of these
two men, which would you take? I'm
not the advocate of Mr.. Bryan here. CA
voice: 1T seems like it.') Do not mis-
understand me. 1 am not advocating
any choice here for you to make. II is
for you to make the choice, and not me.
If by putting a third ticket in the field
and this is one of the questions you
must conSider-you would defeat free
coinage, defeat the withdrawal power
of the New York banks, defeat the gov
eminent ownership of railroads, tele-
phones and telegraphs, defeat the in
come tax, or fasten gold monometa llism
and high taxation upon this people for
q generation to come, which would you
do? (Applause)
1T is your choice to make, not mine
When 1 go back TO the splendid COM
monWealth that has so signally honor
ed me, beyond my merits and beyond
my ability, l want TO be able TO say t.
the people that all these doctrines
which we have preached for years are
now made possible by your action. 1
do not want them to say to me that the
Populists of this country have been ad-
vocates of reforms when they could not
be accomplished, but that when the first
ray of Hight appeared, the party was
equal TO the occasion, il was not stupid
prolonged and deafening applauSe)
AT this juncture a voice in the CALLER
les called out How about redemption?'
and the speaker was forced into an ex-
PLANTATION of his attitude as to the green
backs. He began by criticising Popu-
lists who went to gold standard papers
for their information. He said ne knew
there was an occasional Populist in
Nebraska, -who always goes to the rot
tenest gold standard paper he can find
for his information" Continuing, he
stated that il had been said that ne
made a speech in congress a short
time ago in which he advocated the re-
demption OF paper money in coin. He
asserted that IL his critics would read
his speech they would see that he de-
oiarei that in the language OF Aristo-
tie and every great philosopher since
his day, money is the creation Of law"
Senator Alien declared that he stood
upon the Omaha platform and that
there was not a word in il about any
redeemabls currency. AS 20 his own
view he believed in a limited volume of