The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24

thaC the money question is paramount
and they nominated me and every man
who is supporting me is willing to say
so and TO say why he does it. In that
respect l have the advantage over some.
| am too dignifed to nominate one ticket
for the purpose of voting for another
ticket. l am too dignifed to practice de-
ception upon the American people and
then ask them to support me. Gap
plause) The republican party adopted
at st. Louis a platform which does not
say that the gold standard is a good
thing. You have heard those gold bugs
L will use the woodland then | will ey-
plain why l use it. "a voice 'humbugs
you mean.9 l do not use the word gold
bug IN an offensive sense. | use the
Word III the same way the gold bugs use
1 1me Word lunatic when they speak of me-
InS solu bugs tel us OF the money or
clvllizatlon' Is It not strange that the
Irepupllcah party dld not ma that out IN
Sl. LOUIS. IL does not say so. The gold
DUES rel us that TINS nation has not
oulsroWn the gold standard. is It not
strange that the republlcan party dld not
ma III that OUT: Ihey tel us free coinage
llline owners; Is IL not strange thad the
tePuDllcans ana not ma that out: Ihey
zen us that 1ree coinage IS desired by
men VINO want 10 pay thelf debts IN
cheap money; Is IL not strange that the
r,epupilcahs ana NOT ma that out. How
90 you know that the repuDllcans ana not
fliu tlat out why, because tnelr pat
FORM Pledges ihe republican, party TO- get
fld OF the Sold standard. Inc republican
parry pieuses llsell 10 SUBSTITUTE double
slalluaru Ior tae slisle Standard II the
gold Standard Is GOOD tillng would the
| Tepunlic"n party lrf 10 set rid OF 1t. wen,
l MINK they Would put probably they
| W0uld not auhit II. (ApplauSe.l And
when the republican. =, party pledges the
country that they VIII Try TO get RID OF
inc god standard the republican party
| can not ineh defehd the gold standard as
d" soou thiiis,
metallism is better than monopoly, that
double standard is better than single
standard, or. if you want to put it in
their own way, that two yard sticks are
| better than one yard stick. They want
international bimetallism. Why would
not international bimetallism help the
mineowners just as much as Independent
bimetallism? Why would not interna-
tional bimetallism help the debtor as
much as independent bimetallism?
therefore,, my trends, the republican
sulleht agalhst lie double standard ana
IT puts itself IN the unfortunate position
i aod thS ueo, d ~ ei"t u,aariisii Is
on%bt 70 hovn II bnt tbn renublin,n
nortv vii, II" "ot rnj NJ; a rho P,n %;nm
nhont Of Tho dosira hla thing mnti, fnroin5
notions b,;ng II 70 nc frhnt 10 What
tbnir nlotform means and MEX in law
stated until foreign nations ioin us we
are homeless. am willing to submit any
question TO the American neonle Inf
| am not willing to submit the question
to foreign nations TO decide. (Applause
and cheers.) Did the republican party
tell YOU it was going to get foreign ma
tons to help us? No. Did it tell why
us when we asked it of them? No They
simply left it until. until. until. Great
applause and laughterD Now LET me
give my Interpretation. They wanted
| the gold standard, but did NOT dare fell
i the people. | believe they adopted that
plan to please the people who wanted the
gold standard and if possible to concliate
the people who did not want the gold
standard. In other words | believe the
| people. Great applause.) And is if
dignified TO deceive yoters?"
| Mr. Rrvon then ouotod tho don,ooro+;o
Dlatform of 1891 1883 1900 and 1SoG
orsuinr that thcv consistnntlv fororoi
himetailism
- t.., ,o
M ne cohllnueu' Our record Is cieSr.
Inc Ienlocratic party never declared ec Tor
sotu stanud I1 ana no MN III olice
aSilateu Il goa stlluaTa alter ne was
ciecte1 , uh.ii M nH.luseH INC peopie WIZ
elerteu nini, 'appiauseJ
| Il deny the right OF any public servant
to secure office on plan and then aban--
don the plan. MY friends, L was reared
IN different school of democracy. Zap
plauseJ When L md that my con-
! science VIII not permit me TO carry out
the,, platform on winch L was elected, L
VIII resign ana let some other man have
the Office. (ApplauseJ Ihat, my
friends, IS the record OF the democratic
party, ana stand here, not only as the
regular nominee of the democratic party,
but stand here representing the demo-
cratic principles since there was demo-
crat party. The boilers are seeking to
destroy the democratic party. Should
they measure themselves by standards
set up by Jefferson. Jefferson says they
called him maniac; They call us luna,
ties. Now that IS the difference; And
| why ana they can nm maniac. because
ne was opposed TO the issuing OF money
| by corporatlons' lie said that Dahk Is
sues were more dangerous tlian slahuiiiS
armies armies, ana they called nm a maniac.
lhey can us lunatics ana theh they say
theE are uelhoGratlc. lfilsseSJ WI