The herald., 1896-10-04

son said that the banks OF issue were
more dangerous than standing armies.
and they called him maniac. We re-,
peat 1t, and they call us lunatics. And
they say they are Democrats!
These men who would turn over the
issue Of paper money to the national
banks, undoing all that Jackson ever
did, bring disgrace upon his memory
by taking his name upon their tongues.
There is not an influence that tried to
defeat Jackson that is not arrayed to-
day against the Democratic ticket.
my friends, our opponents tell you
that I am very radical No! am a
conservative. These goldbugs who
think am a radical have Joined with
the Populists of Texas, who think that
1 am not radical enough. And every
where they are joining with the Re
publicans. I am conservative. am
a believer in law and order I believe
in the enforcement of the law. / don't
believe that any man, whether he be
small or great, should be permitted to
defy the law. If would stop half way
many of these people would like me. If
I were in favor Of enforcing the law
against small men only should be
called a good man, but when am in fa-
vor of enforcing it against the great.
then l am q dangerous man. (Cheers.)
Not dangerous to the people who earn
! their daily bread, but dangerous to the
people who eat the bread that some-
DOuy else mas earned.
THE BATTLE WILL BE CONTINUED
my friends, we have commenced the
warfare upon the gold standard and its
interests, and it is warfare that will
not cease until victory comes. They
say that this lis the last struggle, but
that Is what they say every time. We
have been fighting for twenty years.
and they have said the same things
many times during the contest.
| quatntances who three months ago were
| IN favor OF gold standard who today
believe in free coinage at 16 to /.
(Cheers) There are men, prominent
men, who never studied the money
question three months ago who have
come to the conclusion that there can
be no prosperity while the dollar re-
mains on Its present basis. But you
cannot find man who three months
ago was in favor Of free coinage who
mas abandoned 1t and espoused the
| cause OF gold, unless there has been
some secret influence at work. Now,
what does this mean? 1t means that
the argument Is on our side. 1t means
that when man studies this question.
ne concludes we are right. You will
| i1nd men who will tell you that they
have got note at the bank and they
are not at liberty to say what they
think, for fear that the note will be
called in and the sheriff sent to close
the store. You will find men who are
employed, whose employers have be-
come schoolteachers to teach them how
do not learn right away they will have
10 go and work somewhere else
THERE ARE NO GOLD POETS.
But free coinage is not gaining ad-
vocates by the process of reason alone.
"A man said the other day that no one
could write poem on the gold side.
He meant to say that there is nothing
ABOUT the gold standard that appeals
| to the heart There Is no sentiment in
| IT.. Thing about man writing a poem
| ABOUT syndicate making $4,000, 900 on
| bond issue! Think of a man writing
poetry glorifying the issuance of bonds
10 Few people and taxing all the people
to pay the bonds! People will sing of
beauty of love and of virtue. but thew
| will not sing of syndicates. And vet the
| republican platform means that this
nation shall be run by syndicates for
4 TOUR years more. (Cries of mo! No!'1
Wen. 1t VIII be if the Republican ticket
succeeds. When the Republican party
met IN convention they had the oppor-
tunity to denounce the system in vogue
during the last four years, but thew
made no attempt to do it.
~ we maintain the present financial
policy there Is no end to these bond is.
sues, because if they retire the green
packs and the treasury notes and sub
stitute bank notes, then there are still
silver dollars and silver certificates that
may be redeemed. Secretary Carlisle
mas annonced that silver dollars and
silver certificates will be redeemed in
gold II their face value cannot be main
famed IN any other way. In this way
! Lhe golo IN the treasury may be reduced
py. the capitalists whenever they want
| a bond issue and the old system will
go on as before
GOVERNMENT DEBTS PAYABLE
IN EITHER METAL.
If we have double standard the
silver dollar must not be used as a
promise to pay gold; it will be used as a
dollar good enough to pay all debts the
| government owes. Our ple 9orm de-
clares that the government has a right
TO redeem It's obligations in either gold
or silver. The Republicans in their
platform say good deal about one
oollar being as good as another, but the
words they use are intended to mea
but little. Their platform means the
continuance Of the syndicate system.
L do not know whether you realize
what is being done under our present
financial system or not, but I cannot
believe that the body Of the people re-
ally do understand it. The gold men
go down TO the treasury and demand
eS,
and the gold reserve is reduced Then
they raise howl aboutthe credit of the
nation, and demand the issue of more
bonds to replenish the credit. Then
they come and draw out more gold and
demand that the treasury be replen-
ished again. On one occasion a contract
was made with the Rothschilds to take
the bonds, because they said that if
they were sold at home we would have
to furnish the money to pay for them
So they sold bonds for $1041s that were
worth $1l9, and gold was sent abroad at
a high price to pay for those bonds
| ANOTHER SCRIPTURE QUOTATION
II believe that the only thing in the
Bible that some of these people ever
read is the passage that says that GER
tain wise men came from the east They
seem to think that the wise men have
been coming from the east ever since.
Why don't you know, my friends, that
that western country where 1 live is
largely built up by people from the east,
| and If there was never any intelligence
there to begin with the numbers who
have gone from the east ought to have
given them some intelligence. Out in
the west we have ourl 1eas. and are will
ing to express them. (Cheers.) Willing
to express them in clear language. am
going to express an idea OF course, 1t
may show lack of dignity-it Is not dig
nif1ed to express an idea in the east.
Now in connection with that Rothschild
contract there is one matter want es-
| pecially to mention. don't think 1t was
good thing to sell bonds at low price
which could have been sold at a higher