The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24

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1 tertng. He was applauded frequently
during his speech, and was heartily
/ cheered when he concluded.
| Chairman PrendergaSt's resignation
| Will make no difference to the county
| committee nor interfere In any way
with the party plans. His successor
will be selected by the committee at
committee will be chosen Tuesday
| next.
The German-American Sound Money
club held rally at Mozart hall last
| evening at which the speakers were
Gustave Donald, of Davenport, To-, and
| Il. G. Stevens Republican candidate for
congress from the Fourth district. AS
preliminary to the programme at the
| hall the Sons of Herman band paraded
! the streets with torches and banners
bearing sound money inscriptions and
the announcement of the meeting. By
this means the hall was crowded when
| the speakers appeared upon the plat
| form, not only with the members of the
club, but also with those attracted by
! an opportunity of hearing discussion
| of the financial issue.
/ DR.. Ernst Schrader, president of the
/ club, occupied the chair and introduced
Mr.. Donald, who spoke for two hours
] in German amid the deepest interest
rupted by enthusiastic applause. He
said in part:
''It is asking too much that the people
4 decide this greatest of financial policy.
1t is a question which has not yet been
decided by highest authorities. The
1 trouble Is that the silver men endeavor
to confuse the issue because they think
thy can gain an advantage from the
| uncertainty of the people who are con-
/ founded by much talk and know not
which way to turn. We only appeal to
reason, to sound-mindedness, honor and
Righteousness. The silver advocates ap-
I peal to all of the bad qualities in the
human heart, to hatred, malice and to
hatred of our idea of nation. They
do not even confine themselves to truth
/ Why do they lie? Because they know
that history Is against Them Follow
ing this argument Of the free silver
| forces Mr.. Donald gave brief review
OF the history of money metals. cone
metal" said he, has driven out the 9TH
er in a national way. Bronze drove out
| iron: copper drove out bronze; silver
! drove out copper, and gold has driven
out silver by the same natural laws.
Under the free silver coinage the
+. government Is no longer the creator
and guarantor of the silver dollar To
/ take away the guarantee Of the silver
! dollar will make it worth only its
market value. The workman has risen
| to his full height and dignity and to-
! day his drops of sweat are paid for in
| just as good money as the rich.
ITO promise the workingman silver
would be an insult. Silver would
give Wall street a chance to speculate
In the money of the people and all
would suffer. We will not have had
free silver for more than a year when.
! the people will rise in their might and
curse the false prophet who led them
into desert instead of the promised
j land.
What would happen If the people
of the United States should declare
] by their vote that they would pay
debts in so cents on a dollar as mali
cious and dishonest debtor?"
Mr.. Stevens did not reach the hall
until quite late as he had been in at
tendance at sound money meeting of
the citizens Of North ST. Paul and be-
| ing introduced to the audience, said
he would occupy but a very short
time in view of the lateness Of the
/ hour. He said:
"When the great silver wave swept
! over the country our beloved city of
! st. Paul was foremost in the ranks of
j Western cities for sound money. ST.
/ Paul took stand for the right from
the beginning and this position was
| largely due to the German American
citizens so largely making up our
| population. 1t is for this reason that
! I am glad to be with you this evening
and bear the greetings of citizens from
another part of our municipality who
! are engaged with you in a common
cause.
1--WE can only have an abiding nation
| as we are honest. A nation which
| debases it's currency debases its man
hood and manhood gone, the founda-
ton is gradually Slapped away. Sound
morality which is the foundation OF
every nation vanishes with the pre-
valance of such conditions.
This Is far reaching issue, so far
reaching that all past issues are laid
aside and the people are rallying
around the standard of sound money,
and the Hottest ideals Of national life.
! The issue must be- decided rightly.
| You must labor with your neighborS
and friends that the honor of the
nation be upheld and the honesty of its
money maintained"
Judge John p Rea, of Minneapolis.
one Of the few silver men to be found
in Republican ranks, delivered silver
address at Cook street and Payne ave-
nue. last evening to a large audience.
The address was devoted largely to ridi-
culing the gold standard theories.
Judge Rea took great delight in telling
| to his hearers how twenty years ago,
when he was an editor himself, he had
written columns upon the silver ques-
| ton, and had advocated it day in and
day out, prophesying the hard times
which had finally come. The speaker
asserted that he had been a silver man
for twenty-five years, and was a strong
err silver man now than ever. Speak
ing of the relative values Of gold and
silver, the speaker said he challenged
successful contradiction, to the state
ment that silver as metal was not
a cent less valuable now than 1t has
been since 1873 He declared that moth
ing has decreased the intrinsic value
Of the metal, but that its purchasing
power had been decreased by it's de-
mcnetization, and the appreciation OF
gold.
IIe said it was unpa triotic to vote
for the gold standard for the reason
that England wanted 1t. England is
today more prosperous than she has
been in her history" said the speaker,
land the reason for this is that she
is getting her pay for imports into
America, and her interest money in
gold, while she is buying her cotton,
grains, etc., in America for half-price
paving less than she ever has before,
and thereby reaping 100 per cent profit
She is afraid to have the gold leave
her country When Italy was consid-
ering the proposition of a silver STAN
dard. English bankers howled them
selves black in the face, for they knew
that all the gold in that country and
this would be poured into Italy.
Mr.. Rea made the declaration that
in his twelve years in congress, Maj
Mckinley had never voted or spoken
against bimetallism, but that now he
had pledged himself in favor of
single standard because the party so
ordered.