Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-04-04
ADDRESS ny THG ATTORNEY GEN
ERtII At OLYMPIA.
.rh. Nnited states Can Coin silver
and Hold IL at Parity
with Gold.


ence this afternoon at the Olympia the
alter on the silver question. The speecf
was delivered under. the auspices of th'
Olympia Bimo,aiiic Club, and was re-
ceived with a great deal OF interest MI
Jones said;
For 30 years the people Of the United
States have enjoyed substantial adNahl'
ages the like of which never fell to the
lot of any people OF the world at an!
former period
Never before WAS 80 great number
of educated and instructed citizens unit
ed under one form Of government ana
enjoying the advantages springing from
the use of common language and the
possession of free institutions. They
have been in the tranquil and undis-
puted occupation of the grandest natu-
raj empire upon which the sun ever
shone
land whose shores are washed by
two oceans, and whose domain extends
almost from the frigid to the torrid
zone. hestoWng upon the fortunate in
habitants every variety Of soil and eli
mate.
Broad harbors, majestic rivers and
float the navies Of a hundred worlds.
Valleys, the fertility of whose sun
kissed slopes is sung at every banquet
board TO which the product OF the vine
brings cheer.
Wide-spreading plains and rolling
prairies generous enough to feed and
clOthe all of earth's children.
Gigantic mountain ranges, the glory
of whose forests is proclaimed in ev-
cry port where commerce rears a mast,
and whose ribs of adamant hide coal
enough to light and warm the world
for centuries. gold and silver to make
the miser's dream shrink to a puny fan
cy, copper enough to rob the heavens
of their lightning and send it flashing
in obedient currents from capital to cap
ital, and iron enough To connect the re-
hottest corners of the world together
with avenues of steel.
Nor have they been compelled like
other nations to waste their energies OF
squander their resources IN the mainte-
nance of standing armies and costly
ornaments, nor To hedge their magnifi-
cent heritage with cleaning bayonets
in order 10 protect their title but they
have been permitted to enjoy it in abso-
lutte and undisturbed tranquility with
out 50 much disturbance as a serious
dispute, much less the burden of a
devastating war.
Nor have they been wanting in the
most abundant facilities to enable them
To garner in the rich harvests of the
field the forest the vineyard and the
mine. One hundred and seyenty-fiye
thousand miles of railroads have fur
niShed the faciie arteries through Whic.
the rich blood of commerce has flowed
in an ever-eXpauding stream, and ev.
cry lake and river and harbor has
thrubbed to the steamers wheel The
smoke from myriad chjmneys has
darkened the Sky. and the hum of un-
counted spindles has set to music the
story of our peoples untiring energy.
1t would seem as though the posses
sion of such a land by such a people
under such conditions could produce
only one result-prosperity The sag,
would tell You that at the end of ,,
years of such conditions this land mus
of necessity be the home of universal
happiness and plenty, that such word!
AS poverty, discomfort, want, destitu
tion and bankruptcy must of necessit!
have been eliminated from our Ian
guage.
THE GREAT ANOMALY
And yet, in spite of all these al
Vantages, the year 1896 finds despai
brooding like a vampire over this fai
land, our railroads in hopeless bank
ruptcy, our mills and factories closed
our spindles stilled, our furnace fire
banked, want and restitution crouch
a4Naw tn.
of our people, and the sheriff duly elect
ed historian 10 write the annals of on
time In the notices Of sale that crow,
each other on the bulletin OF ever,
.