The sun., 1896-10-28
WEEDS SMASHING SPEECH.
TRUE DBMooRAoF THUNDERs At
THE PoPOCRATIO UPSTARr

Broken It-RrYnn's Policy OF Cheating
and the Shame of It-AitgeId and TIL.
nau and Their Pestiferous Doctrines
PLArTsBURaH, N. Y, Oct. 27.-The public
meeting held here tonight in the interest of
sound money was tho largest and the most en-.
thusiastic that the town ever had seen. Long
before the opening Of tho theatre In which the
meeting was held the approaches to 1t were
blocked by the crowd.
Royal Corbin. . conspicuous Democratic law.
yer. was President. and the vice-Presidents and
Secretaries comprised the names of the most
influential business and professional men here
The speaker of the evening was Smith NJ.
Weed. who.was adelegate-at-larEe to the Chica-
go National Convention with Senator Hill, and
has refused to accept the platform and candl-
dates of that Convention. Mr.. Weed is tho
most distinguished Democrat in the northern
part of the State. His auditors were sound
money Democrats and Republicans. He said:
Il have always been Democrat and am a
Democrat now. The Bryanites havo left the
time-honorod tenets OF the party. and a lot Of
Populists have taken possession OF the Demo-
cratic Conventions-stolen the livery OF Democ-
rsoy to serve Populisin and all that that i'm
plies. We are in accord with the Democratic
Convention of this State. n Convention that
unanimously resolved for honest money. |
have not changed u jot or little. stand where
l stood three months ago and where the Demo-
cratic party has stood since its beginning-for
honest money: for respect and reverence for the
Constitution; for an honest, law-abiding, law
enforcing Government: no North. no South. TO
East, no West. Yet to-day l and all the old
time Democrats who stand with me are out of
tho Bryan camp
Il was present at tho Convention, tho first
Convention had attended FOR years. as had
hnn l,at ID D,t
when this honest money Democratic State Con-
vention urged me BY wire to so felt could not
refuse, and went. saw and heard these people
and heard from their own lips what they meant.
saw and heard Bryan. Altgeld. Tilman. and
the rest of the wild Populsts and Socialists in
that Convention. Since that momentvus day
and since | have read with horror. as we'll rs
with sorrow, the rawlings of the candidate nomI-
mated by that Convention, in which he sought
to still further arouse the envy. hatred. ana
discomfort Of the poor man against the men
who have acquired property; TO make the en-
ployee feel that his employer is his enemy: that
the man who by energy anu honest toll has ac-
Quired property has done 50 dishonesty and
has IN some way cheated his neiRhbor; who has
preached to the laboring people, the common
people. us he sees fit to call them that they
adown;trodden aud abused people. have come
TO the deliberate conclusion that self respect
ing Democrat could support Bryan on any plat
form . ,.,
dishonesty. repudiatlon and hutred. and yet he
talks to you about his love for his country and
for the Door man, whom he is trying to make
dissatisfied with his condition; his love for tho
old soldier whom he is trying to rob OF portion
of his pension his love for those who have saved
n small pittRnce and who have it in Il savings
institution. to rob them of half or 1t.
MIR. Bryan make. assault after assault upon
the great financial institutions of the East. as
though he would destroy them. He makes out
that the banks trust companies. insurance COM
panies: aud savings banks & are the enemies enc s OF
face of the earth. Lille insurance societies and
savings banks seem to be Mr.. Bryan's special
aversion probably because they have the
largest amount of money. Mr.. Bryan has re-
ferred to the enormous wealth represented by
the three great companies OF the w"rld.-the
Mutual Life, the Equitable, and the New York
Life, representing an aggreTate OF aboqt SIX
hundred millions belongs to the companies.
Every dime. every penny made. nll the varied
assets, belong to the policy holders. who must
disturbances of the country. Whoar the policy
holders! They are the common people that
not from l so to 200 persons here tonight who
have policies in the companies named or SINH
lar institutions. taken out for the protection Of
their wives a?d children. 1t is you and such as
you that he assails-every man W ho has policy
on his life. every laborins man who belongs to a
beneficiary society, every railroad man who be-
longs and pays his dues to n society. And he
would have you believe that these great so
should dissipate their muney-yuur money. Tho
savings banks, with their thousands OF illions
| OF deposits furnish even u stronger case. In all
financial disturb Dances, i'll any improper or un-
wise interference with finances the wage Garner
the aborer. the mechanic. the farmer. or. as Mr.
the sure sufferers. The rich can stand IT. What
difference does it mako TO Vanderbilt whether
his income Ia cut in two or not: But to the
middle classes, the wage earners. 1t 10 OF great
and momeutous consequence. You thus see
what an immense number OF onr people are OF
the creditor class that the stlverites are at
tackng.
which now prevails-Cau in Il great measure be-
traced to the silver agitation in Congress and In
this country. Foreign capitalists felt n lack or
south and West dec iare for free silver when
they thus showed to the people who h. Id our Sc
Obligations in silver instead OF the money recog-
uized as the standard Of the world. This same
action of the free-silver men. In Congress and
out, has hac q similar effect on the capital
lists OF our own country. Not knowing but
that IL he loaned or invested a gold dollar
in an enterprise or loan he would get In return
ifty-cent silver dollar the capitalist. so called
has shut up his pocket book. as any sensible man
vest. More than that, he naturally has called in
hs loans and sold out his investments. all Of
which has u direct tendency to make the times
hard. In another way this has helped 10 maze
hard times. The grain. cotton. and cattle pro-
ducers cannot depend upon u foreign market as
they could some years ago.
"This silver agitation has substantially closed
great portion or tho manufacturing ana MIN
Closing of these estabiishments has depriv ed the
farmer Of the home market. Take AS an eI:
ample Lyon Mountain In our own country. II
there 1000 employees. They would earn on an
average say $500 per year. and In living could
spend nearly all OF 1t. The silver agitation has
made our customers close, and we cannot mar
ket our prod ucts: hence we cannot employ the
men. Therefore charge directly to the silver
men the destruction for the last three years Of
the homo market OF the farmer and producer
which 10 the only sure every year market they
can depend upon. At their door alone
may Justly be laid all our, troubles
and ali the hard times that the people
have suffered for the past three years. These
men who. like BryRn--without business eXpcri-
ence of any kind, but self.esteem that as
tounds the word-have brought upon the people
OF this country all the troubles of tho last three
years. There prairie iinanciers of the West and
the wild financial experts of the South insist
upon It that all these caamities would be bless
ings to you. and by trying TO arouse the cupidity
OF one class: the hatred and Jealousy ofanother.
the political hopes OF another, ask you to bring
y disgrace nd dishonor upon your beloved coun-
try. and disaster, loss, and misery upon your
selves.
MIR. Bryan's election would he a step back
ward in the cause OF humanity. No black flag
OF repud diation, no rcd fiaE OF anarchy must be
permitted to be flung over the beacon or liberty,
national honor. and freedom that the United
States have for SO many years held aloft to the
liberty loving people of all the world, You, Mr..
Bryan, and your rco.conspirators. VIII be in tho
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