The Irish standard., 1896-07-25
5of their young md chur rches v'heres they
ma is,s III Air croat "a, and etsries where

n We have petittOned !, all OUT petltiOHSlnAVe
been, seorned. We have entreated, and our
entreaties have been disregafded we hare M ss
begged and they have nlocked and 4. pnr l'eEE
calamity came Wesbeg no longer; We en-
treat no more; we pet.tio no more. sI9 9
defy them. Great applause. ~ sss $.s III
The gentleman from . Wisconsin Il mas
said that he fears a Robespiere. NY fIlsnus,
il. this land Of the free You need no Iyrant u
who will spring up from among the pepple. s ls
What we need is an Andrew Jaekson to
stand as Andrew Jackson stood, agalnst Ine ay
encroachments OF II aggrand.zed Il. . sWeaiffn::
Great ap applause:) 81 II s9.l .9. i s
to catch votes: We. reply to them n tnat
changing conditions make new issue es;; that
the nrinc:p,es on which real democracy
stands are as everlasting as the hills, but
that they must be applied TO new epnd!
tions as they rise These conditions nave
arisen and we are attempting to meet those
conditions. Is, H. ~ ,2s.S Sss5@
They tell us that the income tax ought
not to be brought in here; that it is new
idea They criticize us for our criticisms
Of the supreme court of the United
States. My friends, we have not crltl-
cized; we have simply called attention to
what you know If yoll want criticisms
read the dissenting opinion OF the court
That, will give you criticisms. ZAP
plause.) .:.,.a ~: .
They say we passed an unconstitutional
law. I deny it, The income tax was not
unconstitutional when it was passed. II
was not unconstitutiolial when it went
before the supreme court for the nrst
time. It did not become unconstitutional
until one Justice changed his mind. we
are not expected 20 know when a judge
will change his mind. The income tax is
lust alw; it simply intends to put the
burden Of the government justly upon the
backs of the people. am in favor OF an
income tax. (Applause)
We 20 forth confident that we shall win.
Why? Because upon the paramount ls-
sue in this campaign there is not spot OF
ground upon which the enemy will dare
to challenge battle. Why, if they tell. us
that the gold standard is 2 good thing,
we point to- their platform and tell them
that their platform pledges the party to
get rid of a gold standard and substitute
bimetallisn. (Applause) If the gold
standard is good thing. why try TO get
T. rid of it.? daughter and continued ap-
plause) If the gold standard !
might call your attention to the fact that
some of the very people who are IN thls
| convention today and Who tell youi that
| we ought to declare ins favor Of interna-
| tional abimetallism, and thereby declare
thai the gold fstasau aua dis wrong and that
the principal OF ,bimet etAAism id better
these terry people. four iFnonths agojwere
d5,eNn d5p,eNn ana avoW ed advocates ct the gold
standard and telling us we could not leg
islate the two metals together even with
all the world. Y Renewed applause and
cheers.) 4:. -
I want to suggest this truth, that If the
gold standard is good thing, we ought
to declare in favor OF its retention, and
not in favor of abandoning it; and il the
gold standard is q bad thing why should
we wait until some other nations are
willing to help us let go. (Applause.) !.
| Here is the line of battle. We care not
upon which issue to force the fight. We
are prepared to meet them on either Is
sue, or on both. If they ell us that he
gold standard is the standard Of efylliza-
| ton, we reply to them that this Is the
most enlightened of all the nations OF the
earth. has never. declared for "a gold
star dard and both parties this year are
declaring against it. (Applause: If the
gold standard is the standard Of cdviliza-
tion, why, my friends, should we not
haveai SO if they come to meet us on
| that We can present the. history Of our ma q
ton. More than that; we can tell them
this. that they will search the pages Of
history in vainsto find Il; single instance
! in which the common people Of any land
have ever declared the selves In taWoN OF
a gold standard $(Applause) + .s5s !.
Mr.. Carlisle Said in 1873 that this was
a struggle between the 8id1e holders Of
idle capital and the struggling mass IS
who produce the wealth. and pay the tax
es of the :coun try, and, my: friends, u is
simply "a question that we shall decide
upon which side shall 81 the Democratic;
party: hght2 Upon the side OF the idle
| holders Of idle capital, or upon the side
of the struggling masses? That sis The
question that the party nu st answer first,
and then it must he answered by each in.
ffiViduals hereafter. The sympath hies Sef
the Democratic party, as .descrf rfbetl lfbyst ne
plat form are on the side of the strug1
Cling MASSES. who nave ever been the
found dation of the Democratic party. Ap-
plailse.)S 5@: s s @sss 84:sf 4
There are two ideas of government.
There are those who believe that If YOU
Just ..sgissate to make the Well-to-d0 pros
porous, that their a prosperity Will Leak
C1rOuE1 on LQOSeS DetOW.k3 y L u6s LSulOCltlAC5
idea has been that if youslegislate to make
the masses prosperous Their prosperity will
find ITS way up and through every class and
rest upon 1t. (Appl plause) 5@ 4st5I5 .;5% I; !;
You come to US and tell us 2tha tstne great:
cities are in favor ofithe gold standard.
tell you that.the great cities rest upon these
broad and fertile prairies 4 Burn. .yioWn your;
cities and leave us our farms and your cities
WIZ spr:: ne up again as If BY magic. but de-
stroy1 oilr farms and the grass WI grow.
lin the streets OF every eli Of $ttai country.,
loud applause. &; ;.s +
b. Ny friends, we shall de clare taat this ma ::
ton is able to legislate for its own people
On every question withu,1t waiting for StIes
a:ds or consent Of any other nat Ton on earth
(applause, y and upon that issue we expect
It's carry every. single state in the 3liniOn.s
E(Applause) shall not y! anler tile fair state;
|of sAfassach chltsetts nor. the state of New York!
bx5 sas hat when its citizens are eon-.
fronfea with the prop tion, IS this nat. ton
/ able 70 attend to Its own business Will
not glanders either cne BY sying that the
people ufg those states VIII declare our hesn-,
less impo oteney as A nationito attend to our:
own busine esg.5sS ss ss4 s$$ss .s SS.sssg .f
LIT Is tie issue of 4 776 over Our:
ancestors when the ~ we're onlls 4 thtee mill
lions of peopie had the Golra sc 20 slleclnre
their p.itical elence Of every 0tssers