The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-10-15


mated all along the streets, some of
superbly, and good many of them
we're decorated with the National col
Ors.
The court house was packed to ov-
erfowing five minutes after the process
sion disbanded. Many certain Repub-
licans gave up their seats to others of
uncertain faith, while as many as there
were inside were obliged to leave the
hall on account of there not being any
room for them.
1t was about 7:3O when the crowd
began to come into the court house
and it rapidly filled up. The speak
er's desk and the railing in front was
draped in the National emblem and
back Of the speaker was flag, while
to either side on the wall were the
pictures of j. T. McCleary and VIM.
Mckinley. About S:2O the crowd be-
gan calling for song by the Glee
Club, and the club composed of Lew
is and Charles Buxton, Dewitt Martin,
Chas. johnson, Geo. French and G. G.
Kenney, responded to the call, and
just as the club finished the song Mr..
McCleary appeared at the door &C
compauied by A. 3. King, chairman
of the county committee, and j. r.
Lankard. The appearance of the
schoolmaster of finance was the signal
for loud applause. Another song by
the Glee Club followed, after which
Mr.. King introduced Mr.. McCleary as
our next congressman.
Mr.. McCleary began by saying that
he was very grateful for the prophecy
of the future; that he had the honor of
making the first political speech in the
house erected for the purpose of deal
ing out justice, and that it was through
the courtesy of gentlemen opposed to
him politically. He said that he
would not discuss the question in a
PARTISAN spirit although he was parti-
san. Nineteen out of every twenty
persons want the best that there is in
the land, and every one knows that the
times have not been as good as they
might have been. He said that he
was not able to paint dark picture
and would not attempt it. Some say
the cause is gold, and others say silver.
There are two classes in this country,
he said, one class of which want silver
coined on private account, and the
other wants it coined on government
account, as is being done at the pres
ent time. He belongs to the second
class. The silver men propose a change
and that change would radically effect
the interest of 70 millions of people.
The present situation is, he said, that
man having gold may take it to the
mint and have it coined and the gov
ernment certifies that there is 100
cents worth of gold in the dollar, while
the silver man takes the silver to the
mint and wants the government to
certify that there is 100 cents worth of
silver in the dollar when there is only
81 cents worth of silver in it, and the
government will not do it. The two
parties differ on the point that the Re-
publican party want silver coined on
government account while the other
party want it coined on private &C.
count. Silver half dollars are legal
tender to the amount of S. and no
more Silver dollars are full legal ten
der for any amonnt.
Mr.. McCleary then took up the bi-
metallic theory and said it was like
the mans perpetual motion machine,
it won't work. Every civilized nation,
he said, had tried it and every one had
given it up. It was law decreed by
the law-maker of the universe that il
should not work. Mr.. McCleary then
took up the early history of this coun-
and if ever any men we're warranted in
paying debts in deprecated money
he said they we're waranteed in doing
it. Cheap money made the payment
of debt easy, but the result was that
those who had anything to sell would
not sell it and trade was paralyzed
The articles Of confederation were ther