The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-21

CouAaoteiiis THIS SITUATION, and two
great parties are struggling for SUI
premacy. One party wants to continue
the present condition of affairs. It
says III you will only allow us to in
| crease your burden of taxation, we will
restore prosperity to the country But
prosperity will never Come that way
me prosperity of the laborer Is the
prosperity of the country. Not until
the laDorer can work and receive
wages sufficient for his haggard- ne
cessities, can the merchant and farmer
expect a return to better times. The
| Repuoilcan party Is content with a
| single gold standard. 1 am not. The
American tramp Is the spawn of this
single gold standard. He has become
q permanent institution--he will not
disappear while the gold standard pre-
| walls. The once proud American work
| lngman has Been reduced to the dead
line of degradation. There never was
Tune when a man would beg for the
| privilege of doing more, work for less
| pay as he iso doing now. This same
| party tells us hard times is due to
| Tree silver agitation. But think-has
| your credulity no limit? Ifethat party
was based on correct principles, it
would not Waver before agitation. This
| single gold standard is the standard of
the Insurers. But the Republicans
haven't the hardihood to tell us the
gold standard is right-they qualify it.
Ihey say that bimetallism would be
right II Europe will approve. They
repudiate the Declaration of Indepen-
dence; they: have no faith in the indie
pendence of the people,. But the Dem
ocrat1c party declares the American
Eeopie nave intelligence enough to
| govern themselves. We Democrats
say we Will. have, a monetary system of
cur own without reference tc Europe.
In this declaration Is heard an echo
from washington, from Jefferson. from
benjamin Franklin, who said Let US
all nang together or we will hang sep
| arateiy.' In their day these men were
all anarchists-and so am / and so
are you that applaud.
Inc people of Europe do not like
the people of the Western continent
apparently they are friendly, but they
are In reality hostile John Bull would
not speak to Uncle Sam if he did not
have. his hands in the Americans
| pocket up to the elbow. The Republican
party knows it will never get interna-
tlonal blmetallism if it waits for foreign
cooperation. The gold standard men
are engaged in a game Of duplicity
They know they will never have foreign
cooperation in monetary matters. They
seek only to perpetuate the gold stand
ard. But the time has come for q
change. 1t lsa coming on peaceful, on
constitutional Zines. Bryan stands to-
was denounced as a monster Of de-
pravlty by all the power of press and
society. Bryan is also opposed and de-
r1ded by all Of these Influences; but
they cannot prevent his reaching the
chair of the president. Clean, cour
ageous and patriotic, he will certainly
reach that proud position.
Il would not have an office. I am
doing what can to help free my coun-
try. 1 would rather see the humblest
citizen walk upright, freed from cor
poration bondage, than occupy the
highest place in the gift Of the people.
The heart of the people has been
aroused. Such a meeting as this en-
phasizes my faith in the American peo-
pie. In all this vast audience there is
not one drafted man. There is no
anarchist here. They are in Wall street.
1t was Edward Lauterbach, the paid
mouthpiece Of the plutocrats, who said:
We will not abide by the decision if
Bryan is elected We will not appeal
from the majority to force, as they
propose to do. That is their pro-
Bryan is elected he will be inaugurated.
There will be no counting out-the
American people are in no mood to be
tr1Hed with this time
This Is not a struggle between two
classes. All we ask for the poor is equal
rights and opportunities. They have
been disfranchised The courts have
Disseminated against them. Only the
poor go to Jail. speak from exper-
fence as well as observation. The
time will soon come when, il YOU want
TO IND an honest man, you will have
to go to Jail. In some of our courts
Justice is a purchasabIe quantity
wealth names some judges. My friend
Erwin there will never find his way
to the federal bench. He is not on
good terms with the money power-the
power that names the judges.
The Republican party is against the
people on both these issues. I do not
object to trial by Injunction because
I oppose the law. but I contend that
every criminal, every man is entitled
to trial by jury of his peers. An
injunction has all the force and effect
OF law, but it is. not a law-it is the
Will of a Judge who may be the
restraints you from doing something
you have not done. Today you are
served with an injunction. tomorrow
you may be sent to JAIL From that
decision there, is no appeal. That 1
call despotism. The American people
believe IN fair play, in unfolding free
institutions. and the time has come
when we must rdeclare that we will up
hold the principles, that underlie the
prosperity OF our government"
Just to prove that all the Germans
Of the city are not in favor Of Nc
Kinley, as the Republican press has
claimed and the politicians have be-
heved, J. M. Pottgieser, Of St Paul,
some time ago began canvass of the
German vote of the city and state Mr.
Pottgieser is a prominent member of a
society that is Strong in the country,
and has about 700 members in Mime
sofa, outside the cities of ST. Paul and
Minneapolis. Mr. Pottgieser prepared
a circular which he mailed to each
member of that society, asking them
their political preferences. These re-
plies were confidential, and more open
and frank, it is claimed, as the writer's
knew that the contents Of their letters
would never be made public. Mr.. Pott-
gieser says that the sentiment for
Bryan Is almost unanimous. and some
of the letters were from Germans whose
votes were openly claimed in the city
and state for Mckinley. So strong did
these letters indicate an anti-Repub-
lican sentiment that Mr.. Pottgieser
conferred with a number of Germans
in the city with view to forming a
Bryan and Lind club. The result OF
the agitation was the meeting on Mon
day night at which the German-Amer-
lean Bimetallic club was formed, with
the following officers: J. M. Pottgieser,
president; T. Bihm, vice president; J,
l.. Hoffman, secretary, and Charles
Ehrmanntraut, treasurer. The meeting
was well attended and it was asserted
by some of those present that in the
Eighth and Fifth wards of the city.
clubs numbering hundreds of members
could be easily formed To assist In
the formation Of ward clubs, vice presi-
dents were appointed, one from each
ward, TO report at a meeting to be