The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-02
THE REPUBLICAN
DEMONSTR ALTON
At Mckinley Hall Last Night Mas
q Very Enthusiastic
Affair.
CONGRESSMAN ELLls's SPEECH
Campaign 0nr u Education The People Arc
Doing the Thiakina The Attack on
Supreme Law by the Chies-
90 Platform.

The Republican demonstration last
night WaA fully Ia keeping with the
enthusiasm of the party In Clatsop
county. and proved that the grand old
party sull held liz own In Astoria
The parade In the early part of the
evening was long one and included
the drum corps. the Young Mems Nc
Kinley and Hobart club. the Mckinley
club. the Uppertown ana Aldcrhrook
club. and the Third Ward Club. There
were altogether In line about four hun
dred, and the procession. with It's many
torches. banners and transparcncies.
was inspiring.
Every inch Of space In Mckinley Hall
was filled last evening with men. women
and children OF every political faith, In
order that they might have nm oppor-
tunlty Of hearing Congressman Ellis.
The audience was an intelligent and up
preciUtiye one, and withal a most re-
spectful one Representative Ellis is a
large man ~ imposing appearance, well
along In middle life man OF the peo-
pie. raised from the people. and for the
people He Is a rapid thinker. and a
very rapid speaker. To attempt to
give his entire speech Of an hour and
three quarters. would be impossible. He
said that lt was not his intention TO
do more than make some suggeHtions
and give some reasons for the inyesti-
CATION Of the great questions OF the
campaign by the people themselvs. "a
few years ago the people listened 10 the
stump orators, from whom they expect
ed 10 get an their information on the
campaign topics before thon. Today
they read the newspapers, books. and
the records OF the dolngs OF congress.
The orator can only illustrate and en-
phaslzc the points to be studied.
Fellow citizens. take issue with
some who have been discussing the
platforms ol the various parties. par
ticularly with those Republicans who
for slight cause have left their old-tlme
party. under which this country has
seen It's most prosperous times. Some
people because. they, could not fully
agree with one out OF the hfteen planks
OF the platform promulgated at st.
Louis, have left our ranks and Joined
the ranks of the party whose platform
contains fourteen planks with which
they cannot possibly agree. and only
one which they can partially indorse.
have been personally censured for my
action In the house OF congress in re-
gard 60 this money question. | want to
say right here, fellow citizens, that
endeavor to do my duty to the hest Of
my ability and convictions; but | am
free to say that upon this one partlcu-
lar question have he'd my doubts, but
do not intend 10 turn my back upon all
the other Republican planks, protec-
ton TO the American workmen, and
those steadfast principles which have
been the stay OF the party for years,
simply because OF one plank OF the
platform about which l am not ahso-
lutely sure | do not believe that there
| Is anything that can be done by amy
other nation on earth which we can
not do. but there are some things
which neither We no any other nation
can accomplish alone or single-handed.
ION this free silver question ] will
say that | do not believe that the ma
ton can possibly prosper with free
trade upon the one side and free silver
upon the other, My friends, the Re-
publican party is and always has been,
the true friend OF silver And whatever
is to be done upon this subject, | am
In favor OF doing that work through
the ranks Of that party which has al
ways stood for the best interests Of the
people. .(Applause) When has the Demo-
cratic party ever done anything within
the ranks Of that party which has not
ooen a botch? The Republican party
today Is the only party which is equal
to the emergency now confronting the
American people True bimetallism, II
ever adopted, will be adopted by inter
national agreement and through the
efforts Of the Republican party. The st,
Louis platform pledges our party to
this action, and II Mr., Mckinley Is
elected he will take his seat in the
White House pledged TO that principle
We have bimetallism today in one
sense. All our money clrculates at a
parity, and do not want to see any
legislation that will change that parity,
Every dollar which circulates among
the worklngmen must be dollar that
is worth 100 cents,
"Some Of our adversaries say that
we are now monometalllsts. Others
argue that to adopt free silver would
make us silver monometallists. Were
these propositions true and we We're
compelled to accept one or the other
of the horns OF this dilemma, how much
better that we adopt the gold standard
and place ourselves upon equality with
the other nations of the earth, From
January lst, 1896 to September LIST,
1886 the whole number Of silver dollars