The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-21

Yreeecco OF tno oppooitaoh Aae<e ~ 49,
Republican platform the people OF this
country ought 30 be awake 20 the dan
sers before them. What do we finds We
dnd that few financiers are able TO con-
troll the amount of gold and by sanding it
out Of the country are able 20 run down
stocks and reap o rich profit, and then by
bringing 10 back are able 20 raise stocks
and make rich profit again. What do
we Auds We find that our financial system
has been turned over TO the stock gambler.
My'friends, AZ long a. our government
receives its financial inspiration from rail-
road wreckers and stock 1obbers and money
grabbars this nation viii 20 legisiate that
10 win be moro profitable 10 b . nonpro'
ducer than 20 60 70 work and produce
something.
You cannot trust the financial wisdom
Of your stock market mAnipulators In
times Of peacs, nor can you eruss their
patriotism In time Of war,
The presidsns Of the United States has
pursued this financial policy until these
stock mAnipulators have slobDered over
him with praise, but the moment he as
serted an American policy these money
changers deserted him, and he had to look
to the yeomanry Of thsoountry for support
just a. long - our money Is controlled
By few hnanciers who use the scarcity or
the plenty Of 10 10 run the stock market,
lust 90 long We shsll barter national hon
or, Just 20 long we shall stand In the atti-
tude Of servile dependers upon foreign
pity and foreign compassion
am noe believer IN war, except az q
lass resort am IN favor Of the peaceful
ssetlement a every question that can be
ssetlsd peaceably without the surrender OF
national honor. But, my friends. assert
that no nation like ours can afford 70 have
q financial policy which 10 only tolerable
In time OF quiet and absolutely helpless
An time Of confusion, and slight disturb
anca You know that II gold 10 to DO our
only primary money, and II that little
quantity Of gold can be drained away mt
| inoment's notice by foreign creditors, IL
lssvss us helplesa
| You know that when the Monroe doc
| trine was discussed and asserted gold
began TO 60 abroad You know that with
| the slightest prospect Of foreign war we
| would suspend gold payments and &c
| either to oliver or to q paper basis al
once, and yet, my friends, these people
| Who want to build tho commerce OF this
country upon an approaching basis are the
ones who call It a sound financial system
and sssume 70 possess all the wisdom and
PATRIOTISM that there are In this country
Questions TO Ask.
NY friends, let me suggest three or foul
questions for you to submit 10 your op
ponents. Ask them II they believe tina
| with gold alone we can prevent . fall II
prices, and II 70 let them state to yot
where In the world they are going 70 find
theu gold % replenish our currency sns
make our volume of currency keep pac'
With the demands for money.
You ask them II they deny tho power o
law TO raise the price OF an article by In
creasina the demand for that article !
they tall you that the free coinage Of silvc
will not increase the price Of silver, yo'
ask them why it was when India suspend
cd free coinage the price OF silver fell. AS
them why II was that when we suspende
the purchase of silver under the Sherma
| law the price Of silver fell. Ask them VIII
Il was when we enacted the Sherman In,
In 1890 and increased the amount Of silve
purchased by the government silver wen
II up to 100 oents an ounca Look In the N
II ports Of the secretary Of agriculture--o
page think you will find 1t, the lar
guage OF Secretary Rusk, where he pointe
II 10 this act Of legislation and showed HOY
i IL raised the market value Of silver bullion
i and also declared that as silver went u
4 wheat and other products Of the farm ha
|, gone up, and that we could expect goo
I times as the result OF the rise In silve
which followed that legal enactment.
Ask them why IL is that they insist o
ignoring all history and being blind to a
reasoning; why it is that they repudia'
| the very laws of finance and disregard tha
IL L.. N< las pf 40 a lQ w 4
supply and demand.
Our opponents began this campaign b
! | ridiculing the Democratic platform. The
have found that the campaign was to
earnest to be defeated by ridicule. The
began to abuse the candidate and to abus
: those who supported the platform, an
: when they found that abuse only intens
: fed the feeling, only increased the enth'
siasm, and that 1t made the earnestne'
more earnest, then they began q systemat
process OF coercion and intimidation.
They first said that our claims were I
| ridiculous that the people would not aoocI
l them. Then they said that our positio
= | was 90 awful that the people would IN
! tolsrnto IL, and then they said that 1t we
= | % attractive that we must not let the pc
| ple have their own way or they might vo
: | for It.
Ny friends, why Is 1t that these gre
!. | corporations have become ut once so o
= | licitous about the welfare of their emplo
esss Why Ii IL that instead Of paying "a
I | wages and accepting the work as a setti
= ment Of obligations they have commence
: | to start financial schools and to dissem
: | nate financial folly among those who a
: | wiser than their teachers2 And why Is
| that when they ask their workmen TO jo
/ clubs that are supporting Republics
ticket, why Is 1t that they call the
/ sseound money clubs instead of callir
them gold standard" clubs
want to inform you, my friends, tn
= when man Is putting forth an argumel
y be IA ant to dress II IN Its best garb al
present It In its most attractive form, al
y whom the advocates Of tho gold standal
ak about "sound money" instead Of gol
why. IL IL because they know that "souI
u money sounds better than tho go
| standard a"
= lit n because they know that hone
! money 10 moro euphonious than 60
- dollar. which everybody would recogni
A the most dishonest dollar that there
In tho country.
Now, my friends, honest men do not I
sort TO dishonesty In language Men WI
y desire an honest currency do not deal I'll
u honestly with the American people In tr
le ing % get them 70 adopt thing und
II ono panae here when they mean to 81
70 them something else And i am goil
~ further than that have respect for
II honest, open and candid opponent. ha
:. A respect for q m,.A who has conviction
! | who states those convictions and W
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