The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-11
THE WEEKLY ONO DEMOCRAT TUESDAY AUGUST H. 1895

character. however pure. personal pop
ulaTlty, however great, thar can pro-
tect from the avenging wrath Of an in
dlgnant people the man who Will neither
declare that he IL In favor Of fOistng
the gold standard upon the pcople or
who Is willing to surrender the right Of
self GOVERN nrrent and place Legislative
control in the hands of foreign poten-
tates and power. (Cheers)
We go forth confident that we shall
win. Why? Because upon the para
mount Issue In this campaign there IL
not a spot OF ground upon which the
enemy dares TO challenge battle. Why,
II they tell US that the gold standard Ia
q good thing, we point to their platform
and tell them that their platform
pledges the party to get rid ot n gol1
standard and substitute bi-metalllsm
(Applause) II the gold standard ia n
good thing why try to get rid OF III
daughter and continued applause)
And J might call your attention to tho
fact that some OF the very people who
are IN this convention today and who
tell you that we ought n declare In fa-
vor Of International bl-metallsm, ana
thereby declare that the gold standard
IL wrong and that the principle Of bl-
metalllsm In better, these very people
four months ago were open and nvowcl
advocates of the gold standard and tell
Ing US that we could not leglsla.o two
metals together even with all the world.
(Renewed applause and checrs)
/ want to suggest this truth, that II
the gold standard is good ching we
ought to declare In favor al Its rctcn-
tlon and moi In favor OF abandoning
IT.; and II the gold standard M a bad
thing, why should we wait until some
other rations are willing to help us to
A..N As.V.I L.. a a.
OF battle, We care not upOn which ie-
sue they may force the fight We are
prepared TO meet them on either issue
or on both II they tell ue that tho gold
standard is the standard of civilization.
we reply to them that THE, the most
enlightened of all the nations OF the
earth. has never declared for a gold
standard, and both the parties this year
are declaring against ". (Applluse).
II the gold standard Ia the standard
OF civilization. why. my friends, should
we not have It? SO If they come to
meet us on that, we can preeent th,.
history Of our nation More than thnt
We can tell thls-that they Will search
the pages OF history IN vim to find a
single instance In which the Common
people Of any land have ever declared
themselves in favor OF the gold standard.
(Applausc). They can find where the
holders Of fixed investments have. Mr..
Carlisle said In 1878 that this was a
struggle between the idle holders of
idle capital and the struggling masses
who produce the weahh and pay the
taxes of the country, and my friends.
It Is simply question that we shall.
decidc--upon which side shall the Dem
ocratic party fight? Upon the side o.
the Idle holders OF Idle capital, or upon
the side of the struggling masses?
That h the question that the party
must answer FIRST, and then 1t must be
answered by each Individual hereafter.
The sympathles of the Democratic
party, as described by the platform,
are on the side OF the struggling masses
who have ever been the foundation of
the Democratic party (Applausc)
There are two ideas OF government
There are those who believe that if
do prosperous their prosperity VIII
leak through on those below. The
Democratic idea has been that II you
leglslate to make the masses prosper
Gus, their prosperity VII find its way
up and through every class and rest
upon 1t. (Applause)
You come 10 US and tell us that the
great cities are In favor of the gold
standard. l tell you that the great
cities rest upon these broad aud fertile
prairies. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms and your cites win
spring up again as II by magic. But de-
stroy our farms and the grass will grow
In the streets of every city In this coun-
try. (Applause.)
My friends, we shall declare that this
nation Is able to leg slate for It's own
people on every question, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation on earth (applausc). and upon
that issue We expect tn carry every |
single state In the Union. (Applause.)
shall not SANDER the fair state OF
Massachusetts, nor the state of New
York, by saying that when is citizens
are confronted with the proposition. Is |
this nation able to attend to its own |
buslness?-I Will not slander either one
by saying that the people of these states |
viii declare our helpless impotency as
n nation to attend to our own bus ness |
II IL the issue OF 1916 over again. Our
ancestors, when 100000, had the cour-
age TO declare their political lndepcnd-
ence OF every other nation upon earth |
Shall we, their descendants, when we |
have grown to 10000. 900, declare that we |
are less independent than our forefath- |
ers? No my friends II will never be the |
Judgment of the people, Therefore we |
cnre not upon what lines the battle Is !
fought. II they say bl-metallism Is good |
but we can not have 1t till some nation |
helps us, we reply that instead of hav-
Ing a gold standard because England |
has we shall restore bi metallism, and |
then let England have bi-metallsm be-
cause the United States has. (Applause,) |
II they dare to come out, and In the
open defend the gold standard as a
good thing. we shall fight them to the
uttermos. having behind US the pro-
ducing masses of this nation and the
world. Having behind us the CONNER
clal interests and the laboring interests
and all the toillng masses, we shall an
swer their demands for gold standard
by saying to them you shall not press
down upon the brow of labor this crown
Of thorne You shall not cruelty man
kind upon cross Of gold Great ap,
plauSe)