Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-31

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among you the class Of ratora fba, ~
had In the good State OF Maine who On
ceaso-ed to frighten the people on, y,
voting for sound money by saving Tho,
great crime was committed in 1879
why. from the result OF the vote aon,.
there-nearIy $4,000 majorlty-fAn'
plause) itisfair to be inferred that thee
arguments didn't have much effao,
Applause.) And they have the hard;
hood to say to an intelligent poonIa
mat because the coinage of a doll.r
That at that time was not circulatin,
was suspended for five years, from 1874
10 1913, all these troubles and disasta..
iaVecoihe upon US within the last three
anu nan years. III / had a boy OF 10
years that would believe that ! wouldn't
own him.
Mr.. Stewart Of Nevada, perhaps ono
"i the most prominent silver men In
TINS country, and who publishes a paner
down in Washington called the Silver
King. and Mr.. Jones, voted for the Law
OF 1915 at every stage Of the progress az
us passage until it became a law. IAN
plause) and in 1874, a year later S,ew-
art made as strong gold speech as
ever was made in this country. WHY
ne said, the laboring man when he is
laid for his toll should know in what
kind of money he is paid: and tho
farmer. hen he is paid for his product
should be paid in money that Is the
commercial money of the world. They
talk about the crime of 1S73-why. nv
friends, from 1873. when that law was
passed. down to 1899 when we turned
The government over to our opponents
there was more progress in the pros
perity OF this country, there was more
growth in its wealth. and in the happi-
ness ana comforts Of its people than at
any other time of the world. If the law
of 1873, or any other law was followed
Dy ~ years OF the highest mark OF
prosperity to which this country has
ever reached, j say in Gods name give
us more crimes of 1873. tApplause.)
We are a great debtor nation; We
are a debtor nation because we are a
young nation, just as a young man
when he goes into business unless he
has patrimony. is a debtor He has
not had years in which to accumulate
money. therefore when he starts in he
goes and borrows. We are but a hum
dred years old as nation We have
had vast opportunities to invest money
in this country. We pierced the noun
tains; We crossed the prairies: we
reached the Pacific coast; we opened
up vast wild portions Of the country
and brought them under cultivation.
We have opened mines, and We have
invested an immense amount of money,
and by so doing have had a progress
unequalled in the history of nations.
a dpst
We had to go to old England who
had a thousand years in which to ac-
cumulate wealth: to Germany and
other nations, to borrow it. We owe
very much more than the $625. 600 900 of
gold which we possess in this country.
Suppose Mr.. Bryan standing on a
rec silver platform where he proposes
10 pay the debts of the people of this
country in 51-cent dollars should be
elected with Congress to sustain him.
how long would it be before those who
lold our securities abroad would send
hem here for collection. My free silver
friends. instead of increasing the cur
'ency by your free silver bill you will.
give it sharper and severer. con-
traction than was ever known on the
globe, with results of disaster which
,Applause.)
You know that the Saviour when
he Jews hung him on the cross said.
Father forgive them, for they know
lot what they do. My silver friends.
when you think that you are going to
Increase the currency of this country
~ your free silver bill we say. God for
give you. for we think you know not
n Il I.
The silver phase of the Chicago plat
orn is by no means the worst phase
II II or the most threatening. When
'arty solemnly in its platform puts
orth principles that strike at the fund
mental stones upon which your struct-
ire of government rests, if that party
ucceed. then you lose that which you
annot recover; for there is no instance
n the history of mankind where a peo-
lie have lost their institutions and af-
erward recovered them. What do our
riends do? Why, they solemnly in
nat platform which they ask you and
lie 10 endorse by electing them to pow
+, lndict their own president, because
&c sent the troops and enforced the
Avs and squelched the mob at Chica-
o.
what did the president of the Uni
ed states do when he was inaugural
d? | saw him stand up before Is
w or 10000 people and hold up his
and and swear that he would sup
ort the constitution of the United
tates, and sustain and enforce the
Nv VGreat applause.) And because
g did not violate his oath; because he
beyed the mandate of the constitution
his country; because he enforced the
iws and brought peace and quietness
ND good order to the people, he was
olemnly indicted by Mr. Bryan and
is convention
They go farther than that. They
ldict in that platform. the supreme
curt of the United States, because
nat court rendered a certain decision
'hich did not suit their sweet will.
nd propose to add new judges and
ack the court SO it shall be their crea-
are. Why. my friends. the supreme
curt of the United States is the last
asort which you and 1 and every citi-
en- in this country has for his pro-
erty. his liberty and his life CAP
lauSe.)
Mr.. Milliken's peroration was an elo-
lpnt effort Showipu hon. 49, ,o..