The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-17
INGERSOLL INSPIRES.
His Glowing Speech for Honest
Money Thrills the People.
A Mastery Plea for the Integrity of
the Nation and the Good of
the People OF All
Glasses.

8. Col. Bob Ingersoll spoke to surging
mass of citizens on the West side. His
stirring remarks created the greatest
enthusiasm in his audience and his wit
ticisms provoked frequent and hearty
laughter. He canyassed the whole
ground of the money question and
dwelt with cutting sarcasm ON the fall
lacies of free silverites. The following
is almost the entirety of his speech:
Fellow Citizens: Again we are on the
field OF battle where thought contends
with thought-the field OF battle where
Facts are bullets and our arguments are
swords Again we appeal TO the good
sense, 10 the conscience, 10 the patriotism
OF tho American people,
This is our country and we arc re-
sponsihle for the administration. We can
not throw the responsibility on any mon
arch or on any party. This is our coun-
try, ana we are responsible for what our
country does. We are responsible for the
policy adopted, and II our country is dis
honest the brand OF reputation will be on
every American brow. IApplause.l We
are responsible for our country and Il "A
the duty OF every American citizen, when
about to exercise and use the prerogative
or king, 10 examine the questions pre-
scented; II Is his duty to arrive at con-
clusion without prejudice, without hatred.
obligation according as he believes Is for
the best interests OF the people OF the
United States.
~ All l wish is TO appeal 20 your good
sense. / want 10 appeal 20 the reason you
have, not to your prejudces, not 10 your
hatreds, but TO your brains, 70 your con-
sciences, TO your patriotism, 10 your wis
dom. l admit that all the parties who dis
agree with me are honest. Large masses
of mankind are always honest-thc leaders
not always--but the masses OF tho people
do what they believe 10 be right Con-
sequently there Is no argument I'm abuse.
nothing calculated 10 convince In calum-
ny. To be kind, to be candid, Is far nobler
FAR better and far more American.
I'VE live In a democracy and we admit
that every other human being has the
same right TO think. the same right TO ex-
press his thoughts. the same right to vote
that we have lapplausel, and want every
one who hears me TO vote IN exact accord
with his sense, TO cast his vote IN ac-
cordanco with his conscience. / want
every one TO do the best he can for great
republic, and no matter how he votes, II
he is honest. shall find no fault.
'l3ut the great thing is 10 understand
what you are going 20 do the great thing
is 10 use the little sense that we have. In
most OF US the capital Is small and Il ought
to be turned often. Laughter and ap~
plause.l We ought to pay attention. we
ought 60 listen 20 what Is said-think,
think for ourselves.
Issues of the Campaign.
Now. my friends, there are three great
questions in this campaign submitted 10
the American people, three great questions
that we are 10 decide, and the first is the
money question, the second the tariff, and
the third whether this Is a government OF
law, or whether there Is an appeal from
the supreme court 10 a mob.
'"Then we have 10 make our choice. We
have TO choose between men; we nave 10
choose between parties.
'.And. first, let us take UP the money
question. And let us begin at bedrock.
am going 20 give you the ideas and facts
that have Influenced me, believing that
what win influence me VIII influence an
average American citizen. Applause
And the first thing TO be right about, II
you are republican, and the first thing TO
be wrong about, IL you are democrat. is
the definition OF money. What IS money!
In the first place, money IL the product OF
nature; money Is part OF nature. No man
ever made or created money IL Is beyond
the power Of legislatures and congresses.
1T is beyond the power OF the human race.
Money Is not made. IL has to be found.
NOW, remember that Money Is not
something that man can create IL is
something that man must find. IL Is
part OF nature. And what else2 Money Is
something that does not have To he re-
deemed Money is the redoemer. Zap
plausel Anything that has TO be bolstered
up with the promise OF an individual or o
nation Is not money. Greenbacks arc not
money. They are promises TO pay money.
"A national bank bill is not money. IL is a
promise TO pay money Nothing that gov
crnment can print-no matter what picture
it MAJ put upon Il. no matter what words
In God We Trust-lt is not money, IL is
simply a promise 20 pay.
"And, yet. there are thousands and thou
sands OF people who believe that a nation
can create money. A nation can no more
create money by law than Il can create
corn and wheat and barley by law lap
plause.l and the promise 10 pay money Is
no nearer money than bin OF fare Is
dinner. CONTINUED laughter and APP
lplausel
what Is Dollar
Now the next question is, what Is dol
lar? There are many statesmen going
over the country, making speeches from
the tail end OF trains llaughter'l ana not
one OF them knows what dollar ~. NOT
one of them knows what money Is. What
is a dollarG ] can tell you. Laughter
Twenty. three and twenty-five onc-hun-
drcdths grains OF pure gold make one dol
lar That Is the money to-day OF the unlten
States That Is the money to-day OF the
civilized world. Twenty three and twenty
two onc-hundredths grains OF pure gold
make "a pure and honest dollar. Applause
All. but they say: Cannot you make doll
lars out OF silver? I say. Yes, but when
You make dollar out OF silver you have
got 10 put n dollars worth OF silver I'm
silver dollar fApplausel If you make
money out CT something else. you have got
10 put a dollars worth OF something else
into the dollar. II takes a dollars worth or
paper 10 make a good paper dollar.
fLaughtcrl Ii takes a dollars worth or
iron to make an iron dollar, and IL takes
dollars worth Of silver TO make a silver
dollar.
And let me tell you another thing. You
do not add TO the value OF gold by coming
81 any more than you add TO the value OF
wheat by measuring IL any moro than You
add TO the value OF coal by weighing u.
Why do you coin god7 Because every
man cannot take n chemists outnt with
him. tI-auEhter.l lie cannot carry a cru
chile and rctort, scales and acids. and 50
tho government coins II. simply 10 certify
how much gold there In an the piece.
"rhen there is another thing about IL. IL
does rot make any difference who Issues
good money IL Ia lust as good when Lag