Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30

come from abroad, then Il - evident
that We have not enough money here
now. and il We have not enough money
now il is better to let the money come
out of our mountains and be our own
| money than to borrow from abroad and
have to pay il back with interest some
time
] We are sometimes accused Of using
| extravagant language. But We do not
have to use eXtravagant language.
Whenever We want to be very emphat-
| ic we turn back to the utterances of
men like Mr.. Carlisle, who are now
worshiping the gold calf. and use their
| language. TO show what emphasis was
before their hearts We're turned from
| the people to Wall street"
| Il am the nominee of three conven-
tons. but I do not appeal to the votes
of any man on the ground that l am
| nominated by his party. ! have
higher claim to your SURFACES than
| party ties can give me. l appeal to
| you as the only candidate to the presi-
dency who believes that the American
people can have a financial policy of
| their own
The Republican platform adopted
at St. Louis declares not that the gold
standard is good. but that it must be
maintained. How long? Until the
American people are tired il it? No.
they are tired of it now. Until the peo-
pie desire to get rid of it? No. they de-
sire to get rid of il now. How long?
Why, we must maintain it until for
eign nations desire us to get rid of it,
and will let us get rid of it,
| In my judgment the income tax is
just. 1t is not war upon property, but
-. do, aud hot h., hoy
J property and who demand the protec-
ton of that property by federal laws
, should be willing to support the gov
, | eminent to which they look for that
, protection. and not seek to use the in
: StrumentalitieS of government for their
, own benefit and throw the burden of
. supporting that government on the
! backs of those not able to bear it.
} These assistant Republicans whose
/ hearts are willing, but whose flesh is
weak Gaughter, may as well under
D stand now that the contest in which
, we are engaged is not a contest for
this year alone. I believe we shall
win now. But whether we win now
or not. we have begun a warfare
against the gold standard which shall
Q continue until the gold standard is
v driven from our shores back to Eng
: land
a The Republican platform declares
= we must maintain our present financial
policy not until we get tired of it. but
| until foreign nations get tired of il and
u consent for us to abandon 1t. To my
}, mind. no more infamous proposition
4 was ever Endorsed by any party, and !
e cannot believe as l look into the faces
L of tens of thousands of free Americans
| throughout all these states that they
are willing to trust the destinies of the
y people in the hands of foreigners
whom We can only reach by petition
- III anything is wrong with our laws
i we can correct them at the ballot. bu,
Y II we transfer the legislative power
= from Washington to Lombard street
: our ballots cannot reach them. and We
A can simply go upon Bonded knees and
beg for sympathy and compassion from
a those who have never known sym
!. pathy or compassion. Those who ar.
u denominated as money changers have
r never in all the history of the human
q race listened to anything but force
Y They have no heart. They cannO
| feel. They know nothing but greco
and avarice, which have no conscience
to which you can appeal"
| democrats who believe in tariff re
y form and Republicans who believe il
protection are able to get togethe
- when both recognize that the none,
= question is superior to the tariff ques
:. ton. A POpulist leader in this stat,
~ well expressed the idea, when he salt
that. while he believed in Populist doc
70 trines. yet he was willing to lay som,
= of them aside until he could get 9th
ers. For instance. he said, while h,
u believed in the government OWNERSHIP
q | of h.. hn
e eminent to own the railroads as loni
Q as the Rothschilds owned the govern
h ment."
a But we are notified that we canno
A maintain the parity because Mexic,
cannot. Every man who thinks tina
this nation is no greater than Mexic,
y ought to vote the Republican ticket.
D Is the only place that he will feel a
q home. IApplause.l This nation cal
VI do what Mexico cannot do. This ma
n ton can create demand for silver tel
n times as great as any demand that cal
!. be Grated in Mexico. and if there is
Republican who still doubts that thi
nation is greater than Mexico let hin
remember that the United States an,
Mexico together may be able to d.
what Mexico cannot do alone"
I'VE apply the law of supply and de
D mand to money. We say that tn
value Of dollar depends on the mum
a Der of dollars and that you can rails
l the value of dollar by making tn
l. dollars scarce. and we charge that on
l. opponents are In favor OF making tn
l. money scarce because they are con
trolled by those who want money dear
lie II you are in favor Of dear money yo,
L ought to vote the Republican ticket. ]
OF you are in favor of making money tn
~ only thing which Is desirable to owl
As and making properly the thing tina
Id everybody wants to get rid of, yo
want to vote the Republican ticket be
n cause the Republican party propose
rs to continue the present financial sys
ne tenn. the object of which is to make
m more profitable to hoard money an
es get the Increase in the rise Of the valu
OF the dollar than to put that dollar I
ne work employing labor and developin
to resources of this great country"
he "For five weeks lived on cold wa
Of ter. 90 to speak," writes q man VIII