Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06
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the GOLD standard is q BOO0 LnlnB we
ought to declare in favor Of its reten-
ton and not in favor of abandoning 1t;
and If the gold standard Is bad thing,
why should we wait until some other
nations are willing to help Us let go?
(Applause.) Here Is the line Of battle
We care not upon which issue they
force the fight. We are prepared to
meet them on either issue or on both.
If they tell us that the gold standard Is
the standard Of civilization, We reply
to them that this, the most enlightened
Of all the nations Of the earth, has new
er declared for a gold standard, and
both the parties this year are declaring
against 1t. (Applause) If the gold
standard is the standard of civilization,
why, my friends, should we not have 1t?
So, If they come to meet us on that,
We can present the history of our ma
ton.
More than that, we can tell them
this, that they will search the pages Of
history in vain to find a single instance
in which the common people OF any
land have ever declared themselves in
favor Of gold standard. (Applause.)
Mr.. Carlisle said in 1878 that this was
struggle between the idle holders of
idle capital and the struggling masses
who produce the wealth and pay the
taxes OF the country; and, my friends,
1t is simply question that we shall
decide upon which side shall the demo-
cratic party fight? Upon the side OF
the idle holders of idle capital or upon
the side of the struggling masses?
That is the question that the party
must answer first, and then it must be
answered by each individual hereafter.
Big Cities Only Favor Gold Standard.
"The sympathies 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. (Applause.)
There are two ideas of government.
There are those who believe that if you
just legislate to make the well-to-do
prosperous that their prosperity will
leak through on those below. The dem
ocratic idea has been that if you legls-
late to make the masses prosperous
their prosperity will find it's way up
and through every class and rest upon
it, (Applause)
You come to us and tell us that the
| great cities are in favor Of the gold
standard. l tell you that the great cit
les rest upon these broad and fertile
prairies. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms, and your cities will
spring up again as if by magic. But
destroy our farms and the grass will
grow in the streets Of every city in this
country. (Applause) My friends, we
shall declare that this nation is able to
legislate for its own people on every
question without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation on earth
(Applause.) Upon that issue we expect
to carry every single state in this
union. (Applause)
Il shall not SANDER the fair state Of
Massachusetts nor the state Of New
York by saying that when their citl-
zens are confronted with the PROPOSE
ton, Is this nation able to attend to It's
own business?-I will not SANDER
either one OF those states by saying
that the people of those states will de-
clare our helpless impotency as a ma
ton to attend to our own business.
1T is the issue of 1776 over again.
Our ancestors, when but 100000, had
the courage to declare their political
independence of every other nation up
on earth. Shall we, their descendants,
when we have grown to 100000 de-
clare that we are less Independent than
our forefathers? No, my friends, It
will never be the judgment Of this
people.
The PeFOratIon.