Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-04
BOTH SIDES.
Campaign Issues Discussed al
Madison, Wis
SENATOR THURS1oN TALKS FOR GOLD.
Clarence 8. barrow, of Chicago, Presents
Arguments IN Favor Of Free Coinage
Senator Wolcost Tells Why He
Remains q Republican.

lican party, nnd Clarence 5. DarroW, O
Chicago lawyer, for the democrats and
populists, contested with orutory and
argument for the presidential votes
Friday afternoon, at Lakeside, the
grounds OF the Monona Lake assembly
near this city. The gathering political
1y was republican one by large ma
iority and the assignment of the scna-
tor to speak under tho auspices of the
assembly on the closing day by the se-
publican national committee made the
event In part the opening of the western
campaign. Senator Thurston was FIRST
presented to the audience, being allowed
one hour and five minutes to speak. He
said in part:
Senator Thurston's Argument.
"This money question is new one in
this campaign. was brought up to be-
lieve that the judgment OF the man who had
succeeded in life was better to follow than
that Of the man who had failed; that the
word Of the man who had never broken his
promise was better to believe than that
of the man who had broken his word.
Therefore, think 1t is safer for me to keep
away from the leadership Of such men as
Altgeld and Tillman and Llewellyn and
Waite and follow the lead of Allison and
Reed and that greatest Of all Americans
William Mckinley, OF Ohio. -Four years
ago the Issue before the people, made for
the most part by men who are now pre-
Senting another issue, Is not the issue
which they would have you believe should
| be the one on which to go to the polls IN
1896. Mr.. Bryan made no other argument
| and advocated no other issue four years
| ago than the tariff. He and his associates
| had no intention of bringing forth this new
issue until they realized they were ever
| lastingly defeated by the people on the
issue Of trade on which they secured
majority Of votes four years ago. Mr..
Bryan said then: give us free trade, and
wages will 90 up but they went down. He
| said give US free trade and business will
| BOOM but 1t busted.
1T am an American. The American trav-
cling in foreign lands finds that his silver
dollar is taken without one cent of discount.
| You can buy with 1t twice as much as you
| can with the silver dollar Of any couny
| which opens Its minis to the free coinage OF
| silver. do not want to Mexicanize our
! American dollar or apologize for its cheap
| ness. Gold means free coinage. DID you
| stop to think that If free coinage of silver
| will increase the value of that bullion that
| 1t will not bring to the people higher
wages or give them better prices for their
product? Free coinage Will either lower
the standard of our dollar to the 60-cent
Mexican dollar or else double the value OF
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them?" The senator closed by arguing that
cheap money would not help the poor man
Mr.. barrow Is Heard.
| Mr.. barrow was then introduced He did
| not think the settlement of the free coin.
ago question would ever give to labor that
which labor never had under democratic
or republican Administrations full share
of the product Of his toll nor lift from the
farmer the great burden Of debt and dis
tress under which he lived. But 1t would
do something. He repudiated the sena-
tors prescription, of four more years OF
the gold cure administered by Mckinley
instead OF Cleveland. He sternly resented
i Senator Thurston's claim to being ar
American when he defended the PROPOSE.
ton to become the bonded slave Of LON.
bard street and Wall street. The great
creditor class had been the blighting curse
on tho earth for ages. He created a sensa
tional scene when he declared that II {
, dollars worth of American wheat con
tinued to be sold for 80 cents the English
man will collect his interest from America
as he does from the Egyptian with cannon
and with sword.
The speaker was vigorously Kissed anG
several men arose and shook their fists an6
cried: Never" The chairman appealed
for order and a fair hearing.
Senator Thurston in closing denounced
the attempt to array class against clas
and section against section. There was n,
such issue under the stars and stripes. !
! party was needed to build up not tear down
,, FINALLY he said: 1.-The man who holds TIL
key to the situation is the officer who hell
the line for Sheridan at Shenandoah, MAJ
! Mckinley, and please God he will be GU
next president"