The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-17

! motive power or riied cannon He declares
mat we must contend for. commercial SUI
/ premacy; that In the commercial compcti-
ton we should use sthes ,sveapons Of our
fathers, and that is about as absurd as that
we should use the weapons Of our fathers in
contest for territorial integrity. If we
had 10 hight again for the integrity of our
soil i wonder ifHAIrs Bryan and Mr. Bland
ana the other ,lPopulstic patriots would
make 1t a question Of patriotism that we
should send soldiers TO the front with
the old fint-lock rifles which were very
efhcient at Bunker Hill and triumphant at
Yorktown or whether he would allow us the
modern breach Kaders, With which battles
are fought AM. Victories won at the close
or the nineteenth century. The one would
De Just as sensible as the other. We must
hight England with pEpgliand's weapons.
hrye always fbe]ieved every time that
OK over this country, every time that
LraVe' from my IEa stern home across these
helds, whenever pass through those fertile
plains In Iowa and Ohio and Indiana where
prosper us farmhouSes dominate fertile
fields. whether | go Along by the Ohio river
| where every hill that rises above my head
Is treasure house piled high with the
richest resources of the mines, where from
open caverns in the ground gases come
forth by which towns are lighted and all
domestic purposes are absolutely supplied
from the bounty of nature herself; where
oil wells send forth supply sufficient to
light the whole world; and beyond those
nils for 1900 miles the plains are covered
with waving corn, with fattening oxen,
with every type and description Of wealth;
when | see this country and feel that 1t is
mine, l have no more doubt that like the
great republic of antiquity which accom-
pllshed the military conquest of the world
1t Is our destiny to. accomplish the Industrial
conquest of the world, and England and no
nD6pP Withstand
conquering march if we only fight her with
weapons of civilization, and with sound
money that proceeds from rigid business
honesty.
Free Coinage and the Farmers.
Mr.. Cochran then turned his attention to
a discussion of the effect of free coinage
upon the farmers to whom Bryan has held
forth such seductive promises. He showed
conclusively that the only way in which
free coinage could benefit the farmer was
by enabling him to practically take advan-
tage of system of false measures 70
secure the benefit he must plant upon
silver basis; pay his labor and his debts on
silver basis and sell his product upon the
gold basis. If free coinage raised equally
the debt-paying and purchasing power OF the
dollar no one would be better Off, and If
the farmer could alone take advantage of
debased standard for planting and an
enhanced standard for selling, the cost of
This theory overlooks entirely the fact that
honesty is always the best policy and is as
faulty and unpracticable from business
point as 1t Is vicious In morals. He con-
cluded In most eloquent peroration:
Il have no apprehension Of how the Amer
lean people will decide question Of morals
presented to them in a political platform.
| have had no doubt from the very first,
and the results in Maine and Vermont have
already vindicated my faith. The rate of
wages and the value and capital depend
| upon the combined product of the nation
! and the way to increase the prosperity is
| to increase the product. The result Of this
election Will show that the Union Is strong
| err to-day than 1t ever was. The attempt
| to divide this people into sections Is fail
ure The prosperity of one section
and one class depends upon the pros
| perity of all. !. l leave this question
| with you, citizens of Minneapolis: with
| you, citizens Of Minnesota; you who labor
| In the factories; you who toll in the fields,
confident Of right decision at your hands, -