Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-09-26

J. emu Oh the Solu stahuaru lnefe
e no end. Do YOU think that we hav
o drained the cup Of sorrow to its dregs
! No, my friends, you cannot set a limi
to financial depression and hard times
| Why? Because if the influences whicl
!. are at work are able TO drive silve
e out OF use as standard money. thos
l same influences will be turned TOWARD
| other nations, and if they succee,
I here, what reason have we to beliey,
!. that they will fail when directed
against weaker nations? And ever,
nation that grows to the gold standard
: makes the dollar dearer still, and nj
the dollar rises in value you mus
sacrifice more of all the products o
, toll TO get hold OF it, and as you sacri
flee more and more of the products o.
toll you will find that your debts wi /
increase as your ability to pay your
} debts decreases, and in the long run
the capitalist class will devour all the
property and crack the lash over all
the rest of the land. They say that
am exsggerating. No, my friends
am not exaggerating. Nc language
can exaggerate the evils Of the gold
standard
John G. Carlisle, in 1878, said that
this struggle could not cease and ought
not to cease until the industrial masses
were fully and finally emancipated
from the heariless domination of the
syndicates, stock exchanges and com
binations Of money in this country and
in Europe. (Applause.)
Have the industrial masses been
fully and finally emancipated?
Cries of No, no." (Applause.)
All, no, my friends. That heartless
domination is more heartless today
than ever before in the history of the
human race. (Applause.) Never be.
fore have all the great money centres
and all the great money owners been
so combined for an attack upon the
people of the world.
Battling On "a Hilltop.
We are fighting battle upon the
hilltop, and all the nations of the
world are watching TO see on which
side victory will be. applause }
This is the onl y nation that can make
the fight. Other nations are powerless.
(Applause.)
Do the masses OF England want a
gold standard? They have never
declared for it, Who wants the gold
standard? Those who rule by right
divine, ami those greater rulers who
stand behind the thrones and rule,
through the debts of the nations of the
world. (Applause.)
Someone has said that you cannot
write a poem in favor of the financial
policy of the present administration.
Why? Because there is nothing in it
to appeal to the sentiment or the
heart. (Applause.)
Poetry and Syndicates.
We might offer large reward for
poem that would portray in beautiful
language the advantage Of having a
syndicate run the Government of the
United States. (Applause.) Suppose
some OF you try TO see how much
enthusiasm you can stir up with a
poem of that kind ? daughter and
applause You can sing OF liberty !;
you can sing of freedom you can sing
OF happiness; you can sing Of love,
but no man can sing OF government
or policy that barters away the vel
fare OF 70,000,000 of people to syn
dicate. (Applause.)
My friends, if you want the present
financial policy continued you have a
chance to secure that condition Of
things by voting the Republican
ticket.
Cries of No, No.
The Republican platform proposes
to continue the same promises from
which the people have suffered. The
Republican platform declared for the
gold STANDARD, and when they declare
for that they mean for all that that
comprehends and includes They de-
clare that the gold standard must be
maintained not Tor year, or four
years, or ten years, but forever, If
foreign nations insist upon our doing
it. (Applause) The word used is
Until" Until" is long word, my
friends. (Laughter) Until" has no
limit upon its duration. They simply
say that the destinies of the people of
this nation are to be submitted to the
decision of foreign powers; powers
which cannot be reached by our bal
lots, and cannot be touched by our
petitions. That is what it means.
(Applause.)
Too Sick to Wait Longer.
If the Republican party had de-
clared that while bimetallism was good
there ought to be some change made
in the ratio or some safeguards thrown
about coinage, we might have met
them in open debate and discuss before
the people the advantages or necessi
ties for that which they suggested, but
when they mention no conditions, when