People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-07-23

the conspiracy Of Catalina and saved
Rome. He did for Rome what Jack
son did when he destroyed the bank
conspiracy and saved America. ZAP
plause.) We say 10 our platform that
we believe to coin money and issue
money is the function of government.
We believe it. We believe it is a part
Of sovereignty, and can no more with
Saftey be delegated to private citizens
and individuals than we could afford
to delegate TO private individuals
power to make penal statutes, or levy
laws for taxation. Mr.. Jefferson who
was once regarded aS good Dem
ocratic authority, seems TO have a
different opinion from gentlemen who
have addressed rs On the part of
minority. Those who are opposed to
this proposition tell US that the issue
of paper money is the function Of the
banks md that tie government ought
to 60 out Of Tue banking business. |
stand with Jefferson. rather than
with them, ard tell them. a. he did.
that the issue Of money is the func-
tion OF the government and that the
banks ought to 90 out Of the govern
ment business. They complain
about that plank which declares
against life tenure in Office. They
have tried to strain il TO mean that
which it does not mean. What we
oppose is that plank Of life tenure
that is being built up at Washington
which excludes from participation in
its benefits the humber members of
our society. l cannot dwell longer in
my limited time. (C..es Of 80 on, go
On.1 Let me cali attention to two or
three great things.
The gentleman from New York says
ne will propose an amendment provi-
ding that This change in our law shall
not effect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there is nc
intention Of eliecling those contracts,
which, according to the present laws,
are m~aa payable in gold. But if he
means to say We cannot change our
monetary system without protecting
those who have loaned money before
the change was made, / want 10 ask
him where, in law or morals, he can
lind authority for not protecting debt
ors when the act of 1873 was passed,
but now insist that we must protect
creditors. He says he also wants to
amend this law and provide that if We
fail to maintaiG parity within a year
that we will suspend clinage of silver.
We reply that when we advocate the
thing which we believe viii be sue.
cessful we are not compelled 10 raise
doubt as to our sincerity by trying to
show what we will do five fail. Task
him, if he will apply his logic to US,
why he does not apply it to himself.
lie says he wants this country to try
to secure an international agreement.
Why doesn't he tell US what he is go
ing to do if they fail to secure an in.
ternatiOnal agreement?
There is more reason for him to do
that than for US to fail to maintain
parity. They have tried for thirty
yearS-for yearS-to secure an inter-
national agreement, and they are
waiting for it most patiently, and do
not want it al. Cheering, laughter,
long continued
Now, my friends, let me come to the
great paramount issue. If they ask
us here why We say more on the
money question than we say upon the
tariff question, | reply that if prOtec-
ton has slain its thousands the gold
standard has slain its tens of thous-
ands. If they ask US why we did not
embOdy all these things in our plat
form which we believe, we reply to
them that when we have restored the
money Of the constitution al other
necessary reforms will be possible and
then until that is done there is no re-
form that can be accomplished .
(Cheeringl Why is it that within
three months such change has come
over the sentiments OF this country?
Three months ago, when it was con.
adently asserted that those who be.
lieved in the gold standard would
frame our platform and nominate our
candidate, even advocates OF the gold
standard did not think we could elect
a president, but they had good reason
for suspicion because there is scarce
ly state here today for a gold stand
arc that is not within absolute con.
troll OF the Republican party. Loud
cheering.) But not the change. Mr..
Mckinley was nominated at St. Louis
upon platform that declared for the
maintenance of the gold standard un-
til it should be changed into bimetal-
lism by an international agreement.
Mr.. Mckinley was the most ponular