The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-28

ou5thcIoS We IoJOlC6 IN Gn0 lACG GQaG the
| Democratic candidate for Governor,
standing on silver platform and in spite
OF the desertion of gold Dem ocrats,
polled 1000 votes more than the Demo
cratic party polled two years ago. Cap
plause.) We bid you God-speed in the
work that you are still carrying on
When the people Of Maine have studied
the money question as seriously and as
deeply MS the people in other parts of
this country have already studied it, you
can expect a majority Of the people of
Maine to register their vote in favor of
an American system as against a foreign
system of finance. (Applause.) The
issue has been drawn as it never has been
drawn before In this country. Heretofore
the two great parties have adopted plat
eforms substantially similar ON the money
question and have nominated candidates
and that was attempted this year. The
Republican platform at ST. Louis does
not say that the gold standard is good
thing; itspledges the Republican party to
get rid of a gold standard. and the mino-
rity plank at Chicago was substantial
ly the same as the Republican plank at
st. Louis. But at last the money quea-
tion has been presented to the American
people and the American people are
studying the money question, and after
study comes action.
My friends, am here today,a visitor
in the state of my colleague, but come
to beg you to consider the Importance that
this money question bears to your well
fare. I cannot draw your attention to
the subject unless can convince you
that you have a personal interest in it.
AS long as you think that financiers
only are interested in the money question
you will leave the question to financiers
to settle; but when you find that you
have an interest as we'll as the flnanciers,
you will undertake to Look after your
own interests and not turn them over to
dnanoiers TO look after for you. Gap
plause.) If ] were to say to you that
some mans house was on fire in an ad-
joining state, you would feel Indifferent
about it, but If I said that there was a
house on fire in this town, and named
the man who owned the house, and stated
that his family was in danger, If that
man was here he would be interested in
the matter at once. I come to tell you,
my friend s. that this gold standard is
assailing your prosperity and destroying
Its value while it raises your debts and
nuts vOu under hond aoa To thoaa who
loan money. (Applause.) If foreign
army were to sail up here within sight
of your city and threaten to take one
half of your property every citizen here
would become interested In repelling
the invader. I tell you that foreign
policy has landed upon your shores and
Is attempting to destroy more than one
half of the value of your property and
put you under the dominion of foreign
financial power (Applause.)
II want you to put some questions to
your opponents, questions which they
cannot answer. my friends. If any man
tells;you that the gold standard is good
Athingseyou ask him why the Republi-
can party didn't say SO. Isn't the Repub
lican party willing to declare that any
thing is good which is good' ..The Re-
publican party doesn't say that gold
stahdard is good. Tho Repu blican party
pledges itself to ge5 rid of gold stan