The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-02

wax passed. II WHH discussed thirteen
times ~ the house hundreds Of copies
of The bill l.Aeif. ana hundreds ~ copies
~ the committees reports being circu-
lated amongst the members and their
friends The question ar now pre-
scented to the people was not AZ that
time up for consideration The matter
was considered Of minor Importance.
and possibly did not receive the attcn-
tlon of some Of the legislators that II
would have received had there been any
apprehension on their part that there
was any danger 20 the country IN any
clause of the blll Since then there
have been twenty years of prosperous
times and ! say now tha, II. has not
been the financial question that has
brough, about the present condition Of
business. The silver question now be-
ing cor sldered ~ new question. and
was never mentioned by SIR Bryan In
the house of representative IN the leg
lslation Of 1902. II II not matter Of
money with us today. but the matter Of
a circulating medium. We have money
enough 10 do tho business Of the coun-
try. and II we had the business 10 do
the money would circulate quick
enough. The word free Is catch
word. The only thing you embrace In
this world without money and without
price, is the air you breathe Free sill
Yer does not mean that the money is
going to be dished out to any one de-
string II. We must have something 10
exchange for IL. The laboring man
would not be benefited BY having the
circulating medium increased. but he
will be benefited by having the demand
for his labor Increased.
In 1873 they say this great crime was
committed. but as a matter Of fact, way
back In the jO's the debt paying power
of silver was limited % S. There we're
good times then and no complaints were
made. In 1892 the campaign was won
on the tariff question. They said we
want change. We have had the
change. and I leave It TO you. fellow
citizens. II We don't want another
change. Yes. we want change now
which we can put into circulation. We
can't AFFORD TO try any more expert
ments The child is too sick and we
must apply the remedy which win re-
store "A healthy condition Of affairs I'm
der the Republican doctrines Of protec-
tion We have been successful and every
time we have attgnpted to use the
Democratic principles We have suffer
ed. They promised in 1892 that II vic
torious they would give us certain free
trade legislation that would make pros
perity Now they are talking about the
money question. II is not a question Of
IS TO silver. but question Of opening
the sixteen idle factories TO the one
now in operation. The opening Of the
mints would be Of no benefit TO us un-
less we have something to take there
to be coined But when you open the
factories and the jobs are hunting the
men instead of the men hunting the
Jobs. you Immediately bring about a
prosperous condition of the country.
Under free wool and lumber tariffs,
We find today that the sheep men are
getting only four TO eight cents for
wool and 9Oc to Sl.25 for sheep where for
merly they got ten to twenty cents per
pound for wool and 81 10 IS for sheep,
The farmers and laboring men today
are wearing sixty-four pounds OF
shoddy to one pound of wool in their
clothing. They promised cheap clothing
and We have IT,
Let us trust the welfare of this
country to that party which has al
ways made II prosperous country.
do not believe in ill-mated people, In
private life 1t always makes trouble
and with political parties 1t must be
the same, Look at Kansas today. The
Populistlc party is the result of a union
between the Populists and Democrats,
and now you would have to use a Ian
tern and a microscope to find Demo-
crat in the state Its schoolhouses
have been closed. and business has
gone away from it. Shall we put our
national affairs in the hands of such a
party? l say no, (Applause) The bet
ter element of the old Democratic party
which through all the vicissitudes of
time have stood by its principles,
have rightfully stood aloof from such
a measure. They are going back to
Grandpas Palmer and Buckner in order
that they may stand with clear con-
sciences upon their own principles.
Like the old farmer In Iowa who
for years staunchly supported the prin-
ciples of Democracy, when asked what
he thought of the Chicago platform,
he said that it made little difference
about the platform, as 1t was made for
corpse. He explained that the differ
ent parties which amalgamated at Chi
cago and had brought forth the So
called platform, were like the old
lady who periodically went on shop
ping tour in the village, made the clerk
pull down every piece of goods on the
shelves, and when the long-patient
store man grew tired and suggested
that she take a certain pattern. she
said: We'll, it makes little difference
anyway, because the pattern is for a
corpse
"There are other issues in this cam
paign more important than the money
question The declaration of the Chi
cago platform censuring the president
of the United States for declaring that
the supreme law of the United states
was paramount to the law of any indi-
vidual state and for exercising his au'
thority under that law during the
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