The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30

can merchant tsGHg1-G-fs A1l lie @A14r-
gram goes on: Ny informant 70 a raa
attach rnuch irnportanc. 20 his statement.
u4amght@r.l Now. my rr4en1s, there IS
correspondent who does ror stg1 his nsrae
telling abort q man os big commercial
standing. whose name he does rot give.
wac quotes what a seadsny Indian uae--
chant says. whose name u unknown. wao
says that there is a wei fvuaSel rarnor
that certain things are going - happen
Now. that is The sort OF literature that
IS being spread L@f - the American peo-
PIE. Why dent men who are giving opin-
tons give their Names 50 that we Can nri
out whether the man ever gave sucn N
opinion. ard II ne ever gsss ~. wait MS
opinion Is worth? / caB your attention 70
this because you can see what an g1SUo-
stansfal foundation Il laid for the fears
that many attempt 10 excG.e IN the breasts
OF American citizens.
let Us give you another evidence OF
th~ Lark Of eanGor and directness which
cfaracseriZes our opponents. Ex-SscrS-
tary FaIrchlId is quoted in this same pa
per as saying z DO not see how We can
DO anything csc than put third ticket N
the presidential arena We have practi-
caiy committed ourselves 10 sueh a
COURSE CHisses) We want 20 see the de-
feat OF the Chicago ticket. and We shah
try 20 draw away ss many voters as We
car from H. or course we VIII find no
fault .ith those OF our friends who east
a straight vote for Mckinley Now. there
Is a parry which claims Il 8 In fsvoF OF
honest money advocating the putting up
of ticket not for the purpose OF eaeetins
the ticket. bat for the purpose Of eleetlng
another man whom they are not wiling
TO lndorse IN a convention ! ssmp-y call
your attention 10 the methods we have 10
meet In this campaign and ! ask you
whether these methods characterize peo-
pie who are devoted to honesty IN every
thing that they want, honest money and
a sound dolsar7 Great app.ause-) NOW.
a. against a party which. without daring
TO advocate q gold standard. yet declares
in favor OF lis maintenance until other
nations come 10 our relief. and as against
the other so-caIled party which advocates
the nomination OF a ticket not for the pur-
pose OF electang K. but for the purpose OF
electing another ticket. We present
straightforward. emphatic declaration
which Is so clear that one who runs may
read We want the restoration Of the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver al the
present legal ratio OF 10 to l. without walt
Ing for the a.d or consent OF any other m
ton on earth. Now. my friends. he-seve
that you have a right 10 consider the
frarskness and eandor with which those
propositions are stated when you come 10
decide which side is honestly striving 10
do that which - beA Tor the American
people
when our opponents come before the
people. 10 whom do they appeal for VotesF
Do any of the Republican speakers tarh
to the money changers and appeal 10 them
10 vote the Republican ucketg NO, IL 5
not necessary, my friends. to waste time
on them. To whom do they appealY To
the ones they think less likely to vote ths
Republican ticket? They appeal to the
ones who they think will require the most
persuasion. To whom do they appeal? To
the laboring man Of this country 1ney
tell the laboring man that they are 50
afraid that something is going TO happen
to him. Uaughter) Well, now, how can
you tell whether these men who stand at
the head of the gold crusade and yet have
not the courage 10 say so when they talk,
how can you tell whether they are going
to help the laboring man or not! Judge
the present by the past. We have scrip
tural authority for the assertion that the
tree Is known by It's fruits. These trees
have been bearing fruit for twenty years.
and there has not been a Ihing on a single
tree that a laborlng man would nave IN
his house (Applause.) wow me the man
who has tried TO break down labor or
ganizations (cries OF Hanna, Hanna, Han
MAJ and Will show you man VINO today
Is sweating blood for fear some laboring
man Is going to have his wages'cut In two
friends. the policy Of the enemy is TO
divide and conquer. Whenever there has
been an effort upon The part OF the labor
ing men to secure any legislation needed,
where have they found their friends? They
have found their friends upon the farm
and not in Wall street And now they ap-
peal 10 the laboring man to come With
the money changers and help them defeat
the farmer because he wants a higher price
for his products. (ApplaUse) They want
the iaboring man TO believe that the free
coinage OF silver Is going 20 hurt him. My
friends, I would rather risk the iaboring
man 70 decide what is good for him than
10 leave his interests in the hands of his
ancient enemies.
And what do the laboring men say?
II Is only a little more than a year ago
that a petition was sent 20 congress ask
ing for the immediate restoration of the
free and unlimited coinage Of gold and
silver az the present legal ratio OF Is 20
/, and Il was signed BY the leaders OF
every prominent labor organization Of the
United States. (Applause) Wao can be
trusted2 The men who have led the labor
organizations IN the fights In the past
or the men who in the past have sought
10 defeat the only protection Of the labor
ing man, namely. bis organization? Great
applause.)
Now. why did those Iaboring men de-
a
they know thar when the dollar goes up
property goes down. and they know that
when property Is falling al enterprise IS
retarded and stagnati0u follows They
know that the gold standard encourages
the boarding Of money instead or expend-
ing & in the development OF The resources
OF the country and this policy az hoard
ing Is driving thousands and hundreds OF
thousands Of worklnrmen ont IN the
streets where they beg for the privilege
~ working for their daily bread These
workingmen know that they cannot sen
arate themselves from the tiller Of the soil
These laborirg men know that there can
BE- no prosperity In business IN this coun-
try unless the farmer is selling what he
produces for more than what IL costs him
70 produce e. (Applause) They know
that a dollar that decreases the number
% home owners and Increases the number
Of tenants snpover'shes not only the
farmer bat every man VINO earns his
bread by the sweat - his hraw. ard they
know THAI the great to8ing masses have
got 20 stard tccether ana. y 7 nav use
one Of the early Jokes. they have got 10
hang Together or they Will hang separate
"" tAp2,ause)
Mt bryan then took Up ne arguments
% tie gold men that free coinage 81 silver
would result i1 ''s2-cert dollars ana -
iterate1 RS own argument that action bv
I ire United States placing silver on an
equality W3th gol3 a. the rnints world
necessarily incrcs 80 the value of silver
ard establish the price at the coinage
value dxe3 bF tne government ia then
turned % the right OF contract ln favor o.
Eo'i. arguing shst 81 was q Discrimination
i1 favor 81 ,he rich. and said.