Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-07-24

there /, no reform tibet can be ac
, eOmplished. Cheers Why is it
that within three months such n
change has come over the sentiment
OF this couutr]' Three mouths ago.
when it was confidently asserted that
those who believe in gold standard
would frame our platform and nomi-
nate our candidate, even the advo
Gates of the gold standard did not
think that we could elect President.
but they had good reason for tho
suspicion, because there is scarcely
State here to day asking for tile
gold stan ard that is not within the
absolute control of the Republican
party. loud cheering)
But note the change. Mr.. McKiu-
ley was nominated at St. Louis upon
a platform that declared for the
maintenance of the gold standard un
TIL it should be changed into bimetal
ism by an international agreement.
MIR. Mckinley was the most popular
man among the Republicans, and ev
erybOdy three months ago in the Re
publican party prophesied his cleo
ton. How is it to day? Why; that
man, who used to boast that he look
ed like Napoleon-Qaughter and
cheering that man shudders to.
day when he thinks that he was nom
mated on the anniversary of the bat.
tie of Waterloo. Not only that; but
rs he listens Ire can hear with ever
increasing distinctness the sound of
the waves as they beat upon the
lonely shores of st. Helena. Cheers. J
AvENorNG WRkrn OF THE PEOPLE.
why this change? All, NV
friends, is not the change evident to
any one who will look at the matter?
1t is not private character, however
pure, no personal popularity, howev
er great, that can pI otect from the
avenging wrath of an indignant PEG.
pie the man who will either declare
that he is favor of fastening the gold
standard upon this people, or who is
willing to surrender the right of self
government and place the Legislative
control IN the hands of foreign po-
'entates and powers. tCheers.)
1--WE go forth confident that we
shall win. Why7 Because upon the
paramount issue in this campaign
there isnot spot of ground upon
which the enemy will dare to chal-
lenge battle. Why if they tell us
that the gold standard is good
thing, we point to their platform aud
tell them that their platform pledges
the party to get rid of gold stan
dard and substitute bimetalism. fAp
plause.)
''lf the gold standard is a GOOD
thing why try to get rid oft? (Laugh
ter and continued applause.) If the
gold standard, and 1 might call your
attention to the fact that some of the
very people who are in this conven
ton today and who tell you that we
ought to declare in favor of interna-
uonal bimetallism and thereby de-
clare that gold standard is WRONG
and that the principal of bimetallism
is better, these very people four
months ago were open and avowed
advocates of the gold standard and
telling us that we could not legilate
two metals together even with all the
world. (Renewed applause and
cheers.y
The GOLD STANDARD ISSUE.
Il want to suggest this truth. that
If the gold standard is a good thing
we ought to declare in favor of its
retention and not in favor of aban-
doning it; and if the gold standard
is bad thing; why should we wait
until some other nations are willing
to help us to let go! (Applause. J
Here is the line of battle. We care
not upon which issue they force the
night. We are prepared to meet
them on either issue or on both. II
they tell us that the gold standard
is the standard of civilization, we re.
ply to them this, the most enlighten.
ed OF all the nations of the earth,
has never declared for gold stan,
dard, and both parties this year are
declaring against it. (Applause.) II
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