The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1896-09-18

The RATIFICATION.

The address Of H. L. BArklsy =, the
court house captured the audience. Il
was brilliant effort. a shoulder striker
and places Mr.. Barkley among the bright
est speakers in Oregon Judge Boise
vas arEumeniative aud forcible. talking
IN manner thai Convinced. We give
extracts from Judge Burness's speech on
our editorial page
The barbecue wac . success aud was
greatly enjoyed by the large cro~d that
surrounded the weii filed table oi beef.
mutton, pork, salrnoa and bread.
The crowd remained for the evening.
Headed By tire band bsg torch light
procession marched iron the conrt
house 10 the 81 Charles Hotel, where
some very live outdoor speeches were
IRON The balcony.
DR.. j. l.. Hill presided and called for
the speakers.
Ex-Mayor darcy OF Salem, paid .
compliment 10 some OF Linn counsy's
early democrats, nelaEon Smith, n. n.
Csznor and Martin Van Buren, Brown.
tie spoke OF the greatest struggle Of the
age, one for the liberation Of 10,p0o, 600
people, whether England shall dominate
this country. After comp.imeniing El-
der Barkley he touched up Hon. ]. III.
Mitchell who changed base in such a
startling manner. Great Britain Is GET
ting up n corner in gold, shall We shake
of the shackles The kia-gloye gold
democrats at Indianapolis received h q
compliments. Ii free coinage was q sue
cess in our infancy why no, now.
Judge W. :. McFadden of Corvallis.
was closely listened 10. He opened By
referring to the sign headed 'The Real
Issue" on a deiunc; bank in this city be-
side the sign Republican Headouar-
ters." and declared that to suggest the
real issue While the money sharks.
corporation lawyers, trusts and monopo-
lists represent Mckinley the common
people represent Bryan. The spirits of
Washington, Jefferson ard Lincoln are
upon him.
The tariff question upon which there
is division of only or s per cent is not
the issue, but the money question. The
body politics liver is out oi order and its
limbs broken and it needs doctoring.
Now the buzxard aud crow are for the
laboTing people and farmer, the turkey
for the gold bug. The speaker referred
to Bryan as q second Lincoln, and sec
ond Joshua. It was declared before the
Bland-Allison act, just as now, that il
would run the gold out OF the country ;
but twelve years increased It $a64 900, :
COO.
Hon. George E. Chamberlain, Albany g
| former popular citizen. made one OF the
most convincing speeches OF the day. and
was intently listened TO. He asked ii
this is to be government by an oil
garchy Of wealth or one by the common
people. He likened TIE manner in
which Bryan men are called anarchists
10 the period before l776. They issued a
declaration OF rights. now We do, under
the banner of the young Lochnivar oi
the west who snail lead us to victory
He referred to the manner in which un.
der Mark Hannah q campaign OF mis-
representation wac being carried on
The right of the people to criticise the
supreme court was logically and foreibl,
put, backed by many precedents. Great.
ed by the people it cannot rise above
them. In Oregon only recently J. n
Dolph criticised severely our own sn.
preme court, backed up by the 0regoaian
in little So 900 case. But the meme,
question is the great issue, so simple !
one that the farmer can understand il
A short history OF our coinage acts wa
given: 1902, providing for equal mint.
age 1884 one immaterial in its nature
1887 changing gold slightly; 1853 pro
viding for subsidizing silver coins an,
1878 the crowning iniamy, demonetixinl
silver, a measure not discussed. One
half our money was stricken from th'
people, making 1t more difficult for peo-
, pie to pay their debts. There was
, slighs remedy in tie Bland act and il
i the Sherman act, but it was repealed
Now they want all greenbacks and pape
money withdrawn, increasing the pur
chasing power of gold. Since 1873 ther
has been constant decline In the pric
OF products, but an ounce OF silver wi
. buy as much wheat az then. Wher
gold and silver should have been receiy
: ed Harrison and Cleveland said onl
/ gold should be taken. $3.50, ,000, 900 cap
: tai equal TO the assessment OF ten state.
| is making the canvas for Mckinley, an
even the prese is not free but Is run
| the money power. He was glad 10 Sc
!. the q. Al. II. on the side Of the people.
: Hon. Il. Hofer, OF the Salem Jonrna
made some excellent points in the sho