The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-10

would like to have IL II other nations
would help. How long are you willing
to walt for foreign aidf We have waited
for more than twenty years. Our COM
missions have gone abroad and they came
back empty handed. My friends, We have
done more since the adoption Of the Chi
cago platform--since the adoption of that
platform we have made more progress
towards International bimetallism than
we have made in all the twenty years
past. Applause, and cries of Good }
"when foreign nations thought wo
would wait upon them, they took their
time to it; but now you read what the
foreign papers say. You will find that
they have an interest In this campaign,
such as they have not felt In any recent
campaign, and you will flud that they are
talking about shat Is going TO be the
effect of bimetsllism in the United
States, Let me tell you what think will
be the effect. just as long as they could
scnd gold up, and collect bigger dollar
than they loaned, just as long as they
could drive down the value of the prop
erty, and buy our goods each year for less
and less money, they could afford to favor
the gold standard; but when they found
that the people Of the United States are
going to start alone, when they found
that the people of the United States are
going to open their mints TO free and un-
limited coinage and put the silver dollar
on the same footing as the gold dollar,
they became interested. WbyY Because
they have great debts over here. And
when they found our people would exer'
else the right to pay them In either gold
or silver, then aDd not until then did
they become interested In maintaining
the parity of gold and silver at 16 to 1.
(Applause.)
For twenty years we have petitioned
them, and they have been deaf And
now seventy millions Of people, arising In
their might, are gcing to act for them
selves, and tell these foreigners If they
don't like 1t they will have to make the
best of 1t. (Applause
Independent government implies a
right of the people to legislate for them
selves and when man assails our right
to have financial system of our own, he
asssils the right of self-government, and
would put us back under the dominion
Of those from whom we separated at the
cost of our nations most precious blood.
(Applause.)
"It has been said--and repeat 1t with
approval-that we could better have a
foreign general at the head of our army,
or foreign admiral at the head of our
navy, than to have a man at the head
OF our treasury department who would
run our finances on the European plan.
(Appause.) We could get rid of our
general If we didn't like him, and we
could get rid of our admiral II we didn't
like him; but you put our treasury de.
partment In the hands of those who will
run it according to the dictation of foreign
officers, and you fasten the hand of oppres
sion upon every family of the United
States that does not live upon the interest
10 draws. (Applause.)
"You cannot afford to do 1t. To my
mind the most humiliating contract that
this government ever entered into was
the contract that was made with repre-,
sentatives of foreign and domestic banks
who, for large consideration, agreed
for certain tina to use their good offices
TO protect the treasury of the United
States. (Applause.l Employ a man, moi
to hurt you, and you recognize his power
to injure you. (Applause.) Employ hin
to protect your treasury, and you ac
knowledge your dependence upon him
and VIII sn that Is once acknowledged, ther
he can charge you what he will for look
ing after your finances, and you have go,
to accept his price. (Applause.)
"There is a better plan than that
There is better plan than hiring men
not to conspire against the United States
There is better plan than that. 1t II
to recognize that this government II
better than one man or any seJ of mer
within its limits. (Applause.) 1t is tt
recognize that the nation, acting for al
the people, can exisJ not only without
the syndicates, but 1t can exist In spit,
of the syndicates. (Applause.) Do yor
think that Ia putting it too strong
Voice; No. no; hit 'em again.') Nov
you may not agree with me. 1 have NJ
way of compelling you to agree with me
but | have right to my opinion, ant
} 1 will not sacrifice that right for the pur
pose of getting the vote of any person wh'
differs from me upon any subject.
~ believe that instead of the New Yorl
flnanoiers taking our treasury official
before them, and telling them what the,
must do, the time has come when tn
treasury officials should summon tn
flnanciers before them, and tell then
what they must do, and make them d,
1t II there is power enough in the Unitel
States. (Applause.) This may not b
pleasant. 1t may not be pleasant 70
those who have been proating at tn
governments misfortunes. daughter.