The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-04-18

pies rights II moulded opinions as the
| cringing slave of the corporations and
| the money power. He cautioned the
| people against the evil Of reading only
one side of public questions
Mr.. Tillman then dwelt on the money
| question and made powerful argu-
ment along that line exploding the
statements Of the gold buggers and
humbuggers as he called them.
well" he said, 1.-The one policy that
is offered US now by the leaders of Re
publicanism and Of Democracy, is a
policy which means degradation and
poverty and business distress. Gold
buggery' goes now under the title of
'monometallism,' although they once
said I am a bimetallist.' They have
got the same thing for you yet. Now
that was the tune four years ago when
they gave us those platforms Al Mime
apolis and Chicago which meant just
anything anybody wanted.
SOUND MONEY DEFINED.
The goldbug policy. to sum il up.
means this: Continued contraction.
They want sound money. Money,
if you will pardon me for A slight di-
gression, may be likened TO The blood
of the body. When It does not circu-
late the body is not healthy. II you
cut if off from hand and prevent the
circulation that hand dies and rots.
If you congest il in the heart Or III the
veins, death ensues. And Sa are in the
condition Of seeing the extremities
the producers of This county. the iso-
lated Workers-feeling the want of
blood, while New York and Boston are
congested ard imagine that they know
all about firaa1e. and that we cl ID hop
md 20
let them -':cCa the policy OF this coun-
issued in time of peace 20 maintain the
gold standard, as Mr. Cleveland and
Mr.. Sherman both allege; if we are 10
have no relief except by increase of
tariff, as Mr.. Sherman proposed: if we
are TO see the factories ST. pped. tramps
by the hundred thousand al:d millions
hunting work, ready to work and una
bic to get it, farmers with graneries
flowing over with millions and hundreds
Of millions Of bushels of corn which
they cannot sell because of over pro-
duction: hard times for the one man,
two or three millions, and starvation
for fifty or sixty millions; idleness for
lack Of labor; and then look at the mil
lionaires who seem nowadays to be only
getting their money to send il over 10
Europe to buy some little bob-tailed
lord to sell their daughters to.
VOTING FO RTHE PARTY.
Oh, amt we glorious nation?
(Cheers) And yet there are frantic ap-
peals coming from Wall street, from
this mans candidate. and that mans
candidate and the other mans candi-
date, who pose as great patriotic lead
ers, saying "Oh, you must vote for the
party, and you must stand up for sound
money" Now, you Republicans, you
must pardon me, for 1 am in the posi-
tion here of a free lance, and if / am
here at all it is because I am that sort of
a fellow. (Cheers.) And just hit right
and left, and round about, and crack
any head that shows itself If I think il
needs cracking. (Cheers) What a spec
tacle does the Republican party present |
US, and what a spectacle has ii present |
ed at the two previous national conven- |
tons when the power nominal ting the |
ticket and saying who should be presi- |
dent of these United States was put by |
the negro delegates of the south and |
bought. Deny it if you dare. You dare |
not deny 1t. Here you have it now, all |
-hese corporations, they have corraled |
his country and got its money and its
and have bought its con-
gress and have nominated all it's presi-
tents, who controlled this country as |
ully as any plutocracy that ever exist
ID in Rome. And you pretend that you
Tre a free American citizen, and yet you
acknowledge, for you dare not deny it,
hat the money power has today its |
Amissaries all over this country to con-
rol the delegation and the elections.
We did not have any Of that when we
lad Democracy straight and when we
lad Lincoln Repulicanism. Lincoln did
lot get nominated by them; he was not
politician like Seward and others, who
hOught that they deserved this honor,
'ut their services were pushed aside by
he masses of patriotic men, and this
and rail-splitter from Hill
lois was put in.
You Republicans hear IL today said,
We have got it pat Mckinley is
'ound to be nominated. and be the next
resident" Well, what does this Nc
Einley stand for? Protection? Gold
He says he is a bi-
netalist.
He has been long time making up his
1iHd to that. What does Allison stand
or? Bvery man who is seeking the Re
ublican nomination says. Il believe in
Ound money" Well, we Democrats be-
y, /
: to what constitutes sound money
'e have got TO get dictionary, a polit-
al dictionary and determined what is
ound money.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
The law of supply and demand gov
rms in money as well as anything else.
there is a little money. il becomes
ear, and if there is too much money. it
oh Ipx- ,
lange ii represents so much labor. 1t |
simply the means by which men can .
axe their exchanges, and if it is dear ,
len ii takes more labor, and If it is .
heap, IL takes less of the dollar. II / !
roks like any man ought to see that, !
" we have a large number Of people
/ this country who have voted for
venty years and voted on the principle ,
lat party is greater than the country,
nd they have brought themselves 70 ,
is deplorable condition.
1 viii illustrate it in farmers way. !
e VIII say that money is a lub- 7
cant, il makes things move 7
noothly. Money being that lubri- 6
INT, let US represent 1t. If You
ease. by two plates Of butter. one yell
" and one white. and the sarna size :,
aarly: and let Us. every one here in the | .
ldience have one biscuit apiece.
DIFFERENCE IN BUTTER. .
We have in the two plates of butter Z
ere enough for you TO butter all your 4
scuits al least if you spread II on thin. ;.
Ut along come John sherman and | z
rover Cleveland and John takes uD The \
hite plate Of butter and he smells II
ID says, "Whew," But ne thought Il q
as mighty good when he first got 2
ere. But when he comes across II | 5
is time. he takes i up and says. 1T y
IS 20; smell good. Go not think that q
sound 1 believe I VIII get an act Of =
nEress passed declaring thai butter il