The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-07-24


in this hail. if / am not mistaken, II
surrendered its existence, its manhood
and all it held true and sacred before,
into the absolute control and keeping
Of the British gold power.
Notwithstanding gold and silver
were, and are, the money OF the consfl-
tuition, Notwithstanding the fathers rec
ognized gold and silver as money metals.
potwithsta nding these metals had been
used for so years in this country before
they were demonetized, Notwithstanding
the Republican party had declared in
favor of bimetallism from that time to
this, the next convention Of the Repub-
lican party was overridden and over
come by the influences that control the
conditions in this country. We are told
we must take the single gold standard
whether we will or not-that we must
take IL with its enhanced value of one
hundred per cent-take it with all the
evil consequences OF the existing falling
prices and thus enforce idleness and
misery upon many of our people. We
are told we must take it because the
holders of American securities must
have their pay in honest money. Who
is the man who represented this great
power The man who has declared in
Z
edly-this modern Napoleon daughter
and cheers), whose sole resemblance to
Napolon whom we all know and admire
is the fact that he wore a hat about 100
years ago. applause and laughter.) This
is the man who declares silver shall no
longer be the money of the constitution.
He had already declared this demoneti-
cation would be unjust and would bring
about want and misery TO the people.
And yet, my fellow-citizens, because
the presidency was offered him at the
hands Of this British and American gold
power, he told us recently that the only
honest money in this country is gold.
MY friends, they say to us that his
nomina tion was brought about by
feeling that showed itself spontaneously
in theconvention. daughter } They want
us TO believe that the people rose up
enmasse and demanded his nomination
Did the laboring men want his nominal
ton? They tell US that they agreed
with the manufacturers on that occa-
sion. They tell us his nomination was
q spontaneous rising, clear across the
continent, in favor of the Republican
nominee. Why is it? Does any man
or woman in this audience doubt that
the gold gamblers and brokers of Wall
high protectionists raised a million of
dollars to secure his nomination? CNo,'
No. and cheers
''The enthusiasm that was shown here
On the occasion, my friends, was pur-
chased enthusiasm, such as has been
said and felt in certain quarters in this
city during the existence of this con-
vention- (Cries Of Good.0 Now, my
friends, the great Napoleon of France.
the favored son of Corsica, who dazzled
the world with his military genius and
who threatened the change the map of
Europe, made two vital mistakes He
made his first mistake when he left the
provinces of France and went south to
the Pyrenees, and over the mountains
into the provinces Of Spain. He made
the second mistake when he invaded
Russia and was driven from Moscow
with his army broken, if not absolutely
destroyed. What is to become of this
similar Napoleon-of this Napoleon of
Canton, Ohio? daughter and applause.)
Now. my fellow citizens, he has made
two mistankes and his party has made
two mistakes that were greater and
more vital than the mistakes of the real
Napoleon (Applause.)
"Mr. Mckinley declared the only way
country was by doubling the taxes upon
the articles that they consumed, that
was mistake. (Applause) According
to the logic of this modern Napoleon,
when you are carrying burden of 200
pounds, the way to Tighten that burden
IS to increase it. daughter and ap-
plause) And that point, my fellow citi-
zens, the modern Napoleon has made
another mistake. 1t is as vital as the
mistake made by the genuine Napoleon
when he invaded Moscow. The ancient
or, rather, the genuin Napoleon, who
challenges the admiration, notwith-
standing his mistakes, made another
mistake that cost him his life. That
was the mistake he made at Waterloo
WIN he met Wellington and the allied
forces. CThis allusion to the allied
forces was easily caught by the audi
ence. some of whom repeated ii and
shouted: Good, good.O Wellington had
fought but few battles up to that time.
He was comparatively unknown TO the
military world. He was comparatively
unknown at that time, he had not daz-
zled the world with any special genius.
But at Watrloo, this obscure man, who
became the Iron Duke,
overthrew the genius Napoleon and
IN this land today, either
in the east or south, or In the north or
on the great plains of the northwest ia
TO be found the Wellington who shall
overthrow this modern Napoleon in No
vember. cloud and enthusiastic chers)
That result, gentlemen, Of this conven-
tion. will be an occasion OF great impor- |
tance I realize that this party stands |
today at the most critical point il has
reached in its history. Shall IL live?
Shall il continue? (Cries of Yes , Shall |
the great principles of Populism that are |
as eternal as the Rocks Of Ages, as an |
cient as the sun, continue 20 exist? |
Shall the great principles that recognize !
no distinction between men and which |
stands for a just system of government, |
continue? Shall this great party in its
na ational convention be wiped out of ex-
istence or shall II stand as the beacon /
light for liberty-loving people ali over |
the face Of the globe?
''My fellow-citizens. II must live. II |
viii promulgate its platform before to- 1
morrow night. 1t VIII be a platform 1
that Will embrace the best Populistic !
thought Of our country. We have made /
mistakes before; they will be corrected, I
OF omission OF commission, /
end we will declare TO the world that 4
this is the platform upon which we
must stand or fall
I'VE viii place men upon that plat ,
form as nominees for president and vice
president men who will acept these prin-
,iples. (Applsuse) Before left con-
yress a few weeks ago several distin-1
guished gold monone talhS.s OF this
government occupying high positions.
said TO me: Why. Mr.. Allen. you are
Populist- You have talked Populism
ever since you have been here. You viii
@ home and keep the party II tle mid