Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-07-23

Oh abandoning it; and IL the gold
standard is bad thing. why should
we wait until some other nations
are willing to help MS to let 90 /:
(Applause.)
Here IA the line of battle. We
care not Upon which issue they
force the fight. We are prepared
to meet them on either issne or ON
both. III they tell us that the gold
standard il the standard Of ciyili-
zation. We reply to that that tbis the
= ksr'~<1 = II s nn1io..s
of.the earth, has never declared for
gold standard, and both the par
ties this year are declaring against
it. (Applause.)
| If the gold standard is the stand
ard Of civilization, why, my friends,
should we not have it: So IL they
come to meet us OH that we can pre-
sent the history of our nation.
More than that, we can tell them
this, that they will search the pages
OF history in vain to find a single
instance in which the common peo-
pie OF any land have ever declared
themselves in favor of gold stand
ard. (Applause.)
They can find where the holders
OF fixed investments have. Mr..
Carlisle said in 1873 that this was n
struggle between the idle holders of
idle capital and the strugglingmasses
who produce the wealth and pay the
taxes fthe country, and my friends,
1t is simply question that we shall
decide Upon which side shall the
Democratic rty fight-upon the
side OF the id.o folders Of idle cap
ital or upon the side of the strug-
Cling masses ? That is the aues-
ton that the party must answer first,
and then it must be answered by
each individual thereafter. The
sympathies Of the Democratic par.
ty, as described by the platform,
are on the side of the struggling
masses, who have ever been the
foundation OF the Democratic par
ty. (Applause.)
Tive Propositions.
There are two ideas Of govern
ment. There are those who believe
that if you just legislate to make
the well-to-do prosperous their pros
perity will leak on those below.
The Democratic idea has been to
legislate to make the masses pros
porous and their prosperity will find
its way up and through every class
and lest upon it. [Applause.
You come to us and tell us that
the great cities arc in favor of the
gold standard. tell you that the
great cities rest upon these broad
| and fertile prairies. Burn down
your cities and leave our farms, and
your cities will spring up again as
ifby magic. But destroy our farms,
and the grass will grow in the streets
Of every city in this country. Loud
applause.
My friends, we shall declare that
this nation is able to legislate for
it's own people on every question,
without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation on earth.
| Applause. And upon that issue
we expect to carry every single State
in the Union. [Applause. Ishall
not slandef the fair State of Mas
sachusetts, nor the State of New
York, by saying that when its cit
izeDs are confronted with the prop
osition, Is this nation to attend to
its own business? | will not SIAN
der either one by saying that the
people of those States will declare
our helpless impotency az q nation
to attend to our own business. IL
is the issue OF 177G over again.
Our ancestors, when only 5000
600, had the courage to declare their
/ political independence of every 9th
er nation upon earth. Shall we.
their descendants, when we have
grown to 10000, 900, declare that
we are less independent than our
forefathers No, my friends, it
will never be the judgment OF the
people. Therefore, we care not
upon what lines the battle,is fought.
IL they say bimetallism is good, but
we cannot have IL until some nation
helps us, we reply that instead Of
having q gold standard because
England has, we shall restore BIZ
metallism. and then let England
have bimetallism because the Uni
ted States has. Applause.
IL they dare to come out in the
open and defend the gold standard
as a good thing, We shall fight TO
the uttermost, having behind us the
producing masses Of this nation and
the world. Having behind us re
commercial interests and the labor
ing interests and all the toiling
masses, we shall answer their de-
mandg for a gold standard by say-