The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06

should Ike 10 have a American system,
but since we carro; prefer q European
system rather han q system Witch o.
ta.ns among heather race What Bryan
IS advocating in this campaign - he Chi
nese system % money.
Mr.. Mccall then proceeded 20 answer
soma o. The stock arguments % ne Pop-
Gratis concerning the crime 0. rs" dwe4'-
ing Al length on the congressional history
o. The Popoc-atc ougoear. Speaking fur
Their, he sad:
1T Is said that free coinage (. an act
OF justice TO debtors. That may be true
IL Is act Of reputation. ana, as such.
may help TO scale down debts. But who
are our debtor class II is ne great cor
porattons. who are borrowers OF money.
! have heard so much about the debtor
class OF late that thought farmers ralsed
no oats, corn nor WI et-no,ring o4:
mortgages. / have been looking this stso-
ject up. and find that the farms Of this
country are mortgaged 20 but IL per cent
OF their value. while the railroads are
rnortgaged 20 80 per cent Of their nominal
value, and some OF them perhaps three or
four times their scrual value. Who are
our creditors7 II the first place, they are
thousands Of ths nations gallant de-
Tenders and their widows and orphans.
= hose names are on the pension Est
Would K De justice to cut their pensions IN
TWO? In the second place. they are people
who have 81 90 90 60 OF deposits IN rle
savings banks. Would II be justice 20 al
lew the Gnk. 20 pay them half tneir &C.
posts? Then there Is the veyt amouns
OF itfe insurance in iii. country, and last
". there Is the army Of workingTnen who
receive rhe!r pay every Saturday-pecpie
srrlo work with their hands Would L oe
Justice 10 cut in two the wages OF tnese
people? We know that. Of all coznuoai-
ties, wages are the last 20 rise"
The speaker closed MS money argument
wfrh An appeal 20 the national honor not
70 allow the national credit 10 be lowered
ny paying of government bonds IN 5o-cent
dorars In discussing the tariff. ne sad.
There is another Issue in this campaign.
ana Il should be the real issue From 1871
20 1893 this country was under a polcS
OF protection. When that policy was
threatened by 4 Democratic adTnini-tEA-
c.on, We were n a short time In the midst
OF one Of the greatest panics the world
has ever seen. one OF the features OF the
new tariff bill which the Democrats en-
acted was TO be free wool You nave naa
some experience with free wool out mere
: uaters land I. is almost free. There are
G. 600. 90 pounds stored Up in your state TO-
day. for which there is no market and the
mills IN Mass achusettS are losded Win
goods which are drug IN the market
at seems as II the Democratic party
always wanted to give Us something Tree
free wool free trade, and row II is tres
silver.
4 said there were other issues In the
campaign. The Democratic party purposes
10 attack the supreme court. They say n
effect they viii pack the court In order
to get a reversal of opinions already rem
dered by t. This IS d mater which con-
Germs the stability OF the government
Then every day Bryan arrays the masses
against the classes. There are no classes
ia this country. Every man who behaves
himself has legal rights equal 10 any other
man. | say Bryan today Is upholdng
spirit OF discomfort. which. II not checked,
would be the forerunner OF the destruo-
ton OF our national life. Stand by tAe
statesmen. by the man preaching patience.
by William Mckinley. and not py the man
who Is trying TO array in this country one
class against another.
II believe the principles o: the Repub-
lean party VIII again restore prosperity.
II you cast your vote not for the boy ora
tor buI the boy soldier.
I'VE are beginning 20 hear expressions
of opinion. We have heard from Vermont.
She has spoken In tones neytr employed
before. even In the days Of the war-a YER
diet swelling from the AtlanIc TO the
Pacific. a verdict sls staining the principles
OF The Republican party. and electing as
president that great statesman and leader.
William Mckinley. OF Ohio" (Cheers)
Congressman Doollttle's short but Wig
orous speech was enthusiastically ap-
plsudei Chairman Huston then called
for three cheers for Mckinley and Hobart.
which were given amid greatest enthusi-
asm. Following these were three FOR Doc
little and Sullivan. and three for the visit
ing statesmen from Massachusetts. Con-
gressmen Apsley and Mccall were ten
dered an informal reception al the close OF
the meeting They viii visi; Seattle tomor-