The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

down. CApplause.) And yet our tinan-
Cinrs ,re nov MS wise in their discussion
Of the money question as they were when
they were children and played on the
tcctcr board Capplause). because they
seem to believe you can make money
dear and still have good times. You can
not do it. my friends The dearef you
make money the lower You make prices
generally. and falling prices mean hard
times No party ever declared Ill us
platform in favor of hard times, al
though the republican party has declared
in it's platform for the maintenance OF
policy that makes hard times. zap,
nlauSeO Now when the teeter board
was changed. and when one end went up,
Won can understand how it is that those
who own money rejoice when 1t goes up.
But. my friends. if those who own money
and profit by its rise like to see money
rise why don't they tell us that they want
the gold standard because it is good
thing for the American people. and not
play the hypocrite and pretend they want
it because il is good for the rest OF the
people? tAppausc.) If you find man
who believes that certain policy Is good
for him. and also believes that that policy
is good for his neighbor. that man viii
tell YOU that he is hcuctitcd by the policy;
but if you find man who believes thing
is good for him and knows il is bad for his
nrighbOrs YOU can never get HIM TO ad-
nit that it is even good for him: and i'll
my Judgment the reason why the bond
SyndicateS are always pretending that
they are sacrificing themselves Tor the
public good is because they are not will
Ing to admit that the policy which they
advocate is good for them and injurlou"
to other people. (Applauscl
MY friends, my opponents assume thar
money is Il thing created by commerce,
and that law has nothing To do with 1t.
| want 70 say that money is Il creature of
law. You can have as much money or
as little money as the law permits. If
the laws are made by those who want
money to be high priced they make money
scarce in order that money may he hlgh
priced. If YOU want money sufficiently
plentiful to keep pace with population and
industry the laws h We got to be made by
those who believe II having enough mon
ey TO keep pace with population. TAP
plausel If You want dollars dearer
than they are now You can have them 10y
making dollars scarccr than they are
now. if dollars can be much scarcer than
they are now. CApplause.l If there is
any republican farmer here who feels
that when he sells his oats for 10 cents
Il bushel that he is getting too much for
them. all he is got to do is to vote the re-
publican ticket and keep gold going up.
and after awhile he will not he troubled
with spending more than , cents.
Our opponents say that if all You sell
goes down like the price of wheat. all You
buy also goes down. and. therefore. it
does not make any difference to yOu. But
those who argue that way forget that
there are some things that do not 90
down. Have your taxes fallen in the
last twenty years (criCS of no, MOI. and
yet it requires as much. or substantially
So of the products of the farm to pay the
same amount of taxes as it did twenty
years ago. (Applausel
Your debts have not gone down. your
interest does not go down. and even your
railroad rates do not go down. If there
are any republicans in this audience |
want them to consider just ont PROPOSE
ton. If our big democrats. who have
pecuniary interest in gold standard. are
willing to leave the party in order to adj
vance their pecuniary interest. why may
not Il republican farmer. or republican
labOrer. or a republican business man
leave the republican party to protect his
home his family and posterity from the
distress consequent to Il foreign financial
policy? wild cheering and applauSe0
that the republican who ignores the wei
fare of his family and his neighborS and
his country. why he should go contrary to
all his Judgment leads him to believe is
right. contrary to his conscience. in or
der To prove fealty to party. when these
democrats. whose business will he inter-
fcred with by an honest conduct of this
government seem to be SO willing to throw
off party ties in order to stand by Il dol
lar which robs the many and benefits the
few? wild cheering and applause.l
STANDS ON BOTH PLATFORMS.
New York. Sept. 30.-N. f. Porter
the nominee for governor on the demo
cratic ticket. has sent this telegram OF
acceptance TO the state committee
Your notification of my unanimous
nomination for governor by the state
committee and request for an immediate
reply are received. and. using the wire
l will say that | appreciate the high
honor and the responsibility and | accept
the nomination. standing Squarcly and