The Progress., 1896-08-15

lauphtcr loug continued.
Now. nv hicuds. let nc cove tnth
! treat paramount issue. Il 'f'S a."
Ms here why We Say NOR" a. I' money
| question than we say On ~" '"'''
question reply if protection mas Si"'n
liz thousands tho gold N'"hdaf"
has slain It's tons Of thousands, Il they
ask rs why we did not "mh"lN al
| those things in our platform "hl'I' We
believe we reply that when v" have
restored the money OF the constitution
o. other nee; ssary reforms viii he pos
sihlc, and that until that is done. 'h'ro
&c NO reform that can he accomplished
IChcors. ! Why is it that within ,hr'o
months such a change has come o'e'
Lho sentiments Of this coUntrr'
Three months ago wheI it was cont
dcntly asserted that tho~" Who Do
licycd the cold standard W"uIH frame
our platform and nominate our '"not'
: date even the advocates OF the GOV"
, standard did not think that we '"htU
eject president, but they had G""a
, reason ior suspicion, because 'N't' i
I, scarcely a state here to-day asking Tor
J. the cold standard chat : not "lh'n
F., the absolute control Of the K"Nuhtlrah
marty cloud rhrcring). hnt not" INC
>. ranngc. Mr.. Mckinley Was l"'l'Na-
q fed ,,pon - platform that declared Tor
q the maintenance Of the gold Standard
ID until il should be changed INTO h1'n''-
= allism hv international Hgroon"nt.
!. Mr.. Mckinley was the most popular
is nan among the Republican natrE. ana
e. everybody three months ~" ~ TIC
20 Ecpul,ican party prnph'sl'd MS "Ieo-
A. ton. How it to-day? Why, that N'a'
ST vbn uspd TO boast that he looked like
rv Napocon laughter ana cheers, INA
yr man shuddcrs to-day when Il" think
IL no waa nominated on the anrlvcrsar,
Of the battle of Waterloo. The Gomez
nv dcnrc OF McKinlcy's nomination recall
at the fate Of Napoleon at Waterloo
for The silver mcu showed their arrre
If citation of the point by yelling, ami th'
~, roar for twenty or thirty seconds pre-
,,v vented the speaker from proceeding
If Al lnnrth. when thugs c"l1nod d"N
~, a ,rihe. he resumed as follows:
i've "Not only that. but rs he listens =
can hear with cver-ncreasing dls,'n'
on moss the sound of the waves as inc
tax beat upon the lonely shores. heers
vas Why this change Ah, my Friends
,nI is evident TO everyone who VIII l"'
,urt at iii, matter. 1t is no private chara
W. ter, however pure, personal poPnl"rl'
ged however great. that can protect 'ro
TO the avenging wrath OF al l"ois",
ind. pcople the man who will neither u
EN- r,ar, that he is in favor Of foistins I
lust gold standard upon this people,
bur who is willing to surrender the ''s
the If s,lf-povcrnment and place legislat'
= of control in the hands Of foreign pots
hon tatcs and powers. Cheers
his 1--WE 90 forth confident than
,ent shall win. Why? Because upon
who paramount issue in this c"mN''
nt a ,horc j. not q spot Of ground VI
u which She cnemy will dare cha''e'
onal battle. Why. if they telt Us the e
Won STANDARD is II good thing, We point
said their platform and tell them 'hae IN
in nlatrorm pledges the party to Set
but of the gold standard and hlmetal'N,
Ihat Applause. If the gold standard
,spir- rood thing why try to get md ~
10 did Laughter and continued aPpIaus
owed / mioht call your attention t" mo
Imor- that some of the very people who
orr in this convention to-day and Nno
BIT TO rlarr that we ought to declare III II
r,nc- If international bimctall!sm. and tn
,,,eye nv declare the gold standard VIZ
,o;or- ana the principle of bimct'lI'"h
tv be- for these very people four MOI
,han AGO we're open and nvoWcd aaV"c
riyate of tho gold standard. and telling
r,,.ol ,hot we could not legislate the
al,se. metals together, oven with all
ard I'd world. Renewed applause ans rhee
ans h, want to suggest this truth. II
zen cold standard is a good 'hih%
N the ouoh, to declare in favor OF Us r.
% are tion. not in favor OF aband'nin
Is the and if the gold standard Is
or on lhing, why Si'oo'" w
to 90 other nations are willing TO help II
stand 90? Applause. Here is the line OF
them tic. We care not upon when
issue they icrce the fight We are pref
,m,rt. to meet them on either issue, o
IF the both. If they tell us the gold $
ard is the standard Of civilization
rlank reply that this. the most enltgh'
mr., in of all the nations OF the enr'h
n /, to never declared for the gold stan
IA, ,au. and both parties this year are at
is lie ing against it. Applause !
Wash gold standard is the standard o.
r,i, Ia. cation, why, my friends. sho'''
mem not have It? SO. if they come to
dwell rs on that we can present The IL
re. of Of oar nation. More than th'
alton can tell them this. that they
:, The search the pages OF history III
h, will find u single instance ia Whi'
,y that common people OF AIRY 'ant eve
# affect clarel themselves in fav"r ca III
me r.- standard Applause. They 81
MO. Of where the holders OF fixed invest
;cb ac- have been Mr. Carlisle s"d
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