The herald., 1896-10-13

circulation here. He said ne was Penn
sylvania German and could not speak
German fluently. He spoke of Bismarck
and read a letter from him to Governor
Culberson of Texas, in which Bismarck
expresses his sympathy with the Demo-
cratic party and says If they succeed,
Germany will be with them and the
other nations will come to assist in down.
ing the gold standard and having bimet-
allsm restored. Thatiis what Bismarck
means, and old England will be forced
to come into the agreement, and unless
England is forced she will never come
to the agreement.
Il think sometimes" said the speaker,
that those who choose the United States
as home coming from foreign lands,
take more interest in the country's af-
fairs than those who have been born
here" He said further that Lombard
street, London, went into an alliance
with Wall street and influenced legisla-
tion by eXpending over million dollars.
The money kings have come to this and
the men who are piling up money are
losing all sympathy and human feelings.
The money kings who never produce
anything have become worse than high
waymen. They have no feeling, and
II you come from Europe you know
enough about those people. You expect
ed to get the benefit of getting home,
and instead you have been oppressed.
diii tlylllS W gam ny Set-
ting them to come to the standard of
William J. Bryan, and 1 am doing it
right along. (Cheers) I want to appeal
to the Republicans as the Democrats are
all right. I want it known that am de-
voted to the double standard, when I
have always been Republican and my
father was Republican.
am in favor Of that standard because
it was sustained by Jefferson, Washing
ton, Jackson and Webster, and because
it was the principle of the American
constitution.
Mr.. Brobst then read an extract from
Daniel Webster in which he advocated
the American system as it was eX-
pected to exist according to the consti-
tuition.
Since silver was demonetized, tramps
have been produced by the millions, and
millionaires by the scores. But since
1873, opposition to the gold standard was
the Republican position and appeal to
the Republicans to support it.
The Republican party eight years ago
condemned the policy of the demoneti-
cation of silver, that is why am work.
ing for the old standard of bimetallism
today. The speaker quoted from Benz.
Harrison and John M. Thurston regard
ing their support Of silver some time
ago. Mr.. McKinleys speech in congress
was quoted, giving silver the same show
with gold, and that he was in favor of
both gold and silver.
All the parties were in favor of gold
and silver. There never was a party
which supported the gold standard until
the late Republican convention at st
Louis in June, when they suddenly
changed their minds. The old Republic
ans are yet in favor of free silver as of
old. He said he was with the Republic
an party forty years old and not with the
party forty days old.
The sneaker went IN To OIlOfa ah01lt
Sherman's bill for the gold standard in
the United States senate. The old war
governor defeated it r. B. Morgan. the
watch dog of the treasury, and it was
not introduced at that session again.
The next bill, when Morgan was not
in the senate, was bill more volumin-
GUS than the first. 1t was introduced
and had no reference to establishing a
gold standard. Voorhees, asked Mr..
Blaine after the bill had passed whether
he knew that silver had been demonet-
lied when he was speaker of the house.
newspapers never mentioned the de-
monetiZation of silver. Senator Vest
said that nobody knew 1t and the peo-
pie never knew it.
Thurman was quoted by the speaker,
who had said that nobody knew any,
thing about it, except the committee
who reported it, perhaps. Garfield
spoke similarly.
Mr.. Brobst said that nobody should
cast their vote sustaining such an act,
which the people knew nothing about.
and If you vote for such an act you will
vote for an overthrow of the republic.
The United States is not improving,
and Mexico is going on and prices up.
People are investing in Mexico and ia
pan. wages are raising and they have
a silver standard For twenty three
years we have been retrograding. The
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twice as much money as the farmers in
this country. The farmers are living on
half rations in a great country like this,
where they raise such magnificent
crops.
There are 100000 out of employment.
Capital is organized and workingmen
ought to organize more thoroughly, but
If you vote for the gold standard 1t will
do no good. After awhile there will be
more men out of work, and finally they
will be compelled to work for ten cents
day. am opposed to the gold stand
ard because it Is dishonest; know that
it is dishonest. They talk about an
honest dollar. In an Indiana cornfield I
saw some scare crows to scare the crows
away from the corn. 1 then thought of
the workingman's dinner pail turned up
side down and empty, protecting the
honest dollar, similar to the scare crow
Thomas B. Reed got up in the house
ing the Chinaman) with the while metal
will have at his mercy the white man
with the yellow metal. Reed came near
getting the presidency. I want the dou-
BILE standard reinstated, so that ca
lamity will not be possible, as believe
Reed spoke the truth.
At Ashtabula men who are Bryan men
are compelled to wear Mckinley badges.
The gold standard men are debased.
England makes $500, ,O000 900 a year out
of other nations by the gold standard.
and that Is why they are opposed to
silver in the United States. We con-
quered Great Britain when we had only
100000; why can't we conquer them
now?
We have all Asia and South America
behind us and the other silver coun-
tries, and they will be with us, and old
England will have to fall in at the tail
end II we adopt the double standard.
Mr. Brobst paid a great tribute to Mr..
Bryan. He said he is one of the noblest
and bravest men in the country, and he
will see that the common people are
recognized if he gets into the presi-
dents chair
The speaker concluded his address by
saying that he didn't believe God AL
mighty ever meant that few men
sould have all the money. He said he
was from the Twelfth ward, Chicago
There is a club there called the Repub-
lican Bryan club, and nobody is ad-
mitted except Republicans, and now il
has membership of 600 Intelligent men
who will vote for Bryan.
TAYLOR DEPARTS.