The herald., 1896-07-26

rd to the Republican golden calf, and
there was laughter. He was about to
end his remarks, but the crowd ruled 1t
otherwise.
Nearly all Republicans think as I
do" said the speaker. The tariff is not
the question this year. (Cheers.) I OBJ
Ject to hypocrisy in politics. l want all
young Republicans to join In this move
ment. Make California the baner Bry-
and state in the west. oppose Cleveland
and his Democracy as l ever did. All
of you join with me in voting for the
young giant of the west" (Applause)
j. r. Rush, Populist and ex-district
attorney. followed Mr. Murphy. Mr..
Rush began by making most vigorous
declaration for a proper and sturdy
Americanism. The speakers remarks
were of humorous character and were
received with bursts and shouts of laugh
ter. He predicted a great victory for
Bryan and Sewall in November.
Hon. Will d. Gould. the well-known
Prohibitionist, was the next speaker, as
follows:
This great uprising of the American
for man. The poverty and gloom and
despair of millions of our countrymen
have stirred our hearts and made us all
akin. Henceforth political mountains
shall not separate nor narrow friths
make enemies Of patriots. WHO, like
kindred drops, must, in this hour of our
country's peril, be melted into one.
I'VE come from all parts and from all
vocations in life. We come in the name
of our country and of our countrys
good, bearing in one hand our country's S
flag. and in the other the new declaration
of independence, and above our plat
form are written the names of Bryan
and Sewall, fit candidates for the high
est offices in the gift of man.
y, Ia rer-fx, LAtw fe.,~
in defense of American liberty and at
the ballot box will command obedience
to freemens will.
Let all INen remember that God is
not dead and that he rules in the affairs
of men, and let us welcome the split and
breaking up of national parties whereby
it has been made possible for the people
to mass their votes at the coming cleo
tion and save our country's liberty.
NO man or men, since Haman hung
or Dives lifted up his eyes in hell, have
been more surprised than Wall street is
today. Their plot is exposed, and the
king, our American sovereigns, is
warned in time.
There will be no judgment by default.
The issue is made. and the most impor-
tant political campaign in the history of
our country must be fought to a finish
this year. 1t cannot be postponed; it
cannot be delayed, and it cannot be
avoided.
1--WE demand and must have industrial
and financial independence. or we must
submit to national slavery and universal
poverty for the masses of our people.
I'VE stand for national industry and
national wealth, for national peace and
national prosperity; we stand for the
exercise of the national sovereign will
in the establishment and maintenance
of a national financial policy, without
the consent or interference of un-
American and bloodstained hands from
across the sea. We demand return to
the silver unit of American values and
the free coinage of gold and silver at
the ratio of Is to l, and the issue of our
paper money by the govern
ment, based on all the wealth
of the nation. We demand the exercise
and not the delegation of the sovereign
power of the nation.
I'VE demand legal tender gold and
silver money and national paper money,
all minted and printed and issued by the
government, without the consent or aid
of corporations, syndicates or foreign
nations. and we demand that the banks
so out of the government business.
I'VE deny the constitutional authority
of. cen oyfSS ; f9eraecte' iro 18th rrca1
the sovereign power of the nation to
coin and issue money. Congress might
as we'll delegate the control of our ma
tional army, our navy or our postal
system-aye, more, better delegate all
these powers than delegate the power to
issue and control our circulating me-
diun, our national money.
"Other battles may be fought next
wear and in years to come, but this battle
must be fought and won for liberty this
year or lost to this generation
cat the ballot box. my countrymen,
command obedience to free mems will.
sixteen to one we are coming from all
the parties-sixteen are gathering where
one deserts the banner of the peoples
candidates. Victory is In the air, the
hearts of our people are stirred and
their hearts beat in unison
Free speech, free homes and the free
coinage of gold and silver; rally around
the banner of Bryan and Sewall, the peo-
ples candidates. on an American plat
form, and God will give tfA victory.
"Three cheers for Bryan and Sewall.
Mr.. Gould received a great reception
upon his appearance, all OF his eloquent
periods being applauded again and
again.
George S. Patton made a short ad-
dress. referring to W. ]. Bryan as the
David who is to smite the Goliah OF
plutocracy.
Hon. Henry T. Hazard. Republican
was introduced by Chairman Del Naie
| as the best executive the city ever had
,Ex- Mayor Hazard was greeted VIII
cheers He spoke as follows
! | feel somewhat out of place amone
! these old time Democratic friends, Du'
| a few weeks ago when ! read the Re
| publican platform and found L was stll
| a subject of Great Britain, financially
| 1 concluded to wait to see what the Dem
ocracy might say on the subject. wa:
it sound money that gave to the worl(
the priceless heritage OF American inde
| pendence? The few struggling patriot:
| of the revolutionary war whose root
prints could be followed by their foot
! prints on the snow at Valley Forge, hai
the manhood, not only politically, bu
financially to declare their independence
which they did. and they printed it OF
! coon skins which they captured witt
| hint-lock muskets from the Wilds of tn
American forest. They printed thei
! Continental money on coon skins an
! whipped the enemy to finish. How wa
it in the war of the rebellion? Did W
rely on sound money, or was it faith i
the great American people printed on tn
| greenbacks. Senator Hill, speaking 70
| the business men of New York, Phiia
delphia said they would not ratify tn
action of the Democratic party in de
claring their independence of foreig
nations financially. We heard fror
these same business men of New Yor
when those old patriots of the revol
lutionary war declared their independ
ence of Great Britain. In answer to thi
statement of Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Bryan tell
Us that he considers the farmer VIII
greets the morning sun as he goes fort
to till the soil of the western plain a
much business man as the man who i