The Irish standard., 1896-10-17

any manifestations of ill-will. (Cries o.
Swell, we don't Ike him.'o This is ar
educational campaign and those who adj
yocate a free coinage are prepared to meet
any argument presented by their adver:
saries. (Applause) In this letter hi
asks me many questions about my votes
and actions in the house of representa-
tfyes on the tariff bill and J. respectfully
refer him to the Congressional Record
(Applause.)
But when he asks me to enter into q
discussion of the tariff question, I tel
him that there is a question before the
American people that is far more impor-
tant than the tariff question. applause,
There is a question that must be set
tied now. The tariff question can be set
tied any time. {AppIause.) If he wants
me to discuss tariff tell him to join
with me in putting prohibitory duty or
foreign financial policies and then will
discuss the rest of the schedule Gap
plause.) And if he is not willing to dis
criminate against that foreign product
by prohibitory duty, will ask him to
wait until he has settled the money ques-
ton by international agreement and then
submit the tariff question tointernational
agreement. am not going to discuss the
tariff question, because am going to dis
cuss the paramount issue Of this cam
paign, made so by three political parties
and considered so by Republicans who are
afraid to discuss it and try to discuss
the tariff question instead. applause. J
But there is part of the letter which !
think you ought to hear aud am not
going to deny you a good thing. ZAP
plause and laughter.) He says: 'The
audience will be composed, presume
very largely of laboring men. and wage
earners and AL of a high order. This
class of people, like others, dominated by
human selfishness as far as their own
interests are concerned, probably prefer
to receive their wages in dollars worth
one hundred cents rather than those
worth only fifty-three cents" (Hisses
and groans.)
I shall take for my text the words:
"Like others, dominated by human sell
fishness, so far as their own interests are
concerned" Applause.) Labor:ng men,
1 want to ask you why it is that every
gcld-bug says you are selfish and that
you are interested by selfish considera-
tons while every gc.d-bug pretends to
be philanthropist and simply loves hon
est money because it will help the people.
applause and laughter) want to know
why it is that these goldbugs are 80 sure
that: Everybody else will be influenced by
their own interests and so positive that
personal interests cannot affect them.
Why is IT., my friends? I will tell you
Why s4fpsas man believes a. thing is good
for himself and also good for others he
will admit it is good for himself If he
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bad for others he will never admit It is
good for himself. Now, that is a rule
that will lay down and you can examine
it and apply it to every day life and you
will find that men never deny that a
thing is good for them if they also believe
it is good for others. 1t is only when
they believe that they prosper by others
adversely that you hear them standing
up and denying that they have any pc
cuniary benefit in it. (Applause.)
ARE NOT HYPOCRITEs.
There is one thing that like about the
advocates of free coinage and that is
that they do mot pose "holier-than-
thou hypocrites You ask laboring
man why he wants bimetallism and he
says because 1t is good for him He says
he wants It because the gold standard
destroys opportunities for labor and in
creases the number of Idle men and idle
men are menace to his employment
He says: II want bimetallisn because ii
is good for me and l believe it is good
for others ALSO" You ask the farmer why
he wants bimetallism and he says he
wants it because he believes it is good for
him and for others also. He tells you he
has suffered from falling prices and that
he believes the only way to stop, falling
prices is to increase the volume Of stand
ard money, and, that can only be done
by putting silver on an equality with gold
where it used to be. (Applanse.) He says
he believes b:metallisnn is good for him
self. a;
You ask business man why he wants
bimetallism and he.says because it's good
for him. And he believes that it is good
for others also. He tells you that he
makes his living out Of those to whom he
sells; not out Of those from whom he
borrows. He says he believes that when
peop.e can buy more he can sell more,
and when he sells more he is more. pros
porous, and therefore the business man
tells you he IS in favor of bimerallisIn
and lie believes that others will share in
the prosperity that comes to him. (Great
applause.) But you ask one of those
great fin1nciers why he is in favor of the
gold standard? Does he give the. reason
that it Is good for him? You never
heard one Of them say IT.. What is ii
they say? Why, some Of them say that
free coinage will be good for them and
that they do not want anything good fol
them. Iaughter.) They say they wan;
gold standard because it is good for
the laboring man. Yes my friends, those
Efinaneiers are SO worried about the labor.
ing mans interests that when one OF
them gets sick and goes to physician
ard tells him that he cannot s,eep, the
phys clan don't ask him what is the mat
ter. but he just says for him to quit wor-
ryins about the laboring man. (Great
u Il voice: aAnd take the gold cure :
laughter: $s. .s
CASE OF PHILANTHROPY
s. dr. Bryan Why, the nnancier says hi
rs in fsvor Of the gold standard because
lit Is good for the farmer. because it !.
him that the laboring man and the bust.
ness man and the farmer. all these arr
willing stp risk lnetal1isrn, and wha,
does he say? He rises up to the full
height Of his moral stat ure and he says
Shall I let them hurt thernselve No.
EGsFeat atplause.1 He says: q will ram
the gold standard Ii down their throat:
wfiether they want $it Oh not, because q
love them bette r than j love myself,
Do you believe 1t. 81 ms
|friendsIs of 8 no no. don't