The record-union., 1896-09-22


August Wall, H. Clemens, G. H. Joost,
w. c. oliver, w. A. washburne. w. E.
Bowles. U. N. Bauman, r. o. Cravens,
J. E. Mayo, D. J. Mannix, A. Mazzini.
MR.. TAYLOR'S SPEECH.
The Chairman, Mr.. Alsip, then intro
duced Mr.. Taylor, who said that Of all
things dear to the hearts Of American
citizens, none were more cherished than
the right of free speech and free suf-
frage. To him the saddest thing in
this campaign was the acrimonious
things said by the opponents for free
silver. This was useless, and men who
were not capable, after a close and care
full study Of a question, OF changing
their minds should have no opinions.
The speaker said that the free and un-
limited coinage of silver was just as
necessary to-day as when the Republi-
can State Convention was held in Sac
ramento, yet to-day those same dele
gates were branding Mr.. Bryan as an
anarchist. If Bryan was an anarchist,
then he asked every man present to
join him in being an anarchist.
He would not he said, call bad names,
though he could just as well call the
gold bugs heretics, as that they could
call the free silverites lunatics The
present campaign was the most mo-
mentous ever held in the land. The two
old parties had inserted planks in their
platforms for the last twenty years
which said that silver must be re-
stored" but the promise had been
broken, and 1t had at last come to the
press that if the people wished to see
this done they should vote for Bryan.
If they wished to wait until England did
it, then they should vote for Mckinley.
That was all there was to it.
The speaker went back to 1861 and
warmed the cookies in the hearts of the
old soldiers present by reverting to their
deeds He recounted how the Govern
ment at that time had issued green
backs, and asked what the soldiers
would have said had it been determined
by the Government to wait until Eng
land said it should be done.
The people were told, said the speaker,
that the platform upon which Bryan
stood had assaulted the Supreme Court
If an assault had been made it had a
precedent in the same platform upon
which Abraham Lincoln had been
elected. But the President was merely
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in any matter pertaining to the court,
and he thought that when the Presi-
dent and the Senate said man was
worthy to sit with that august body
the highest court in the land-the people
should bow to it.
The speaker said he was opposed to
any military satrap backed by an
armed force. The civil should be main
tanned paramount to the military.
The shrewd politician always tried to
turn the citizen off on side issues and
refused to talk upon the silver question
to conclusion. Self-interest was the
strongest motive gathered around the
human heart. Self-preservation was
the first law Of nations as well as indi-
viduals, and the reconciliation of sill
yer was necessary for the preservation
of the Nation
The Englishman was the most persist
ent man in the world in his demand
for the gold standard. He had, during
the past centuries, boarded his wealth
to loan to new Governments. He
knew there was only four billions Of
gold in the world, and therefore in
sisted on a dear money-because he
had 1t to loan.
A bankers convention had been held
In the East week ago and every man
present had made a speech-every man
jack Of them for gold The rich man
always stood for dear money, for it
represented the higher purchasing
power for the money he had, and
though he did no labor for himself he
always had slaves sweating for him
This Nation had been built upon
credit, received from others that had
money to loan, and Americans did not
now want contracted currency. If
man wished to make an enormous
fortune he would not attempt to get a
corner on corn or corner on wheat
he would corner money. That was
what had been done, and it is respon-
sible for all the suffering Of the people
Of the world-and this to-day was what
was causing men to turn their backs
upon the peoples friend, William ].
Bryan. It was the power Of money
Men who worked ten hours a day,
said the speaker, had no time to read
up on the questions Of the day-not
so much at least as the man who
| worked from 10 o'clock until 3, and
these same non-workers were always
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wage earners. 1t had always been so.
The laborer had been always driven,
and it was time he rose In his might
and shook off the harness which had
been holding him.
The currency, he said, was less in
| volume than 1t had been ten years
ago. There were persons who would
produce statistics and figures to prove
| that 1T was increasing and then tell the
wage Garner that figures won't lie,"
| but figures, contended the speaker,
were the greatest liars on earth. They
| were made to lie, and instead Of in
creasing the circulating medium was
steadily decreasing. The savings banks
| and other institutions were crowded to
| bursting with the peoples money, and
| he wanted them to loosen their grip
| and put it into circulation. No man
| in Sacramento was making money to-
| day, and the Republicans said the rea-
| son of it was because Of the tariff It
was not the tariff, it was the want Of
| the money shut up In the vaults Of
| the banks. Two million men in the
| United States to-day were out Of en-
| ployment, and the remainder Of the
| laborers should say to their employ
ers: 1--WE will not do another days work
for you until you find employment for
our brothers"
| The finance was the issue and the
| issue was here, and the people had to
meet 1T and deal with it as men, They
had time and again been fed with
promises which had turned TO ashes.
| Mckinley said: Elect me and I'll do
all in my power to restore silver"
/ Bryan said. Elect me and it shall he