The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-24

cheering) and shall have put ticket in the
field that will achieve great victory in No
vember, these creatures who have prowled
around like jackals aroung grave yard,
will go back to their homes without any of the
fruit Of victory from their mission in st.
Louis. Loud applause)
my fellow citizens, let me say to you
and especially to those of you who are not
PopulistS-it has been common expression
of our enemies, that the Populist party was
a party Of anarchists (cheers). We see in the
public press-in the gold bug press-in that
kind of a press which has gold band around
it's neck, with chain attached to it, and
that chain held by Rothschilds their
agents (applause). We hear it upon the lips
of ignorant partisans; we meet the expression
among men who vote the Republican ticket
because their fathers voted 1t a quarter Of
century ago; we meet it, my fellow citizens,
here and there among both Of the old politi-
cal parties. When first entered congress l
found it was common thing to speak of
the Populst party as anarchists. l declare
to you my fellow citizens, as l understand
Populism and Populistic principles, they
mean a just and enlightened government,
where there is security for both persons and
property (applause), government where
every man. woman and child can stand be-
meath the folds of the American flag and say
that his her or it's rights are protected
cheers. If any man has entered this great
convention hall who wants to destroy the
government and to destroy property, or who
is an enemy to social order, he is not wanted
here
1.-The Populist party, as I understand 1t,
has nothing here for him. But our friends
are getting over this somewhat now. 1t is
not so common as 1t used to be to hear THIS
talk about anarchy and revolution. The mem
bers of the other parties are beginning TO
recognize the inevitable. In the senate, where
we have the balance Of power, and can carry
defeat by our vote, we are no longer assalleo
with those opprobrious epithets. On the con-
trarv we are addressed in courteous Ian
guage, and we hear the remark when any
important measure Is under consideration:
What will our Populist friends haveF what
do they think about that? (Applause.)
my fellow citizens, as we have the bal
ance of power in the senate and nave FORCED
we may as we'll have the balance of power
between the Democratic and Republican
parties in this nation. 1t lies within our
reach. (Applause) Now what course snail
here in our midst two or three banners on
which are the words Keep in the Middle Of
the Road. applause and laughter, and
voice. Keep right in the middle OF the
road.O My friends in front say, Keep right
in the middle of the road l say amen to
that daughter and cheers)
my friends, not only want TO keep IN
the middle of the road. not only want the
Populist party to keep In the middle or the
road, but want to see you take all OF the
road and force everybody else out OF 1t.
get into that stupid attitude where we will
stand SO closely in the middle Of the road
that the procession will pass US. (Applause.)
Let us keep our position in the middle of
the road Let us keep the others their
side of the road. Let US preserve our or
ganization so perfect that it will force the
two old parties to go into the fields outside
of the road. daughter and cheers.)
mo man has yet ever determined or de-
fined what the middle Of the road means
We can inscribe 1t upon our banners but yet
ask any one or two men in this convention
for a definition of that expression and they
will not agree. AS I understand the ex-
preston, The middle of the road it means
this and nothing more; That the the. other
stufing which have been resorted to in Sc
curing elections in the past must be aban-
doned (applause), and in lieu of that my
fellow citizens, that which is powerful, that
which is lofty, that which is patriotic, that
which is Just shall be adopted. That is the
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
What we require is the exercise Of good
sense We must use common sense in the
transaction Of our political affairs. You un-
derstand that a business man must apply
common sense to his affairs. If he fails to do
that he cannot remain as closely in the
middle of the road as he would, or he may re-
main as closely in the middle of the road as
he sees At and still his business will fail.
Common sense business judgment, business
method must be applied in politics, as in
the discharge Of any other undertaking or
duty.
to US today an anamolous condition. The
Republican party mas declared, from time
to time, its allegiance to bimeta1lsm. In
1888 it condemned the Democratic party for
the characterization Of silver. In 1892 it de-
clared itself in favor of bimetallism and the
coinage of gold and silver upon terms of
equality. In 1895, in this hall, II l am not
mistaken 1t surrendered It's existence, it's
manhood and all 1t held true and sacred be-
fore, into the absolute control and keeping of
the British gold power. (Applause.) Net
withstanding gold and silver were and the
money of the constitution, notwithstanding
the fathers recognized gold and silver as
money metals, notwithstanding those metals
had been used for eighty years in this coun-
try before they were demonetized notwith-
standing the Republican party had declared
in favor of bimetallism from that time to
this, the last convention Of the Republican
party was overridden and overcome by the
country.
1--WE are told that we must take the single
gold standard, whether we will or not-that
we must take it with it's enhanced value of
100 per cent-take 1t with all the evil con-
sequences of the existing falling prices, and
thus enforce idleness and misery upon many
of our people. We are told that we must
take 1t because the holders Of American
securities must have their pay in honest
money. Who is the man who represents
this great power? The man who has de-
clared in favor of bimetallism In congress
repeatedly-this modern Napoleon daughter
and cheers); whose sole resemblance to the
Napoleon whom we all know and admire. is
the fact that he wears a hat of vintage
of about 100 years ago. s,lApplause.) This
is the man who declares that silver shall
no longer be money Of the constitution. He
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