The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11

They tell us that under free coinage you
will have 50-cent dollars; they tell us that
law adds nothing to the value of the metal,
and that under free coinage you will merely
stamp piece Of silver now worth 80 cents
into dollar worth so cents: and when they
forget what they have said they will tell you
crease the production of silver that we can
not take care Of the output. daughter and
applause.) If 1t is true that free coinage
converts 90 cents worth of silver into
50-cent dollar, then, my friends, there will
be no more stimulous to maintain under free
coinage than there is now. I believe. how
ever, that under free coinage We will raise
the value of silver to $1.2S an ounce, meas
ured In gold. That means. however, that
the value Of gold measuredsby commodities.
will come down towards silver, while the
value of silver bullion is going Up to 1t. ZAP
plause.@ But when that Is accomplished, and
when you have given back to silver what
you took away from silver, when you have
given the mine owner the same advantage
that he had from the foundation of this gov
ernment down to 1873-when you have done
that, my friends, there is no reason to be-
lieye that there Is going to be such a flood
OF silver as will embarrass the people who
need money. applause and laughter)
There May Be Floods.
You tell me there is possibility OF flood
Of silver; | admit it. Everything is possible.
You would be astonished II you stopped to
think how few things are absolutely impos-
sible NaughterD Why, II is possible there
mate how much gold there is in the ocean,
and 1t is barely possible that somebody may
find way OF gong out into the ocean and
getting it, and thus deluging US with food
of gold. QLaughter) But it isn't probable.
Iaughter.) / say all things are possible.
When 1t commences to rain it Is possible 1t
may never stop. Uaughterl But have
known 1t to be so dry that people had actu-
ally prayed for rain, although they knew il 1t
commenced 1t might never quit. Uaughter.)
But why haven't they been frightened Be
lON1y hail a - hio
tory and they see but one food, and they
say. I'VE will take our chances" Qaugh-
ter) You tell me there may be flood of
silver. ! admit 1t is possible. But ask you
to look back over 5000 years of history, dur
ing all Of which time they have used silver
and they have never had even one food of
silver in all that time. daughter and ap-
plausel We base opinion of the future
upon the past. Our opponents are expecting
something to happen which never happened
in the history of the world You can't point
to the injury of the people. They point to
states-nations-on silver standard. II is
true Mexico is not as far advanced we are;
but. my friends. don't blame it to a silver
standard Mexico Is further advanced than
1t was ten years ago. and that cannot be said
OF any nation that uses gold. (Cries of
know what the effect of the gold standard Is
on a nation, when we apply to gold the
same reasoning that they apply to silver. 1
turn your attention to Turkey. Turkey has
gold standard say you have a chance,
to see what a gold standard can do Aren't
you proud OF the work OF 8 gold standard?
Applause.) They say II we have free coin
age we shall approach Mexicos standard.
Maybe II we keep the gold standard we will
approach Turkeys standard. Applause and
But. my friends, must not detain you
longer. I want to say one word to Demo-
Gratis. | want to say one word to Democrats
before / CO. ] am not going to say one
word to prevent any Democrat from doing
what his conscience tells him to be right but
1 want to say this, that IL any Democrat is
going to leave the Democratic party, I want
him to ind his reason In his head or in his
heart, and not In his pocketbook. (Great ap-
plause.) II he finds his reason In his pocket
book | want him to be man enough to say
that that is where the reason Is, and not say
1t is because all the rest of the Democrats
have become anarchists all at once. Jap
plause.) II Democrat is connected with a
trust and loves the trust more than he does
his country, let him say So and we will bid
him Godspeed. (Great appause.) II he Is
ted to some corporation tina. is afraid that
/ there will be enforcement of law Applause
| and Kisses and cries of ''Lawler.') Ny
friends, am not making any application Of
my remarks; am making remarks here that
| spreads over this country. If there is any
Democrat who is connected with a corpora
| ton and prefers to retain his connection with
that corporation rather than to stand with
the democratic party in Its effort to bring
the government back to the position OF JEFF
ferson and Jackson, let him say So my
friends. tApplause)
No Temporary Disagreement.
And more than that let not these Demo
4 Gratis who 60 console themselves with the
thought that this is but a temporary dis
agreement. Let them not console themselves
with the thought that they will separate
from us now and come back hereafter TO as
sumo positions of command applause, and
cries of Never, never.'D Let them under
| is not for an hour or forsa da$ This contest
is the beginning OF srSugglG that shall not
end until this goyernmAat has been rescued
| from the hands OF synd&cates and trusts and
| put back into the hands OF the people. Great
J applauseA ANY Democratic son who desires