Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-11

We differ very much. we Wrangle, We
quarrel, we present our views with all
the ability and all the vig0r that we
have. but yet when it is all done We
bow to the will of the majority. CAP
plause) But We have reached a new
era when the people come face 10 face
with the great industrial problems;
when people come face to face
with great economic questions
Every political question is at last a
moral question Of right or wrong, and
no question has ever been settled until
it has been settled upon the basis Of
what is right. Thomas Jefferson never
said a truer thing than when he said
that the art of government is the art of
being honest, and that to discern right
from wrong requires not the help Of
many councillors. The people are COM
petent TO settle every question that can
arise in government like ours. And
when | find people who say that this is
-s5nb p9lBoUdmoo 'uopssob 2geI5 g
ton, as they say the money question IS,
find that they conclude by saying that
they have made a stucy of complicated
questions Oaughter) When | see
person who says it is too deep for the
people, I find someone who says it is
just about deep enough to him. (Ap-
plause and laughter) No question is
too deep for the American people (great
applause). and the seventy million of
people acting as a great jury must final
ly decide. and they alone can decide
every public question. (Applause)
The advocates of the gold standard de-
clare that only capitalists and inanc.ers
are competent to express en- opinion
upon this subject And they are not
slow to express and condemn the intel
ligence and patriotism CT all the rest Of
the people whom they would exclude
from participation in the settlement of
this question. Great applause and
laughter)
Ny friends. l. believe that each man,
whether he be high or low, rich or poor,
is the best judge of the effect of any
proposition upon himself Great ap-
plause) II is the principle of The
broadest democracy that this govern
ment has never created a particular
class to legisla,e for others. (Tremen-
deus applause) When I say that no
man can accuse me Of attempting TO de-
ny to the capitalist or the financier the
right TO have his views and to have his
opinion and to express that opinion, l
simply deny to him the exclusive right
to think upon these subjects. | deny
to him the right to act for anybody but
himself. Great applause)
We stand upon The declaration con-
tained in that immortal document
penned by the greatest constructive
statesman the world has ever seen, the
declaration of independence. (Ap-
plause. That declaration says: "All
men are created equal" great applause)
and I challenge you TO search the con-
Eti,ution founded upon that declaration,
search IL if you VIII and point to
single sentence that gives TO any class
OF society superior rights or privileges
to any other class CT society. applause
and cheers)
Now, my friend, we are not preaching
new doctrine we are not preaching a
new idea. l care not what your past
party connections may have been. Party
is but an instrument by which the citizen
serves his country. You tell me you owe
something to your party | tell you that
your party owes a higher duty to you
than you can owe TO it. Great applause).
Parties cannot live upon the past. Par
ties must face the prcsnt Parties must
be prepared to meet ana solve every issue
as it arises and the party that is not great
enough to meet an issue is not great
enough TO govern the United Staes. Great
applausel. Parties DO not make issues.
Issues make and unmake parties. Great
applause and cries of right you areD
An issue has arisen. It was forced upon
this people. For twenty years it has been
growing and during the last three years
its growth has been more rapid than i'm
any three years before. This issue was
presented TO the American people. The
Republican party met in convention. 1t
had it's opportunity. When Abraham Lin
coin was the idol of the Republican party.
the Republican party was willing to meet
the issues Of the day. Great APPLAUSE.
The Republican party at St. Louis was
not willing to meet the great issues of
the day. Npplauscl. The people were
suffering from gold standard. The
leaders of that party knew it. Tn the
PLATFORM they declared that the gold
standard is n bad thing because they said
they wanted TO get rid Of itas soon as they
could. Npplause).
If any Republican tells you that the gold
standard is good thing tell him to look
ut this platform. applause and laugh.
Ills platform says that the Republican
party viii substitute bimetallsm for
gold monometallism whenever some other
nation will help us to DO it. applause
and laugh. / have said and | expect to
keep on saying there are two questions
which will drive the Republican party
from the field. The first is that if the
gold standard is good thing. why not
keep it? If it is a bad thing why should
we keep 1t? Great applause). If it is a
good thing. why try to get other nations
to aid us?
Permit me here TO thank you for the
kindly greetings you have extended
and TO thank YOU fer the interest YOU
manifest, and / beg you TO take TINS
question and study IL for yourselves
and then exercise your own judgment
when the tine comes 10 pass upon II.
(Great applause.
Addresses were also delivered a. both
meetings by "Silver Dick Bland and
/. Gilmore Johnson. OF Kansas.
TDon leaving the Opera House Mr.. and
Mrs. BRYAN were driven to The Randall
club under the escort of members and
an official OF the club presented 90 each
one of the clubs handsome badges. Mrs.
BRYAN was made an honorary member
with her husband in recognition Of jhe
assistance she had rendered 10 her dis
ri1gujshei consort Mrs. Bryan is the
first woman who was even thus hon
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