Arizona republican., 1896-10-17
THE SOUND MONEY HOST
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 would soon again appear before Phoe- mix audience for the express purpose of discussing the silver question. He was in favor of the use of silver, he said, but the full and unlimited coin age of silver without an international agreement, was a fallacy pure and simple. MT Doran referred to some of the strictures made upon him by Mark Smith, and denied in the strong est terms Smiths charge that his views regarding free coinage had undergone a change.
 One of the most entertaining feat ures of the big rally came next. One hundred citizens of Phoenix assem- bled in front of the platform and sang four verses of America" with telling effect, the Phoenix band accompanying them. When the inspiring strains died away pr. Ford introduced the star speaker of the night, the Hon. Thomas Fitch of Phoenix.
 MT. Fitch's reception was all that the distinguished campaigner could desire His opening remarks were particularly happy. At the outset he asked that he be not interrupted dur ing the course of his argument, prom ising to answer any question that might be asked of him later in the evening. There was roar of applause when he declared that he was a bi- metallist, but did not favor the abro- gation of the gold standard in order that the silver standard might be put in its place. T do not propose" he continued, 'fto be driven because of my friendliness for silver, into the camp of the sixteen to one Democrats, or to be branded with Buckley O'Neil' s branding iron.' MT. Fitch paid his re- spects to the rainbow chasing Demo- crats, who he declared were drunk with tihe midsummer madness of the Chicago convention. His scathing ar raignment of the Democrats and Popu- lists for their many foolish political moves was thoroughly relished by the crowd. Mark Smith and Buckley O'Neil was handled without gloves, to the evident qualification of the people
 In speaking on the National issues II ocrats and Populists are alike in favor of a return to bimetallism. They diff fer only in the method to be adopted in obtaining the desired result The Republican platform favors bimetal- hsm, advocates it, demands it, prom ises to btain it by the only practicable method-that of international agree ment.
 ''The difficulty with our Democratic friends is that the microbes of doc. trinaire political physiology have dis eased their optic nerve, and they art unable to see any other road to the glory of free coinage than over theil own rocky and muddy trail To my mind, the most important issue before the American people is not how to undo what is sometimes called the crime O. 1873,' but it is how to undo the crime of 1892, (much applause), when tht American people lost their heads when they revolted against their owI prosperity, and when they struck a the system of protection under whicl in despite of the act of 1873, they ha( prospered for twenty years (Ap plause)
 The speaker said, however, that fret coinage of silver was the topic whicl the people wished Ito hear discussed As a preliminary to this discussion he defined terms by stating that ther were now 23,22 grains of gold in golt dollar, and 371A grains of silver in silver dollar. He cited the action O England in 1916, in adopting the singl gold standard ,and said that althougl England was at that time the wealth jest and the greatest commercial na tion in the world, she was unable t, force the other countries to her polio, of gold monometallism. How, then could the United States alone, at thi time, hope to force upon the civilize, world, system of silver monometal lism? That is what it would be-" h said, for ilhere is not now bimetalli nation in existence in the world.
 "They are all upon either the singl gold standard or the single silve standard, and the question is not a stated by Mir. Bryan, whether tn