The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-10-22
SENATOR CHILT0N'S SPEECH.

oENAIUh CHlLIUN > ofEECh.
United States Senator Horace
Chiffon addressed an audience of
Texas and Arkansas voters at.
Ghio's Opera House last night. His
speech was one of the strongest
contributions that has yet been
made to the cause of Democracy
during this campaign, and we only
regret that every man in Bowie and
Miller counties could not have been
present and heard him,
The speaker had an opportunity
to speak to our people some four
weeks since, and he began his last
nights address by apologizing for
his failure to meet the appoint
ment. He explained that his wife
was at that time seriously i'll, and
required his attention. He then
explained that we we're now in the
midst of great crisis. On the one
side was arrayed the interest of all
of the producing and tojling class,
and on the other was arrayed the
consuming and 'ide holders of idle
capital" AS one-sided as this con-
test might appear the speaker
showed that under the banner OF
the latter was a most formidable
foe
After dwelling at some length up
on the proceedings, platforms and
nominees Of the three conventions,
the Senator then took up free sill
yer. He showed that no debtor
nation on earth had ever gone to
the single standard England held
to the double standard until 1916,
when she became a.Creditor nation,
and so with all the other great
powers of the earth, Supply and de-
mand was ,fallacious, as was shown
that in a period before silver was
demonetized, more was produced in
proportion to population and busi.
ness necessities than had been at
any period since. Reports of Sec
retary Carlisle showed that the vol
ume of money was constantly
shrinking while the population was
constantly increasing. Under
these conditions it followed as the
night the day that money would
go higher and the prices of all com
modities lower. But some agued
that the farmer ought to be
against free silver, because the
prices of their products were
fixed in gold standard England.
If as feared by Mr.. Carlisle and
Sherman and other gold standard
advocates the adoption of bimetal-
lism alone by this country, would
drive from us $500, 600, 600 in gold
to gold standard England and other
countries, would not this amount
added to their circulating medium
increase prices of commodities. Re-
ferring to Mexico the speaker show
ed that American labor there was
better paid than the same class of
labor here. He explained that the
American wage Garner was the
most intelligent in the world.
That in addition to having the
great labor organizations at his
back, he had the American bal
lot with which to protect himself,
The speaker explained that the con
temptation of both metals as money
was in the minds of our fathers
when they founded this govern
ment, and laid the foundation
thereof in the constitution Of this
Republic. 1t was intended that if
one metal became scarce the other
was to take its place, thereby the
parity of the two maintained, and
the people enjoy the benefits of a
double standard The speaker re-
ferred to many incidents to show
Englauds avarice and greed; how
she had oppressed weak and help
less nations, when their protection
laws came in contact with her com.
merce. She had tried force on this
nation twice and failed. She was
now seeking covertly to subject this
nation to'her interests, her greed
and her avarice, Mark Hanna and
his associates were attempting to
further her designs on this people.
Opposed to this shameless combina'
ton, stood the matchless and in
domitabe Bryan, championing the
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