The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-04
THE SEINE WEEKLY OHIO DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, AUGUST 1896

character. however pure, personal pop
ularlty, however great, that can pro
tect from the avenglng wrath of an in
dignant people the man who will neither
1 declare that ne H. IN favor Of f0iqtlng
the gold standard upon she people or
who Is willing 10 surrender the right of
y self govern vent and place legislative
control In Hhe hands Of foreign poten-
! tates and power. (Cheers).
We go forth confident that we shall
win. Why? Because upon the para
mount Issue In this campaign there IS
not spot Of ground upon which the
enemy dares to challenge battle why,
II they tell us that the gold standard ls
good thing. we point 10 their platform
and tell them that their platform
Pledges the marty to get rid of a gol !
standard and substitute bl-mctall!sm.
| (Applause) If the gold standard IA a
good thing why try to yet rid Of it7
| daughter and continued applause }
And / might cal your attention TO TN ,
fact that some of the very peoDic who
are In this convention today and who
I tell you that we ought 10 declare In fa-
vor OF international b-metalllsm. and
thereby declare that the gold standard
IL wrong and that the principle Of bl-
metalllsm Is better, these very pcnp,e
four months ago wore open and avowcl /
advocates of the gold standard and tell
Ing us that we could not lcglsa.e two
metals together even with all the world.
Wenewed applause and chccrs)
want to suggest this truth. that "
the gold standard is good ehlnr we
ough. to declare In favor of its rgteo
tion and not in favor of abandoning
1t; and If the gold standard is a bad
thing, why should We wait Until Some
other ratons are willing 70 help US IN
let go? (Appl Iuse) Here Is Tho lire
of battle. We care rot upon which is
sue they may force the figh. We are
prepared to meet them or either issue
or on both II they tel us that The rold
standard Is the standard OF civilization.
we reply to them that this, the most
enlightened of all the nations OF the
earth, has never declared for a gold
standard, and both the parties :his year
are declaring agalnst IT, (Appiause).
If the gold standard Is the standard
Of civilization. why. my friends should
we not have It? So If they come TO
meet us on that. we can prcsen; the,
history Of our nation, More thln ,hat
we can tell this-that they viii search
the pages of history In vain to find
single instance In which ;hr common
people of any land have ever declared
themselves In favor OF the gold standard
(Applausc). They can find where the
holders of fixed investments have. Mr..
Carlisle said In 1873 that this was a
struggle between the idle holders of
idle capital and the struggling masses
who produce the wCaLh ana pay the
taxes of the country, and my friends
1t Is simply a question that we shal.
decide--upon which side sha, the Dem
ocratic party fight? Upon the side 0.
the Idle holders of Idle capital, or upon
the side Of the struggling masses?
That Is the question that the party
must answer FIRST, and then it must bs
answered by each individual hereafter
The sympathles of the Democratic
party, az described by the platform,
are on the side of the struggling masses
who have ever been the fJundat on os
the Democratic party. (Applausc)
There are two ideas of government.
There are those who believe that IL
you Just leglslate to make the well-to-
do prosperous their prosperity Will
lcale through on those below The
Democratic idea has been that IL you
leglslate to make the masses prospcr-
Gus, their prosperity VIII find It's way
up and through every class and rest
upon It, (Arplause)
You come to us and tell us that the
great cities are in favur of the gold
standard. l tell you that the great
cities rest upon these broad and fertile
pralres. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms and your es win
spring up again as If by magic But de-
stroy our farms and the grass will grow
In the streets of every city in this coun-
try. (Applausc)
My friends we shall declare th1t this
nation Is able to leg slate for its own
people on evary question, without wait.
Ing for the aid or consent OF any other
nation on earth (applause), and upon
that issue we expect To carry every |
single state in the Union. (Applausc) !
| shall not slander the fair state of
nor the state OF New
York, by saying that when Is citizens |
are confronted with the proposition. l. |
this nation able to attend to It's own |
Duslness?-I will not slandor either one |
by saying that the people of these statcs |
viii declare our helpless impOtency a. |
4 nation to attend To- our own bus ness |
II Is the issue of 1916 over again. Oul |
ancestors, when 3,O09.1On, had the cour- |
ago to declare their political iudep,nd- |
ancc of every other nation upon earth
Shall we. their descendants when we |
nave grown to 10000, 600, declare that We
IRE less independent than our fOrefath-
,rs? No my friends, 1t will never be tn
Judgment of the people. Therefore we
,are not upon what lines the battle h.
ought. If they say bI-mctallism Is good
nut we can not have II til some nation
lelps us, we reply that instead OF hav-
ng a gold standard bscluse England
has, we shall restore bl metallism, ard
hen let England have bi-metalllsm be-
.ause the United States has (Applause) !
4 they dare to come out. and la the
'pen defend the gold standard as a
rood thing, we shall fight them to the
lttermost, having behind US the pro-
luclng masses of this nation and the
world. Having behind US the CONNER
ial interests and the lahoring interests
nd all the tO,llng masses, we shall an
wer their demands for gold standard
" saying to them you shall not press
own upon the brow Of labor this crown
4 thorns, You shall not cruelty man
lind upon cross Of gold, Great ap,
lause,)