The herald., 1896-10-01

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nothing"
Judge Mcguire, alluding to the con-
tention made by the Republicans in New
York recently that all the stable busi-
ness men of the country were for gold,
said they were singularly unfortunate.
The following day H. ]. Thurber, the
largest grocery dealer in the country,
came out with statement that he was
unqualifiedly in favor of the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at 16 to /.
Resuming, the speaker said: But, say
they, after all it is not the business men
and bankers that need to be looked after
they can look out for themselves.
am glad that they say this, for we have
looked after these classes long enough.
No; it's the worhingman; they are over
come by sorrow at the thought that
workingmen will be paid in 53-cent dol
lars. They are thoroughly unselfish,
and the pity is we didn't know it before,
because we have only their word for
it, and we have not learned to respect
them sufficiently to take their words at
their face value.
But, say they, look at Mexico; her
labor Is underpaid. Look at China; her
labor is paid at the rate of slave wages,
and both countries are silver standard
countries.
GOLD VS.. SILVER COUNTRIES.
IT believe the wages of any country
of the workmen in demanding their
rights. cloud cheers) Why do Amer
lean mechanics go to Mexico and live
long years there, maing good money?
Because they know the value of their
labor, demand a fair return and get
what they demand. Comparing the peon
labor of Mexico with the labor of this
country Is an insult to American labor.
In Egypt, gold standard country,
labor is more degraded than either in
Mexico or China. Turkey and Portu-
gal, also, are gold standard countries.
And right here, just word: They say
the civilized world has declared for
gold, and we must keep pace with those
countries. and not drift to the level of
the silver ones.
Where is there more frightful ex-
ample than Portugal? In 1854 that coun-
try wanted to borrow, and she was told
II she didn't adopt the system of Lom-
bard street the loan would not be
floated. To raise national loans Portu-
gal adopted the gold standard, and not
with the consent or by the will of the
people.
mo people have ever been appealed
to on the question save in the United
states of America, and we know from
both sides of the house that they did
not know the bearing of the demonetiz-
ing clause of the act of 1873 1t was
passed in fraud unknown to the repre-
sentatives of the people whose interests
were betrayed.
we are standing for the constitution
as 1t was written and administered for
eighty years. We are standing for con-
stitutional rights. and those who favor
the act of decentralization and are try
ing to maintain a single standard are
tne anarchists and subverters of soci-
ETY..
1--WE are told that we are undemo-
cratic when we declare for gold and sill
yer as the money of the constitution.
why, the founder of the Democratic
party declared for IT, the party always
has declared 6r it until four years ago
a. leader of the Democratic party de-.
ciared TOR gold monometallism, and the
party turned his picture to the wall.
tProlonged cheering) And IL the prin-
ciples laid down by jefferson himself
are ever repudiated by the Democratic
party, then it is no longer Democratic.
But they say we propose to put out
nat dolloar We do nothing of the
KING. We will put out dollar that
need no government bonds to support
IT,. They say they favor the present
dollar. (The speaker held up a silver
ooliar) Well, here is SO cents of silver
and AZ cents of fiat. They say that dol
lar is supported by the government I
| say 1t is nothing of the kind, but the
| a. cents is simple fiat Batter this dol
lar with hammer and the fiat goes ont
| ana 1t Is worth just the SO cents of
silver. The dollar we advocate has no
! nat In 1t beyond the fact that we want
the government to permit it free cir
euiation in precisely similar manner
with gold
THE TARIFF ISSUE.
% Iney say we won't discuss the tariff.
to nrff sr.
an issue in this campaign. The peonIe
| know perfectly well that as the United
states senate is now constituted. even
| IL Mr.. Mckinley were elected. and also
| a majority in the lower house To- s,In-
port him, he could not carry a tariff
measure In the face of the senate oppo-
siiioh. ana they have pledged them
| serves never to favor tariff reform nm
I'll the free and unlimited coinage of Sill
yer mas been declared. So 1t is an in
| suit 10 say the tariff is an issue. 7 want
my Republican friends to understap n Il
that personally / never shirk a tariff
| oeDate. But in 1900, if there is a possi-
Iy piiIly OF tneir carrying an election, then
| VIII be time enough to discuss tha tariff
don't blame the Republican lea f1ers II
EIalleornla Ia Tor taking and trying to avoid
the nnanclal issue. For eight wears thew
| nave mad the 16 to pledge incornorat, +,
eu IN their platforms, and by the mani.
ilouS vote Oh the house and over a two
thirds vote of the senate, the lerisla- :
ture instructed the congressionai ran-
resentatives in favor of free coinapa
yet when I came back to the state T
| round all. these same men on stumns
nowling for the gold standard. And en-
they call Senator White and mvself
anarchists. ~N ny seh
MY friend, Morris M. Estee-as n
| man esteem him, but as a politician
ia much rather he didn't belong to INV
party In the campaign of 1894 he de-
livered speeches on free silver. and as
he had given much time to a oonsidera-
tion of the subject, they were among the
pest ever heard. Recently 1 again read
one OF these old speeches, and found 1t
the same, only the alternatives had
been changed to negatives and the neg
| atives to alternatives.
| But think Irving Scott has placed
himself in the most dubious position.
AS late as May last he prepared yerv
| able paper for the Overland MONTHLY
answering opponents of free coinage
In June the convention met and Mr..
| Scott was convinced he was wrong. and
| so he changed over to the gold stand
| ard, But he forgot that his paper was
| in the printers hands, and the July
| Overland came out with his admirable
! paper, making a good argument for
a belief he no longer held
| MLACHLAN GETS ONE.
| II quote these men not to make fun,
but for more serious reason Why
should these men appeal to the people
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