The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-10
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Mai. Cole 10 His Old Comrades.

money noE and then ana giving sub>;al-
tsal reSsu1z z-hy ne veterans Should stand
saSetler n tae crisis threatening The rl4-
tor. HIS pcints We're Illustrated by aps
All humorous stories. ard his discourse
was heightened by striking and original
figures 81 speech
y have been rolG." he said That there
ware 4 few. a very few. az ras Old soldiers
who are wave-fng n the falsh. ard I am
Aere tonight . strengthen than L las
coZe % lie that a Jew OF he ancient
SAINTS awe fuIIsre6 around an cid lamp
mat once burned brightly IN the Repgb-
acsl party. and have got thelr Wings
sirgeG while thinking they were enjoying
themselves.
'-Yoa have heard l good deal lately Of
mis- free silver talk. 50 have !. nave
heard Sd Tnuca taa- ny ears arc tired.
THIS patent way or making money 5 uoc
new. Macaalav n his History q Eng
Land speaks O me tines when the money
vas manufactured ny sllvarsmilIS under
ne direction 0f -he crown. Buc there
we're ca1 men ~ those lays vho clipped
or ne edges II The con. and. notwlth
standing the offenders were imprisoned
and hanged and gt5betei. the murIi2tan
q ne coln of The realm lid not cease
Then happened exactly what will happen
n this country under rhe free and unlin-
ted ccInaza Of Sliver-The people would
axe The coin only a. is weight TIE
next step oE the government was ID pass
avs compelling the people - receive the
money, And mis- caused universal distress.
No2 Old mea remember thai Il tina
coins We received there vas something
printed around -he edge. so prevent zip
ping Bat = did not prevent l. TIE good
coI2 was hidden, and only tEa clipped coin
came iarO circulation. Then what hap
penea2 The government had % cal in al
he clipped coins and replace taela, dollar
-
mint.
When The tide % prosperity had risen
clear Up on tie piles until Z booked
though we'd have % build IT extension
on them. then came the toredo OF the
Democracy. fLaugh-er) We heard sons
fellows saying. Give - Grover. and Wen
I've 1H clover 6ut I want 10 tell yOu t1at
anybody who's long on clover now
couldn't sell * al all. The Sherman lsw
has been called the Sherman law because
Old John sherman got IN The saddle and
prevented them from giving rs 4 worse
'aw- All this agitation IS As the cap and
bells Of the harlequin and b@hind it IS
Ben T.lman with his piIchferk. Altgeld.
and everything that 5 vicious.
The speaker hera brought ont a com
paris0n between Mckinley, an old SOL
der. who stayed quietly N MS Ohio home,
and Bry Al, wlo though man Of unolera-
ls-ed private character, had come from
sented what was wrong IN principle MAJ
Cole spoke OF the boys WHO fought down
IN Dixie" and VINO We ~ TO unreasonable.
or Libby. or Belle Isle, or Gods
knows where He told how they
grew thinner day by day. and buck
led up their belts - he last hole, ana
how tAey refused the offer of bacon and
sweet potatoes rather than renounce
their faith. and lay there and died true
% their colors 20 she last. In vivid con-
trast Mai Cole spoke Of The occasional
one who went over 10 III his stomach
+ understand he said. THAT you have
some Of those people IN King county.
There Occasionally comes a man who longs
Tor the iesh pots OF Egypt. and who talks
against the great and distinguished men
Of ire party. But for such A man the old
veterans have a contempt and scorn that
can and viii be rneted out % him who has
forgotten them IN their old age and gone
or 20 strange gods. (Applause-)
II DO nor think this money question IS
half 20 bad As that plank IN the Chicago
platform that declares this government
cannot protect itself. They are trying 20
gain by indirecti0n what they tried by
direction thirty years ago. and The same
elements are Al work now as then. The
dust Of free silver has been thrown in the
eyes Of The people. who have been called
for the first time me common people.
There are no common people. In this
country every man - sovereign before
the law. and all this Iajk OF common peo-
PIE IS an attempt 10 set class against
class. Cut upon IL, l say. out upon thls
kind Of nonsense
THEY are telling Us great deal about
The robbery Of The people and Of the rob-
bers Of Wall street Who have put the
money where you and 7 can't Use Z. II
would ~ better FOR Us all II there could
bs a stop 10 All this Internal talk against
capital. against me men who by Industry,
frugaIffv and temperance have earned
money ard saved II. There are millions
and millions OF money lying away II cid
socks because 10 - afraid 20 come out-
Who ara these rohher 0arons, these red
dragons. the ones tnat prey on YOU and ne
and AXE from rs whatw haven got Let
ne tell yon thar The savings bank dePos-
.tcrs. who come from the wage Farmers.
had millions deposited on January :, l>so,
sas me average tor each depositor was
s@7g6 Y0u know the character OF the
rnfn. tha women and the boys and girls
u -, ..atrouize be savings banks. Now
20 forth o. me streets II you dnd man
rr a woman 7r a sila who has ST Is, take
Mn and hapE him n The nearest amp
post for he is roOheT le IS one or 'ae
ro5 dragons If lombard street. tl+auga-
Ter ara applause
Fer ore ( "a, noe hniieve 1ast slch men
as sherman ami Stanford and bluff old
Ben 81 afre-sapp4a1 have gore Up
work rlalielocslv 20 rob rs and our c-l.-
dren bv a grand system ot grand larceny.
r,ese people VINO are cry nE u all me
I ma dora believe H. Bryan d3es1 be-
Yav- Nobody believes u. las "a shaue-
'ess lie AMI ike a cap ard nels n fee
hands os : clown &, IS beng Played b@lore
an s1atalnktnE crowd.
..Waen election day comes taere vi he
an 4r& ~ -ais. N9u vii 20 50 ne polls.
ard. according % rhe ADVICE - Comrafe
Harrison and of al good men. you vii
east vo1r ballots FOR E9mrtie Mckinney.
tsi~eat appiaase>
col tlavpo,, and col. scott
There nara load Calls (4r Col. Cay pool
IS soon rs qua aaa as@n restored. Taa1
-en.se--fsu az Gree PLACED himself on g0oi
-e~~s7< wi.n hi7 audience 2y saying The
z.t- - hVerr 10 ae-l 90 tle rleta pn9ricti
cross Of z0id Vn'ie on either ~i}e ~
Erva-. tha csacftl ag-ire. s. NaI ara We
sen -na-e.v neseech r~n 20 remember
rse.n aeeu ae shall rcnBe ie.o -lS Aag-
11lu" goi. Cttnooi, a. "a ..us-4t-ou
eF che effect of gree silver. supposed tae
case - young man SO fortunate IS 30
receive sos a month bus wa3 owed deat
y sss an1 wet tn4s lr3er be Changed
.as-d r7on na w5ul5 rsv @Ucn interest as
sna oaNnt~o<a .n T'l-oEn.- v1f;af charge.
n fl~ sAlE - fres silver t1e Democrat
forget .Ief-~-s1n. VINO declared that -ft~
Commercial r1tt0 N1t .He fr3e teS-. ANA
forgot t1a t~s -.uE= Of AD6~e Jackson.
~a- smeiSer -ol5 Of tn@ -1~isse- nIafe ny
the Democrats sar sailing an3e~ s1a rare
..sF-seE..s parity. ana -a3. Stove 51ts1n
t~t oner@ charge tao A.zt~Ala tw
srt te.a STAKE a-f s~r
-ae Re9a1.. AZ pa-tr. Tue o-.ttan- y0anr
gentleman groom Seattle. Ura %
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