The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-07-24
THE SEMT-WEEKLY ONO DEMOCRAT FRIDAY JULY a. 1895

character, however pure, personal pop
uarity, however great, that can pro-
i,ect from the avenslng wrath Of an In
dlgnant people the man who will neither
declare that he IL In favor of folsting
the gold standar1 upon che people or
who Is willing to surrender the right Of
self govern,rant aud place legislative
control in the hands of foreign poten-
tates and power. (Cheers).
We go forth confident that we shall
win. Why2 Because upon the para
mount issue In this campaign there is
not a spot OF ground upon which the
enemy dares to challenge battle. why,
II they tell US that the gold standard Ia
a good thing, we point to their platform
and tell them that their platform
pledges the party to get rid OF gold
STANDARD and substitute bi-mctallism
(Applause,) If the gold standard is a
good thing why try to get rid of it?'
daughter and continued applause)
And l might call your attention to the
fact that some of the very people who
are In this convention today and who
tell you that we ought to declare In ia
vor OF International bl-metallisn. and
thereby declare that the gold standard
Is wrong and that the principle of BIZ
metalllsm Is better, these very people
four months ago were open and avowed
advocates of the gold standard and tell
ing us that we could not leglsla!a two
metals together even with all the world.
Qtenewed applause and chcers)
want to suggest this truth, that 10
the gold standard Is a good ching we
ough. to declare In favor OF It's reton-
tion and not In favor of abandoning
1t; and II the gold standard Is u bad
thing, why should we wait until come
other nations are willing TO help us to
let go? (Applause). Here Is The line
of battle. We care not upon which is
sue they may force the fight We ure
prepared to meet them on either issu,
or on both If they tell us that the gold
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
and both the parties this year
are declaring against It. (Appllusc).
II the gold standard Is the standard
of civilization. why. my friends, should
we not have III SO IL they come to
meet us on that. we can presen: the
history of our nation. More than that
we can tell thls-that they will search
the pages of history in vain to find q
single instance In which the common
people of any land have ever declared
themselves in favor OF the gold standard.
(Applause) They can find where the
holders of fixed investments have Mr..
Carlisle said In 1873 that this was a
between the idle holders of
idle capital and the struggling masses
who produce the wealth and pay the
1t is simply a question THAT we shal.
which side shall the Dem
ocratlc party fight? Upon the side o.
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 1t must be
answered by each individual hereafter.
The sympathies of the Democratic
party as described by the platform,
are on the side of the struggling masses
who havo ever been the foundation of
the Democratic party. (Applausc)
There are two ideas OF government
There are those who believe that II
you just legIslate to make the well-to-
do prosperous. their prosperity viii
leak through on those below. The
Democratic idea has been that II you
Iegislate to make the masses prosper
ous, their prosperity VIII find its way
up and through every class and rest
upon 1t. (Applause)
You come to us and tell us that the
great cities are in favor of tho gold
standard. / tell you that the great
,ities rest upon these broad and fertile
prairies. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms and your cites will
spring up again as IL by magic But de-
stroy our farms and the grass will grow
n the streets of every city in this coun-
.ry. (Applause)
MY friends, we shall declare that this
nation Is able to leG slate for its own
people on every question, without wait
ng for the aid or consent of any other
nation on earth (applausc). and upon
hat issue we expect To carry every
single state In the Union. (Applause.) |
shall not slander the fair state of
nor the state of New
York, by saying that when is citizens
ire confronted with the proposition. l. |
his nation able to attend to its own
,usness?--I will not SANDER either one
" saying that the people of these states |
vii declare our helpless impotency as
! nation to attend TO our own bus ness. |
I is the issue Of l17G over again. our
ancestors, when 100000, had the cour- |
Ige to declare their political lndepand- |
nee OF every other nation upon earth. |
Shall we, their descendants when VIC |
laVc grown to 10000, 900, declare that we
re less Independent than our forefath-
RS? No my friends, II will never he tn.
Judgment of the people. Therefore we
are not upon what lines the battle 1,
ought, If they say bl-metalllsm Is good
nut we can not have II till some nation
Ielps us, we reply that Instead OF hav-
ng gold standard because England
las, we shall restore bl met2llism. and
hen let England have bi-metalllsm he
ause the United States has. (Applause) !
( they dare to come out, and In the
'pen defend the gold standard as d
,ood thing, we shall fight them to the
lttermost, having behind US the pro-
ucing masses Of this nation and the
World. Having behind us the CONNER
lal interests and the laboring interests
nd all the toillng masses, we shall an
wer th,ir demands for q gold standard
y saying to them you shall not pres
own upon the brow of labor this crown
{ thorns, You shall not cruelty man
Ind upon cross OF gold (Great ap
lause)