Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-10

Vorthipgton, OF Peoria, was
.uSroduced and spoke 1T length
The judge reviewed the history o:
the democratic party. carrying il
down to the present time. He said
"f perchance there are some who
have been with the party in the pas,
who ave now so welded to gold that
they must now leave us, We will saw
that we are sorry, but If you must
60, why go and vote for Mckinley
and high tariff"
Continuing, be said that for the
past three years the government had
been maintaining single gold stand
ard and during that time that bank
rnptcy and failures had increased.
He said that the reason for this was
the fact that there was not enough
of the circulating medium and that
the policy of the gold barons had
been to contract the currency as
much as possible so that they Nigh,
reap a greater reward. He called at
teation to the loans that the govern.
ment made OF the gold barons and to
the large premiums that they exalted
from the government, aud to the
fact that when asked by the commit
tee OF congress to testify before the ~
as 10 the amounts that they had re-
ceived on said premium how they
had refused TO testify.
He said that the coinage of silver
a: the ratio of l6 to was not new
matter nor was il an experiment.
He said that it had been tried BY
our government and that it had been
dropped. too, without the consent of
any'other nation, and he reckoned
that it could be resumed without the
consent OF any other nation, unless
1t be true That the nation had lost
the power TO do SO under the single
gold standard. The speaker then
called attention to the demonizati, II
act OF 1873, and OF the wave of indig-
nation that swept over the couutry
at the time. He said that there
were republican leaders, as well as
democratic, leaders who said it was
crime at the time. .'If il was {.
crime then" continued he, lit is a
crime Still, land every day that silver
stands demonetized crime is being
committed.
Hon. Charles X. Lldd, of Kewanee,
spoke next. He drew picture of the
governments that were representa- i've
governments and those that were for
the few, and said that the latter
were the result OF seltishness aud
that they could not be for the good
OF the masses. He contrasted the
platforms of the two national parties
and held that the candidates would
be obliged to stand on each until
election day, and the successful one
would be expected to stand on i,
after. He called attention TO the
position OF the repu blican party as
the classes against the
masses, and referred to the fact that
it had in all its declarations in the
past been in favor Of bimet-
allism. .He said Decentralization in
the platforms OF the past had not
been honest, and that ii they had no,
been honest then the party was not
to be trusted Now that the party
believes that the country was in its
hands it believed that it was time to
lay aside the mask and gay ..no, gen.
tiemen. come up and deliver your.
selves into the hands OF your keep
crs." he said that the democratic
party had tried to be honest with the
people and that it had, but that
there We're some traitors in the camp
aud that they tried to turn it over to
the cuemy, but that the people, the
common people. had come to the
rescue and saved it. He referred to
the panic of 1891 and said that he
had heard republicans state in all
that the hard times was
caused BY the democratic victory.
He said that they had forgotten the
panic Of 1873, and that it had fol-
lowed on the heels of decentralization
of silver.
In conclusion he paid fine tribute
to W. j. Bryan, the democratic can
didate.
~ u W. 'ioi an. Va hD!ihc. dUu
A. p. McGuirk, of Davenport. made
speeches.
McEniry Speaks At Apnawan.
William McEniry, of this city.
spoke to 1900 people at Annawan Sat-
urday evening and was given an en-
thusiastic reception. Mr.. McEniry
went from this city on the same train
that carried ". J. Bryan. and he in
troduced the distinguished traveller
at Colona. Geneseo and Atkinson, as
well "a at Anuawan. Mrs. Bryan re-
quested Mr.. McEniry to express her
to the ladies ofthe cities
of Rock Island and Moline for their
reception on the train and also for
their handsome testimonial She
said the time was so short IN the
three cities that she was not given
the opportunity to express the feel
ipGs of her heart as she desired to-