Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-13
GO AND HEAR THEM,


opportunity afforded them this week of
hearing the issues in the campaign thor
oughly discussed by able speakers. On
| Thursday Messrs. Palmer and Buckner
will speak in the opera house. On Friday
night following Congressman Joe Bailey
of Texas will speak at the same place.
| No one questions the fact that Messrs
Palmer and Buckner are able men--men
who are capacitated to interest and in
! struct those who avail themselves of the
| opportunity to go and hear them. They
are men who have been honored by their
people in the past, and the mere fact that
| they are this year campaigning the coun-
| try in the interest of the republican nom
| ibees under the name of national" dem
| ocrats does not argue that they are not
men of ability.
| As to the gallant young congressman
| from Texas, he has the reputation-and
! justly so, too--of being one of the ablest
| advocates of the pure principles of de-
moeracy now upon the stump.
Every citizen who can should be sure
| to attend the speaking both Thursday
| and Friday, and give an attentive ear to
| what the speakers say.
| Every voter should desire to vote for
| that which, in his deliberate Judgment,
would be the best for the greatest num-
Der of his fellow citizens. If there are
those who feel that on the great ques-
tions involved in this campaign they care
not to hear further, we fear they have
not the proper appreciation of the re-
sponsibilties resting upon them as
voters.
The state Herald believes in the prln-
| ciples that will be advocated by Mr.. Bal
! ley. 1t also believes in discussion. We
have never felt that the question Of BIZ
metallism had anything to lose in cam
| paign Of education. In fact, our hope Tor
| success has been based upon the propo-
sition that the more Light that could be
shed upon the question before election
day the greater the democratic majority
would be.
We are glad indeed that the voters of
this city and community are to be given
an opportunity of hearing the questions
| involved in this campaign discussed by
| the very ablest men on the gold standard
! side of the question. We take It that the
men put forth by the Indianapolis con-
yention are tine ablest expounders of the
single gold standard doctrine to be found
| in all this country. If they are not, the
convention which nominated them failed
to discharge its duty to those whom it
proposed to represent. We want our peo-
pie to go out and hear them-not from
| "mere idle curiosity" but for the purpose
| of noting the fact that the very leaders
Of the gold standard movement-the two
men selected from among all the others
| to bear the banner of the yellow metal
10 ft1rt ,fc11
| sound argument tending to establish the
| fact that the single gold standard IS pest
| for This country Unless these two men
| can make it clear that the best interests
of this country will be subserved by the
| defeat of Mr. Bryan, who agrees with
| McKinley's platform in that bimetallism
| is best for this country then those
| around about US who are OF that way Oh
| thinking4will be estopped from saying
| that 1t is easily proven, because they VIII
be confronted by the fact that their lead
ers have failed to prove it.
There is another reason why the state
| Herald is glad that Messrs. Palmer ana
Ruckner are going to speak in Birming-
| ham. and that reason is that we never
| want to see Birmingham get left.
This is the first time in the history OF
This country that two men have peen
| nominated for the high Offices OF presl-
| dent and vice president OF the United
states of America solely in the interest
of two other gentlemen who had already
been nominated for the same offices, and
without the shadow of hope of carry
| ing a single county in the union.
| IT Is also the first time in the history
| of this country when two men nominated
| for president and vice president on
| n,atform declaring straightout FOR the
| single gold standard and tarlff Tor rev.
| enue only campaigned the country III an
| effort To elect two other men to the same
offices who were nominated on platform
| declaring blmetallism preferable To the
| yo1d standard and for tariff FOR pro-
| faction for projections sake. So also Is IL
| tbe first time in the history of this coun-
try that two men have been nominated
for nresident and vice president and put
| IN the stump to aid in the election OF the
nominees of the republican party in or
der TO preserve the principles of democ-
racy.
nor these men to have finished their
camnaign without visiting Birmingham
vould have justified the assertion that
birmingham had got left in failing TO
| draw the most wonderful exhibition YET
| sat on foot in politics, and we don't want
| that said of the Magic City. Therefore
,ya are glad that Messrs. Palmer and
prcl,ner are coming to Birmingham, and
tt,n,r that we have offered more than
one good reason for being glad
| We trust the people will turn out and
| give them a full house. We are sure they
| c1InnOrterS or
Bryan to go and hear Messrs. faimer
l.and Rucl,ner on Thursday, and hope the
supporters of Palmer and Buckner VIII
t,,rn ont TO hear Mr.. Bailey Friday night.
That both meetings will be well attenueu
- .ha very hest of order maintained
goes without saying.