Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-10-22

solutely impossible. IAushter.) why, 1t
\ 10 possible there may be Hood Of gold. Our
In the ocean, and It 10 barely possible that
somebody may and way Of going out into
the ocean and getting It and thus deluging
u with flood Of gold Laughterl But 1t
Isn't probable. (LaughterD lsay all things
are possible. When It commences to rain 1t
Is possible 1t may never stop. (Laughter.)
But I have known 1t to be 30 dry that peo-
pie had actually prayed for rain, although
they knew II 1t ever commenced It might
never quit (Laughter.) But why haven't
back over 5000 years Of history and they
see but one hood. and they say. 1--WE will
take our chances" Naughter.) You tell me
there may be Hood of silver. admit 1t
IL possible. But I ask you to look back
over 5000 years Of history during all Of
which time they have used silver, and they
have never had cvcN enc flood of silver In
all that time. daughter aud applause.) We
base oNr opinion Of the future upon the
past. Our opponents are expecting some
| thing to happen which never happened In
the history Of the world. You can't point
to nation that was ever deluged with sill
yer to the injury OF the people. They point
to states-natlons-on silver standard. 1t
Is true Mexico is not as far advanced as we
| are; but. my friends. don't blame 1t to
| silver standard. Mexico is further advanced
than 1t was ten years ago. and that cannot
be said of any nation that uses gold. Cries
| Of "Good," and applauseo And II You want
| to know what the effect Of the gold stand
ard is on nation. when we apply to gold
the same reasoning that we apply to silver,
/ I fnr okt n
Turkey has gold standard. I say you
| have chance to see what gold standard
can do. Aren't you proud Of the work of
gold standard? (Applause.) They say II
Mexico's standard. Maybe If we keep the
gold standard we will approach Turkeys
standard. Applause and laughter.) But,
my friends, I must not detain you longer.
want to say one word to Democrats. I
want to say one word to Democrats before
go. am not going to say one word to
prevent any Democrat from doing what his
conscience tells him to be right; but want
| to say this, that II any Democrat Is going
to leave the Democratic party, I want him
to find his reason in his head or in his
heart, and not in his pocketbook. Great
applause.) If he finds his reason in his
pocketbook I want him to be man enough
| to say that that Is where the reason is,
and not say it. Is because all the rest of
| the Democrats have become anarchists all
| i
| nected with q trust, and loves the trust
more than he does his country, let him say
so, and we will bid him God-speed (Great
| applause.) II he is tied to some corpora
ton that is afraid that there will be en-
forcement Of law. If there is any Democrat
who Is connected with q corporation and
prefers to retain his connection with that
corporation rather than to stand with the
Democratic party in its efforts to bring
the government back to the position Of
Jefferson and Jackson, let him say so, my
ENDS. (Applause.) And more than that
let not these Democrats who go console
themselves with the thought that this is
but temporary disagreement. Let them
not console themselves with the thought
tnat they will separate from us now and
Of command. Applause, and cries Of
Never, never.") Let thom understand
what this contest means. This contest Ia
not for an hour or for day. This contest
is the beginning of a struggle that shall
not end until this government has been
rescued from the hands of syndicates and
trusts and put back into the hands Of the
people. Great applause.)
Any Democratic son who desires to leave
his fathers house can do so but let him
understand that when he gets tired eating
with the hogs and comes back we may not
kill the fatted calf for him. (Applause)
When he gets tired Of associating with
those who would undo what Jefferson and
Jackson did, it may be the desire of those
whom he left at home to make him saw
wood long while before he gets to the
dinner table. Applause and cries Of "Serves
him right!')
Quotes Jefferson.
My friends, we have against us in this
fight the very influences that were raised
against Andrew Jackson when he opposed
the money power in his day. We have
opposed to rs the very influences which
opposed Thomas Jefferson when he organ
lied the Democratic party, and when they
called him demagogue and his followers
mob. In order that you may get some
idea Of how history repeats itself, let me
read to you what Mr.. Jefferson said of the
opposition which was organized against him
In 1900 Writing to friend abroad, he
said: ''The aspect OF our politics has
wonderfully changed since you left US. In
the place of the noble love Of liberty and
republican government which carried US
triumphantly through the war an Anglican
party has sprung up, whose avowed pur-
pose is to draw US over to the substance,
as they have already done to the forms,
of the British government. While the
main body of our citizens remains true to
republican institutions, against us are the
executive, the federal judiciary, two out of
three branches Of the legislature, all the
officers of the government all timid men
who prefer the calm of despotism to the
boisterous sea of liberty, all British mer-
chants and Americans trading on British
capital. all spectators and brokers. and
with them the banks and dealers in the
public funds, United States bonds, and con-
trivances invented for the purpose Of cor
ruption and assimilating us to the rotten
as we'll as the sound parts of the British
model 1t would give you fever If I
were to name to you the apostates who
have gone over to these heresies. men who
were once Solomons in council and Sam
sons in the field, who have had their heads
shorn by the harlot. England In short,
We are likely to preserve the liberties we
have obtained only by unremitting ener-
gies and labors; but we shall preserve
them" (Applause.)
My friends, you would imagine from the
reading of that that some one was describ
ing the opposition arrayed against free coin
age to-day. (Applause) And nothing is
more familiar than those words. where he
speaks Of those having left his party who
were Solomons in council and Samsons III
the field. Why, my friends, it is the boast
of our opponents that all the men who have
loft tha Democratic, nartv .uoro Go1onons