The San Francisco call., 1896-10-10

advocated" !"
The speaker then referred to the mag
njficent parade he had just witnessed
downtown and in sarcastic terms expressed
his belief that many of the marchers were
IN the procession not from choice but be-
cause they are slaves to their employers.
Senator Cannon in speaking of the Chi
cago convention said he thanked God that
the Democratic party had the honesty to
stand by its conviction, and that a man
had been nominated by them who was too
poor to buy even delegate, and one who
could win more votes with his voice than
Mark Hanna can with his money. Mr..
Cannons efforts were directed mainly at
the sympathes of his hearers and aimed
at his 'rich opponent" He closed by
pledging his vote to William j. Bryan.
AS soon as the speaker had finished cries
of Teller" were again heard and once
more Mr.. Teller came 10 the front of the
platform, but did not say a word.
II. F. Bartine, editor of the Bimetallist,
was next introduced and spoke as follows:
l am opposed to the candidates of the Re-
publican party because upon the greatest
practically the only-issue before us that party
has ceased to be Republican as l understand
the term. Contrary TO all its past history and
tradition for the first time since it was born
the Repu blican party has openly declared in
favor of the gold standard and has laid down
in the awful shadow of the money power of
Europe and America. By history and tradi-
ton it was always bimetallie party, pledged
TO maintain the gold and silver money of the
constitution until its independence and its
Americanism were strangled to death in st.
Louis on the 9th day of last June. The power
that holds the purse-strings OF the world has
turned at lis mercy. The power to-day is Lon
don, and London will continue to be that
power SO long as the gold standard is main
tanned.
perfectly we'll. Running all through the testi-
mony of the gold-standard advocates who
made the statements before the international
commission of 1SS6-S7 was the idea that the
restoration of silver would injure Rngland as
q creditor nation and deprive London of its
present position as the worlds financial CEN
ter.
Mr.. Gladstone also understands it we'll In
the most explicit terms he has declared that
England is q creditor 10 the extent of $40, ,000-
100000. and that the restoration OF bimetal-
lism' would reduce the value of the money
which she controls What did he mean by
that? Was he afraid of England being paid in
silver? Not at all. He knew that under inter
national bimetallism gold and silver would be
OF equal value at the ratio agreed upon. but he
also knew that the restoration of silver would
make the gold itself cheaper.
Ii that be true, then the demone tization OF
silver made gold dearer and gave England an
advantage that does not belong to her By any
principle OF justice and fair-dealing. And
this is not the worst OF 1t. The declaration is
made with full knowledge that the restora-
ton of bimetallism would be for the best in
teres is of the country. AS Mr.. Bryan has said,
agreement is itself an admission that there is
something wrong with the gold standard.
So the position of the Repu blican party is
simply this: 1t admits that bimetallism will
be for the best interests of the country. but at
the same time makes the humiliating plea
that we can do nothing for our owa good
without the permission and aid of country
whose interests are directly opposed to our
own. But even this does not tell the whole
story.
m of n Is pr IA
were actually and ayowedly Tor the gold stand.
ard. More than three-fourthS were strongly
be. And yet three-fourths lay meekly down
and allowed the one-fourth representing the
English idea in American politics to bind
them hand and foot with the chains of gold.
After another prolonged call for Teller.
and more excuses for his not speaking,
stand.
He, too. opened with his reasons for de-
serting the Republic lines, and said the
st. Louis platform was in direct opposl-
ton to the one adopted at Minneapolis.
He denounced the st. Louis platform as
un-American, unpatriotic and disgusting
in the extreme. He then referred to the
gold parade, and stated as his belief
that large number of men were march
ing under implied threat that If they did
not march on the 9th they would have to
march on the 10th. Mr.. Hartman said he
was for protection, but that protection
would not protect with gold standard.
He referred to a recent speech OF Joseph
Dobson in support OF bis claim that manu-
lacturers in favor of gold standard could
not compete with those under silver
standard. He referred in scathing terms
to the sale of Government bonds at 104
which heclaimed were worth 119 at the
time, and intimated that there must have
been something crooked in the transaction.
A ant 10 hat aIyarc
had been employed to start in during the
coming week 10 make speeches in favor of
free silver.
A mass-meeting of silver forces was
held at TattersalPs s this evening which in
point OF attendance and enthusiasm COM
pared favorably with any held during this
cam paign in Chicago.
Congressman Towne reviewed the de-
none ,ization of silver, saying that the
effect was to take away from silver the
large demand that had existed tor it
from the beginning OF the world, for
money purposes, and to place the entire
burden on gold.
Whether you take from silver or gold
portion of the power of either it increases
the purchasing power of the other metal;
in other words it takes more goods or
moreiproperty to get possession of dollar.
When YOU trade TWO commodities each
buys the other. When, therefore, dollar
increases the purchasing power 1t is
equivalent to saying it takes more product
to buy that dollar.
He declared that great as was the con-
test of 1860 he beileved the present struggle
was far greater; where that affected q few
million blacks this affected the destinies
oil 10000, 600 people, botn white and black.
A perfect Storm of applause marked the
close of Mr.. Towne's speech, and three
vigorous cheers were given him.
Ex-Governor Hardin of Kentucky was
next introduced. Reference being made
as to Mr.. Carlisle being from the same
State was greeted with hlsses. Mr.. Hardin
complimented Mr.. Towne on his elo-
quence, and he then gave numerous illus
trations of the law of supply and demand
and declared that the country was suffer
ing from the under production of money.
He referred sarcastically to the cry of
LACK of confidence" and said that prop
erty is not as low as it will go. References
to Cleveland and Carlisle brought out
vigorous Kisses. Colonel EDDY of Colo
RADIO also made a stirring address, as did
several other prominent speakers.
Democrats Carry Watsos's District.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 9-Official returns
show that the Democratic majority for
~ 49, sse1-z