The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

OF the citizens OF this commonwsaifh
ss M, assembled In the state OF Ohio
why tsitl Why II Il because ~ San.
ator sherman has been teliIns, ne We
have new question this year The pa
m ,noSu mas started q new Issue. They
, nsSe Z new Issue. Why Is II they have
made a new tssuey Did not mr. Der,cc.
racy Know everything there VA. 10
KNOW from the beginning. CLauehtrrS
WIZ tell you why 1t Is we have new
issue. issue They have run completely o,it ~.
the old. More laughter ana ary,s,,s.S
Lney We're whipped to standetii, he.
,vae tncy started on the tArifI Crrnewes
sla Nss ana checring) and they werc
,.r,r, oeiore they started In on the
estlu. because, unlike 1892, we now MI
OF US. understand the tariff o,,e"tton
gu cannot ind a iaborlnR man n,sv.
wnere IN the United States who docs ,,st
now understand II without an n rv,,,,,nrt
navlng TO be made to him that n yr,,
make product acroas the water in
soIle ohner country you do not have 10
n MIKE y IN this country (cheerinEl
a.. s ~. you make II over there there n
an increased demand for iahort~ovar
there liaishter)-@ that ns,,sh ~ s.
aemena Tor borrower iiere. {Renewe1
laugnter.l That Is what the lnborlne
man has learned. - " ''aa
The farmer has learned snr,a.h,nr
,oo. Times have been pretty nara n,
nun. he Is selling his products at tho
.neapest price ever known since before
sne war. he has found out that 10 have
s Me- r. us,mana and TO get good prices for
nus product he must have a good home
market. tCheerine.) He must havs
those products which the American
people want to make use of-made mot
py Englishf1en or Germans or French-
men. who viii constitute home market.
LOT ihe farmers In these countries. INF
mace py the honest sons OF toll Of our
own country, who win constitute =
plause.) 'np-
And the banker has found out eo,ne-
.hing: remember when / lived here
IN columbus for a short time tfoiirht
srutner Huntington, who sits az, 'ths
PLATFORM. knew everything about hank-
ing. out he knows more now. / venture
snan ne old then. He knew much then
IN general way: now he knows Il In
praetlcal form. Aman In the banding
more when all the iaborinr men are
employed and when the farmers mre
having some place TO sell their products.
ANA the dry-goods man, and every
other Kind of business man In America
mas found out the difference between
protection and free trade. (Applause1
Ano then there Is Uncle Sam him
sen. He has found out something.
SLaugnter and applause.) In the II
this country. after the close OF the wa
down to 1892. we paid OF and cancelled
forever more than one thousand seveY
hundred millions OF the public debt
During the three years and n frnction
OF Democratic free trade rule, they have
paid on nothing. but have Increased the
puplic debt by more than $262, ZOO. 900.
lGreat cheering.) Uncle Sam il lust
now calculating how long. at that rate.
y VIII take him to get out OF debt, (Con-
tinued laughter and applause, and cries
OF Hit him again y He has made up
him mind. like some other people did
IN 1892. that he wants change; and
he Will have a change Just as soon as the
law and the constitution Will allow Il.
tRenewed laughter and continued ap.
plause.) And It was because the Demo-
cratic party foresaw that this was to
come TO pass In November that they
thought they had better try and have
q new issue this year. They did not
want to 20 to battle again on the tariff,
and the result Is we have this money
question. I have told you why VIC have
II Let me now tell you some OF the
objections have to 1t, before COM
mence TO tell you Of the nature OF It.
object to II in the first place because
the Democratic party proposes It
Great laughter, applause and cries OF
'Tha. In sufficient. y THAT IL enough.')
Now that is not bigoted idea. That Is
founded on reason. (More applause and
cheering.) Will tell you why. II IL
enough TO settle II with me that tho
Democratic party proposes Il, for have
been pretty well acquainted as an OUT
side looker-on. with that party for tho
last 40 years. and In all that time. It
has never failed to be on the wrong
side Of every great national question.
Continued laughter and great cheer
ing)
You know how 1t was in war times;
how II was In the reconstruction period.
You will remember how they caressed
the rag baby. daughter and applause.)
You will remember how It was about
specie redemption. Why, Mr.. Sherman
talks here az though disposed to take
exception to their criticism Of him in
connection with the act OF 1879. Have
you forgotten. senator: has any man
forgotten how the Democrats of this
country assailed him and abused him
and maiigned him because OF his grand
work In connection with resumption In
1873? Q4ong continued appiause)
And not to be tedious about 1t. they
were not only wrong about all the ques-
tions 10 which 1 have Just adverted. but
they were wrong. as was trying to in-
dictate awhile ago. about their PROPOSE.
ton of free trade on which they carried
the country In 1892. and so II Is. say.
they have not advanced an Idea; they
have not put forward n propagation In
the last 40 years with respect to the adj
ADMINISTRATION OF our national Affairs that
has met with the acceptance and today
enjoys the approval Of the people OF the
United States. (More cheertngo
Now. when party has had 40 years or
trial. /, somehow or other, lose con.
fidence In them Cheering and lauEhter).
especially when they come to me with
a new proposition. admitting In the pre-
sertation OF It that they have failed be-
yond expectation with respect to tho
last one that they advanced.
And SO ! say am opposed to this IN
the first place, because the Democratic
party has put II forth. But have other
objections to It. The Democratic news
papers do not seem TO like II. one-haf
OF the Democratic party itself does not
approve this new proposition. Now.
when the Democratic party brings tor-
ward something so bad that one.h OF
Its own party cannot stomach u, DO
not want them to- ask me to take II
down. (Great laughter and cheerfng.)
Here IL what they have to say about
Ii. want to read Just two or three exc
tracts from leading Democratic news
papers 10 show you how they criticise
this new issue. The New York World. u
suppose. the greatest Democratic
newspaper In the country. l UNDER
stand that It admits that 1t Is. Great
Here is what the New York World
says about this new proposition: The
platform was dictated by lunacy."
Cheering and cries OF Good enough.
that Is rightly
The New York Post says: In point OF
,,,nraIa N IL ha rAr than ANYTHING ever