The sun., 1896-09-11

Nearly half his audience was bitterly and yio-
| lently opposed 10 him. II was question wheth
held Ia NEWS nswspSper s Containing what parportsd tc
| be n letter from him dRmning the Repubiicau
ana sS NIX X. S dshss lie
facing tho universal accusation Of being turn
coat, and the implication contained "a that pa
Yet he stood there, calm and cool, and sniilLnG
slightly as he waited for a chance 70 begin. The
aSictcd tho audience more quickly than any AZ
| tempt to obtain silence could have quieted II,
"Mr President and friends. he said. "Did 1
believe an apology for my presence neces-
Yes, yes!" shouted n hundred men, and the
| hisses drowned out everything else Half =
dozen disturbers were run, out BY the police
II would say that am here because believe
| highest rate OF compensation 10 tho best kind
| be interfered with" ho continued. I'm making
this statement In the city OF New forR ana
tbo 'bs Sonse oS my frends and not in the enc
jeers and mocklng laughter greeted this state.
ment, and mpelled the speaker to break away
"it will be dficult for me to stick to my notes.
There are elements here That VII rot rermdit me me
show you here journal founded by the Knights
the West iiiisses In it Is printed what pur:
ports to be a copy or letter written by me. IL
tif genuine copyml have not had time to ,H. ex.
creature who viii publish 2 private letter
too contemplate to be rosoEEnizea es
Say: Damn the Republican party, II had
bclIcved in that IN 1883 would have said;
Democratic party or any other party that stood
in the path Of labor's progress. But believe
snd oFEsX
Its too good name for turncoat" howled
n man, and tho yells and hisses broke out
again. Some man near tho centre aisle was
hauled out and roughly handled by the police
realize that the silver men haye come here
wind" remarked Powderiy. thereby stirring up
. After this there was reasonable quiet, and
mont were leaving the hal In numbers. real
izing that the opportunity for disturbance was
contended TINT the laboring man would lose
and NO, profit by, tho adoption Of the Pono.
The proposition that the silver dollar Is the
poor mans dollar is pure gnsh.. The dollar Of
ths ii @ rs ihS or ssr !. the he
which he can hold in tho hollow OF his hand or
place ON deposit and It free coinage a. the ratio
of 10 to 10 established the silver dollar. which
will thcn drive all other dollars ont Of the
market will not only Ns th.., poor mans dollar,
but the poorest dollar a. well.
1T is high time that lshrrinE people should
resent the Eratutous and pn,rcnizn,9 advice OF
m ns x. SEo aost is 4 to ss
il s dollar as 1t is the dollar of the millionaire
n nd instead of joining IN the shout for cheap
inscrihe on his banner:
... The best is none too good for me-"
Warner Miller was then Introduced and was
greeted with great cheering. in which no hissrs
were heard. He argued both 70: 4. protective
tariff and for sound money. OF the coinage
stripped OF all subterfuGe and false reason
ing. the money question comes down to ono Of
common honesty and to the maintenance of the
honor and integrity Of our country. The depre-
citation and cheapeninE Of the dollar would be a
half OF all the private debts OF tho country When
the war closed the pu blic debt was nearly $1,000.
best terms we could make, and thev had varied
from day to day. depending upon the prospects
Of our our -, success ,s, in the war When the
never paw IT, Gthers sad ae US pfnt pe1 nt
Of America. who both at the front and at home
had stood by the Government and sustained II,
said: Never; every dollar of this debt shall
be paid in the best money OF the world.
and our honor shall be maintained and our
credit advanced And 70 down to the
thirds OF this debt together with AN
eqnal amount Of interest, and we have paid
this late day when we have grown rich. tarnish
our our fair . name and d,scredi! ourselves smopg
amount. TO WILLOWS and a orphans and Il aserspit i
Sl". o. SEQ month. Shall we repud late one
half Of that BY paying it in dollars only half as
yhiuhnie AS what we nave agreed 10 pay Z God
forbid.
The remedy for our present disastrous con-
diton is u return to the former condition of af-
fnirs. to the enactment OF n fair tariff bill,
which shall give just protection to American
labor. which shall restore con ence to bushes
circles and every industry. and TO stamp out
absolutely every proposition for the dishonor Of
our credit. the cheapening OF our money. the
reputation OF our debts. both public and
private and by maintaining the high standard
OF public honor which we have maintained
from the beginning OF our Government down to
IN ht.d dnn ht Z
election of Mckinley and Hobart"
Charles Rohifs also spoke. Tho meeting
adjourned after cheering for the Republican
ticket.