Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-24

thirty-six years ago to-day that Abra-
nam Lincoln spoke in this town as a can
didate for the presidency, and there are
many people who have a very high re-
spect for Abraham Lincoln. notwith-
standing the fact that the Republican
party has about deserted him. (CheersJ
II desire to express my qualification
that in this campaign, when mems
hearts are stirred as they have seldom
been stirred before, when mems convic-
tions are deep and feeling runs high,
there has been so little OF conflict ana
alteration between the people as they
mingle together in the discussion OF the
paramount issue OF this campaign IL
seems TO me that the self-restraint and
the respect for law and order which have
been shown speak well for the capacity
Of the American people for self-govern-
ment. (Cheers) IL is only rare,y l have
found that any public speaker is inter-
ferred WITH or that any act is done which
can be made the subject Of just criticism.
II mention this at this time because
this mornings paper presents two very
unusual incidents in this campaign. l
fnd from the morning paper that some
gold men disturbed n silver meeting. and
that some silver men disturbed a gold
meeting Ia Kentucky. ] mention this be-
cause IL Is not often that these things
have happened, and / mention the met
dents in order that I may appeal to the
advocates of free coinage to observe du-
ring the present campaign the courtesy,
the charity, the liberation that have been
almost unanimously manifested up to this
time. (Cheers.) l want TO say this, that
condemn the disturbance offered at Mr.,
Carlisle's meeting as much as l condemn
the disturbance offered at the silver meet
ing. Great cheering)
THE GOLD INFLOW.
81 want to call your attention to an
other thing before taking up discussion
Of any particular phase of the money
question. / want to ask you to recall
what you read in this mornings paper
that the rate of interest had been raised
/ per cent. by the Bank of England. The
rate Of interest there now is per cent.
1t has been raised per cent within six
weeks. The Bank of Germany has raised
the rate of interest to 5 per cent,
and the Bank OF France has refused TO
sell gold. / call your attention TO these
facts because 1 cannot understand how
any one can fail to see the significance
Of these things. our opponents tell us
that gold forms a safe foundation for an
international money They tell US that
| want you to understand. businessmen
Of Peoria and Illinois, that this rise in
interest in England and Germany. and
the action OF the French bank In ALL
these things indicate. as they conclusive
ly prove, that the stock of gold through
out the world is 50 small that the ma
tions of the world are grabbing to get
their share Great cheering)
what has created this special demand?
You do not have to go far 10 md the
cause. The financiers decided that IL
would not do to have another bond issue
in the United States during the campaign.
They decided that another issue Of bonds
would be an object-lesson which they
could not afford to risk. and, therefore
the financiers of New York went to work
to supply the national Treasury with
gold TO tide It over the campaign. When
they found that ii was difficult, they ap-
pealed 10 the foreign fnanciers. who were
interested in fastening the gold standard
permanently upon the American people
These inanciers aided in the plan and,
as gold LEFT Europe, as gold came to us
from England. the people there began
20 feel the effect of its departure and
the Bank OF England raised the rate Of
interest to stop the flow OF gold TO the
United States, and Germany had 10 pro-
tect herself, and France had 10 protect
herself. and thus this one little agitation
proves 10 the people OF the world that
so long as gold is our only money there
must be constant disturbance. constant
agitation, constant peril TO our CONNER
cial fabric, as the gold drifts from one
nation TO another" (Cheers)