The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-24

that burden Is to decrease the volume of
money ana double the volume of taxation.
applause and laughter.)
At that point my fellow citizens. the
modern Napoleon has crossed the Pyrenees
mountains and has gone unadvisedIy to the
pains or SPAIN He has made another mis-
take. III Is as vital as the mistake made by
the genuine Napoleon when he Invaded Mog-
COW. When Mckinley tells you that the
n NJ ROAD 10 prosperity lies In the shrinkage
or the volume of money and the establish
ment of a single gold standard he makes a
mistake. (Applause.l
The ancient on rather the genuine
Mapoieon who challenges admiration notwith-
Standing his mistakes made another mistake
tnat cost MIN his life. 1t cost him crown
anu france; ircost him a crown and Europe.
| mignt say that was the mistake that he
maae at waterloo when he met Wellington
anu the allied ferces. This allusion to the al
iled FORCES was easily caught, by the audience
some some OF whom repeated it and shouted
GOOD, good. ,. Wellington had fought but
Few battles up to that time. He was COM
paratively unknown to the military world
But at Waterloo this obscure man, who SUBJ
sequentiy became the Iron Duke of England
met and overthrow the genuine Napoleon
VINO was banisheda to st. Helena and there
ne was heid as prisoner and his crown and
country destroyed. Somewhere in this land
today, either in the East or in the South or
II, IN tne North, or in the great plains of the
Northwest is to be found
THE MODERN WELLINGTON
VINO Will overcome and overthrow this mod
ern Napoleon in November. cloud cheersl
esnac,a Is Safe rule to follow in business. and
especially IN politics. to do just the reverse
OF what your political enemies want you to
90. What do they want you to do? They
want you 10 promulgate wild platform that
VIII De the subject of ridicule Then they
want you 10 take some man and place him
upon that platform as a candidate for presi-
d deiio VINO IS willing to run for the presi-
ueicy win certain defeat in store. for the
mere empty honor of running. applause and
q we, Keep in the middle of the road
th lbs ensy want him to keep in the middle of
me road tell you that every b6odler in This
CITY tonight with money in his pocket is
taalhing IN the middle of the road "a voice, 81
an Snous - you We're going to keep in the mid
II is, too. | know where the middle of the
ROAD Is. lApplause.) 1 will tell you what /
h ht uon ,,i may tell you now and | may not,
out l VIII tell you what I would not do I
would not become accessory to the success Of
Ine goid standard upon the Republican or any
o'n nEv tlcKet: PROLONGED applause)
. EVERY eapper in this country every man
s Hn.r mas distributed Hanna's Doodle from
NoIen 10 south and from East to West IS
Joining the honest Republicans and irving
me e,1 nlu ! OF the road. The convention will
loliow us TEMPERATE Judgment. it's cool judg-
ment, and not its passions This is no time
Ior sentiment and no time to give way to
passion. The man who is moved by passion
is always failure. man who is Centralized
by high intellect and a high sense of div
Is the man who succeeds. (Applause) This
convention will place in nomination T have
GoI the slightest doubt, presidential can
uluate ana vice presidential candidate If
is Ior you to say whom you want not for me
as your presiding officer it is nv duty to
recognize the rights of every man with alb
s s ilaparuai1ty. (Applause) 1t will be
gone as far as | am capable of doing it but
let me appeal to you as one who sees the
MONIES or his country imperiled as one who
sees the MONIES of the farmer and the labor
lug man IN this country passing into the
hands Of landlords as he who sees the fine
not far dtstant-unless there is a change
Wnen there will be few landlords in this
country and great mass of tenant peasantry
Let me appeal to you not to suffer any senti-
ment to move you contrary to the interests
OF your country, your, wife, your children and
your God. prolonged applause) Take into
account this one thing and it is highly i'm
portant
What will be the effect at the election in
November next if you shall put in the field
a tnlrd ticket? That is for you to consider
ihat is where you should use your highest
judgment and your greatest patriotism have
no doubt that the fellow who stands in these
ioDles prays, If he prays at all, that some
tnlng Will happen to this convention by which
1T will make a mistake. Take into account
the fact and weigh 1t WELL whether we shall
unite the forces of this country against plutoc-
Tacy or not tApplause.) Do you want Nc
Kinley? Voices mo, No.'') Do you want a
rule OF British gold? Voices NO MOI Do
pou want more Of Grover Cleveland? Voice
No; , Do you want 1868 100000 more Of gold
bonds in time of peace? Voice .sNo.'')
DO you want Grover Cleveland and Mckinley
to lock arms and walk shoulder to shoulder in
the interest of the money power? Voice
plause)
do you want Mckinley and bonds and ma
tional bank issues? Voices, mol non)
And high taxationf and government by in
or do you want an
ENLARGED VOLUME OF MONEY
in this country by the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver and gold at the ratio of 16
to l. Applause,l4 Do you want the income
tax? MIXED cries Of yes and .sno.'0 Do
you want the man in the chief executive Of
fee to appoint few more shysters upon
the supreme bench? Voice, ''noi") Do you
want man that is in favor Of tightening
the burdens of taxation upon the people?
Do you want man that is in favor OF
government ownership of railroads and tele-
graphs. prolonged applause and cries of
yes voice, THAT is in the middle Of
the road.
IF you were compelled to take your choice
between one of these two men, which would
you take? / am not the advocate Of Mr.
Bryan here. "a voice. ut seems like it. ~
Do not understand. fellow citizens, that /
am advocating any choice here for you to
make. 1t is for you to make the choice and
not for me. (Applause.) If by putting a
third ticket in the field-and this is one of
the questions you must consider-you would
defeat free coinage defeat withdrawal of
the issue power of national banks, defeat the
government ownership of railroads and tele-
phones and telegraphs, defeat the income
tax and faSten, gold recommendation and
high taxation upon this people for a genera
ton to come; which would you do? ZAP
plause) 1t is your choice to make, not mine
We are to have, campaign of education
this fall, and already the Republican press
and the gold bug Democratic press are i'm
pudently saying that it will cost SIS COO 600 to
carry the election for Mckinley and Hobart
Yes; some put IL as high as $50, 600 600 or
$1G0, 000, 000 My fellow citizens are the Amre-
lean people to be bought and sold like cat
tie and sheep? Cries of NO. These men
think they can buy you. 1 am sorry that
once in while they can find a poor, men
tally and morally deformed creature whom
they can buy, but usually he is of such de-
splcable material, so contemplate that he is
a stencil in the nostrfis of all good men and
women, and cannot do much harm. Whoever
falls to go to the polls in November and in
the light of his responsibility to God cast
a pure and incofrupt ballot in the interests
or the people, Isl a traitor to his home and
his country. tApplause.) The supreme
problem is before the American people,
whether this republic shall go up or go down
It Is the great question of the age. Shall we
follow the course that was pursued by the
Roman republic? Shall we go down in hope
civilization. or shall we lift our civilization
feet government, that shall stand as the
monument and wonder of the age? PRO
longed, deafening applause.)
TO MEET SILVER MEN.
Conference Committee Named NV