The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-08

; arc waiting Tor II rl05t impationtly, an,
don't want it VI al. ICh"crs ant
laughter long c.,Ltinunl.
Now, my NicnGs, let ne "r!nc 70 ~,
gr'at paramOuut issue. II they AL
rs here why We SAY moro on the money
question than We say On the iarir
question reply if protection has s,ail
its thousands the gold standard
has slain lis tens OF thousands. # they
ask us why we did not omholy ali
'h"s" things in our platform which VIC
believe We reply that when wn have
restored the money Of the constitution
." other noe ,sary reforms will be Dos
slbIc, and that until that is done. ,her.
IL no reform that can be accomplished.
Choors. Why is it that within three
months such a change has come over
the sentiments Of this country9
| Three months ago Whs4 it was cor t.
IDENTITY asserted that those VIII, be-
loved the gold standard would frame
our platform and nominate our cnndi
datc oven the advocates Of tho cold
standard did not think that We could
eject president, but they had rood
reason Tor suspicion. because there is
scarcely state here to-day asking for
the gold standard that's not within
the absolute control OF the Republican
party Cloud "hrcrngl, hut note the
"hango, Mr.. Mckinley was nominal
ted upon platform that declared for
tn" maintenance Of the yoId standard
until it should be changed into himct-
alIism 10y international agreement
| Mr. Mckinley Was the most popular
nan among tho Republican uatrv. and
cVcrybody three months ago in tho
Rcpu'iIran party prophceicd his cleo
ton. How if to-day? Why. that man
who used to boast that be looked lil;o
Napoleon laughter and cheers. thai
man shuddcrs to-day whcu ne thnke
he was nominated on The annycrsar,
of the battle of Waterloo, The roinr
dencc OF Mrkinley's nomination recall,
the fate Of Napoleon at Waterloo
Tho silver men showed their apnrs
citation OF the pointby yelling, and th,
roar for twenty or thirty seconds pre-
vented the speaker from proceeding
At length, when things Gained down
Il triho, lie resumed as follows:
"Not only that, but as he listens r..
can hear with evcr-incrcasinw distinct.
ness tho sound Of the waves as they
beat upon the lonely shores. IChccrs.
Why this change All, my friends It
Is evident to everyone who will look !
at the matter. 1t is 10 private cha"a0- |
ter, however pure, personal popularity, |
however great, that can protect from !
the ayonglng wrath Of an indignant
people the man who will neither de-
clare that he is in favor of foistinc tle
gold standard upon this people, or
who is willing to surrender the risht
OF sclf-govcrnment and place Legislative
control in the hands of foreign potcn-
tatcS and powers. Cheers.
I'VE 90 forth confident that we
shall win. Why? Because upon the
paramount issue in this campaign
there is not q spot of ground upon.
which Sho enemy will dare challenge
battle. Why, if they tclt us tho gold
standard is II good thing, We point to
their platform and tell them that their
platform pledges the party TO get rid
OF the gold standard and bimotalism
Applause. If the gold standard is q
good thing why try to get rid Of it?
Laughter and continued applause.
| might call your attention to sl,e fact
that some Of the very people who are
IN this convention to-day. and wac de- !.
clare that we ought to dcclarc in favor
Of international bimetallism, and there
by declare the gold standard wrong
and Tie principle of bimetalliam lwt-
ter, these very people four moAihs
ago wore open and avoWcd advocates
Of the gold standard. and telling us
hat we could not legisla.e the two
metals together, even with all the
world. Renewed applause and cheors.
want to suggest this truth, if the
yolt standard is good thing we
ought to declare in favor Of its reten-
ion. not III favor OF abandoning, IT,
md if the gold standard is Tad
hing, why should we wait until some
'thcr nations are willing to help IL, let
70? Applause Here is the line of hat
10. We care not upon which issue
hey force the fight. We are prepared
o meet them on either issue, ono or
10Th. II they tell us the gold stand. S
I'd is the standard of civilization. We ]
eply that this, the most enlightened t
i all the nations of the earth has i
ever declared for the gold standard.
nd both parties this year arc declar-
ng against it. Applause. If tbe
old standard is the standard of Grill
alton, why, my friends. should we
ot have it, So. if they come to Facet =
$ on thai we can present The history =
t our naton. More than that. we :,
an tell them this. tl,ot they will :,
earch the PAGES OF history in val. 10 :,
nd single instance ia which thc ~
ommon people OF any land over de- .
Jared themselves in favor CT the gold =,
andard. Applause They can ind !