The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-08-21
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& Minneapolis, Aug. s.Senator John
& M. ThurStOn OF Nebraska, was greeted
at the Exposition building last night
BY a large and enthusiastic audience.
He said. In part:
/, OF my voice. It IL worn thus early In the
campaign until It e as rough and ragged
as Pop-Demopop platform. assure you,
however, that know BY lang experience
that It has Republican Qualities. and will
! grow better as the campaign advances.
.'This is an inspiring scene. In what
other country. in what other year, In what
other emergency could have assembled in
city like this, on this evening OF dog days
such representative audience as see be.
fore me. = take 1t Tor granted that your
presence here means something. There are
before me people who have American homes,
and who wish to stand for those qualities
of government that will enable them to
retain those American homes and American
opportunities. :
brlghtestAin propounding conundrums has
.tsent to MY address, leaving or his own,
series Of questions which he evidently sup
poses are posers. ! ask your indulgence
while I answer them. The first Is, what
was the reason for the suspension Of the
1t, prior to 1873, that the mints Of the
United States had last coined an American
dollar? The people had not for at least
twenty years presented to the mints enough
silver to have bought horses for one com.
pany Of men, and asked for 1t free coinage.
We coined from the Declaration Of indie
pendence to 1873, In those first eighty years
of our existence, only q little more than
eight million silver dollars. The law was
dead upon the statute books, and had
brought no silver to the mints.
II will refer for q more extended answer
to those apostles Of free coinage, Senator
John r. Jones and Senator William NJ
Stewart Of California by way Of the borough
Of Nevada. In 1874 Senator Jones, the
great authority on silver, said: Il am op.
ever shape 1t may, that attempts to over
a ride what God himself has made for money;
that attempts to make commodity Of
money. or money Of commodity. Every
departure from this plain truth will punish
the country that SO departs. The sooner
better 1t will be for the country. Then We
will enter upon an era Of prosperity that
will be unbroken for century,"
We did come down to the sold standard
and we did enter upon such an era of pos
perity, which would have lasted q century
II the people had not been tempted to turn
the Republican party out Of power. From
1876 to 1892 the country advanced further
along the lines Of accumulated wealth,
grew in all that makes for the advance.
ment OF nation. furnished more employ
ment. paid better wages. maintained more
certain prices for products, reached that
height Of prosperity that was the culmina.
ton Of the prosperity Of the peoples Of the
earth. Senator Jones said further: Does
this congress mean to discard standard
OF value forever? Did any country ever at
taan greatness or high degree Of civillza-
tdon without such a standard. and what
but gold can be that standard? Senator
Jones was the man Of oil others In 1874
who made 1t plain that the prosperity Of
the country and Its relations with the ma
lions Of the earth could only be success
fully maintained upon the gold standard.
Senator Stewart also took some part In
that discussion. He said substantially this:
don't care how much you discuss this
question; You must come to the inevita-
standard OF value. 1t Is the measure by
all other peoples, that gold Is the universal
standard OF value. 1t Is the measure by
which your wealth must be tested, wheth-
er 1t be In pennies or In Millions The
wealth Of the United States must be tested
will be the tombstone Of measure, and an
attempt to recognize any other standard
will only lead to confusion why have
Jones and Stewart changed, and why are
they now leading the movement against
the laws they took the lead in establish
ingi"
A voice-,Was not this the same Stewart
who voted for the crime Of 1873?
"A Strange Light.
Senator Thurston-Yes, the same Stewart
and the same Jones. Why have they
changed? They have seen q new light.
1t was not the light that shines for the
prosperity Of the American people, II
was the light that shines from newly dis
covered silver mines In the heart of the
Rocky mountains. Who has flooded the
country with literature during the past
two years that must have cost at least
100000 to circulate? Who has placed
upon the stump the loud-mouthed advocates
OF the silver doctrine? Who has engineered
this whole movement? Who has UNDER
mined the old Democratic party while
Its leaders were asleep, until the convention
at Chicago broke forth with sentiments
that the Democratic party has always op.
posed. for. please God. the Democratic
party has never stood for anarchy Who
would open the minis?
A Voice-The people.
Senator Thurston-I nave heard that said
!. before by people whose Intelligence ought to
be opened by surgical instruments In this
year OF our Lord. Who has bullion to bring
to the mints? Has the blacksmith or the
farmer?
Voices-England s} MN
Senator Thurston-Yes. England has some
OF 1t. fer IS per cent Of the stock Of many
OF our silver mines has been sold BY Senator
Stewart and his associates to capitalists
across the water. The mine owner has the
bullion. and he will bring It to the minis.
Not alone from the mines Of the United
states, for II there was here q proposition
to take care 0f fho ailvop NJ fho Tinted