The Irish standard., 1896-10-17

Ia HJCIlCAlCcS.
Ii A lady who was canvassing down in
NEBRASKA the other day gave utterances to,
one of the best things which think. this
campaign has enjoyed. She was canvas
n sing and called at our house to get some
II literature on the silver question to cir
fculate as she went from place to place and
| while there she said that she had a
1 brother who. was a gold man. without
gold. (Laugilter) She said she could un-
i derstand how q man could be gold man
I gold man, without gold.' (Applause and
laughter) .: ...J a {. -. .%S
GOLD MEN WITHOUT GOLD.
And you know, my friends, that, that is
the. con dition in which urge majority
/ of the gold men. are--gold men without
gold. and when you find the gold man
without gold you can find one whom you
can convert, because, while the gold
| standard is a good thing for a few I'M
4 thing for the great mass of the people
| Of this country, and the reason why sour
cause grows from day to day is found
In the fact that the arguments in behalf
to the hearts of the American people. and
/, the gold standard appeals only to- the /;
Eheartle:ss: Applause) The reason why
the mothers are taking" such an interest
IN this campaign the reason why thu
wives are feeling deeper interest than
they usually feel, is because they are be-
coming acquainted with the gold stand
| ard. They know that instead Of being a.
jrist measure Of. deferred payments, the.
| gold standard has become measure Of
deferred hope, and hope deferred makth
| the heart sick. J.. 4
/ This money question Is not too deep to
| be understood by any American citizen
| in fact, my friends, the reason why people
in the fact that great questions of state
1 are simply in their last analysis. Every
great political question is first a great
economic question, and every great eco
| nornic question is at last great moral
question. Questions are not settled until
determined. Questions are not settled by
the discussion Of details. Questions are
not settled until people grasp the funda-
mental principle, and when those prin-
people settle the question, and they settle
it for a generation. The people are study
ing this question. studying 1t as they
have not studied it before; aye, studying
1T as they have not studied any question
before in your lifetime or mine; and study b
/ leads to understanding. But to study,
| you must commence at the bottom and
study up &
/ remember hearing a sermon preached
once and the preacher illustrated the DIFF
fculty which people encountered In this
way. He said that IL you attempted to
draw a tree through a narrow gate and {
/ took one Of the boughs that you would
find that the others would spread out
and you couldn't get the tree through.
but If you would take the stem or trunk
Of the tree and pull that through then all
the limbs would fall in behind it. / often
think of that, because, my friends, the
study Of details without knowledge Of
the principle is only confusing, but a
study Of the principle makes she details
plain I was out in the. west something
like agar ago and I noticed there great
/ systems of irrigation, and this thought
| came to me as / watched those canals
as they would wind their ways over the
4 valleys, what fundame entail principle un-s
derlies irrigation? And then it occurred !.
| to me that the principle was simple ,pne;.s
that water runs down hilf.S Now the
person who does not understand that
| water runs down hill can never expect to-
succeed in irrigation. but when d person
/ understands that water runs down hill h
\ then all he has to do is to dig q ditch
that falls little, and he can carry WAter5
/ anywhere. And so it is with the morley
| question. If you fail to get it you study
/ In vain. .'H tf},. ID sssss
TIE FIRST PRINCIPLE. E. s. AZ; 'zSsss
! Now. what is the first great prtnciple2,
f1t iss that the value OF dollar depends
on the number OF dollars. You can make
dollars dear or cheap by changing Chez
1 quantity. Nov, this IS a simple propoA%f
sition. It Is fundamental, and when you /
/
derstood it you understand !. the money
/ questton. When you understand It then
you understand not only what a change ms
/ the volume OF money means but You lnfl-ssa
derstand who Is benefited by It, and Swhys
i those who are benefited want IT.. Let me-
illustrate. SUPPOSE that weacould iua CINE
ourselves walled in and suppose thatsW
had enough wheat in the enclosure stosE
last US q year. and: takipg supply arldssT
demand into consideration. whsat wass
h
\ the wheat was gathered intosts greaEs
piles and one man owned one pile szsGi s tDM
suit the Illustration to this audiencSy ki1pSss
pose that one woman owned one pile ailds
I suppose that the owner OF this Bile: ssofN
! wheat should read in the morning papery
\ that that pile OF wheat had beef sist
Istrpyed by fire and that the people ffSNs
stead Of having both piles for their yearly
tsupply; must all be ted from this spi
Now; what would He the result !? sfSvasYgs
| btishel of wheat IN this p ilel would ssrt
/ hi yaule. why Because the ue1na Nh BIZ
I for wheat remained theS5same and 1Esss
i supply OF wheat Is cut haf III two W8
tf1esIady who owns this Pile Of Whe1t 4teSs
/ profit by the rise in wheat, IL Ard II
i the third? She VIII bG@ glad that IN
the other pile Of wheat that burned aiEsaaSS
. Now, that IL q simple tIlust ll lsS1
Tine apply 10 to the silver. they ars kass
equal III size II Aeeording To sta ss
have about four billfons Of silver sn
and about four billions Of gold rnuhs fhE
!. the world ..s sappose we destroy Il hi
sand make the other pile dO Che ,S
both what IS the result !? The sgss
i money remains the same ana r 6s|
9E0f money III cut LII Il g.s III MI y
be tllat the al,le uf each 81 *
/ When wheat raised u live
I wheat bought more money! aA
sraisess Iii value as dali f III
H snnt5re wIIeat I. IL What is
Il tue people who Own I'LL 4ss 49,
Il olsir cont acts pay abls 81
II 4tSA lin, and stheyt are 13d.a&
Il ~ mp at,se ma q