The sun., 1896-09-11

a. Kelly the Orators Ir-trrt,, ~,
Kcmpie's Version of what n Hryn.,
silver Dollar Would Say IrIttoudr,,,
There was no standing room ycs,er,,,, j.
the store ut Broadway ind Prince s,rcn, -,
tho second OF tho MONDAY riccti',-s -, ,i.
Commercial Travellers Sound Mouoy Icorn.
The speakers were Albion w. Tuu.sde Ioroh
Kemple of West Virginia, aud Rubcr,
Kelly. formerly Tammany Hall spciibnd.
cr Col. j. l.. shepherd. Treasurer or ~,
League. presided. II was announced ot IN.
opening of the meeting that jaime. +. llals.y
who has voted tho Democratic ticket sInr.
1854. would vote this year for Mckinley ard
Hobart. Mr.. lIalscy IL at the head o, IN,
hardware and cutlery department IA the s,o,.
of Charles Broadway Rouss. According IA
Mr.. Halsey, tho majority OF the mon in M,
department are Democrats, but lie ha, M,
found one who will this year vote tile Pom.
cratic national ticket These are some n,
the things Judge Tourgee said 10 tho drum.
mers:
NO man understands the American pco.
pie better than tho commercial traveller Fo,
that reason no one IN BRO thoroughly appreci.
ates the seriousness OF the present poljtl.
cal situation. He realizes that no class b,,
any monopoly OF wisdom, patriotism. and hon.
esty, and 80 breads everything that tends 10
intensity tnnt unfortunate hrraylng or clasr
against class. rich against Door. debtor aga,ps,
creditor, which for the fret time in our his.
tory obt,udes itself into a national cam.
paign.
Hard words arc soft arguments. II "a.
quires no genius to call man a fool and not
much to denounce him MS an Anarchist or re-
pudiationist. No considerable body Of our
people are dishonest in their political views.
II is q mere question Of conflicting views
adverse convictions
times term slang -whanEing can do no harm.
But when new issues arise and men believe
with might, mind: soul, and strength, they
are sensitive to ridicule, especially II they are
ridiculed because they are poor.
There is no reason why farmer or me.
uss as sGs well as SS
that a man makes money or deals in It does
not at all imply that he understands its rela.
functions. A .riaeman may hit the bulNs.eyo
every time and not be an authority on the sci.
of Or the n Of @
msnt as q rife-an implement Of trade, as the
Men ask why silver was demonetized ia
Germany and France, and almost all Eu.
ropean countries, and In the United States
was bscau.e Of the increased production. pre- NH Thai
gold increased almost three times as fast fro n
ls49 to 1872 and silver did not get below II
TO 1 until 1876 Then silver mbled, prices
began tn fall, and except for short interval
kept on doing so. Why was it that these things
simultaneously
free silverites is that it was due to the de-.
monetization Of silver. Is it any wonder that
honest men doubt. and poor men suspect Q
These things are not hard to explain II you
consider the facts of the time. Silver fell be-
OF smD9 sna sw had hs @ % s
that when two things are moro or less desir-
able and used for a common purpose. the in
crease in the supply of both acts 10 dcpre slate
the least desirable. Gold increased twice as
fast as silver until 1870. but both had increased
then silver. the least desirable. began to fall.
Since ls49 tho supply of coined metal. gold
of the $50 years before. and the shrinkage from
oversupply has all fallen on the weaker metal
$50 with the prices OF staples. Invention.
science. improved economics and transporta.
ton have made one man's labor equal TO the la
boz of ten. twenty, perhaps fifty before. To-day
the world can produce more food, more cloth
ing. more of all the necessaries Of life in
year than i: can consume in two years. What
remedy? The increase OF labor not directly do
voted to production. Up TO the time The de;
Sns esn o tho and I'd
these things fell away, the, prod aStive labor
nifty grew less abundant.
The question is not now so much as 10 the
bimetallic currency az an abstraction. cut as
we afford to continue the depression: TO reduce
the amoun:: OF employed labor: TO take out Of
policy. out Of every bank deposit. - per cent.
OF the value OF that a man has producedr
man has the more interest he takes in this
question. II you take a dime out Of a labor
srs wages . It means s, m leaf out OF hts daily
lionaire's accumulations, he has. 100000
left. The shrinkaGe Of value only lessons tho
rich mans m superhuity. but 1T takes the poor
Mr; IS,. KsnDie began began By saying that he knew
commercial travellers from to 4; He had
nd
s sWapped lies With @ them. n Knowing @ i them. he 5
knew thev didn't want,he couldn't give them
ed periods. He could give them facts. and
one Of those facts was that the two TirRinias
in one, and had been up pa, and down the length
and breadth of the other, and he knew what he
was talking about. He said the black man
Now. boys said Mr.. Kemple. II don't
know anything about economic theories. but I
know what this question means when 1T comes
down to brass tacks-this l6 To question. Il
means that. after Bryan is elected there will
one; When see a man trying TO bring about
such condition OF affairs. and when I read
away from the people the only safety they
have from unjust laws. my American hiood
gets up rs legs and The psops
lose are the people who are supporttnc Bryan.
just as soon as W. can stop the wheels buZzing
gin to turn. There never was time, when a
poor man could buy so much for his dollar as
now. The Goddess OF Liberty goes around on
our dollar to-day win her head up. She
knows she's worth a hundred cents the world
over. She knows that her Redeemer liveth:
Next year, 4. Bryan should he elected, shed
want to get out OF the country, bat she'd be
worse OF then. she'd know she'd only be
worth so cents. She'd walk the streets Of
Lordon. head down and shabby. Somebody
comes along. takes pity on her. and says:
- Old girl. what's the natter
looking up deiectedly, she says: oh, s!rt
I've lost my virtue.
Mr.. Kemple closed with drawing Q vivid
picture OF what would happen 10 widows and
orphans and pensioners Under free coinage OF
silver at 10 10 l. At tho conclusion Of his
speech the West Virginian was cheered for
fully ton minutes.
Theodore Roosevelt of the Police Board and
Gen. Adam F.. King OF Baltimore will talk 70
the drummcrs to-day.
MnNTAEl REpHRI ICANA