The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-22

SENATOR DAVIS VIEW.
The Democratic Platform Strikes
OF the Governments
Foundation.
FREE SILVER NOT BIMETALLlsM.
Condition Of Affairs Worse than War
! Would Result from DEM
ocratic Success.
FREE SILVER MOI BlMETALLlSM.

In speech delivered M 81. Gdul Au-
gust 4. Senator g. *. Davis pointed out
very clearly the fact that free silver Is
not bimetallism and showed what evil
results would follow Democratic sue
cess. He said that for the first
time since the election next proceed
ing the great Civil war. we are
required TO guard the very founda-
tons and bulwarks of national stability,
OF commercial honesty, of financial con-
duct. The Democratic party which met
NJ Chicago in convention in July suffered
n wonderful change In that convention.
The old oracles and guides Of the party
were rudely turned aside. IL was occu-
pied and Economically possessed by new
spirlt--sOmething which has not raised
its head In the political conventions OF
either party for thirty years. If there
was any one thing which the 2,OOOOOO
OF men who went out 10 defend this cOun-
try thirty years ago thought that they
had entirely obliterated when they re-
turned, IL was the malign doctrine OF
state rights. which lay at the bottom
and was the impetus of the greatest
rebellion which ever reared its head
against civilized government. 10 and
behold, In that convention, from the
state Of South Carolina. as OF yore. you
find the declaration Of the same state
rights. in the same spirit ms in the an
Gent time. and done in a connection, my
follow citizens. which must appeal TO the
resentment and repugnance Of every lib
erty-loying and country-loving man. Ev-
eryone who knows anything about me
knows that ] am not political ndmirer
of Grover Cleveland; but if there was
any one act Of his administration which,
after the contentious of history have
ceased to rage about his acts and his
memory. that will remain star-bright
forever. il was his action, when the
pulse OF business beat low. when COM
nj Ton an t,fn
fn Chicago. by which, upon principles and
precedcnts laid down by George Wash
ington 100 years before. he evoked the
strong arm OF the United States TO re-
store law and order in this country.
iApplause and cheers
This act is covertly land covertly is
TOO mild world denounced in the Chi
cago platform. More than that. If there
Is anything in this country or in any ma
ton upon which the stability Of the gov
ernmcnt depends. the very keystone OF
the great arch upon which the ranged
empire stands. the ultimate principle of
absolutcism that must exist somewhere
in all governments, IL IN the courts of our
land where men sequestered from politi-
cal concerns and political ambitions.
holding the scales OF justice even be-
tween contending passions and contend
ing rights, decide for their fellow citizens
what the law is. And for more than 100
years the Supreme court Of the United
States has sat In that exalted position,
midway I'm the capitol of the nation be-
tween the Senate and the House of Rep
resentativcs. typical object lesson of
their position and of their sublime ca
pacity 10 restrain either, and has done
more TO conduct the government 10 the
high plane which IL occupies. ! was going
10 say, than all the statesmen which this
country has ever produced. (Appluse.)
The Chicago platform strikes at that
court. strikes az all courts. and cnun-
ciates its malign prophesy OF the rcor-
ganizaton of that court and OF any other
court If necessary, TO register the iitiul
and passionate and repudiating cdic.s OF
mistaken and misguided men, OF mistaken
and misguided parties.
A Crisis Is Impending.
And worse than that, my fellow citi-
zens--wOrse than that! III there was
another thing which the veterans " the
last war thought they had achieved and
which the loyal sentiment OF the North
thought II had achieved Il was the OBJ
Iteration OF all sectionalism i'm this conn
try; ave were 20 have no South. no North.
no East. no West. any more. The ,cbole
country was TO be n unity. But i'm IA, Sc
late. days. we see the solid South com
ing up 20 the banks of the Ohio ana the
Missouri as before the war, and with
sectional demands upon an economic is
sue, precisely such as was made before
t.e Rebellion. And now, with the nhch.
fork of Tillman stirring up the doctrine
OF state rights, with the bomb OF Altgcld
In the denunciation of our courts and Of
President Cleveland thrown under the
very fabric of our government. they haVe
chosen TO put forward as an issue some
thing which touches more Immediately
the conviction, the passions. the cupility
and the honesty OF men. and which in H.
SELF contains more disintegrating milu-
ences 60 our prosperity than al the
causes combined that | have mentioned
The Democratic convention. or the
Democratic party. ns now organized has
Joined the Populist party I'm bonds Of an
holy wedlock upon the demand that the
United States shall take position upon
the currency of this country which |
speaking TO you under the responsibility
of man who Is speaking 10 his reivh-
bors, say that | believe is fraurht vith
more disaster 10 this country than the
greatest foreign war could possibly b-lny
about. (Applause)
And that Is the subject that I have
been asked 60 talk TO yOn tonight about
/ AIN going To do SO, as | said in the be.
ginning, not with any ATTEMPT az deco
ratiye speech, not dcnouncing any mon
who may choose 10 differ from mo. for
i tell YOU, my fellow citizens that many
and many a thousand men who differ
from us today on this matter one vcar
from now will be wondering why aud
how they came TO do H. tApplausc
And SO ] shall 90 on. | may bc tcdious.
1 am going 60 give you facts and fig
ures. l am not going 10 draw ON nv
own imagination for my facts nj nli
The facts that ! shall give you will he
imprcgnablc IL is for you 10 iudre
whether the deductions / shall draw
from them can be rcfutcd.
Now what Is the question? For n cor
rect understanding Of the question is nj.
ways the first step towards the solution
of the controversy. The question il MOI
whether there should be the free aud
unlimited coinage Of silver IN the minis
of all the nations. by the consent Of the
principal commercial nations Of the globe
upon ratio 20 be agreed upon. Tint II
not the issue. We nll might agree thai
when this is brought about. as n viii he.
II the United States conducts itself with
judgment upon this question. I say we
might all agree that that would be- nm
excellent thing. The Republican nart,,
has pledged itself IN successive platforms
so labor 60 bring about international
agreement. The most advanced think