The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-08-21

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Half their wsshiy wases vent straight -
the American gfarin. Now = 6
Darrfcaac HIS Bees Erected
IN the path and the dollars don't roll dawn
II 70 the farm and the products don't come
back. Il Sl gs 1 ~ y &
To-day the Mexican brings his dollar to
the line and can make our people take It for
just what It y lntrinsically worth. and can
take home Just 30 cents worth OF your prod
Mexican, shall bring that same dollar to eur
mints, have 1t stripped Of part Of Its value,
and have the American eagle and the God
dess Of Liberty stamped on 1t and make
you take 1t for 100 cents worth Of your
labor and products.
Suppose Rothschlld should purchase
800. 600 900 worth Ut silver abroad and
bring 1t here In q ship. and standing on
the Prov demand law that would enable
him to purchase $500, 100000 worth Of
American products with his silver. Why,
my countrymen, the legislator who would
propose such law would be hanged to the
nearest lamp post BY an indignant people.
else. Suppose Carnegie should bring over
here 5000 900 Of silver and demand q
law that would enable him to compel his
men to accept 1t for $20,OO0,O00 worth Of
thedr work. Wouldn't there be q riot? I'm
der free coinage no man will get as much
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genius or labor. When all the silver In
the world has been coined and the wealth
Of the mine owners doubled, will that light
the fire Of the forge? Will 1t harness the
torrent to the wheel? Will it start the
glad music Of the spindle? Will 1t buy q
dress for the working mans wife? win
It buy food for his child? Will the enrich
ment Of the mine owner benefit this people?
Some say that debts can be paid cheaper,
and yet they claim that they don't want
to repudiate their obligations. Every dollar
that has been borrow ed since 1873 has been
borrowed on the gold standard and that
includes all the debts that are now owed.
The insurance companies, with their a.
100000 Of men who have been paying their
premiums in gold. not expecting to get
them back, but out Of the depth Of their
love for their families. The insurance
companies can pay in the cheapest money
will be forced to accept 1t. What will
silver dollar be worth In twenty years?
A Voice-One hundred cents.
Senator Thurston-Who knows? 1 propose
to know what my children shall receive
when the years roll round and have an
swered the last summons. There are mil
lions Of depositors in savings and other
banks. Free coiners ask law that will
enable those institutions to pay back in
the cheapest money they can procure, and
the iniquity Of 1t all Is that these instItu-
lions Of wealth will be able to purchase
the cheaper dollar. But you who owe
$500 or $1,000, how are you going to get
hold OF the cheap money with which to
pay your debit
but the Populist party, which captured
the old Democratic party in Chicago, did
not stop with free coinage. They went fur
Their along line which should arrest the
attention Of every American citizen. Till
NSa0r hat <0ak H&~tl1 "a A.
the new Southern commune. Tillman. not
OF the new South but the leader of the
evil there Is In the South. declared that
there was sectional issue. You settled
that sectional Issue Tong ago. It does not
matter whether the American cradle ID
rocked to the music Of Yankee Doodle or
to the lullaby Of Dixie IL the flag OF the
nation be dispayed above 1t; and the Amer
lean babe can be trusted to creep about the
Moor and play with'the rusted scabbard and
the battered canteen whether the Inherit
ance be from blue or gray. The only sal
walton OF the South Is from the East and
North, with millions to invest and enter.
prise to send down there. They have tried
from the plains Of Nebraska and say that
my state put one star into the azure Of
that dear old flag. New York put in an
other, but when they took their places In
tnat nag they were the stars Of Nebraska
ana new YORK no longer, but the stars Of
the greatest nation on earth, shining for
ton.
They say to you that that flag shall NOT
pc borne across the line Of any state to pre-
serve peace, sustain law and protect the
home. /! say that the day shall never come
when that flag cannot be borne speedily
ana powerfully to the remotest corner OF
the United States to wave over the safety
OF Its people.
II am asked often how about Nebraska.
have nothing against Mr.. Bryan. We had
little contest two years ago aud he elected
seventeen members Of the legislature and
elected ninety-seven. have
NO Sheer for Bryan,
but say to you. and want you to re-
member it after election, Mr.. Bryan will
be defeated in his own ward, IN his own
city. In his own county, in his own con-
gressional district and In his own state.
I find no fault that William ]. Bryan was
an infant in 1861. but do glory in the
fact that Bin Mckinley was eighteen years
older. and big enough to take musket.
father was patriotic enough to stay at
home and rock the cradle Of little Bill. but
do thank God that William Mckinley was
at the front fighting for the honor and glory.
Of his country. When Sheridan, summoned
by the rising roar Of doubtful battle, rode
Auduiy OOWA 4AVM WAACuc0ICE anu UEGW
nigh to the .retreating columns Of his army,
the first man he met was the young lieu
tenant rallying and reforming the Union
lines, ready for the coming master whose
genius alone could wrest victory from de-
feat. want to see, and I shall see, that
Lieutenant president Of the greatest nation
Of the earth.
ION the 10Th day Of last April was in
my native city In Vermont. After the state
convention had instructed for him and
broken the solid column Of New England,
sent telegram to Mr.. Mckinley and this
Is what said: Hon. VIM. Mckinley, Can.
tor. OhiQ-My native state Vermont, my
boyhood state Wisconsin, my own dear state
Nebraska, are all for you. Hallelujahi
Praise God! Amen I shall be waiting on
next election night at the telegraph wire
and when ! wire Mr.. Mckinley vermont,
Wisconsin, Nebraska are all for you,' want
to add. I can add, so Is Minnesota and the
Union.'"
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