The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-09

my home and destroy my family. / say,
therefore. that l can appreciate the spirit
which animated these who have Just ten
dered me this second nomination. / pledge
them that if elected they shall never have
cause to accuse me of being false to that
platform
MKINLEY'S WORDS TWISTED.
my friends when / declared that | would
not support a golG-standard candidate i
was standing upon the record of the Dem
ocratic party: L was defending it's prin-
ciples as well the Interests OF '.lc coun-
t.y at large And when the Republicans
who assembled in the silver convention at
st. Louis to worship the gold image Nlich
their party had set up they were defending
the history of the Republican party. The
Republican platform of 1888 denounced the
Democratic administration for having at
tempted to degrade silver. And in 1891
on the 18th day of February, in Memorial
Hall. at Toledo O., at the Lincoln day
banquet. the present candidate for Presi-
dent upon the Republican ticket used the
words which / shall now read to you.
have found these words published in a To-
ledo paper, and they have been published
SO long without correction that may
safely assume that he was correctly re-
ness of this report / shall hasten to do him
justice by retracting these words. These
are the words which he is said to have
used:
During all of Grover CleveIand's years
at the head of the government he was dis
hOnO)1 ing one or our precious metals, one
of or cwn great products, discredting sill
yer anC enhancing the price of gold. He
endeavored, even before his Inauguration
to office. to stop the coinage or SILVER doi-
lars, and afterwards and to the end of his
administration persistently used his power
to that end. He was determined TO con-
tract the circulating medium and demone-
tie one of the coins of commerce, limit
the volume of money among the people,
make money scarce and therefore dear
We would have increased the value OF
money and diminished the value of every
thing else money and master, everything
else the servant.
"Following these same lines the Repub
lican convention in 1892 declared at Mime
apois that the American people from ira
dition and interest were in favor of bimet-
allism. That is the language of 1892, that
the American people from tradition and
interest are in favor of bimetaliism. Have
traditions and interests changed in four
years? Have interests changed in four
years? No. my friends, and yet, forgetting
the platform Of 1888. forgetting the denun-
citation uttered by their distinguished lead
er in 1891, forgetting the platform of 1892
the Republican party in convention assem-
bled declared that the American people
tallic system to which tradition and interest
endeared them until foreign nations should
bring those advantages to them Is it not
strange that men who had looked for bimet-
allism in the Republican party should have
given up hope and turned elsewhere for re-
lief. The Republicans cannot be criticised
for leaving the Republican party. They
have done what every American citizen has
right to do: They have done better than
standard have DONE because the Republic
ans, when they left the party, joined with
our Democratic advocates of the gold
standard sought to secure the election of
Republican candidate by nominating
Democratic candidate
ITO show you that the action of the Re
publlcans is defended by experience and by
example, let me carry you back to the
period just preceding the war. If you will
turn to book recently published. John
Sherman'S Recollect1onS.' you will find on
Page liz of the first volume "A norton of q
speech which he delivered in Congress in
1886. Let me read this extract: I am will
Ing to stand by the compromises of 1920 and
1S5G, but when our white brethren of the
South allow this administration to lead
abandon the position which Henry Clay
would have taken, forget his name and
achievements, and decline any longer to
carry his banner, they lose all their claims
on me. And | say now that until this
wrong is righted, until Kansas is admitted
as a free State, cannot act in party asso-
citation with them There was the distin-
guished Senator from Ohio asserting to the
people of this country upon the floor of
Congress that he was willing to accent
compromise after compromise, but that the
time had at last come when he could go
with them no longer; that until certain
thlngs were accomplished he could not act
with them.
TAFFY FOR SILVER REPUBLICANS.
The situation to-day is but a repetition
or history. Compromise after compromise
has been submitted to by the silver Repub-
iitdiiS III tHe nope lndt the party of their
choice and love would at last bring to the
people the relief which they desired But
the Republican party, like that party in
1856, has been led off by an administration
until it has deserted it's traditions and its
platform and the Republicans have "a right
to say to their Republican associates We
will go with you no longer until this Nation
is redeemed
We do not ask those who present this
nomination IN hair frf
to the Democratic party. The same intcli-
gence which directs them to-day iii the dis
charge of this duty will be with them four
years from now to direct them in the dis
charge of the duties that will then arise
The same patriotism that leads them to-
day in what they do will be with them four
Years from now TO guide and direct them.
We trust them now; we shall trust them
then The Democratic party has proven it
self worthy of their confidence to-day and
1t receives their support. If four years
from now it pr oves unworthy of their conf
dence it should not then have their sup
port.
The chairman of the notification commit
tee has told you that we have to meet to-
day great money trust. He is right We
are confronted to-day by the most gigantic
trust that has ever been formed among
men. Talk about trusts in various articles
which we produce. My friends all these
trusts together fall into insigni l. -au :e when
compared with the money trust which has
its hands upon our country. Place the con-
troll of the standard money of the world in
the hands of few great financiers and
4 UfneS Will De SCOu Tor tneH, no matter
what distress may sovertake the rest of
mankind l believe that John CT. Carlisle
old not exaggerate the truth when ne saio':
The consummation of this scheme means
more of Missy TO the human race than all
the wars, pestilence and famines that ever
occurred in the history of the world
Who does not stand appalled, before
misery like that? Who among you is will
ing to be partner in a conspiracy that
has for its object the consummation of
that scheme. 1t is against the consumma-
ton OF this scheme so eloquently and SO
forcibly described that the silver Repub-
licans have arisen in protest. L respect
the convictions which have led them.
thank them for the support which they
have rendered and all that l promise
is that l shall. to the best of my ability,
endeavor to prove worthy of their con-
fidence."
Mr.. Harrington, of the notification COM
mittee, arose on the conclusion of Mr.. Bry-
ans remarks and briefly informed him of
Mr.. SewalFs selection as the vice presiden-
tial candidate of the Silver party. Mr..
Bryan accepted in a few words in behalf
of Mr. SewaH
AFTERNOON MEETING.
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