The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-22
GRAND DEMONSTRATION
Hon. G. X. Davis Receives a
" Warm and Enthusiastic Re
ceptiOn. -
Delivers an hour and y half
v,> Eloquent and Effective Speech
to an Audience Of about 1 GOO.,

. depot to receive and welcome Senate
G. X. Davis. Upon his arrival hewa
greeted with applause; two lines o
about $50 men were formed through
which he passed escorted by Hon
Dan. Shell to the Worthington Hote
followed by paE.,de OF not less tha,
200. At the hotel reception wa:
held and the Senator warmly greeted
. his many admiriuy friends. In the
evening process. on OF about ao(
men carrying tor:les formed at the
depot and marca,d down the stree
under blaze OF fireworks, a few O.
the principal strevts were traversec
in the line of march to the wigwan
where the senator addressed an audi
ence of 1000 people. The meeting
opened with song by a male quar-
tette, after which the speaker was
introduced by Mr.. Shell and brought
forth hearty and sincere cheers fol
Mr.. Davis and himself. Mr.. Davis
opened by saying: 1 should be
miserable should I fail to recognize
and not appreciate the cordial
welcome l received on my arrival.
do not come here to appeal TO your
passion but speak with the utmost
respect of every mans opinion that
hears me. Living in the midst of
time when prejudices and .misstate-
ments are made, I am only citizen
but have been honored with very
high trust and will not impose upon
my audience with any misstatements.
What has caused party lines to be
obliterated? It is my own opinion
and it is a profound conviction that
our country is in danger. 1t is a
fact that the United St. tes with a
population of seventy millions Of reo-
pie is the only nation in financial
distress. If there was a grand
achievement, it was when that army
marched from the Rio Grande to the
:, Patomac in the defense of this 4coun-
try and a similar crisis nov confronts
us. The Chicago platform was de:
clared a sectional one by Tillman and
the administration of Grover Cleve-
land denounced. l am not an ad-
mirer of Cleveland, and Cleveland's
financial administration was mis-
take, but he performed his duty dur
ing the Chicago riot, and his action
was denounced by the Chicago plat
form. The patriotic men in the
Chicago convention were pitched out
by Tillman and blown upby Altgeld's
bomb and the platform is undeserv-
ing of any support. The Supreme
Court has always been the abiding
place OF Justice and determines how
far thou shalt go, the same conven-
ton strikes at this court. In 1851 to
1892 this country WAS in a prosper
Gus condition and we had plenty Of
money Under a protective tariff. l
believe in a high protective tariff that
will be in the interest of the laboring
man and the farmer under which we
enjoyed prosperous times until
threat was made that duties would
be lowered, imports fell off, ner-
chants would not buy and we got
cheap goodc at the expense of
American labor. Revenues dropped
off on this account, and the treasury
got low, then there began panic,
raid was made and the gold drawn
out of the treasury. A raid like that
never took place before that caused
distress equalled with that of 1893.
Then came panic laid upon every
household. Men who wanted the
emission of green backs now want
free silver and in '73, then as now the
American people were the only ones
suffering from political cause: They
say free coinage will cause all the
silver of the world to rise to $l.@ an
ounce, We tried in 1878 to uphold
silver-until the Sherman act was
passed when coinage was increased
and by this act silver fell 73c. If we
could not under the Sherman act stay
the fall of silver. are we now going to
take care of all the silver of the
world? Our friends say the hard
times are caused by contraction of
currency and want bi-metallism.
AS history shows by the free coinage
of silver a contraction would be
caused by $500, 900, 600 of gold being
driven cut of the country, the gap
will have to be filled, it would take
over Jnree years w liza Vnao 6"P "AoA
the mints running continuously to
their full capacity. The decrease in
the price of wheat is due to several
other countries becoming large pro-
ducers and opening up their. avenues
Of commerce, thus supplying their
own demand. They say wheat FOL:
lows silver, at the present time wheat
has gone up and silver has gone down
but the other side says that is due to
a conspiracy of gold bugs, but the
true cause is that there is a great
shortage in other countries thereby
increasing the demand on this. They
want an increase in per capita to make
prices higher and pitched into Nc
Kinley bill because it made prices too
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