The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-10

voa ara r-ocossy,x 90 nominate men on .
pzasforn IA. limits and restricts them 10
one single ratio Win 81 due respect.
rAInk Il az uarise step. ! think It an IN
necessary step. and / tank II vii re-
turn 70 plague Is in the future ] think
we have too many close business relations
with tia other great nations % tas world
FOR Us 70 ignore their attitude Your pro-
posed platform says thai Tie policy OF
gold rno1o-rzeIalIisrE IS British po1scy.
Mr. President. they forgez 10 tell tas ceo-
pie OF this country tat il = French
policy also. they forget 10 tsA the peoSls
OF this country thai IL IS q German poifcy
also: they fail 20 remind yo1 thai Il 10
Spanish policy also: they fa1i 20 tel you
mat I. e tie policy OF the v-s1ote number
o. governments represented Ia waAf was
called rne Latin union Therefore thtak
Il looks q lttIe-JEss q trfne-like dsrna-
xosuery 20 suggest that this u the policy
OF single nation alone.
Mr.. President. regret also TO See that
your platform reads not single word In
favor OF international nf-rne.aiiisns. not
necessarily Inconsistent with this plat
form: and there Is no declaration what
ever that Il Is the policy Of this govern
msnt 10 attempt 20 bring II about. The
minority platform declares expressly that
It Is the policy OF this government 20
mako steady effort 20 bring this about
II would be safer to CO II: II would
be wiser 70 DO IL. We run no risk upon
the great question OF finances OK this
republic. do not intend IN the brief time
allotted to ne to enter into IN elaborate
argument upon this question assume
that this convention desires as the peo-
pie of this country desire, that every sic
var dollar coined shall be equal to every
other dollar coined. / fnd no words in
this platform in favor OF the maintenance
OF the parity OF the two metals. md
no suggestion OF how you are to brace
up this new deprecated currency. Every
thing 10 risked upon the mere fact that
IL shall be given free coinage at the nints.
1 beg 10 call your attention TO the fact
that, In my humble opinion. tho very
policy condemned By this platform IL the
policy that has kept your greenback cur
rency and your silver dollar at q parity
with gold during me past years. We
think that times and conditions have
changed. We think tina. you cannot ig-
silver In this country We think that you
cannot safely ignore the fact. In the pre-
paration OF a financial system. that the
cost OF the production or silver has greatly
fallen Why, IL Ia a very pregnant fact
that confronts all the world. the SOW
Ing OF the question Of the immense discov-
cries OF silver everywhere.
The great fact confronts the world that
the cost OF silver production has been
nearly reduced one half. II the Ameri-
can people were courageous. II they had
the spirit OF f77S. as this platform says.
could they singly and alone make copper
the equal OF gold. Could they make lead
the equal OF geld? Must you not take into
consideration the great fact of production.
the great fact OF the lessening OF the
cost OF production In the last fifteen or
twenty years? (Appiause.) II bravery.
II courage. could produce these results.
them you could make any metal. no mat
ter what II might be, money metal.
But I tell you It Is question of econo-
mics. question OF business Judgment.
II Is not question OF finance: It Is a
question OF resources, and upon that
ground It Is the best Judgment Of
minority OF the committee that the safest
course Is TO take the irst great step In
favor OF international b.-me tallism and
stop there
Il know :, Win be said In seme places
that this platform agrees with our Re-
publican friends. II to me Is neither any
better nor any worse for ~ call your
attention TO the fact that your plank upon
pensions. that your plank upon the Mon
roe doctrine: that your plank on Cuba.
that your plank upon the territories: that
your plank upon Alaska. that your plank
even upon the civil service. are exactly
Ike The Republican planks. Therefore
do not think that tho criticism viii detract
from the value OF the suggestion. Mr..
President. said few moments sso that
i thought the safest course for this con-
vention TO have pursued was to simply
have said that this government should
enact statute In favor OF placing gold
and silver alike as the currency OF the
country. and stop there. do not think.
n 10 sol nj s.-fffr ~ II 10
TO hazard everything upon single num-
Der. Let me so further.
ST object TO various provisions OF this
platform. and tl1ink that II the wise. lev
Ell. cool-headed. far-siEhted men, such az
the distinguished senator from Arkansas
who addressed Won. had prevailed. the
platform would have been different What
was the necessity for opening up the anes-
ton or greenback circulation? What was
the necessity for putting In this platform
ar implied pledge that this government
might issue greenbacks, and make them
legal tender2 The Democratic party Is
opposed 10 paper money. The Democrat
&c party from It's earliest history has been
In favor OF hard money The Democratic
party thinks that the best way for US To
DO Is 70 eliminate United States notes and
treasury notes from our currency. They
are drag upon ctr metals. You have 70
constantly keep supplied a fund for their
redemption unless you propose TO repudi-
ate them Therefore. when my friend
from South Carolina and my friend from
Arkansas say that this platform SAYS
what II means and means what Il saws,
] would Ike to have some one who fol-
lows me tell me what this platform means
up0n the subject % tho issue OF psper
money hereafter. am not violating any
secrets CT the committee room when say
TRAIT Il was avowrd that this government
ml~ht desire 20 pursue that course and
this n an attempt at this later day 20 com
nit the nemocrtic party 70 the suicidal
policy OF the Issuing or parer money. TAP
piause and cries Of That's the stuff'D
Ton say you wanted a clear and distinct
platform You have rot cot II upon that
question. X cannot DC defended success
fully.
Another suggestion permit me to make
what was the necessity for putting into
the platform other questions which have
never been made the tests Of Democrats
loyalty heFetoforeF Why, we fins the ais-
patea question % the policy and constftu-
tfonafltv % an income tax. What, has II
come 70 this. that the followers % Samuel
J. TIlaen. who during al HIS Iife was the
opponent Of thst Ubiquitous scheme whfsh
was used against him IA his old are 70 ar
nov him and harass htrn ard hur1tliate
hira. should e - left 20 this convention 70
make a tenet OF Democratic faith a BELIEF
- the p~aprsstv ara eonstitntsonafftv e. 81
income tax law Why was 4 wfse 70 aSsaYi
sle supreme court OF your country VIII
some one Tell ne what that clause rnesrs
IN Tits platform. y you mean what YOU
say. and say what you nsan. win some en-.
exnsain that provision fArUlaute1 Tha,
provision, - Il means anything, means that
& = ihe daty % congress % reconstruct
Ire supreme ccurt OF the country II
rasans--ane 3; Is opeaiy avowsd--st means
Ire making OF additional members 70 .t.r