The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-14
THE SEMI WFFt1Y OHIO DEMOCRAT FRIDAY AUGUST IL 1895

ularity, however great that can pro-
ltect from the avenging wrath OF an in
dlgnant people the man who Will neither
declare that he IL In favor Of f0lstng
the gold standard upon the people or
who Is willing to surrender the right Of
self government and place Legislative
control in the hands OF foreign poten-
tates and power. (Checrs).
We go forth confident that we shall
win. Why? Because upon the para
mount issue In this campaign there Is
not spot OF ground upon which tho
enemy dares TO challenge battlo why,
IL they tell us that the gold standard Is
q good thing, we point to their platform
and teN them that their platform
pledges the party 10 get rid OF a goll
standard and substitute bi-metallsm
(Applause) II the gold standard is n
good thing why try TO get rid OF it2
daughter and continued appllusc)
And 1 might call your attention to the
fact that some OF the very people who
are In this convention today and who
tell you that we ought to declare In fa-
vor Of International bl-metallsm, anl
thereby declare that the gold standard
ts wrong and that the principle OF BIZ
metalllsm Is better these very people
four months ago were open and avowed
advocates of the gold standard and tcil-
metals together even with all the world.
(Renewed applause ana cheers)
want to suggest this truth, that n
tho gold standard ls q good thing we
ought 10 declare In favor OF ITS retcp-
tion and non In favor of abandoning
II; and II the gold standard IL n bad
thing, why should we wait Until some
other nations are willing 70 help us to
LEI got (Applause). Here h the line
OF battle. We care not upon which is-
su5 they may force the fight We nre
prepared to NEE, them on either issue
or on both II they tell US that the gold
standard Is The Standard of civilization
we reply to them that this, the most
enlightened OF all the nations OF tho
earth. has never declared for q gold
standard, and both the parties this year
are declaring agaiust IT, (Applausc).
II the gold standard is the standard
OF civilization, why. my friends, should
we not have It? 50 If they come TO
meet us on that we can present the
history Of our nation More than ,4at
we can tell this-that they will search
the pages of history in VAIN to find
single instance In which the common
people OF any land have ever declared
themselves In favor OF the gold standard
(Applausc). They can find where the
holders Of fixed Investments have Mr..
Carlisle said In 1878 that this was a
struggle between the idle holders Of
idle capital and the struggling masses
who produce the weakh and pay the
taxes of the country, and my friends,
II is simply a question that we. shall
dec!de-upon which side shall the Dem
ocratic party Tight? Upon the side o.
the Idle holders of idle capital, or upon
the side of the struggling masses?
ho ta ho Al
must answer first, and then 1t must be
answered by each individual hereafter.
The sympathics of the Democratic
party. as described by the platform,
are on the side OF the struggling MASSES
who have ever been the foundat on os
the Democratic party (Applauge.)
There are two ideas Of government
There are those who believe that If
you Just legislate to make the well-to-
do prosperous their prosperity viii
leah through on those below. The
Democratic idea has been that II you
leglslate 10 make the masses ptospcr-
Gus, their prosperity VIII find Its way
up and through every class and rest
upon IT, (Applause)
You come to us and tell ue that the
great cities are in favor of the gold
standard. I tell you that the great
prairies Burn down your cities and
leave our farms and your cit es win
spring up again as if by magic. But de-
stroy our farms ana the grass will grow
In the streets of every city in this couu-
try. (Applause)
My friends, we shall declare that this
nation Is able TO leg slate for its own
people on every question, without wait
Ing for the aid or consent Of any other
nation on earth (applause), and upon
that issue we expect to carry every
single state in the Union. (Applause.)
I shall not SANDER the fair state OF
nor the state of New
York, by saying that when Is citizens
are confronted with the proposition, Is
this nation able to attend to its own
business? ?-I Will not slander either one
by saying that the people of these states
will declare our helpless lmpotency "a
q nation 10 attend to our own bus ness.
II Ia the issue of 1916 over again. Our
ancestors, when 100000, had the cour-
age to declare their political indepcnd-
ence OF every other nation upon earth.
Shall we. their descendants. when We
have grown to 10000, 900, declare that we
are less Independent than our forefath-
ors? No my friends 1t will never be thS
Judgment of the people Therefore we
care not upon What lines the battle fS
fought. II they say bi-metallsm IL good
but we can not have II till some ma ton
helps us, we reply that instead of hav-
Ing a gold standard because England
has, we shall restore bi.metsllsm, and
then let England have bi-metallism be-
cause the United Statee has (Applause)
IL they dare to come out. and In the
open defend the gold standard as
good thing. we shall fight them to the
uttermost. having behind us the pro-
duclng masses of this nation and the |
world. Having behind us the CONNER
,ial interests and the laboring interests !
and all the toilinG masses, we shall am
sweF their demands fer d gold standard |
by saying TO them you shall not press |
down upon the brow Of labor this crown
Of thorns You shall not cruelty man.
kind upon a cross Of gold, (Great ap, |
Dlause)
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