The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-08-30
HE DEMANDS NAMES
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| nondent who does not sign his name,
| telling about a man of big commercial
standing, whose name he does not give,
| who quotes what leading Indian mer-
| chant says, whose name is unknown,
who says that there is well founded
rumor that certain things are going TO
happen. Now, that it is the sort Of lit
erature that is being spread before the
| American people. Why don't these
men who are giving opinions, give their
| names SO that we can find out whether
| the man ever gave such an opinion and
| if he ever gave it, what his opinion is
worth? 1 call your attention TO this
| because you can see what an unsub-
stantial foundation is laid for the fears
that many attempt to excite an the
breasts of American citizens.
| THE THIRD TICKET.
| LET us give you another evidence OF
| the lack of candor and directness which
characterizes our opponents. Ex-Sec-
retary Fairchild is quoted in this same
paper as sayiny: I don't see how we
can do anything else than put third
ticket in the presidential arena We
have practically committed ourselves
| to such a course. HisSes) We want
| TO see the defeat of the Chicago ticket
and we shall try to draw away as many
votes as we can from it. OF course,
we will find no fault with those of our
| friends who cast a straight vote for
Mckinley
Now, there is a party which claims
It is in favor of honest money, advocat-
| ing the putting UP of a ticket, not for
the purpose of electing the ticket; not for
the purpose of voting for the ticket, but
| for the purpose of electing another man
who they are not willing to endorse in a
convention. I simply call your atten-
! ton to the methods we have to meet in
this campaign, and 1 ask you whether
those methods characterize people
who are devoted TO honesty in every
thing that they want, honesty and
sound dollar. Great applause) Now,
as against party which, without dar-
ing to advocate a gold standard, yet
declares in favor of its maintenance un-
tilo ther nations come to our relief, and
as against the other So-called party
which advocates the nomination of a
! ticket, not for the purpose of electing il,
but for the purpose of electing another
ticket, we present straightforward en-
phatic declaration which is SO clear
that one who runs may read We want
the restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation on
earth. Now, my friends, / believe that
you have a right to consider the frank
ness and candor with which these pro-
positions are stated when you come 10
decide which side is honestly striving to
do that which is best for the American
people.
APPEAL TO LABORERS.
when our opponents come before the
people, to whom do they appeal for
votes? Do any of the Republican
speakers turn to the money changers
and appeal to them to vote for the Re-
publican ticket? No; it is not neces-
sary, my friends, to waste time on them.
Do they appeal to the ones they think
are likely to vote the Republican ticket?
They appeal to the ones they think will
require the most persuasion To whom
do they appeal? To the laiboring man
of this country. They tell the laboring
man that they are so afraid that some
Thing is going to happen to him. Great
applause and laughter) Well, now,
how can you tell wheter these men who
stand at the head of the gold crusade,
and yet do not have the courage 10 say
so when they talk, how can you tell
whether they are going to help the
laboring man or not? Judge the pres
ent by the past (Cries of Good good
and applause) We have scriptual au-
thority for the assertion chat the tree
is known by it's fruit. These trees have
been bearing fruit for twenty years,
and there has not been a thing on a
single tree tha, these laboringmen would
have in his house. (Applause.) Show
men the man who has tried to break
down labor organiza tions tCries of
Hanna, Hanna. Hanna,'O and 1 will
show you man who today is sweating
blood for fear some laboring men is
going to have his wages cut in two.
Laughter and applause) Now, my
friends, the policy of the enemy is TO
divide and conquer. Whenever there
has been an effort upon the part of the
laboring man to secure any legislation
reeded, where have they found their
friends? They have found their friends
upon the farm and not in Wall street.
And now they appeal to the laborine
man to come with the money changers
10 help them defeat the farmer because
ie wants higher price for his pro-
ducts. (ApplaAse.) They want the la
boring man to believe that the free
coinage of silver is going to hurt him.
NO NAMES MENTIONED.
my friends, / would rather risk the
laboring man to decide what is good
for him than to leave his interests in
the hands of his ancient enemies And
what do the laboring men say? 1t is
only little more than a year ago that a
petition was sent to congress for the
immediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to 1. and it was
signed by the leaders of every promir-
ent labor organization of the United
States. (Applause) Who can best be
trusted? The men who have led labor
organizations in the fights in the past,
or the men who in the past have used
their power to defeat the only protection
of the laboringman, namely: his organ nj
Zation. (AppIause.) Now, why did these
laboring men demand the restoration Of
silver? Because they know that when
that the dollar goes up. property goes
down and they know that when prop
erty IS falling all enterprise is retarded
and stagnation follows. They know
the gold standard encourages the hoard
ing Of money instead OF expending Il in
the development of the resources Of the
country and know that this policy OF
boarding is driving thousands and huu-
dreds Of thousands of workingmen on.
in the streets where they beg for the
privilege OF working for their daily
bread. These ~workingmen know that
they cannot separate themselves from
the tiller OF the soil These laboring-
men know that there can be no pros
perity in business in this country unless
the farmer is selling what he produces
for more than what it costs him to pro-
duce it (AppIause) They know that a
dollar that decrease the number Of homo
owners and increases the number OF