, 1896-09-26

again. Why gold has been demonetiz-
ed,-diGn't YOU know that? There have
been times in this country when silver
was at a premium. Gold was once de-
monetized in Germany and Holland.
And above all, when they tell all these
a-ful things on us, just remember that
from 1873 to 1892 under republican rule.
there was so times as much silver COIN
ed as there was prior to that time.-and
then we heal them tell us what an enc
my the republican party is to silver.
The Sherman law provided that should
buy As. 900. 600 ounces a year at market
value. and then it was changed to 81
OO0. 900 ounces a year. In view of the
vast and growing production Of the sill
yer mines. the republicans thought they
would be wen more generous than they
could really afford to. and make a mar
ket for a good share of the production.
and then the democrats jumped on to
us numerically for that. DOyou callthc
democrats the friends of silver? They
utlloLllIth oul pui'Ilts' i"" III i''- h'
a cowardly makeshift. and they de-
manded the repeal of that law in their
platform: and then they put Cleveland
in and he called a special session of
congress and complied with their de-
mand. We were issuing silver c%ertiii-
Gates as fast as we could on the silver
purchases and putting these certificates
out into circulation. and they jump on
to us for it. Now they come in and say
that there must be no Imitation
they're like old Peter. when the Lord
started in to wash his feet in token of
humility: he objected very strongly at
first, and then decided that he wouldn't
only have his feet washed. but his
hands and his head and his whole
body. They want o to coin every
thing, from all over the world. without
the consent of any other nation. You
talk to me about there not being
enough money in circulation in this
country! | tell you, it is isn't the
amount of money that makes people
prosperous.-it's the activity of it. !
owe you a dollar. and pay it to you: you
Owe another man, and pay ii to him,
and it goes the round of seven or
eight mcn,-there's the point. One dol
lar paying off sever or eight dollars
debts. At the time of the panic in 1893.
it was deemed by competent authority
that there were in the national and
savings banks of the country. $1,000
10000 on deposit. and there We're only
81. 600. 600 900 in actual circulation in
cash, that means that if there had been
a run on all the banks. and every man
and every oma who had a bank ac-
count had demanded their cash. there
would have been but one-third enough
money to pay the demand. 1t is the ac-
tivity of money. not the amount. If
that 5000. 600, 600 could have been EN-
ployed. it could have done nearly three
times as much work as it did.-about
Sl3.0 coo. 0O0. 900 worth OF work.
Now my friends. there is just one
way TO bring back good times in his
country.-just one thing that will do it
that is taking up the old tariff, the
question which is not a glowing theory
but an actual. living reality. and put
measure is but a few per cent higher
than theirs. That is not the question.
1t has nothing TO do with our tariff doc
trine. We say it not only the amount
of tariff that counts. but it is the meth
cd of lcvying the tariff. We say tax
the article: they say tax the value of
the article. If they import foreign
cloth into this country. they say tax
the value of that cloth: we say meas
IRE the cloth. and tax it according to
the article. If a Mexican cow of the
value of $40 is imported, they say pay
your import tax on $40 worth of COW.
We say pay your tax on one COW, and
that's all there is to it. If they import
iron, they say tax that iron at so much
one ton of iron. We want a specific
duty, and they hunted around and
found a Latin word. and said we want
an ad valorem duty! (To illustrate the
effect of ad valorem duties on cattle the
speaker quoted at length from the con-
tribution of Robert p. Porter given in
| yesterdays issue OF The Republican,
You see how this ruinous democratic
policy robs us of the revenues that be-
long to us. I tell you the people know
what they lost when thai policy came
into power, when they lost 1t, and just
how, and they know how to get it back
again. You've got a chance to vote on
that point next November. Did you
ever think who gave you a chance to
vote.-ladies, do you ever think where
you got the privilege of send
ing forth your sweet intiu-
ence in our elections? Was
it gained from an alliance with the
solid SOUTH" or by embracing the poll
cies of the democratic party? When
| Wyoming was admitted into the sister
hood Of states, who gave you this privi-
lege? | "a to tell you that every
single democrat in the house voted
against it. and every single republican
voted for it. (Applause.) When it was
rendered to Benjamin Harrison the bill
making us a sovereign state. that bill
was signed without a moments delay,
giving every woman a full recognition
| of her right tn vote for ayary nnhlic