The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-18
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ratio of 16 to without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation
great applause( and you, when you
come to cast your ballot, will have to
take your stand on one side or the 9th
or There is a great breaking up Of
parties on this subject. Heretofore
the two great parties have satlshed
themselves with ambiguous phraseol-
ogy. In 1892 the Republican party
said that the American people from
tradition and interest are in favor OF BIZ
metallism, and then they put in quail
fving words, and the people who were
elected on that platform went down
and carried the gold standard little
further. And the Democratic party
declared in favor of the use of both
the country, and the coinage of both
gold and silver on equal terms ana
without charge for coinage, and yet
those elected on that platform went
down and carried the gold standard
a little further. But in the present
year those who stand behind the gold
standard and those who fight for it
behind false pretences, went to the
Republican convention and adopted q
platform declaring in favor of the
maintenance of the gold standard until
international bi-metallism could be Sc
cured. and the same influences which
dominated the Republican convention
attempted to dominate the Democratic
convention and secure plank Identical
in meaning, if not identical in words,
but at last the issue has been brought
b efore the people. At last we have the
line drawn so a man can take his place
on one side or the other, and the result
is that a great many Republicans who
had hoped to secure bi-metallism in the
Republican party have now given up
hope and have Joined those who de
mand the immediate restoration of free
coinage, and some in the Democratic
party who had sought to further the
gold standard by secret means have
now, when that policy is no more in
the Democratic party, a few of these
have joined with the Republican party
and some who have not gone all the
way have stopped at the half way point
to catch their breath before going the
rest of the way. But, my friends, we
have the issues drawn Great APP
plause). You may rest assured that
the lines that are drawn are not there
temporarily. This is a permanent
alignment, and the man who leaves the
Democratic party to-day, when that
party is taking up its fight for the
common people, the man who leaves
rs in the midst of the fight must UNI
derstand that if he comes back he must
come in sack cloth and ashes. Great
applause) And not only that, but he
must come back and bring back with
him fruits meet for repent
ance, There is no Disgusting
the issue. These men who are
employed by trusts and syndicates and
combinations cannot leave the Demo
cratic party and put it on the ground
that they are doing it for their coun-
try's good. Oh, no, my friends, these
people are leaving the Democratic
party not for their country's good;
they are leaving it for their party's
good. Laughter). ] ask my friends
ito take this money question and apply
it to your condition. If you are inter
ested in having dollars go up, if YOU are
in having money dear, then
you can cast your influence on the side
of the gold standard, but if you are a
producer of wealth, if you are interest
ed in purchasing property or exchang-
ing the property for money, then, my
friends, You must cast your influence
on the side of those who would give the
people a sufficient quantity of money
to do business with. There are some
people who say we can get along with
less money than we used to. There was
a banker down in Oklahoma who
Il T,n4 Saf futn a
told it to one of his depositors. why"
he said, you don't need money like you
used to- You deposit money in my
bank, you get check. the check goes
various hands, and finally
some one brings it here and deposits
Ill, and I transfer the amount from
one account to the other and no money
changes hands at all. The depositor
says, I ann mighty glad to hear that.
| have been depositing my money here
all the time, and have always thought
that it was important for me to have
money, and you say it is not, ] will
draw out my money (laughter) and go
on checking just as / did before.
Well the banker said, in your case
that won't work (Laughter). No,
my friends, it won't work, and the
very people that tell you that money
is not important, these very people find
money the most important, If you owe
il to them and cannot pay it. ZAP
plause). Money is important, my
and if you go out to buy money
with what you have to sell, you cam
rot buy it until you find the money in
the country, and if your laws are such
as to lessen the volume of money, then
YOU make it harder for you to find the
money that you need, and there never
was time in the history of the world
when as much was due in debts as now.
And if you owe debts and have got to
pay debts, you have got to sell proper
ty for whatever is necessary to get the
money to pay those debts with, and the
result is that the gold standard has
l,ro,,ob+ an unfair, uain Ito the men