New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-06

demaRORue.
Here came the FIRST interruption A man In the the
parouet Shouted They'll give you monument IN,t
f A dead shsT re was A snSu WITH Smile
SILVER GOLD AND CURRENCY.
! Tho sneaker then took I'D the silver question and
reiterated the familiar arguments against the gol1
standard His principal point was that with con-
tracted currency prices become lower. wmie oeo's
and fixed charges remain stationary. III you io'c
your country" he sad III you are proud Of the nag
that floats over you. ask you to stop moment
and consider this whole generation OF ireemeh
have worked to pay off the interest on the Nationh
debt and reduce the os c more has been the
governmental policy that to-day IT viii take dw nee
next TO pay what is left of that debt than would
have been necessary 10 pay 1t all pro-
ducing nation, It q crime to legslate exciu cru
svely in favor of the foreign 1Sn was
thus destroy The rest OF the seh'e"@e We"
drowned in cheers
CAPITAL NOT WHOLLY BAD.
The next subject handled the concentration
of capital "In many ways it has done GOOD he
said. 1T has greatly reduced the cost OF produc-
ton: II has greatly increased the conven'ences Oh
the public. and I believe that the time VIII come
when II will be found to have been great blessing
70 mankind Whenever we can devise method OF
SO distributing wealth that all men can share IN
It, II will be found TO have been a great blessing
He maintained that the evil Of such concentration
the ssSon Rns G Sn to
Ignoring Of the law, or else to riding r0ushShod
Psops be eon 4ssSs j, sOwSens
a voice raised against man who has by honest
effort acquired competency. The complaint is is
fortunes that have been SOrrnp i,s made neo
Die and to destroy republicanism. Applause1 we
have reached point where men e hank 'ne
and when they reach the higher judicaries on GER
from s Sessn cautiously
to suggest the remedies for these alleged evils ana
hT 'h 6s ne to hn1 al rs
the st. , to Pnt an pT
pose is to put an end to monopoly. whether 1t be
But he could not finish the sentence. The shout
of applause that followed drowned his words
though his lips were seen moving ana from s n,o a
o of tsa q the mousse came ''''' W. w
MEN WITH CONVICTIONS NEEDED.
1.-THE first thing We need" proceeded Altgeld. rs
to have convictions and dare 10 maintain them
Cheers) century and more ago the iathers saio'
We do not know what the Government Will have 10
do. but whatever is necessary to estaoish ioe-
pendence will be done. We do not know whether
there Will be a Bunker Hill or Yorktown. but
we will either I'll the graves Of the conquered or
we will live the lives OF freemeD.' tCheers) 10
day, II asked whether the Government VIII estao-
lsh referendum or will take the railroads, say
that you do not know. but that everything heces-
sary to be done will be done (Cheers) Say that
| IL II becomes necessary TO do It, the Government
will not only take the railroads, but 1t Will take
every monopoly that
Again the sentence left unfinished. ana at'er
| the cheers died away big man with stenforian
| voice shouted That's the talk" and others took
| up the cry and repeated It $3.50, .,-x .,,.
| Further on he attacked Cleveland saving tn ,'
| "the worst form OF Hamtonism was endured ~, ny
the people during the two so-called Demo.td. ar.
Administrations that we have had IN the Iast thItty
wears" He arraigned the Democratic party reg
ord Of the last thirty years as neutral ana sag
Men who aided corporations were not Deinocr 1
| STANDARD on Trust never could have nominated
| the ame man three times in succession for the
Presidency" .. ,, .,,,
The election of Mckinley had brought down ev
on the country. he declared and he instanced the
condition of politics in Illinois where. he said we
have Just had a carnival Of official debauchery
such as the world has rarely seen. he closed
with declaration that his party would never
rest until Il had won. matter how often ~ might
be repused. At the close Of his speech the au-
dience arose and cheered him, waving handker-
chiefs and shouting. w.
Among those who congratulated him were Di
McClynn Andrew Mclean and William c. De WIT.
| One Of the things which attracted attention our
ing the speech the appearance OF thai. veteran
| Repiiblican. Franklin Woodruff. who STOOD in one
| of the aisies and watched Altgeld with an ex-
| preston of curiosity The Ex-Governor and ms
| wife were cheered again az they came out INTO
the street and got into an open carriage, IN "nicn
| they were driven to the Oriental Hotel, at Man.
haitian Beach.