The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15

it when he signed the bill. Senators
and members stated after it was
found out that they did not know
that the bill changed the monetary |
system Of the nation.
"Well. now, for twenty years we |
have had people say that it was i'm
possible to get Il bill through Con-
gresS containing an important pro-
vision without the knowledge of
Congress. Republicans, did you
know that events had robbed you of
this argument that you have been
making for twenty years? If any
Republican tells you that it is inn
possible to get bill through Con-
gress containing a provision of
which Congress is ignorant, you ask
him who put section % into the
Dingley bill.
"Let me lay down another prOpo-
sition, and, Republicans, this Is the
hardest of the three. We had the
gold standard for twenty-three
years, and in all that time no politi-
cal party in national convention
praised it. What do you think of
that? Do you know of any other
policy that was ever so bad that the
people endured it for twenty-three
years when it had no party defend
ing it? 1t is true of the gold stand
ard. Will any advocate of the gold
standard explain why the blessings
of the gold standard were so con-
cealed that no party discovered
those blessings for twenty-three
years? My friends, this is not
fiction; this is history. | want you to
ask your gold standard friends why
it was that for twenty-three years
every party held out the promise of
abandoning the gold standard?
"If you doubt that we were on the
Democratic side last fall, read what
some of the leading Democrats said
after we had instructed a majority.
They went to Chicago boasting that
when the delegates found out how
the delegates from New York felt
about it that they would disObey
/ their instruc uctions-actually boasted
that in spite of instructions to the
contrary they would still carry the
convention; but they did not do it.
My friends, is is bad to have those
leave us who have worked with US,
, but of all the Democratic cOnven-
: tions to leave, | would rather have
any pretended Democrat leave that
, convention than any other cOnven-
, ton the party ever held, because he
l cannotgO out and say he was DEM
, ocrat.
according to the returns, seven mil
fa xrpraH tho Rn-
l publican platform. But did you ever
: read the Republican platform? That
). was not gOld-standard platform, | be-
= lieve, that it carried out. 1t is the same
q as gold-standard platform, but 1T does
o not declare for the gold standard. That
\ platform declared for the double stand
ard. 1t pledged the Republican party
: to do what it could to secure interna
c tonal bimetallism, and Mr.. Mckinney
L in his letter of acceptance, renewed the
pledge, and when he was elected he
s started to carry out the pledge and rec
r commended the appointment of acommis
q sion. Do you mean 70 say that 1t Is b
. victory for the gold standard to elect {
. party pledged to get rid of it? And yet
my friends, that is just what the Ameri
It can people did. Six and half milliont
r of people voted for independent bi
It metallism; seven millions for interna
|. tional bimetalism; thirteen millions
- and One.half people voted to cOndemr
~ the gold standard after tWenty-thre'
Z years of trial.
j. "There was another platform to vote
e The boiling Democrats a lopted plat
}, form in which they declard that tn,
d gold standard was good. Well, IN.
, friends, if anybody wanted to vote 70
II the gold stand ,rd there was platform
= that expressed his ideas. Tney noml
v mated their ticket, they went out anC
( made heir fight and they pDlled 1900
IF votes, or little less than | per cent. o
l. the votes of the United States
d "In that minority report you will flint
o. that the bOlting Democrats declared
= that they were afraid that free coinag
would interfere with the security o
international bimetalism, toward
1t which they said every effort should b
% directed; so you see at Chicago the
1t wanted to get rid of the gold standar
a and they were opposed to free coinag
q for fear it would interfere with the get
- ting rid of the gold standard. Now,
% do not know whether you have gold
IL standard Democrats in your town 0
not, but, my friends | want gol
y Democrat to answer this question: 'Di
20 the gold Democrats believe in a gol
- standard at Chicago? If they did the
"a tried to practice a fraud upon their com
~ pantOns in the convention. For ther
l. they were in favor of international bi
t, meJallsm.
it "Peter Cartwright was once asked
l. he was sanctfieu, and he said, Yes, i
N spots The gold Democrat is homes
~ in spots. He spends so much time i
; talking about honest money that he ha
\ no time TO be honest in his efforts t
IS get any kind of money. Now, m
III friends, you cannot evade the propos
~ ton. The gold Democrat was either
i fraud and pretender at Chicago or h
To was a bimetallist. But do not want l
= dwell longer on this phase of the sui
% ject
oC "Now, during the campaign some RI
le publicans abused me. Some paper
said hard things against me. If ther
n are any Republicans here tonight al
m going to convince them l am bett,
,b man than they gave,m me credit for.
T., is not worth while for a man to stan
" out on cold night and talk to the pc,
)u pie who went through the fight La
g. fall without losing their integrity.
III want somebody against me. MY friend
I'd l'want to convince you that am a be
nd ter man than the Republicans though
" was, and better patriot | was prou
= y of the manner in which our people SUI
u mitted to defeat; proud of people WI