The Irish standard., 1898-01-15

E&4N y AN IL, 1913:
retirement Of the greenbacks. Six millions
ana q half Of people protesting openly
against the retirement Of the greepbaoks.
hnd seven sew. mi, millions supporting platform
and only one platform that referred to the
retirement of the greenbacks with APP
proval, and that was supported by less
than one per cent of the people OF the
United States. Not only did the Republican
party not mention the retirement of the
greenbacks in Its platform. but the candi-
date who ran on that platform expressly
stated in his letter of acceptance that the
Republican party would keep In circulation.
and as good as gold, all the gold and ali
tho silver and paper moneys now included
IN the currency OF this country. and yet, in
| spite of the open protest of six and a
half millions OF people. in spite of the
silence OF the Republican platform, in spite
| of the promise of the Republican candi-
/ date. Republican secretary of the treas
| ury Is planning to retire the grecnback be-
| cause the bankers met at indianapolis and
demanded that 1t should be done. CAP
| plause)
Now. my friends, this is not ancient
history. lApplause) This is something
! that is going on right now. Here is an
attempt that is before you. and but for the
| result of the elections OF 1897 l have no
| doubt that a bill to retire the sreenbacks
|
/ asked by the secretary of the treasury:
but the people had something to say last
| fall, and ever since the election l have
| lottced that some Republicans are saying
| that 1t is better not to stir up the money
! question amy more right now until the
j people get kind of settled Il little Bit.
/ tApplause.)
| Il wish had time to go with this line,
but find that my engagements have been
| SO numerous today that l have to leave
| fn, bow,
I; ment and l want to call your attention
now to two or three things to show that
our cause Of year ago has been vindicat-
! ed by them. l want to say to YOU, nv
friend, that there Is not Il prominent posi-
+! ton taken by the Republicans on the
| money question in the campaign of 1895
!. that has now not been discarded because
/ events have overthrow it. Why the gold
bugs said In 1886, that we had gold enough
T; III the world and vet, 1t was not long after
! the election before they began to rejoice
! at the discovery Of gold in Klondike. Think
| or 1t, my friends. What right has a Re-
! publican to rejoice at the discovery of gold
in klondike? If we had enough gold In The
I! world IN 1886. then the discovery of any
/ more would be too much and vet these
very men who said We had enough gold
! IN 1886. are now rejoicing that we nave
i more than enough since the discovery Of
gold IN Klondtke. We, who advocated bi
/ metalllsm can rejoice because we wanted
more OF standard money; We wanted more
| eold found and more silver coined but the
/ man who said we had gold enough In Hg8
mas no right to rejoice at the discovery OF
| more. Not only that, but they said that
what you wanted was dollar that would
Duy more than 1t ever bought before, and
~ e' r tneso people We're the ones who began
~ rejoice at the rise in wheat, because
| then dollar would buy less wheat than
it bought before. (Laughter)
And they even pointed to rise in price
or other things and rejoiced. What right
mas an advocate oof the gold standard to
re9olce IN rise In prices? Why my
friends. he has got to take his position on
one side or the other II n rising dollar is
good thirI, then falling prices must be
q o4esslng, and If rising prices are a bless
lhg' then rising dollar is a curse and
VI" f.epunlican party. whose leaders were
tha &c ,, rising dollar because it gave
the iaboring man a larger purchasing pow
| er Tor his wages these very people were
the ones who pointed to the rise in wheat
ana said that the Republican party-well.
d dhey didn't say that the Republican party
| ala 1t. but they tried to connect It in SOME
way. A man down in Nebraska was asked
| II the rise in wheat had anything to do
with the Dingley bill? Well" he said,
| ~ Is striking coincidence to say the
| least: cloud applause and laughter) A
strlKlng coincidence! But, can give you
more striking condolences than that,
read OF seven striking condolences in Mas
sachusetts, and Rhode Island and Maine
ana Connecticut the other day where they
liaa reuuccd the wages 10 per cent to con-
vince the laborers prosperity had come To
stay. why, l might point to you the
strlke IN the coal regions that followed the
restoration of confidence strike that was
terminated by the acceptance of a lower
rate Of wages. The coal strike was ono
of the striking" condolences that came
about the same time with the passage Of
the Dingley bill
My friends. I want you to understand
that the Republicans who said in 1896 that
they had gold enough are contradicting
their arguments when they rejoice in a
discovery Of more and that the Renub-
leans who said that rising dollar was
good are contradicting their argument
when they brag Of wheat rising.
ACCOUNTS FoK THE RISE IN WHEAT,
MY friends don't you think that fact
proven, and pretty quickly after the cleo
tion, when they are so glad to get on the
side of rising prices that they will boast
or the rise in wheat, even though II re-
CURED famine in a foreign land to make
wheat rise. But. 1t has confirmed orr
argument because we said that tirIsing
prices would be good. and we insist now
that If 1t Is a good thing to have wheat
rise. as oven the Republicans admit, II Ia
better to have 1t rise because Of the in
creased "a volume OF money than because OF
famine In foreign land that brings
death to millions. And. If 1t is a good
thing to have wheat rise, 1t Is better "a
have 1t stay up than to go down. and If II
Is good thing for one agricultural nro.
duct to rise. 1t is good thing to have all
agricultural products rise. and If the
merchants of Minneapolis and st. Paul
have found an advantage in the rise az
wheat, let them understand that birnetal-
lism gives it to them without a famine
and keeps it here, not only on wheat but
on other things.
heard a speech made down in one or
the southern states by gold bug.
Laughter) He said that whenever he
found man talking in favor of free silver,
ne found the man instead of working.
sitting down in the shade Of Il tree and
talking politics. Let the farmers go to
work and raise more cotton and then
they won't complain Of hard tines" He
went along little farther and began to
explain about the fall Of cotton and then
he says 1.-THE trouble is there is an over
production In cotton" Laughter) and then
l thought If there is an over production
IN cotton when the farmers are sitting
under the trees talking politics, what will
the result be when they quit talking poll
ties and go to work? applause and
laughtcr.)
Why. you have heard people say in this
community that the hard times came from
extravaganza; that people were spending
too much 1t IS no: n year ago that n
member OF the present cabinet explained
that the reason why hard times continue7
was that peODle were too economical .rd