Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-25

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Now, If there is single misguided
erring Democratic brother within the
sound of my voice, if there Is one sin
gle, solitary, unburied mothers sor
of them who proposes committing pc.
litioal treason and suicide next No
vember, let me appeal to you, mis-
taken brothers. l am not going to
abuse you. Don't get scared and run
away; ! am not going to say an I'M
kind word about you. l feel too sorry
for you. | want to pray over you.
want to pray with you. I want to get
you to join with me in an humble petit
tion to the Lord to stretch His divine
mercy to the utmost in order to re-
claim and save you. | am not going
to drive you away; If you go, | swear
you shall not say drove you off with
out telling an unregenerate lie. j am
not going to abuse anybody. / hope
there are such people in this crowd.
II there were this many Democratic
boilers in Graves county and the First
congressional district of Kentucky,
would be glad to know that every
Gods blessed one of them was here
and that there was nobody else.
Christ never came into this world to
call the righteous but sinners to re-
pentance," and they are the people
Goebel and l are after. / want to talk
to these people and / won't indulge In
any harsh language either. Hard
words never made votes, and votes are
what we are after and votes are what
we want, although votes are not what
we absolutely need, as we shall show
you we have enough when November
comes. But let me argue with you.
Before get through am going to adj
dress myself to that element, If you
are afflicted with any such.
l am not here to preach any new
doctrine, but to tell the same old story
have been preaching to the Democ-
racy Of this great old county for 20
years and more The same parties to
the conflict are still in the field. The
issues between Democracy and Repub-
licanism have never been settled.
There are those who will tell that sill
yer is no longer live issue in Amer
lean politics. We shall see. We have
heard that before. There are those
who tell you that Bryan's Democracy
is that of the specialist, and that the
currency question is to be relegated
to the rear and that other great issues,
developed by the Spanish war, are to
take the place of 1t. 1t is not true, my
countrymen. Don't listen to these
false teachers The currency question
is as much unsettled today as it has
been at any time since 1873, when the
Republican party, under the leader
ship of John Sherman, robbed and pill
LACED and plundered the American
people of their liberties and interests
and rights by striking down and de-
one-half of your money. That
money issue has not been settled any
more than it was in 1896, and, by the |
Lord Harry, il never will be settled |
until it is settled on the side of JUS
tice and right, the side of the people, |
and not dictated by the money chang |
ers and bondholders of this govern
ment. The very same identical issues |
upon which you made the fight of 1896 |
are here, unsettled between the parties |
now.
Hydra-Headed Trusts.
There are other issues that have |
arisen since that time which l admit |
we are not skulking and lodging or
avoiding discussion and settlement of, |
and those are the war issues. We are
counting the fight. We have thrown
down the gauge of battle and dared
the Republican party to lift 1t from
the earth. The Democratic party
stands today as 1t has stood for more
than one hundred years-the cham
pion of the people on every issue that
udS CNCl Ch6dSCu anu ulNlutu the at |
tention of the political parties in this |
country. There are other issues that |
ire to be met, grant you. Since 1896 |
he trust has raised its hydra-head |
Imong our people and frightened and
.auses the masses of our citizens to
ear for the preservation of their lib
,rties and their rights. / am here to
speak for my party, apologiZing for
lothirg, denying no responsibility, but
defending and maintaining every SEN
ence, every line, every word and every
syllable that was uttered at Chicago
n 1896 and re-enacted at Louisville
IN the 26th of June. We apologize for
nothing. Pick out any plank in that
platform you please, and as a humble
)ut honest exponent of Democratic
'aith / am here to defend it, That |
platform tells you that we demand the
of silver at the ratio of 16 |
% l. free of mintage, without discrim-
nation on even terms with gold, with
,ut asking or caring whether any other
nation on this earth stands by us or
lot. That platform tells you thatwe de-
bounce the usurpation of the products
If labor by aggregated wealth and its
freed and rapacity as represented by
he combines and trusts. [Applause.l