Willmar tribune., 1899-02-22

joined with US and asked for the restora,
hoa tioa OF o. bimetalnsm. and yet France had
years. And when our commission went
there was a sentiment for bimetailism.
were asking for bimctallism. They Found
for bimetallism. They found there ~ peti-
But on the 22nd day Of September 1897,
the bankers of London met at the clear
ing house. behind closed doors, and de-
right And then what? Why, the s bank
ers, control the policy of the government
and and the po'cy Of ENGLAND Controls the
Europe controls us. Who says that we
ear ear people, they never said It: tf WHO
Of England? They never said it. p13Glo Who
! said we must have the gold standard? A
closed doors and sworn to Secrecy
You may call me an anarchist if you
want to-. but so help me God no handful
the United States if 1 can help it. Great
applause) That. my friends. is why we
taH haye the gold standard in this country
today. 1t Is not because our people want
It. They don't want it. 1t is not because
the toiling masses anywhere want it. It
is because the financers of London. who
profit proht by rising dollars, prefer to make
not had the courage to declare their
financial independence.
have bmetailism, bit let US change the
change the ratio: (Appiause.) Sixteen to
meaas tn b hare
# It is the ony thng
about board but if it is is the Us only ebar board
you can walk on to escape from DEATH
you will revere the board Nothing sacred
aDout t RAJ ratio But my friends sixteen to
believe in bimetallsm. 1t is ratio SUBJ
mltted to the primaries throughout the
United States and Endorsed by them. 1t
sos IS ratio for which the people voted in
1886, and 1t ought to certainly stand until
somebody proposes some other ratio.
T. Aha' ,ha my my friends the more you study
teen to one is the real ratio at winch BIZ
metalilsm can be restored. 1t is the ratio
that exists now between the coins we
have. We don't want to change either
the silver dollar or the gold dollar; we
simply want to restore the law that was.
we W. want to commence where they left
There is another question that we have
got to meet-the question of imperialism.
we cannot put that off, either; we can
not postpone it to more convenient
season; we have got to meet it now, and
l am glad that on that subject the Demo-
CRATIC era e, party is also practically unit:
Ishall we maintain the doctrine of the
fathers or desert it, that the Democratic
parry stands true to the doctrine of the
fathers. There was some difference of
opinion among Democrats as to whether
the treaty should be ratified or rejected
| |. was one of those Democrats who be-
IleVed that we should ratify the treaty
and make our fight upon a resolution de-
clarlng the policy of the nation, or upon
al law x,;52r or bill granting independence to
tne fl1lplnos: L say that was my view
u. | I ma
Abraham Lincoln in his first inaugural
message. used an argument condensed in
ape7,sn3 10 single B sentenceoan ,, unansWerabe
South. He suggested to them that if we
had war 1T must come to end some
tde eme hI mat II we separated we had to 1--WE
aliens make treaties easier than friends
can make laws?' I repeat the same idea
Gan Ghi,; we secure the independence Of the
"a hostile nation) easier than we can
grant it by a law of our own, with no.
body to consult but the American peo-
friends can make laws? (Applause)
Filipinoss in the hands of Spain. 1 was
not willing to trust this question in the
hands of commissioners after we had seen
what the commissioners ideas were on the
question:. l was willing to trust this
ing that if ongress did not obey the will
OF the American people there was
power that made congresses and would
create congress that would obey the
will of the American people. (Applause.) }
What shall be the policy of the United
states: 1t Is question, my friends, that
the people must determine and the peo-
pie have never called upon to determine a
more important question. 70 my mind it
is impossible to have two theories of gov
ernment Lying side by side. The Repub-
llcans said that a double standard in
government is an easy thing. Naughter.)
We want two dollars representing a unit
They want two separate and distinct
ideas of government living upon this con-
tinent. Why, my friends, it is impossible
The colonial policy, the policy of force
and conquest is a policy diametrically op-
posed to the theory upon which our gov
ernment is founded. We say government
by consent; We say that government
comes up from the people. You cannot
have two governments, one coming up
from the people and one coming down
from force: And the very fact that the
people in this country talk of govern
ment by force is evidence that they are
getting tired of a government that rests
| upon the consent of the governed And
| why is it that the Republican party is
getting tired of a government by consent?
Because it is afraid that it cannot obtain
the consent of the people to the kind of
government that the Republican party
WantS