The sun., 1900-10-23

say, gave her that privilege. Vinnies
remarkable speech was as follows:
ITO begin with, gentlemen, have
lost all faith in the Popullst party. 1t
has ceased to be n party of reform, if
it ever was one. do not wish to crit
icise the gentlemen of this convention,
but | mean the Populist party as
whole. 1t Is almost entirely composed
of fanlt-finders, men who are never
satisfied with anything. You know as
well as l do that we are having good
times, yet how many men in the Popu-
list party are Willing to acknowledge
It? If you find one, ten chances to
one he will say 1t is because Of sup
ply and demand,' or the late war. or
something else; the Government has
nothing to do with 1t. Now. suppose
this is true. Just trace that same man
back to few short years ago before
our last presidential election. He
would then have told you that supply
and demand had nothing to do with
the regulation Of prices. and that moth
Ing could bring good times with gold
for our standard money. You know as
well as ! do how they told us that the
rich would get richer and the poor
poorer; that we would all be slaves If
Mckinley was elected. Now we know
that was not the truth for no man is
more independent to-day than the
farmer.
The lahoring man has no excuse for
being idle now. There IS plenty of
work and good pay. Factories by the
hundred have opened. giving men ON
ployment They earn plenty Of money,
and can now afford TO buy the farm
ers' beef and pork. All, yes If Is sup-
ply and demand. but there wouldn't he
such a demand were 1t not for our new
protection law enacted by our Pcpub-
lican Congress. Those men who tray-
eled over this country, persuading men
to join their so-called reform party.
We're false prophets Would you con
tinue 10 believe them? You had het-
ter trust the sure captain. who never
lost ship. When this PEOPLES indie
pendent party started as a party Of re-
form we were all anxious to ioin it.
we We're honest enough to wish TO he
on the side of reform, but. all. gentle
men, time has proven that we don't
need free silver.
Free silver will soon cease to ha vo,r
hobby, for we all now know tbot we
doh need that They can't deceive
us mat way any more. | hope the gen
tlemen here assembled will reason in
your minds that the man who deceived
YOU once may deceive you again.
Many OF those who voted for free sill
Yer didn't know what free silver
meant, and, believing that these ponu-
llst speakers and papers told them,
thought i was their only salvation.
They have been very pleasantly saved
without it, and ought to know better
now.
suppose foreigner came to this
country and he didn't understand the
EhShsh language, and some people told
MIN that he was slave: that he'd
never get rich until 4 cyclone struck
him.
why, if he believed what thew fold
nm ned probably pray night ana day
ior cyclone 10 come. If he was wise,
ned first find ont what a cyclone
meant, then he might come to n dir
ferent conclusion; but If he made no
study of the subject, no investigation
OF course he would never understand
until a cyclone did strike him; then he
would learn to his sorrow what it
meant, and he would curse the men
who deceived him.
HNOWr thnvn MO-, ,,.t.
saving we couldn't have good times
without free silver, We're false proph-
Gus, Let's not believe them any longer.
nut change our politics. Let's treat
nose gentlemen right who have
brought good times to our door. and
who have saved our country's honor
In time of war.
'You, gentlemen, who arc favored
WIN me power to vote, beg of you to
vote senslbly. There is no one more
contemplate than the hypocrite. If
you DeleNe one way and vote another
you are committing a sin before God.
peg OF you to reason for yourselves
ana then vote as you conscientiously
peheve TO be right no matter what
others may think. Some people if they
nhd they are wrong. won't acknowl-
edge It, but truly honest, upright or
christian man is glad to confess his
mktake.
we should not be foolish like the old
woman that owned goose which laid
soiuen egg every day. Her neigh
DOTS told her TO kill the goose and she
would tnd it full of golden eggs. Now
thls old woman was prosperng, but she
Wasnt satisfied, so she did as they ad-
vlsed her She killed the goose, but to
her sorrow there were no golden eggs
10 De round; SO she didn't even have the
goose left, because of her foolish greed.
Let us not do as she did, but let us
ne satisfied with the good times we
now have
lou all know now why l will not ac-
cept the nomination so kindly offered
me- | thank you" she said as she re-
sumed her scat.