The Lamar register., 1900-05-16

applause) ! don't know how far you
may feel as deeply as l do upon this
question, because l am probably the
only man in this great audience who
ever finds it necessary to borrow a
dollar. GLaughter) But / am free to
say, Mr.. Chairman, that I am very
glad that throughout our country these
national banks. which We're neces-
sity when we resumed specie pay
ments, still exist. to absorb our nation
al debt and to give US the basis of an
enduring and safe and solvent cur
rency
Then, Mr.. Chairman, we passed a
measure redeemlng these obligations
In gold, and II is concerning that
against which the great hue and cry
In Colorado has been raised.
The evidence of the last few years
has demonstrated, to every intelligent
man not branded by passion. or hate,
or ignorance, that the question OF bi-
metallism. TO which We are all equally
devoted. Is an international and not a
national question. CApplause.) The
other nations Of the world have all re-
tected silver and gone TO gold. l be-
heve that they will find that their pol
Icy will not be sustained. The famine
In India is the first indication of 1t. |
believe the time win come when all
Europe will request that we meet them
in international conference TO ascer-
tain IL silver cannot he again restored
on some fair parity. and to my mind,
Mr.. Chairman, every Intelligent bimet-
allist who wants silver re-established
on parity with gold. win find his re-
lief in the Republican party. and not
at the hands Of Mr.. Bryan. U4ong and
continued applausel
Fellow citizens. when any man.
whatever may be his position. sees fit
through the columns OF vile yellow
Journal. to-day. when our Republican
convention meets. TO state thnt no man
can be- n blmetallist and he n Repub-
lican. he either states that which he
knows TO he unQualiflcdly false, or
else he does not know what he is talk
ing about: and II such person, who
ever he may he. win sweep i'll front of
his own dOOrStep-if he knows where
his house is-wp viii sweep In front
Of ours, prulonged applause.) But at
this time the distribution OF brains in
this country has been upon n pretty
fair basis and we all have some of
them. God Almighty has not, up TO
this time. endowed any one man with
qualities more able than anybody else.
or better able to stand and criticise his
neighbor. than another. and do not
believe the man has yet seen daylight
who knows more than the great polit-
ical party which at present dominates
this CcNutry. tAppiauSe)
Il am a bimetailist. and every man
and woman In this audience Is n BIZ
mefallist. and we are bimetallists and
Republicans Great applausc.l
MY friends, | say to you. the enemy,
the bitter enemy Of bimetallism. which
means the equal use at parity of both
gold and silver. is the man, or the set
Of men. who, when they know 1t can't
be brought about. when they know
their efforts were futile and useless,
seek to drag down this great question
through the degrading planks Of the
Chicago platform, and seek TO impose
upon this country free silver nt 16 TO
/, and to drive the gold out of II. II
we ever get bimetallism, II will come
when the countries OF Europe believe
that the decent men who have EOt
something nt stake in the country be-
sides long hair, want it. daughter
and npplauscl
THAT brings me, MIR. Chairman and
ladies and gentlemen, to the great
question which has occupied the time
and the ability and the patriotism of
this administration.
When the casualty in the harbor of
Havana made war inevitable, no man
ever stood with such courage and fortl-
tude against the declaration of HOSTILE
ties as did our President. No man ever
made such great efforts to secure n
peaceful way out OF our difficulties.
When the war came. no man ever rose
to the question as did President Nc
Kinley. LApplauseD
II desire 10 say now. that TO me. as
an American citizen. il Is incompre-
hensihle that men who have the well
fare of their country at heart, drag
down its interests and seek to make
the questions growing out of the war,
party questions and not American
questions. The great issues before the
parties are the questions growing out
of the war.
THE silver question at the East is
obliterated and forgotten. Paper after
paper In the East as you pick II up,
and leader after leader of the Demo
cratic hosts, at the East, will tell you
that the country is safe now because
the Republicans have passed cur
rency bill, and Bryan can do no harm,
and therefore the great question before
the parties is anti-eXpansion- 1t is on
" out here. and in Nebraska. that you
hear anything about the silver ques-
ton. Uaughter.)
Here you hear that in the East they
are burning up with anxiety for l6 to
l, by the United States alone. Why,
IL