The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-03-06
HON. JOHN S. Boards
ADDRESS TO DEMOCRATS.
Candidate For Congress From The
Third District.
Asks For The Support Of True
Democrats"

tributed as follows: For Bryan and the
independent restoration Of silver, 6,5ll,-
O73; for Mckinley and the international .
restoration Of silver, 7,107,s 500; for Pal. /
mer and gold recommendation, l3As0O;
for LeveriDg and prohibition, l30,6S9: /
scattering, AZ 40j, SO, we see that out .
Of ID $50, 7S3 yotee cast nc the election |
in 1895, only 133,sO0 voters we're for the |
single gold standard ard l3GlS,S95 yot-
ers were for the restoration Of silver
59G,749 more voted Tor Nick inleY ana the /
international restoration Of silver than |
voted for Bryan and the Independent re. !.
storation Of silver, This smaD majority |
for. Mckinley and the international re- |
storation Of silver was secured by the
most corrupt and brazen use, by the re
publican campaign committee, Of the
largest corruption fund ever handled in
an election, the merciless coercion Of
employees by the great corporations and
other extensive employers, and the lie
ception Of pledging the repu blicans to
promote International restoration Of sil.
YER. Yet In the face Of these facts. u
subsidized press and the paid agents and
dnpes Of the money trust have the au-
dacity and the imbecility to tell the PEG.
pie that free silver is dead.
How did the republican party, upon
It's advent 10 power In 1897, redeem this
platform pledge to promote the inter
national restoration Of silver: Com
/ nissIoners were sent TO Europe, often
sibly TO secure theinternationa bimetal-
isln, and then every obstacle was thrown
in the way OF the commissioners, and
when IL seemed that success was pos
sible, in spite Of the administration, the
President sent a message to Congress
recommending the report of what the
President was pleased to call noble
assembly of business men, held in In
dianapolis in January, 1897. In plain
words, an assembly made up OF the most
vlrulent and bigoted IT the gold mono
metahets. The commissioners at once
returned home, and with this fake ended
the republican pledge to promote inter-
} national bimetalism, and congress forth
with passed, and the President signed,
bill for gold monometalism, aud for
the first time in our country's history
the government of the United States is
sued gold bonds.
The democratic convention which was
held at Kansas City in 1900 again de-
clared for the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver and gold at the ratio OF
sixteen to one, but made imperialism
the paramount issue, because the demo-
Gratis believed that the republicans we're
destroying, and we still believe, that they
are destroying our government The
campaign Of 1900 came on in the midst
p OF so-called prosperity, and the people
; only saw that times were easy and de
{ termined to let swell enough alone
I This. together with every species Of
fraud, bribery, corruption and coercion
t known to modern politics, again placed
= in power the enemies Of government o.
: the people, for the people and by th'
b people"
s An analysis OF the causes which pro
duced the so called prosperity that W,
0 were in the midst OF IN 1000 and at tn
p tail end Of now, will show that this so
+ called prosperity was not due TO, but II
T. spite Of, republican politics. The pros
l. perity, or, to adopt the slogan OF the ea
emies Of democracy and the people o
}, 1900, 1.-THE full dinner pail lie attribut
= able TO the following causes, namely;
: First The unforeseen discovery q
d gold in the Klondike.
= Second. A famine ia about half I'll
: world for the food cereals, which gay
: us an unprecedented market for on
4 farm products, which by the blessing
i OF Providence, we're exceptionally larg'
e Thru. A war with spain, whic
. drew from the ranks Of iJIsness man
thousand men to serge IN thr arny an
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