Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

and accurately indexeu book of near
ly 400 pages, called the democratic
campaign book for the presidential
election of 1896, compiled by Hon.
Benton Mcmillan, who IS now and has
been for some time governor of Ten
nessee. 1t was gotten out under the
auspices of the democratic national
committee, and the democratic con-
gressional committee, and the price of
1t at that time was 50 cents. ZAP
plause and laughter)
think | violate no confidence and
none of the proprieties when | tell
you that in my judgment, il you
would take them in large lots that
siderable reduction. Q.aughter.) More
than one-half of this eminently re-
spectacle book which once sold for
80 cents. is devoted to the money
question (laUghter), and on the very
first page Of this extraordinary COM
pilation | find these worss, after re-
ferring to the fact that the constitu-
ton OF the United States prescribes
what our currency shall be, silver and
gold, and to the fact that the very first
coinage law of congress under that
constitution made the silver dollar the
monetary unit, they state this:
eve. the national democratic par
ty," using the royal we" Emperor
William style, mustache up and all
(laughter), I'VE are una!terably OPP
posed to mono metalism which has
engulfed the prosperity of an in
,rtr taI NsS.i- INF
hard times" Not opposed to it for
four years, not opposed to it for eight
years. not opposed to IT for two presi-
Dental campaigns. but unalterabiy OPP
posed daughter and applause), as
some Georgians would say, opposed 10
1t from the birth of Christ to the death
Of the devil. First page, long metre.
Second verse: Gold mono metaism
is British policy and its adoption
has brought industrial paralysis not
only in America, bur throughout the
civilized world. 1t is not only
un-American, but anti-American,
and it can be fastened on the
United States only by the sitting
Of that spirit and love of liberty which
proclaimed our political independence
In 1776 and won it IN the war of the
revolution" First page. unaltcrably
opposed, paralysis of British doctrine.
Not only un-American, but anti
American. I'VE pledge ourselves to
the American people 60 fight it as our
forefathers in 177G fought for liberty
against Great Britain then. That
was the slogan in 1896 Thelo was a
gentleman at that time who sprung
into unexpected-moreu unexpected to
him than anybody else national
prominence His name was Sewall-
Arthur Sewall laughtcr). He hailed
from Maine. His wife was quoted as
saying that year she was republican;
his son was on the stump making
speeches for Mckinley The ward in
which Sewall lived, went republican.
The town in which he lived went re-
publican. The county division in
which he lived. went republican, and
the state in which ac lived went re-
publican. But Mr. Sewall having I'M
expectedly achievcI national notorl-
ETY., being in fact one of the tails of
the democratic kite, he said them
don't know who wrote it for him
(laughter), now listen: behind The
strong intentions of the gold standard
are gathered all those classes it has
fostered, the only dangerous classes of
the land, ferocious and unholy greed
are there; every trust and combination
is there; every monopoly is there, led
by the greatest monopoly of all, the
monopoly of the power of gold" II
don't know who wrote it for him, but
1t Is good stuff (applause) ana he
ought to know. You and speak from
the outside; he spoke from the inside.
Why. he was millionaire and the
confdant of millionaires. He was q
railroad king, and sat at the council
boards of railroad kings. He was a
bondholder; he was millionaire and
he breathed the atmosphere of them,
and that man in SO told you gold
mono-metaliSm was the greatest mo-
nopoly of all.
Did he tell you the truth? He said
this: 1.-THE free and unlimited coinage
OF silver is the sole remedy"-not one
OF them. not one of them, but the only
one-the sole remedy with which to
check the wrongs of today and to rem
edy the ruin of the past. That was
the deliberate written expression of
Arthur Scwall, one or the vice presi- |
dental nominees on the democratic
ticket of 1S9G-page 80, Democratic
Campaign Book, price 50 cents.
I think I read something about a |
crown Of thorns which shall not be |
pressed down upon the brow of labor,
and a cross Of gold upon which man
kind shall not be crucifed. applause |
Now put it to you. For eight years
the democratic party has been saying
these things. l will not remind you |
Of what l said. will remind you of |
what Sewall said-that ought to count.
l will not attempt to repeat what the |
head of the ticket says. 1t seems to
me remember of his making remarks
of substantially the same effect. For
eight years the democratic party has
been saying these things. For eight
years the democratic party went
through this land from coast to coast.
from Maine to California, from Michi- |
gan to Florida. proclaiming all the
calamities, all the terror, arousng all
the Indignation of the people of this
land against the republican PAL ty on
account Of the establishment of the
gold standard! Where are they today9
They met in national convention at
St. Louis. They sent their nraverc