The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
HOKE SMITH
 ON ISSUES Former Secretary Delivers Notable Address. PRAISE FOR CANDIDATE Parker Has Spoken and All
 May Take Hope. The Georgian Declares That Roosevelt Has overridaen the Rights of Congress and Has Violated
 the Consultation.
PRAISE FOR CANDIDATE

tary of the Interior Hoke Smith or Georgia, was the principal speaker to-
 night at the annual outing or the Dem
 ocrats of Queens borough, held this
 afternoon and tonight at College Point, N J. More than 5000 Democrats were
 present. Mir. Smith said in part;
 This is a great day for Democratic
 rally Our candidate has spoken In re- sponse to the formal notification of his
 nomination. his plain. clear declaration | in favor of obedience to law. his de- votion to constitutional government, | his equal and just recognition of the rights of person and property, give joy | and hope to all who love their coun- | try.
 "'The people of the United States nom- mated bim. Hanging over them like
 dark cloud was the possibility of the election of man whose restless ogo- tism placed the entire country in state of uncertainty and about whom | the inquiry with no feeling of hope was constantly made. What will he do l next?'
 As to Roosevelt. MT. Roosevelt, as President, has overridden the rights of Congress. He | had violated the Constitution. The feeling of doubt and uncertainty pro-
 duced by the administration of MT. ftoOSeNctl Htu CutChcu pIoSptEity
 made possible by tho administration of MT. Cleveland and realized under the administration of Mir. Mckinley. Con- servative Democrats everywhere sought everywhere a candidate who would represent respect for the Consti- tuition and laws of our country, who would recognize the office of President | to be one of no unlimited authority; lwho would not be carried into reckless | activity by intense adulation of him- self; who would prefer to exercise the legitimate duties of the office of Pres ! ident to startling the country contin- fuously by sending warships to Morocco l or acting as agent fSr some European ,powera y'o force our southern neighbors Ito pay their debts.
 l <. shaw,s Adroitrscss UnavaiIing. l Well may the Republicans shrink
 from e comparison of the candidates. Adroitly did the Secretary of the Treas
 nry here endeavor to present an issue
 which is not involved in the present
 campaign.
 l Speaking in this borough few
 weeks ago he sought to give especial prominence to the financial question
 and more particularly to the gold | standard.
 Reviewing the Legislation on gold and silver from the formation of the government. Mir. Smith said that the
 first Legislation under which the silver dollar, now part of the coin of the
 realm went into circulation, was joint
 work of Democrats and Republicans
 The Republican platform of 1SSS," he continued. was presented to the
 convention by William Mckinley.
 Among other things 1t contained the following language: The Republican
 party Is in favor of both gold and sll-
 yer as money and condemns the policy
 of the Democratic administration in it's
 effort to demonetize silver
 l This became Fl part of the Republi-
 can platform upon which President
 Harrison was elected and the Republi-
 can party was then crIticizing the Dem
 ocratIc administration of MT. Cleve- lane for it's effort to demonetiZe silver
 In 1S90 the Sherman act, providing for
 the purchase of l.50O.e00 ounces of sil-
 yer monthly and the immediate intro
 duction of this large volume of sil-
 yer into our currency. by coinage or by
 silver certificates. passed Congress-
 A Republican Measure. | This was a Republican measure and
 received the approval of q Republican President. All the silver dollars and
 silver certificates in circulation in the
 United States have been placed there through these two acts. The first, the | WoIh Ol ana hepuDltC9nS, and the second, pre- e-eminently the work
 of Republicans. The situation was bad
 under the Bland Allison act; 1t was rem dered far worse under the Sherman act, | The Republican administration go-
 ing into power under platform
 pledged to silver and criticizing MT kleveland for opposing silver. instead Tof protecting the gold standard. had by
 the passage of the Sherman purchas- | fnfr af aI.
 to monometallism. The Democratic
 administration under MT. Cleveland re-
 pealed the Cherman purchasing act. put stop to the imitation of our currency
 with Appreciated silver dollars and
 made possible the prosperity which fol- lowed" said MT. Smith
 Not to the Republican but to MT | Cleveland and his Secretary of the l Treasury, MT. Carlisle. more than to all others Is the country today in debted for the stability and prosperity
 which has come to pass under the | gold standard.
 BimetnlIism Impossible. 'The world accepted the gold stan l dard. Our political leaders. Demo- | crats and Republicans gradually learn ed that bimetallism is impOssiblo; that single standard is necessary. Tho
 nomination Of Judge Par&er would have been impossible had not the dele gates recognized in him q gold stan dard advocate
 1 ''The telegram or our candidate. 10 | the National ConS Sntion only con-" i flrmed the views of the overwhelming | majority of the delegates and of the
 voters they represented. that the gold l standard had been irrcvocably estab- l lished. We should net allow the Re- | publicans to boast of what happened
 under the conservative and gentle | spirit of President Mckinley and
 make claims thereon for the election
 of the present occupant of the White ! House.
 Has not the man in rough rider cos- tune changed our treatment of for ] eign countries? Has he not 6isre- | garded our representatives govern
 ment? Mckinley declared the day he was murdered: The problem of more markets requires our urgent and i'm 7, mediate attention we cannot repose in fancied security that we can forever