Show tool of the trusts grover cleveland ex president of the united states made so many V scandalous deals with the gold buga wh ilein office and made BO much money himself that naturally when he speaks the fear prevails that he is talking for tho moneyed syndicates of tho country and the id well grounded i for when a poor man who could scarcely arcely Bc make a living at his law pro of office a million al re and his private secretary dan lament is made president of a railroad when previously a poor reporter be something rotten in the state of denmark grover cleveland has undertaken to call the goldbug democrats to battle and to criticism criticise critic ise the present adminis tra tion for not fastening the shackles of the gold standard completely on the people in hig speech before the reform club at new york saturday evening he said the party placed in power as the result of splendid democratic patriotism has failed domeet the obligations eer its direct cam declarations chat it was unreservedly edly in favor of sound money the certain and controlling effectiveness of the support it gained on the faith of that declaration the universal boncea ion tant the conflict on financial constituted the issue which Jasi assed upon by the suffrages frages suf of acie leopie and the count rys pree ainE exigencies and needs all demanded prompt and efficient action bv the par witti power in an effort to place our nations financier adjusted to every popular need upon a safe and sure basis instead however of ad dres sine themselves to this task the managers and representatives of the victorious pany these professed cham ot sound nuance nave before the faje of an expectant people returned in hot haste to the wallowing in the enire ot extreme protection millions of voters by their exhibition of a bartys dad faith and mildona more by their unconcealed determination to repay partisan support irom the proceeds of increased burdens of taxation placed upon thosa already oyer liden the distinct declaration in favor of sound money did not mean the kind of sound money the ex dent had in view it did not mean the gald standard it meant that one dollar was to be as good as another and that neither metal gold or silver should be debased the bryan kind of free coinage meant the appreciation of gold and the fixing of silver as the money of the country this as republicans Republic aus we could not endure and while being the friends of silver as alad of gold the republicans nave declared that they are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair our credit republicans are therefore opposed to free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world which we pledge ourselves to promote we also op pose the single gold standard as a T barty believing that free coinage of silver on an equality with gold is necessary but the paramount issue of the last campaign with republicans was pro lection tec tion it was apparent to us eliat the great depression came through tho free trade policy of the democrats the first requisite then was to go to the root ot the greater evil and remove the tentacles of the were sapping the commercial lifes blood of the nation for the support of foreign manufacturing corporations first the patient had to be released from his foul disease before his moneyed circulation could be improved protection will free the patient from tho disease and thon the be public aaB will turn their a to the currency question free coinage of silar will be secured in the manner slated and the gold bugs of Clev elands find a foothold in this land of the free his ih only gold standard party jhc single stand ardill the American peo vy majorities and a distinctive goldbug gold bug ui abo ex president is Bl riving now to promote will have but few if any more supporters m 1900 than that had in 1896 |