"The Republican party has been legislating to make a dollar dearer and they deny that
legislation has anything to do with the dollar. What provision does the Republican party make for
the supply of the money you need? None whatever. I am not surprised that even men who have been
Republicans all their lives are now in favor of the free coinage of silver. (Great applause.) I am
not surprised when I find that Republicans who recognize their principles of finance and apply them
to the money question. I am not surprised that they desert the Republican party this year when it
comes out and attempts to defend the Democratic administration, which was repudiated by the
Democratic party itself. (Great applause.) You remember here in North Carolina the Republicans have
made more capital by denouncing this administration than in any other way. What do you think now
when the Republicans of North Carolina become the sponsors for the Democratic administration?" (Wild
applause.)
TRUE TO TRADITION
"I am not surprised that earnest and sincere Republicans prefer to stand wit the
Democratic party in demanding bimetallism, which even the Republican party of four years ago said
was dear to the American people through tradition. I am not surprised that Republicans who eight
years ago stood upon a platform that denounced the Democratic party for its attempt to demonetize
silver; I am not surprised that those Republicans join with us today in demanding bimetallism, which
ahs been the historic policy of the United States since 1776, received the support of all the
states, Republican, Democratic, Whig and everything we ever had in this country." (Long and
continuous applause.)