, 1890-07-10


tho people Of Illinois II they should
pass law limiting the price and con.
sumption Of corn; OF tho people OF the
South II they should do Tho same re-
garding oolton3 Yet this Ia precisely
what tho United States, tho greatest
silyer.pruducing country In tho world,
has done with silver.
Remember that England had de-
monetizcd silver She, the greatest
creditor nation In tho world, by destroy.
ing one part OF the worlds money.
would make that remaining moro yalli-
able. Those ia her debt would no COM
PEELED TO bring more to her golfers. Be
sides, shc would have cheap silver with
which to buy the wheat OF india, silver
being tho circulating medium, the legal
tender OF this dependency OF Gt"at
Britain, Thus are our farmers
made TO feel tho effects OF
her policy, her powers, Her
silver as u commodity, and with 1t pur-
chase tho wheat OF India. And yet,
ladies' aud gentlemen, when you heard
read q moment ago the ringing phrases
OF the declaration OF Independence you
believed we have declared our independ.
ence OF Great Britain, And yet boldly
assert that In domonotl king silver we not
only follow her example, but make her
My friends, tho people demand the
free coinage OF silver. And what arc the
obiections2 from whom do they Gomez
Not from the prod ucers; not from the
poor, but from Wall street, from the
capitalist and from those who fear them.
IL IL objected that free coinage OF sill
yer will drive gold out OF the country.
Well, this evil was prophesied when our
present limited coinage act was passed,
IA IA Ia In A 1.
secretary OF tho treasury shows that the
increase Of gold coin Ia actual circulation
since passage OF the present limited
coinage law has been $50, All, 552.
Where will gold go, my friends, to lind
so profitable q Held for Investment as
Amcrlca2 Observe how the Telegraph is
daily laden with accounts OF the invest
ment Of British gold In the United
States.
Again IL Is urged that We shall have u
lreshet OF silver from other nations. As
II to furnish us complete answer to
this, the secretary Of tho treasury states
that there Is In fact no known accumu-
lation of silver bullion anywhere in tho
world"
My friends II Is not tho mining states
alone who are interested who are de-
manding FREQ coinage, or more properly,
equal coinage. Tho senators from
which do not produce an ounce OF silver,
are to-day pleading with congress for
free coinage. Money Is scarce; money
Is dear; rates of Interest are high; labor
is choap; tho price OF the products of
labor Is low.
If this were not so, must the interests
OF the mining states DO ignoredl Must
the miner be sacrihced2 The gold and
silver ut the Pacific states and territories
Ill la a IA.
They have changed the course Of civill-
zation, and OF empire, they have given
to society and finances now laws. And
the young sIste OF Washington now
takes her place as one OF the important
gold and silver producing states OF this
Union. True. they will not stand alone
among her valuable products, her chief
interests; but they are becoming Of vast
Importance. From yondcr hill more
than quarter of "a million dollars In
silver have beon taken, and consider the
difficulties. The ore has been hauled in
wagons u distance of eighty miles to
Spokane Falls, and from there shipped !
to Omaha tor reduction.
From the Calispel to tho Colyille, from
the Colville to tile Columbia, from the
Columbia TO the Okanogan. from tho |
OkanoRan TO the Cascades, these noun
tains are rich In silver aud gold. |
And yet, my friends, when one Of our
citizens takes a bar Of silver from one OF
these mines, the product OF America, of
American labor, 10 the mint for coinage
he finds our government will not com IL
for him; the goyernntnt Is operating
among the "Dulls and bears" it will buy
his silver at "A price fixed In the city Of
London.
Strange law, you will cNclalm; strange
contrast with the care with which our
la h.. f.saNa Of hal
New England states, STANCE comparison
with the solicitudc with which congress
has guarded the interests OF tho capital
ist and the bondhodcr
Ladies' and gentlemen, let our protest
be heard At the capitol; let our demands
for the enlTanchisemont of silver be
made In no uncertain terms.