People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-07-29

the fact beyond question of doubt
"But,' says one. elf you were to have
the free coinage of silver, the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, what
do you mean by that ?" Give it the
same rights in the minis of the United
States, and under the law OF this
country the government is compelled
to coin it free of charge and hand 1T
back to me. That was the position
that silver occupied prior to the time
that it was stricken down IN this
country. And as to the free and un-
limited coinage of gold would say
that demonstration must be undone
and silver must be admitted to free
and unlimited coinage in this coun-
try. "Well," but says the objector,
"you will drive gold out the coun-
try"
That is Gresham's law. Not Judge
Gresham, he is in favor of it. APP
plausc. "Gold will all leave me
country and silver will take the place
of it. Europe will dump all of her
silver over here" When man said
that to me the other day when | was
standing on the platform at Portland,
Oregon, addressing an audience OF
5000 people, said reverently:
CON, LORD, LET EUROPE BEGIN TO
DUMP"
What will they dump it over here
for: To give it to us? Iguess not.
They have not a penny's weight they
can spare. They are on the stretch
for more. If they bring it here at
all they will exchange itfor our COM
modities, won't they? They wouldn't
hurt you farmers if you could sell
your wheat and corn and oats for
normal price where you would reel
ize small margin over and above
what you spend in the producing of
your crops. "Oh well, but they will
exchange it for our gold" says the
director. By the way ladies and
gentlemen, do you own gold, any of
you? No. Who does own it? These
sharp, shrewd yankee bankers own
it, and gold is more valuable than sill
yer? Yes. And they are going to
exchange for something worth less
gold. Why, as the boys say: They
don't have to-" Oh, we'll, but Eu-
rope will give enough to make it a
temptation, as you know. Suppose
this is so, who is hurt if there is
nothing but silver metal money here?
Have you ever, any of you, been ex-
posed seriously, dangerously, to re-
ceiving too much silver? Why, said
gentlemen the other day. He
wasn't talking to me. He had no
coat on, checked shirt, his eyes were
sharp black eyes. He was whiting
with jack knife. His pants, well
they hadn't put patches in them be-
cause the hole would wear longer
than the patch you know. He said,
off these free silver fanatics are al
lowed to go into power, what are we
going to do when we go abroad %
(Cheers.) Why yes, he wanted us
to legislate for him when he went
abroad. [ have heard that argument
before. saw gentleman once who
had been abroad. 1t was at Wash
ington. He came into the street-car
clad in immaculate white, nice,
flashing diamond, his hat on one side
of his head and his hair parted in the
middle he carried a 90 d-headed
cane and wore kid gloves, and a
couple of ladies in the car recognized
him aud said, ''How do you do, Mr..
Smith," 'How are you, ladies?'' he
replied. "Mr. Smith, where do you ex-
pect to spend the summer months this
summer % they asked. "Well," he an
swered, CATER | go to Sahwatoga
for about six weeks, think | shall |
go to Lake Jawge for a couple of |
weeks, and then l think shall 90 to
Euwope." They want us to legislate
for gentlemen who want to go abroad,
and what are we going to do when
silver is worth seventy cents bullion
on the dollar, and when it leaves our
shores three marine leagues 1t Is no
longer dollar, and as bullion is
worth only seventy cents? What
are we going to do when we who go
abroad want exchange? What are
we going to do? Now, my friends,
this nation can make money that will
circula beyoad the three marin e
leagues from shore. Your gold is
not money when it reaches the oldg
world; it is bullion. Your silver is
not money when it reaches the old
world it is bullion Your nation
can only make money for its own
people, and, as Senator Sherman said
a few days ago in the Senate of the
United States, ''The trouble with the
Amer al dollar is that you cannot
get rid OF it. If you pay it out, it
comes right back to you" That Is