Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-19
BRYAN OF NEBRASKA.
An Eloquent Appeal for the Double
Standard Currency.
MR.. CLEVELAD'S MESSAGE,
He Said the President Had Been Dc
ceived, and Made Strong Argu-
ment for Silver as the Peo-
pies Chosen Money.

of Congressman Bryan, OF Nebraska,
was the speech of the session. so far,
and, although he engaged the attention
of the house for over two hours, his
colleagues gave him the closest hear
ing.
In his construction of the message OF
President Cleveland Mr.. Bryan was
very emphatic.
If he could understand the language
of the message, it meant but one thing.
II meant the burial of silver, with no
promise of resurrection. 1t was the ar
gument of the gold standard. 1T led to
universal gold monometallism and to
the realm of where over the door was
written: Abandon hope all ye who
enter here" There was but one way OF
bringing gold from abroad, except tie
issuing of gold bonds, and that was to
sell our products and secure the yellow
metal. But if we established single
gold standard, gold would be put upon
the auction block. Every time gold
was abroad the farmers of the United
States must lower the prices OF their
products. then the farmers of England
would lower theirs in order to get the gold
back. Then we must once again lower
ours, and no one could tell the price at
which at last our products would settle
down.
He was opposed to single standard
of value, be it gold or silver, and was IN
favor of double standard. The ques-
ton now presented was whether the
United States was going to say 1t was
the English nation or an independent
one. If there be some persons living on
the eastern shoro who were better ac-
auainted with the beauty Of the Alps
than with the grandeur of the Rockies,
better acquainted with the sunny skies
of Italy than with the invigorating
breezes of Mississippi, let them
know that there are a people who are
willing to cast their all on the fate OF
this republic and rise or fall with it.
Mr.. Bryan spoke in favor of the re-
tention of the ratio of 10 to /, arguing
that an increase of that ratio would be
detrimental to an international agree
ment as to the coinage of the two met
ais. He wanted to restore confidence
among the people, but he did not be-
lieve in curing headache by putting
mustard plaster to the feet OF the pa
tient.
Let some bill be passed here which
would make the banks safe places Of
deposit, So long as the people would
chain the country to a single gold stan
dard, there would be war and eternal
war. If the Democratic platform meant
ANYTHING, it meant that the Sherman
law was a makeshift; but it proposed
something better than that, and that
something was silver and gold coin
age. The question was not whether
the president was honest or not. The
question was whether he was right.
The president had won the confidence
of the people, but he had been deceived.
He said in his message that the people
demanded the repeal of the Sherman
law. He had heard from the boards Of
trade and from the chambers of COM
merce, but he had not heard from the
farmers or the men in the workshops,
and he could no more judge Of the
opinion of the people than he could
measure the oceans depth by the foam
on the oceans wave. Let the friends
of silver cali the battle on, and never
leave the field till the peoples money
was restored.
In conclusion, Mr.. Bryan said:
"The Democratic party stands between
two conflicting forces. On the one side
stand the corporate interests, the monied
interests, aggregated wealth ana capital,
imperious, arrogant, compasslonless.
They are able to subscribe magnltcently
to campaign funds. IRey are aple TO
crush with their all pervading influence
any who may dare oppose, and to those
who fawn and fiatter they can bring ease
and plenty These demand that the
Democratic party shall become the agent
to execute their merciless decrees. Ga
the other hand, a numerous throng, those
who gave to the Democratic party name
and for whom it has assumed to speak;
work worn and dust-bagrinlei, they
make their mute appeal and too often
fondle their cry for help, beat i'll vain
against the outer walls, while those less
deserving gain ready access to the legs
iative halls. This army, vast and daily
faster growing, pleads with the Demo
cratic party TO be it's champion in this
terrible conflict. 1t cannot press its
claims amid sounds of revelry; it cannot
march its phalanxes in grand parade. No
gaudy banner floats in the breeze. It's
battle hymn is Home. Sweet Home;" its
war cry, Equality before the Llw! Be
tween these forces, hesitating in doubt
which side to turn, yet conscious that
upon its decision must rest its fate,
stands the Democratic party, and to it
standing thus comes the words or IsraeFs
second law: "Choose ye this day whom
We will serve.
With an eloquent peroration upon the
courage and fidelity of Thomas Jeffer-
son and Andrew jackson. who dared to
defend their convictions in the face of
powerful opposition, and who. by their
party fealty had made it possible for
the democratic party to attain TO the
position it now occupies, Mr.. Bryan
closed.
Consii erins tie Code Of Ruies.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. - The first
meeting of the house committee on
rules of the Fifty-third congress was