The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-27
CLEVELAND Is HONEST
NJ mas BEEN vEBY BADLr
r0oLED md 1IsLED.
,h. Honorable Jerry simpson, the
soehiess statesman, in His speech at
oid Market Hall Last Night.

about 40 people were present AT the
,,..tet Hail last night TO hear Hon.
GA samson. OF Kansas. speak. The
4 uas made up chiefly OF populists,
60, few Democrats were In atten-
.,--. There was no lack OF enthu-
sasm .
4, a short speech. introduced the
.t,r of the evening. Mr.. Harris said,
30 other things. "Mr. Simpson is
...rn throughout the country as Sock
~. Jerry.' but i want 10 say that a
ri. can Doe just rs happy without socks
D.. can with those useful articles OF
H -.sr.re apparel" Mr. Harris then tod
..s story of the man who was bhssfuhy
go. without "a shirt on his back. lie
..r-5luesd Mv Simpson, who addressed
~. audience as Ladies and Gentlemen
y, afterwards looked around to see only
30 lady in the audience. and had 10
..-rs hts address 10 Lady and Gen
~ simpson said he was present not
4 - tie interest OF any organization, but
"a come on the invitation OF the State
--f-I Committee and totally upon his
.--- responsibility. Fie might be a crank,
t.f Il was much better 20 be a crank
,rb am ldea than not have an idea at
m Ha then went into a sketch OF the
,.b and growth OF the Peoples party.
.i duet at some kngth upon the need
n such laws and principles as were
4 .l1-f.1 hy that party. I'VE have taken
decided stand in Kansas, and we
,--e t0 see you people Of the South
I'm ir with us IN our movement. and
10 believe YOU viii do so later on, II
r.f rou.
aThe Democrats won a most glorious
victory 0D the tariff issue; but no sooner
vas The victory won. than Grover Cleve-
nri himself had % call Congress to-
r.'her % settle the greatest question
rat is now agitating the minds Of the
American people-the financial question.
Tlis country has never had a fixed 1uan-
aI system They need one. and need
badly and they viii never stop agita-
rrg fta question until n definite system
~ finance IS settled. We hold that the
farmers merchants. preachers. teachers.
ana ar'isans-all form the great machin-
,-r NJ commerce and business generally.
Esch IS a part Of the same machine,
arl each is necessary TO the others wei
fare"
Ho said that the Peoples party had
zone out and gathered in the best ma
tanss from the two great parties. The
farmers and the country people generally
we-e less apt 20 be corrupted by the evil
Influences Of politics than the city peo-
re. out OF the agricultural classes the
Peoples party was expecting TO draw
Sos chief strength.
Tho speaker then reviewed at some
length the great wealth and pOssibili-
t.s ~ the United States with all our
wealth and resources, however" said he,
.ft-o are men in this country to-day
rAing for bread. Why Is this? With
M the millions Of people in the
United States. about 81 600 men own the
greater part Of the wealth. The ques-
ton for the Peoples party 10 solve is
20 have this wealth so distributed among
the classes Of people who produce II
that each shall receive that portion which
s his due There IS no just complaint
sr the ground Of the amount OF wealth
"a the country. but I'm the manner OF
distribution In 1865 the price Of farm
products per acre was nearly twice
Of large as 70 Il to-day This shows
mat the farmer has no means OF making
ans surplus: he has nothing with which
GO educate his children: and has reason
20 become discouraged at the outlook
'fv friends. any legislation adverse 10 the
hrncrs' interests ought % be crushed
r, 81 existence. Our plan IS to find out
r' cause Of this trouble on the agricul-
fr' classes. and 10 bring relief Strikes
s- lock-outs viii be of no advantage.
uars must be competition. and a stand
ai ~ money. so that the purchaser,
through the medium Of "a currency which
Z, 'u demand, can exchange his COM
nlldes for such commodities as he
needs Money + represents Z value. The
Umn0dity value and the money value
ar two entirely different things" He
Illustrated this point by stating that IL
he should punch four small holes In
hllf-dollar ne would owe the govern
nent ten cents while the commodity
value OF the coin would be compare
lively unchanged. The amount of money
1 circulation fixed the value OF
money. "The cheaper the dollar, the bet
Opp f1r me-" said the speaker.
The Democratic party was in favor OF
making The dollar more valuable. so that
ne wordnrman would have to surrender
Hare of the products Of his labor. when
the bankers OF this country locked I'D
al the money deposited with them. what
Lfrenedf Everybody got scared and
LI their money I'm their bed ticks. and
I'D their socks. OF course / didn't put
mine in my socks. Business was para
Hzed because there wasn't much money
ia circulation.
When the United States Treasury had
a great surplus OF currency there was
cry from all sides 10 put the money
80 circulation. When the Republicans
tH into Office they didn't have much
Trouble IN putting It into circulation.
While l don't believe the Sherman law
l the best law in the world it IS Tar
better than no law at all. There is
DID" "a loud cry for more money in cir
Collation. and 10 discontinue the Sherman
-a" viii even cut off part of the pres
et circulation. The cry against the
sherman law by the bankers is attribute
ls to the fact that the bankers want
% issue the notes over their own counters.
We are not opposed 10 legitimate bank
lt But we are opposed 20 bank issue
We believe the government ought 70
issue the currency. We object 10 the
arker issuing the currency and increas-
ir The value OF the dollar"
While thousands and millions OF pe0-
d. an over the country. said the speaker
fre suffering for bread. bankers were
tnorselessly robbing them 81 their saw
n and depriyIng them Of their due Tie
I-,ated the recent system Of clearing
e certificates as adopted in New
York. and EMPHASIZED the statement
.t 'he Shcrman law was repe0led
'.h the influence Of the b9uFers
''' nv the people The Democratic
~ held 60 she coina~o ~ both
ana silver without discrimination
favor Of either metal the
have equal and exchange
'' value I'm the dollar "But