The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-27

lHSa nc Knows 3 criminal who should ne
denounced before the laws Of the nation
tOEeat applause and chs-ringy
Asked TO Give Names
II there De within the knowledge Of Mr.
Bryan crime SO hideous as this. COM
rnisted in some civilized state where law
- administered by impartial tribunals. he
has no right 10 shield that criminal by his
salence- tApplause-) II he does not want
20 prosecute him himself as he curht 70
do. then let him give his name 10 homes,
Democrats who viii see thar he is prose-
cuted- ! believe that II IS the privilege o.
IN American citizen | believe an wei
inside the lire OF courteous and fair ooIi-i-
cal discussion when / summon Mr.. Bryan
10 do his duty 10 the laws OF this country.
not az a presidential candidate. but as a
private citizen. Great appgausel
IF he hesitasss 10 discharge this plain
duty OF citizenship, how in The name OF
common sense can he expect the people of
this country TO trust him with the graver
duties and power OF leadership in cru
sa5e against the experience of all man
kind. tApplsGse.)
Wei. Mr.. Bryan has much 20 say about
the crime OF %. Now have always Won
derei just what was the crime OF ID /
am sure that / don't know what IL was,
and have some suspicion vha, Mr.. Bryan
does not. (ApplaGsc.l / base this entirely
upon his own assertions. II you remem-
Der that speech OF acceptance, the sub
stance Of which has been repeated almost
everywhere throughout this country once
or twice day until last Tuesday. | think
it was Gagghter,. Mr. Bryan declared that
in BIB silver was a premium. and fixea
the value OF the silver dollar at $l.o4 and
then ne argued that the characterization OF
silver worked a contraction of the cur
rency. from which the people OF this coun-
try are suffering now.
lnconsi tency OF Statement.
We'll. my friends. don't quite under
stand how coin that was al a premium
could have been current The very idea
OF a coin being a. a premium shows that
Il could not have been current and could
not have formed part of the currency, ana
IL IL did form part of the currency. how
could its characterization have so con-
tracted the currency of which il cid not
form any part. Uaughter.) | merely
mention this In passing SO as 10 apply the
rule Of common sense and common expe-
rience 10 some OF the declarations with
which Mr.. Bryan has filled the bulk OF his
talks that he has directed 10 the wise
acres OF the country. (Applaase)
I'VE find him in one part OF his speech
declaring the condition which made the
circulation OF a silver coin absolutely i'm
possible. and in the next we find him conn
planning OF the characterization of a coin
watch did not circulate according 10 him
self
Now. we have heard him talk about
s;anda@ds OF value We have heard him
say that the gold standard was a conspir-
acy against humanity. | don't myself
quite know how a standard could be a con-
spiracy. any more than horse could be a
conspiracy. But Mr.. Bryan said it. and
assume that ne has some conception OF
economics that justifies the assertion. And
f.-k wa 81, r. St
THAI in the discussion of this currency
question and kindred subjects for the last
four years PopulIst orators have so per-
verted economic expressions that they
have become the terror OF ordinary man.
Counseis Against Fright.
When any gentleman undertakes TO
speak 10 you about the battle of the stand
ards. about an approaching dollar about
the woes OF the debtor. and The hopeless
cruelty of the creditor. and reads 10 YOU
extracts from speeches which often mean
nothing. and adds 10 them a few more non-
sensical observations OF his own-don't he
scared and don't fancy that your intelli-
gence is Inferior because you can't always
grasp his meaning Q>aughter) In the
moments of your deepest justification you
are in exactly the condition OF your fell
low citizens, including that OF the orator
himself. uaughter)
TO be nothing difficult, and / think IL is a
fair suggestion to make 10 intelligent peo-
pie that when man has a scheme of be-
nefcence that is really mertorious he will
present IL 10 you IN language which you
can grasp and understand
when any man asks you to abandon
conditions with which you are familiar
whose harshness You know how TO soften.
whose asperities you can anticipate. win
the worst OF which YOU have learned 10
deal. be sure that the specific which he is
prescribing for you is something that you
can apply TO your own experience, and.
having applied the test OF experience 10 II,
that you can he sure II will work bene
fit TO you. | have never We. known any,
where in the world where a man could
bring anything 10 me that | did rot earn,
and bring IL 10 me honestly. Usually & a
man offers me gold brick "A well-fllled
purse. neither OF which | am entitled TO.
the dictate Of prudence is TO call police
man. t4aughter)
Common sense as n Test.
When the Populist orator asks yoa to
discard all the experience Of years 10 take
up some experiment which you do not
quite understand yourselves. and which
you have a suspicion that he Is
a little hazy about himself. call
10 your aid the disciplinary inilu-
ence OF common sense and OF
common experience aud there Is little dan
ger that YOU can toe very far wrong. / say
this TO you because In discussing stand
ards OF value. bout which so much has
been said that is calculated 20 upset the
Judgment OF the average citizen. / want.
II can. 10 Illustrate II TO you 80 that YOU
yourselves will understand just what
standard az value j. and just how small
part X plays IN the condition Of men.
"A standard Of vaiue Is simply the nsas-
uTlug Of the value Of al commodities by
some one commodity, whatever Ii may De.
\ standard is always the measuring Of
some one unit that Won accept Tor the
standard II. for instance. l selected the
chairman OF this meeting and all
agreed that we would test the height o.
every man IN the room ny The height Of
the chairman everybody woui3 understand
precisely what was meant II We said Il
man vas above or below the standard. II
woal3 mean that ne WAS higher or thar he
Vas not so tail as t6e chairman. The Sc
lection OF the chairman for taat standard
would noe add ore inch 10 bis stature. nor
would 1, take one iacn from H. tAppsaUsel
NOW. y*u can see. nv friends. tAat thar
woal3 De a simple and easy method Ok
giving 20 everybody q pretty clear intel
le<lual conception Of the height of She per-
~an ( Was eD1eaVoriuE fG describe that
would zee q single standard AMI that would
be a sensible mst1od % measuring. Now.
/ assume the chairman has got year
Oh son. ana. sapp9se. ln order 30 make
d0abie standard. according 20 me notion
os the Popaists. we aecgare ihst there
should 5e 2 acahle standard height and Il
should CONSIST ~ kbe chairman and his
5-vear-olf son. ao you rnrk anybody could
maxi very TuHca % . statement that
person ~as sIxEe oF oelo~ tae Standard
profo~ltson or che papaitst.