Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
BRYAN AT ST. LOUIS.


tween 10000 and $4,000 people. At
each of the three meetings he was
greeted with prolonged cheers and at
frequent intervals during each OF his
speeches the enthusiastic populace
gave vent to uproRrious applause.
The nominee was met at the tram by
an immense crowd. He was escorted
to the Planters hotel, where he had
dinner, and then went to Concordla
park, the Auditorium and Sports
mans park, and at each place in turn
he made speech, 80 great was the
crowd that hundreds were turned
away at each place.
Ar ooNooRDIA PARK,
When Mr.. Bryan and his escort
stepped upon the platform at Con-
cordia park, the great throng arose
and for several minutes shouted and
Cheered. Upon being introduced, Mr..
Bryan said in part;
Ladies and @ entleman--We are en-
tering upon a memorable campaign, a
campaign which means a great deal
OF good or i'll to the people OF this
country, and in that campaign there
i
is one great overshsdowing issue, and
upon that issue people are divided.
There are some who believe that the
maintenance Of gold standard until
foreign nations come to our relief is
an absolute necessity for the welfare
of this country. There are those on
the other hand who believe with us
that the immediate restoration OF the
free and unlimited coinage OF gold
and silver at the present legal ratio
of 16 to l without waiting for the aid
or consent Of any other nation is alb
solute'y essential to national prosper
ity. Great applause).
I desire to submit a few arguments
tonight in behalf of the restoration Of
free coinage, (Applause). Now, ]
want to submit for your consideration
two or three propositions and / be-
lieve that they are so clear and &C
plain that every one Of you can recog'
nize the force of them. In the first
place I call your attention to the faCt
that the republican party in it's plat
form and through its public men il
making no effort to supply the people
of the United States with a sufficient
amount of money to do business with
If I were to tell you that a grown
person could wear the clothes of I
child you would think me foolish. i
| / we're to tell you that a grown per
son could live on the food necessary
to sustain life in a child you would
call me foolish, and yet they cal
those men 6nanciers who assume the
the people growing in population car
survive on a money decreasing IN ii
amount, applause and three cheer
for Bryan were Riven). I want yoI
to remember now the figures which
I am going to read to you. Thes
figures are taken from a government
publication issued on the first dsy
of July, 1896.
SOME OFFICIAL FIGURES.
In this government publication, is
sued by the treasury department OF
the first Of July, 1896, I find state
ment Of the amount Of money Of al
, kinds in circulation among the peopl
for the various years. Let me cal
your attention to the amount giveI
here for the yerrs of 1894, '95 and '96
In 1894 the amount Of money in cir
culatlon was $1,66O,OOOOOO. In 1S9I
that amount of money in circulation
hadfallen to 81, 6O1, 100000, a decreas
in one year Of $59,OOO,OOO. In 1896
and these statements are made on th,
Both day Of June Of each year-th
amount in circulation had fallen t,
81, SOC, 100000. What does it mean
II means that in two years. time, &C
cording to the treasury report, tn
amount Of money in circulation
i among the people has fallen sbou
| $15O,OO0,0OO IN amount. Great ap
plause). In other words, in tw:
years. time there has been a decreas
Of about, or nearly, 10 per cent in tn
amount Of money in circulation
among the people. This, my friends
is the treasury report, and this repor
shows that while the per capita cir
culstion IN 1894 was $2428 per CAPT
ia, in 1896 1t had fallen to S21.10
fall Of more than So per capita. Zap