The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-13

regular session of Congress and assert
that during that time, in. case people de
clare themselves III favor of free coinage,
all loans will be withdrawn and all mort
cages foreclosed If these are merely
prophecies INDUCED in by those who
have forgotten the provisions OF the con
stltution it would be sufficient to remind
them that the President is empowered to
convene Congress in extra session when
ever the public necessities require such
action.
If in November, the people, by their
ballots, declare themselves in favor of
the immediate restoration of bimetallism,
the system can be inaugurated within IA
few months. If, however, the assertion
that loans will be withdrawn and mort
cages foreclosed is to prevent such polit-
lcal action as the people may believe to
he necessary for the preservation of their
rights, then n new and vital issue is
raised. Whenever it is necessary for the
people, as n whole, to obtain consent
from the owners of money before .they
can legislate upon financial questions we
shall have passed from a Democracy to
plutocracy. But that time has not yet
arrived. Threats and intimidation will
be of no avail.
In conclusion, permit me to say word
in regard to international money. We
are not opposed to any international
agreement looking to the restoration of
bimetallism throughout the world. The
advocates of free coinage have on all oc-
casions shown their Willingness to CO.
operate with other nations in the rein
statement of silver, but they are not will
ling to await the pleasure of other gov
ernments when immediate relief is needed
by the people of the United States: and
they further believe that independent
hot
tional bimetallism than servile depend
ence upon foreign aid. For more than
twenty years we have invited the assist
ance of European nations, but all pro-
gress in the direction of international
bimetallism has been blocked by the OPP
position of those who derive pecuniary
benefit from the appreciation of gold.
| have travelled from the center of the
continent to the seaboard that might,
in the very beginning of the campaign,
bring you greeting from the people of
the West and South and assure you that
their desire is not to destroy, but to
hold up. They invite you to accept the
principles of living faith rather than
listen TO those who preach the gospel of
despair, and advise endurance of the ills
you have. The advocates of free coinage
believe that in striving to secure the i'm
mediate restoration of bimetallism, they
are laboring in your behalf as we'll as in
their own behalf.
y few of your people may prosper I'M
der present conditions, but the permanent
welfare of New York rests upon the pro-
ducers of wealth. This great city is built
upon the commerce of the nation and
must suffer if that commerce is impaired.
You cannot sell unless the people have
money with which to buy and they can
not obtain the money with which to buy
unless they are able to sell their products
at remunerative prices
Production of wealth goes before the
exchange of wealth. those who create
must secure profit before they.have any
thing to share with others. You cannot
afford to join the money changers in sup
porting a financial policy which, by de-
stroying the purchasing power of the pro-
ducts of toll must in the end encourage
the creation { f wealth.
ask, expect your cooperation. 1t is
true that few of your financiers would
fashion IL new figure-a figure represent
ing Columbia, her hands bound fast with
letters of gold and her face turned toward
the East, appealing for assistance to
those who live beyond the sea-but this
figure can never express your idea of
this nation.
You will rather turn for inspiration to
the heroic statue which guards the en-
trance to your city-a statue as patriotic
in conception as it is colossal in proper
ton. 1t was the gracious gift of n sister
republic and stands upon pedestal
which was built by the American people
That figure is emblematic of the mission
of our nation among the nations of the
earth.
With n government which derives it's
powers from the consent Of the governed,
fn nll IL,
science. freedom of thought and freedom
of speech, guarantees equal rights to ali
and promises special privileges to none,
the United States should be an example
in all that is good and the leading spirit
In every movement which has for It's OBJ
ject the uplifting of the human race.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for one hour and fifty
minutes, and the hands of the clock
pointed To thirty-tive minutes after ten
when he finished the eloquent peroration
addressed to the citizens of New York,
speaking wi uplifted arm and with
manuscript thrown aside The terrible
heat had made the upper galleries almost
uncomfortable before Mr.. Bryan had finish
ed and majority of their occupants had
deiiled through the doors Candidate
Sewall was very heartily cheered when
he stepped forward after he. with 'Silver
Dick Bland and other leaders on the
stage had grasped Bryan's hand in con
graduation. Mr. Sewall wore n black
frock coat, huttoned about his breast
tightly. He made no pretentions to
oratory Although his voice might fill
an ordinary hall, it was hardly equal to
the Madison Square Garden with hun
dreds trampling about the floors. His
words were few and at eight minutes of