Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18


and confidence circulated as money. Nine
ty per cent of our business was done on
credit. The Pops want as much cash as
there is business DONE"
''How about the 5O-cent dollar?" shouted
a Bryan enthusiast.
There isn't any 50-cent dollar" retorted
Mr.. Baker, land the American people will
see to it that there isn't any. Our silver
dollar has SO cents worth Of commodity
value and so cents Of the honor OF the ma
ton. (Cheers.) That isn't the Bryan kind
Of a dollar. (Cheers.) His dollar must
stand on its own merits and the govern
ment will not be behind it,
What about Bryan and the echools?
asked some man in the gallery.
Bryan and the Schools.
Bryan doesn't believe in teaching the
English language in the schools" replied
Mr.. Baker, amid cheers. referring to Bry-
ans vote on that proposition. THE Re
publican party believes in schooIhouses
whether they are red, white or green; it
believes in floating over them the Ameri-
can flag and teaching in them only the En-
glish language. (Cheers)
Some Financial Talk.
'But let's get back to the money ques-
tion. The fathers established the CONNER
cial ratio of silver and gold as their
legal ratio. SO that no one would be cheat
ed. Only about s., 10000 was coined till
1906. when silver went to a premium and
was not coined till 1887. The commercial
ratio was again changed, and only about
100000 Of the dollars of our daddies' were
coined till 1853. IJp to 1873 only s.. 900 oOO
in silver dollars was coined, while $780,
100000 of gold was coined. Gold was the
money on which We did our business. From
no fipn,ra as rnonev
"yet p,,ofassor So,, ..vs ,,,e ,,,. 49,.
d.r,,t,an r.aso. sa'I ~. 1 a. n.
arithmetic Tn no arithmetic ever studted
is one dollar equal to 100 dollars.
The Crime of '73.
..r~,,,. .,,,, ..,,,. ,o-, ~
.ot IF ,a1,s,s-.S - 80, S,o,,.sa,s ~,
r,,re axtensiveIy Wb.t an. the rac+s, In
1eee ~ po,,s,y,,. ..o.t 5a4o-ssns -
ros,,r,,l -su1 uae oeaia nS .hn Ra ~
crs,. ~ t,e sapata pay uot.a anu ~ tt.+ sraot
crime. The father of Populism. Old man
Stewart, who declared that gold should be
the standard. voted for 1t, and John shef-
man voted against IT. But these statesmen
olon know Wnat 1hey We're ooine. inese
us'onS hnaLNis anu tai neIs, Mno GU
ou as,o,.. .. I..s.n.,..n JON AAAo"
..rbs Rennh,inan 1,o ,ty =. H., on,,, friend
NJ silver IN this cpa,nfrv It bas nainad
s4sD O00 D00 OF silver since is7a and circujated
II concurrentlv with gold All a parity. There
been discrimination have
as much silver as gold, two unequal mon
ey metals. The Pop says these two dollars
can be made to circulate by single legis-
lative act with no government pledge be-
hind it. That Pop. scheme has been tried.
England tried 1t for Az years. France tried
1t Tor three centuries: Ihe Laun Union
Gleo IL. we uieo IL ior eishty Years
Ihey an 1alleo' ANA now these Bryan
sca,es,ien = 80 say Iey i, is;n n Fgsuirect an oia
nIa',san " -- ~ ''- 0eO-'' S<Ap
no" free ooin"se "o"'
In All siWeT countries ,,lie gola Is at a pre
More silver circulates in America than In
any silver country on earth. In all gold
countries silver is plentiful and at a pari-
ty with gold. (Applause) Under free coin
age each stands on its own basis.
R,x.r,.m Anarcbf.tic-
A.. 1.
Inc DyaM ..u. III VI I .ra o
~ Hs-n.tn ~. 80 ~. ... sys,
.s.' VI <.,
elis eouh.s. lappiau ap .u ~ up Irei
as nisn as ene nas NE. 80, - .a law
10. " ar.., ....se,as -. -. =.
ns s,sa. u .Se I-,,.os CO.. a. .e
he allowed to protect life and propertv nm
less some traitorous governor happens to
request 1t. (Cheers) When Lee surrend-
cred at Appomatox we thought states
rights was shot to death. but now, thirty
years after, it is resurrected in its most
odious form. Under that old flag I see
| Lincoln and Grant and Garfield and Harri-
| son and Mckinley; see happy and con-
| tented people. That banner floats high
in the heavens. Away down low on the
horizon I see little old tattered red flag.
| with single star and single stripe, and
| under 1t are General Altgeld. and General
Bryan, and General Coxey. "a voice. Gov
| ernor Stones there, too.D 1 don't know
you Missourians very well. Naughter)
What Thi. Country Needs.