The herald., 1896-10-11
THE Candidate
Continues His Travels
Among His Friends
ENTHUSIASTIC EARLY R|SERS
Insist Upon a Speech at Five
O'clock a. m.
IN DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA
The Common People Gather to Greet
Their Champion
ST. Paul Citizens Turn Out Three Tremendous
Audiences
Candidate Bryan Receives From Organ
lied Labor the Pen With Which He
IN DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA
The Common People Gather to Greet
Their Champion
st. Paul Citizens Turn Out Three Tremendous
Audiences
Candidate Bryan Receives From Organ
lied Labor the Pen With Which He
VIII Sign the Bill Authorizing
the Free Coinage of Silver.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
FARGO, N. D., Oct. 10.-At s O'Clock
Candidate Bryan got up to address a
number of early rising enthusiasts. Then
he went back to bad and slept until 3
o'clock. when Fargo was reached. He
was received by large crowd with as
much enthusiasm as could be expected
on a day so chilly. He was introduced
by H. F. Miller. president of the Citi-
zens bank. After repeating in some
detail his two propositions THAT If the
gold standard is a good thing then we
ought to have +, but If it is bad Naing
then we ought to abandon it at once,
whether other nations like 1t or not"
What do our opponents say?" he
asked. do they elaborate system?
Not at ALL They are simply opposed to
our plans. Do they know what is good
for the American people? If so, why
don't they tell? Will you say their refu-
sal to speak out and elaborate plan
is due to ignorance? If you do, you say
that men who do not know what ought
to be done, ought to lead in doing that
which they do not know anything about
If, on the other hand, you say they
know but won't tell, tell you, my
friends, that you ought to have no con-
fidence in those who have no confidence
in you" Applause.
Mr. Bryan continued: I'VE not only
know what we want, but know why we
want it, and know why we are going to
get it, We want bimetallism, and
when we say bimetallism we do not
mean that the government will buy
whatever metal 1t wishes.
"When we talk of bimetallism we
mean the use Of not only one metal, but
of two metals, as equal standard money,
entering the mints on equal terms and
coming from the mints with equal legal
tender qualities. Two metals linked
together with fixed ratio and given
equal rights. That is bimetallism. Why
do we want It? Because, my friends,
there is not enough gold to furnish the
standard money upon which other mon
ey is to be based. (Applause.)
Our opponents say they have sound
financial policy. I deny that you can
build a sound financial policy up on a
gold basis. Ask them where the gold
is. They tell you how much is in the
treasury, how much is In the vaults.
The nthey guess at the amounts in the
banks and they leave about half of 1t
unaccounted for. (Applause.) Ask them
how much gold there Is in the country
and they say about 5000, 900, 000As them
to point 1t out and they may be able to
point out $500 000, 900. Ask them where
the rest OF it is, and they tell you 1t is
what Is called the invisible supply of
gold in the country. (Great applause
and cheers.) Do you believe you can
erect a substantial structure on an In
visible basis? You cannot do 1t, my
friends CA voice: "It is all invisible"
Well, in sight we have something like
half of the estimated gold in the country,
but, my friends. the gold in sight is
either in the treasury or in the national
bank vaults or in the state banks. Sup
pose you need some of it to pay gold
contract, how can you get 1t? On such
terms as the holders of 1t are willing to
charge. (Applause). The gold standard
means in it's final analysis that gold will
be the only legal tender money in this
country. because, my friends, you can
not have two kinds of money in this
country and have one kind good enough
for the bondholders and the other kind
good enough for the rest of the peo-
pie. (Applause). Our silver must either
be good enough to pay all our debts
with it. or it will soon cease to be good
enough to pay any debts with. Gap
plause). The gold standard carried 10
its logical conclusion, means that all
legal tender money except gold is to
be abandoned, and whenever you have
q debt you must go around and find
the gold, no matter how hard 1t is for
you to find 1t. (Applause). More than
that, the financial policy of the Repub-
lican party not only contemplates gold
as the only legal tender, but contem-
plates bank rotes as the only paper
money.
You put the control of your legal ten
der in the hands Of few financiers AMI
your paper money In the hands of an
organization Of banks, and then, my
friends, all the peopig will have to do
is to bend their backs little lower to
bear the additional burdens which viii
be placed on them. {Great applause. }
Our opponents are trying to thrust var
ious issues into the campaign. Some OF
them talk all the time about having A
new tariff law. Some OF them imagine
that If you can raise taxes you can re-
lieve the people. (Applause.) 1t is not
more taxes that we need, my friends.
1t is more money to pay the taxes that
we ought to have, and when our oppo-