The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-08-30

of a dollar that is not good enough for
the hundredth?' Ny friends, they tell
you that the government must redeem
all its obligations in gold. Who said
so? No law ever said so. NO law Is
upon the statute books today that ever
said so. Who said so? Nobody but
the financiers, who made a profit by
forcing that kind of construction upon
the government (Applause) They say
retire the greenback and substitute
bank notes and If you have bank notes
is not the bank authorized TO redeem
that note in any kind OF legal tender?"
(Applause)
THE INTERRUPTED
"a voice-"You cannot pay import
duties.'D
Mr.. Bryant am speaking now OF
bank notes The banks exercise the
right to redeem their notes in green
backs or in gold or silver and during the
war did redeem the bank notes with
ereenbacks. They always exercised
the right to redeem their paper in any
kind of money, 50 that the government,
acting for all the people, has no right to
choose between two kinds of coin in the
redemption Of it's paper.
"a voice-''During the war banks re-
cause gold and silver was not known at
that tine.')
Mr.. Bryan-'They could have bought
II, probably, as the government bought
it, but they preferred to take the cheap
er money, because the law said they
could daughter and applause) Now,
my friends, there is just one other thing.
1 have heard some people say that We
cannot maintain the parity between
gold and silver at the ratio of Is TO l
by free coinage, and when asked how
they know, they viii swell up with inn
portance and tell you, because Mexico
has tried it and failed.
when you remember that in COM
mercial strength we are many times
greater, and greater in area, l think
you will agree with me that this nation
is able to do what Mexico would find
impossible to accomplish. We believe
that with 10000 900 of people, the most
productive people in the world, people
consuming more per capita than any
people in the world, with railroad de-
velopments unparalleled anywhere else,
/ believe that this country could take
and utilize in it's commerce more silver
than can possibly come here under the
free and urSimited coinage of silver at
16 to L" (Applause.)
HE REFUSES TRUMPS.
At this jUncture some one shouted:
"How about the TARIFF
Mr.. Bryan insited that the tariff was
not an issue until the financial ques-
ton could be settled, and provoked
great applause when ne asked: why
not submit the tariff to international
agreement along with the money ques-
tion?'
Mr.. Bryan told his audience that he
knew that he and some of his support
erS were called anarchists and said he
had come among them to show them
what the man whom they called the
leading anarchist looked like, before
they voted for him. He was willing to
admit that his idea Of government was
very different from the ideas Of those
who called him an anarchist.
Instead of telling you the creator
made a great many to toll and a few TO
ride on the backs of those who toll" he
said, Il come to renew your faith in
the declaration of independence, that
declares that all men are created equal;
that no government should either en-
able or permit one citizen to injure
another
In conclusion, Mr. Bryan asserted that
he did not come to ask their votes. He
simply asked them TO read the Demo-
cratic platform, study the issues of the
campaign, and to vote as their judg.
ment told them, to pest serve their
country, secure their rights and pro-
tect their families.
Long and continued applause and
cheering followed.