The record-union., 1896-09-01

voice, Fifty years.'O Forever, my
| friend. (Applause) Where will the
| foreign nation come from that will have
pity on us? Can you expect aid from the
nation from which you have Wrested
your independence? Our opponents
| hold out no hope, no promise. Against
| this vesting of legislative power in the
hands OF aliens, the Democratic party
presents platform that is so clear and
| direct that he who runs may read
"The Republican party says that we
must maintain for time at least the
gold standard. The Democratic party
declares unalterable opposition to gold
standard The Republican party says
we must continue it until other nations
are ready to restore bimetaihsm. Inc
Democratic party says: we demand the
immediate restoration Of the Tree ana
unlimited coinage Of gold and silver al
tho nrasent legal ratio Of 16 to / without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation on earth Therefore you
can decide on which side of the ques-
ton your interests are. You may think
that we soon reach the end of the gold
standard.
..Why. my friends, we are but on the
threshold When the 2o0, 100000 people
in India and the 35O,O00O00 people in
China come for their share of worlds
gold the value Of gold will rise still
higher and higher. The farmers OF the
world have never asked for the demon
tization of silver. The laborers of the
world have never asked for 1T. 1t is the
money changers that have demanded 1t
and procured it. The advocates OF a
gold standard tell you that 1t Is not
good for them, but that it is good for
| all the rest of the people. They tell
YOU that the free coinage of silver would
benefit them but that they do not want
| it, They want the gold standard be-
caus it helps the laboring men. (Scoff-
ing and laughter)
Tell them that the laboring men and
| the farmers and the business men all
want bimetallism and that they are
| ready to risk its evil consequences.
| G.aughter) They say we will ram the
sold standard down the throats OF the
| PEOPLE whether they want 1t or not, De-
cause we love them (Mockery and
laughter.) Do you believe them!
| (Shouts of mo, no.') They are men
] with like passions with ourselves. What
| influences us influences them, and when
they tell us that they are doing this for
| our good they are only thinking OF
themselves and are only adding hypoc-
risy to avarice." (Applause)
| At this point in the speech slight
crash of broken timbers was heard in
one of the galleries, but shout came
from that direction. "All right, Bryan,
go ahead" Gaugntec)
| Mr. Bryan continued: when I find
| somebody who is always feeling for me
| am careful to see that he does not
reach me. Uaughter.l These men have
| heen sacrificing themselves for MS. Let
US now sacrifice ourselves for them by
giving them bimetallisn. daughter and
| applause) If gold standard is good
thing we ought to have it all the time.
If it is a bad thing we ought not to
have it at all. There is only one way to
get rid of it. applause and laughter)
We cannot abandon it as long as we
maintain it.
| There is but one WY to get rid OF
l. the gold standard and to restore BIZ
metallism, and that is by the action of
the United States alone. Just open our
Mints to the coinage of gold and silver
or equal terms and without limit at a