The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

who invoked the law in 1873 t. strike dexf
silver and gite gdia a f8sdno1oly are sle
enPa HhE tell Us that law is impotent, now
to restore what law undone. [Applause.l
Why did not these distinguished advo
Gates of non-interference commence talk
ing before themselves interferedl They
thought the law wac q geed thing thea, bul
| after they got what they wanted, ther
they didn't want the law to do anythine
more.
ago esk t.116 Why il was that we people were
always taking about this silver question
why didn't we let it alonel l asked him
why IL was that the fellow wlse was fat on
} his back, and had another fellow sitting on
top Of him, whose hand was on his throat
why that fellow didn't like to stay there's
tApplause.
: 1--WE have been fat on our backs, and we
have had these teachers of non-interfer-
ence sitting on us holding our throats and
then complaining because we did not en-
joy. the process. Ours Is an aggressive
holicy. We are the ot1es who insist on
something Being done. We are the plain.
tiffs. Our opponents are the defendants;
and they RaFs been trying 10 get contin-
uance every time the case was called for
trial loud applause and have succeeded
wonderfully well. The same influences
have controlled the nominations and writ
ten the platforms eff the two great parties
Tor the last twenty years. They tried to
|
[Cries of Here's Arkansas; here's Ar
kansas. Turn around this way."]
Heretofore the efforts of the gold
standards friends have secured mixed
platform in the Democratic Convention
! and in the R6bublicai Convention; and
theh they have Secured nominations of men
who were safe when considered from
the Eastern financial idea; and then they
have hnanciers who have no party except
as through their party they can advance
! their interests.
"These inanciers have stood back after
writing both platforms and nominating
both candidates and said, Both good men |,
Both seod menp Loud AID dofitinuods
applause.l This year they only get one
good man. They went to ST. Louis and
the impoSSibility of having two yard sticks
wrote the platform and declared for the
double standard. The people who had
said that; gold: vas the only THehey
Tor civilized country went to
! St. Louis and wrote a platform
declaring that they wanted plat
form which would get rid of the gold stand
ard as soon as possible and substitute BIZ
metallism. Why, at that time not zen
/ the advocates of the Eola standard were
Willing to go before the American people
| by declaration in favor of the gold stand
! ard, btt they put In the delusive plea Of
international bifdetdllisrh laid pledged their
party to maintain the single gold standard
until they got it international bimetal-
lism), and the same influences went to
Chicago and tried to do the same thing.
| The minority plank in the Chicago
platform was Sc much like the Republican
finahcial plank adopted at st. Louis that
you couldn't tell the difference between
them with. d fhagnifying glass. The Re-
publican platform pledged the PARTY to
maintain the gold standard until they
could get international bimetallism and
the minority plank in the Democratic plat
form opposed free coinage for fear it
would interfere with getting international
binetallfs1h. Bit the iiiaioFity fBlee, and
you have an issue this year between those
who want to continue the gold standard
ahd th6se who want to abandon it,
The Issues Plainly Stated.
81 AM not trimming Under any false ideas
and doA't want afyb6dY to vote for me
under misunderstanding / want to tell
you What have told others-that if you
thifils. tie geld Standard absolutely neces-
sary for the we1fafe Of this eesntry you
will make great mistake if you vote for
me, because If can help it that gold stand
ard won't stay in this country one moment
longer than 1 can help it. 1t shall be driven
back tc England, where it belongs.
''Our opponents tell lis THAT Our dollar
will be cheap dollar. We reply to them
that they never called the silver dollar a
cheap dollar until after they attacked it
by legislation. They never called it a
60-cent dollar until after they had closed
the mints to it in this COUNTRY, and I don't
think they will call it cheap dollar after
they have opened the mints to it again.
We insist that legislation can undo what
legislation did. We insist that the open
ing ef eur mints will create demand
which the closing OF the mints destroyed
We insist that the demand created for sill
yer by the opening of our mints to 10
so that 10000 900 of people can utilize it on
an equality with gold will create demand
for all the surplus silver, which will raise
the price Of silver bullion to $1.29 in gold
anywhere in the world. Butyou say if we
do that it viii be as hard to get as the gold
dollar is now. / say you overlook the FIRST
principle that must be understood in study
ing the money question. Gold has gone up
because you have destroyed its competi-
tor; You restore its, competitor
terms with gold, and by increasing the vol
ume of standard money you lessen the |
drain upon gold and restore the purchasing |
power Of an ounce of gold throughout the
world. A silver dollar and a gold dollar |
will be worth the same, whether in the |
form of coin or In the form of bullion; hut
it will be easier to get either dollar when /
you have chance to get both than it is !
now when you have to fight hard to get |
one. The prosperity Of this great city de- !
pends upon the prosperity of the farmers |
and planters of this Southern country. |
Drive down the value OF your cotton, as
you must do when you drive up the value |
of your gold, and you are undermining your |
cities as well as destroying the prosperity |
of your farmers.
To Restore Prosperity.
''Talk about wanting dollar that is as
good as any dollar in the world. You claim
to have cotton that is at least partly as I
good as it used to be before gold got out of |
the reach of so many people, Restore
prosperity 70 your cotton planters and you
restore prosperity to your cities and to the |
laboring mai who will then be employed |
makinS things for the farmers to buy which |
they now need but are unable to buy be-
cause they can't sell their produce
Il find as I go about that a great many I
bankers find it necessary to support the
gold standard. My friends, don't know
why banker in Memphis should be inter
estGd in driving down the value of the
farm products of those who do business
with him, and if you want to know what
explanation can give l will say this: that
when you have taken away those
money that they have not had
the time to study the science of money-if
you will take those out of the way l will
tell you that the great controlling force
among the bankers of these Western and
Southern States get their influence from
New York. They get their instruction
from Wall street and the bankers on Wall (
street get theirs from London; and then
your bankers have set themselves up and
call themselves patriots while they bow to
foreign dictation and foreign financial
policy.
The Unterrffied Not DIsmayed.
s'Now, my friends, just word more l J.
saw TO YOU, be not dismayed at the forces
arrayed against you. [Cries Of We are
Motive aresnotl'1 If you think you are
called abusive names Just remember that
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