The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-17

newspapers that justice isn't meted out
az Il was Of yorc IN auch event there
would be- death in every editorial sane
tum In the country.
THE history OF tho country" h. said,
"nnd the history Of the world can be
roarched ia vain for Mr.. Bryan's equal.
His speeches. which, for versatility,
were never equaled In the worlds his
tory. demonstrate the mans intelli-
gcnce. He ls our leader and We are
proud Of him. Under that leadership.
! In behalf Of free silver. We are going 10
march 10 the polls on November 3 and
cast our ballots for him. Applause)
''Boss Hanna and the other great
gold bugs hrc trying TO divert the at
tentlOn Of the masses from the money
question and are putting forward the
tarin. Mckinley says the present free
trade IL injurious TO the country. Now.
my friends we haven't got free trade,
But We have protective tarin for the
Wilson bin IL nothing else. why even
President Cleveland refus, d 10 sign that
bin because he said II was IA protective
measure. Yet the goldbugs would have
you believe that the country's present
condition Is due TO free trade. when. as
matter Of fact. the tarln Is higher
than during the war
The real cause Of our Ills is the pres
ent monetary system. But did you
ever stop to think that the Republican
party fayors both the present gold
standard and a protective policy? Those
two measures cannot go hand in hand.
II we have gold as the money Of final
redemption England Will control prices.
as she controls gold. And what viii
John Bun say when the United States
enacts protective policy 10 shut out
his goods? He will say: You are
lcgIslatlng TO shut out my goods from
your markets now I'll let you get
along without money for awhile and
wen see who can stand It the longer
Great applnuse)
The present gold standard is the
work Of the administrations OF Harrison
and Cleveland. by paying treasury
notes In gold the end was accomplished
and the result has been business pros
tration. one Of the great objects OF the
Democracy IN this campaign Is the
restoration Of silver as money. but
there is another question greater than
that II is this VIII the people have
the silver dollar or viii they have the
national bank note? The so-called
sound money scheme is one which will
do away with treasury notes. necessi-
tate the issuance OF bonds and compel
us TO borrow money OF the bankers, who
in turn are allowed 10 issue national
bank notes. II gold continues TO be the
sole money Of redemption all that mon
ey will be In the banks and nothing but
bank notes will be in circulation. Then. |
when one wants gold. he must take |
those notes to the banks and pay what
ever premium the banker may choose
To demand, The scheme is one Of the !
bankers to place the people in their
power, When congress does its duty
and makes silver full legal tender. there
will be no such thing as a 5S-cent dol
lar, but the white metal viii remain at |
par the world over.
My friends. there is still another
great question and that is the question
OF personal liberty, The trusts and cor
porations are ondeavoring to control by
intimidation the elective franchises OF
their employees. II Is worse than sla-
very. Next Monday you viii have
among you sad case of corporation
power Senator Mitchell will speak to
you in behalf Of the gold standard. For
fifteen years he stood by the people,
bun now when the battle comes he
leaves us and goes over to the enemy. l.
)h, Were l in his place l would sooner
lie than submit to such disgrace! But
there is method in his madness, He
wants to retain the senatorship and he
'orsakes principle to satisfy his ambi-
ion.
The issue is before you, fairly and
VIII you vote for Mckinley,
who favors the gold standard, the
'ause of our ills, or will you vote for
Bryan. who believes in restoring the
lollar to its rightful place and remdy-
ng our evils-Bryan, our next presi-
lent? thank you for your attention"
Mayor Pennoyer in his address to the
'vertlow meeting, made practically the :
anne arguments that he did down stairs ,
,ut among other things arraigned H.W. I
,orbett and the First National Bank. S
lie said in part: Y
"They tell us we have plenty Of mon \
" and all We need is confidence. say
he best way to get confidence is to get
liver coined, and II we don't get It we
ant have confidence. Here is Mr. Z
'orbett yentilating the matter on the
rst page OF the Oregonlan the other
ay. Six weeks ago they did not have
ny money in Portland banks for ordi-
AIRY business. The fact Of the matter t
} this: The sworn statement on the
rst day Of July last. of the First Ma "
ional Bank of Portland, which is the d
lost solvent and the strongest bank in lp
'ortland, showed that after deducting Il
he money due Uncle SAM that bank a
ad less than 100000 with which to o
leet SS,OOOOOO of deposits! Now they t
ave loaded up with money, but they f
-ere mighty near a collapse, and let S
ne tell you now that the statement s
hows they have only got about thirty S
hree per cent on hand now. Now this $
! the sound money scheme" v
Meany is the leading tailor, and pays v
he highest cash price for fur skins. $