The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-17
!. One Of Mr.. Bryan's oratorical Mistakes.

that thirteen mouths must elapse
in people declare themselves in free coinage
will be Withdrawn and all mortgages forcosed If these are
provisions Constitution. sufficient remind them
public good requires action IT, in
the people by their ballots declare themselves favor
of mediate of bmetalisn the system be
augurated within few months.
IT, however, the assertion that
focosed political action
people believe to be for the of their
sary people
OF money and changers Of before they
puocracy But that time has arrived Threats and
that no as BY Will TIN.
" ON Mr. Byaus Neav York speech
Either Mr. Bryan's services in Congress failed to
give him proper insight into the obstructive methods of
that body he is attempting to misead the public in
this utterance 1t is simply impossible to inaugurate
the silver policy within few months BIZ
metaism under any circumstances without the cooper
alton of other nations long silver is the cheaper of
the two precious money metals Granting that the Sill
party carry November election the Pres
ident will issue proclamation converting Congress in
traordinary session about June 1897 which would be
early practicable eight months would have elapsed
before free silver bill could be placed before
tonal legislature 1t would then require at least month
for the House act after which the bill would go to the
Senate become object of legislative obstruction and
the subject of nterminabe debate Basng estimate
the widest hopes of free silver advocates and conced
ing them every State they claim, besides throwing
two for good the Senate organization under
their administration could not give them than %
majority Therefore with at least SO active able and
sincere sound money Senators opposing free silver BILL
assisted by Senate rules that permit indefinite delay
is difficult to how such could be passed in
a few months few years. especially when it
has been frequently demonstrated that the Senate rules
cannot be changed that intensely obnoxious bill
can reach final vote. AS illustration of this
1ll.
force bill, later STILL the successful obstructive de-
bate of the free silver Senators the bill of the
last session of Congress Then, again. will such long
time Democratic sound money Senators as Gorman
Faulkner, Murphy, Lindsay and others who
posing free silver supporters true to their
faith? More likely they schemng for party SUI
premacy and do expect free silver bill to pass Con-
gress and become law. For surely they not the
kind of men who become financial renegades uncon
scionabe turncoats although they may be unmitigated
political demagogues.
Nor can Congress the general public hinder or
prevent 'the of money and the changers of
ey as Mr.. Bryan satrizes them, from withdrawing
loans or forecosing mortgages whenever the are
due, and it is their pleasure to do Among the first
principles of free citizenship is the right of individuals
protect their property from loss. Money kind
of property and the money changers of Mr. Bryan do
propose to allow such bad advisers he be
to its destruction The entire public in sef-pro
lection should also take this of the question: for
money thing of value that all citizens of every class
and color engaged in acquiring and it should be
good the best in order that they may prosper. The
greatest factor in building up national wealth is this
herent individual desire to accumulate money, and with
out that audabe ambition would become nation of
drones, suggards and neer-do-wells. Consequently
money furnishes incentive to progress rather than
etard its omnpotence should be encouraged rather
than deprecated. Again. money is only valuable
medium with which to facilitate exchanges and prevent
irregular uctuation in prices. To accomplish
and establish public confidence it be reliable
and the arteries of trade will longest and fail
in their duty Sound money is, therefore. necessity
which be dispensed with, inasmuch as we RELY
upon regulate affairs of trade and p-og-
ress and prosperity Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan's
declaration to the contrary, money is both omnpotent
and indispensable. The people who control money are |
reality its servants Unless they rightly and