The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-28
BRYANs WORDS OF WISDOM.

Mr.. Bryan's train hauled up at the
village OF Madeline, in Northern New
York. for the purpose Of oiling the en-
gine. This delay gave opportunity TO
the candidate for the performance Of
his usual act, and the depot loungers
were edited by the following deliver
anee from the rear platform:
We say, increase the demand for
silver by legislation. and that new de-
mand. acting with the demand now in
existence will operate upon the price
OF silver We say that the new demand
will be sufficient to consume all the sill
yer coined at the mints, and, being
sufficient, will raise the value Of silver
bullion TO Sl.2s an ounce throughout the
world. We have a reason for our be-
lief. They simply say it won't do, and
then sit back and propose absolutely
nothing"
Thus, it appears, the thing which Mr..
Bryan is striving for in this campaign
is an increase in the price OF silver
bullion to $l.29 per ounce. To produce
this result, he shows. it is only neces-
sary to increase the demand for silver
bullion; to increase that demand il is
only necessary to increase the con-
sumption Of silver; to increase the con- |
sumption Of silver it is only necessary |
for this country TO adopt a law pro-
,.sas,.- Co., ,ha ,,,1;r,fta3 rnipoCa ~ tho
commodity Of silver into United States |
dollars free OF charge. What a clear !
and convincing reasoner Mr.. Bryan /
surely is. How triumphantly he over
throws the gold bug objection TO the
present coinage ratio of silver-that it
is of uncertain value. and not the equal
In purchasing power with gold. A GER
tain lawyer objected to a ruling Of the
late Chief Justice Carter, on the ground
that there was no law for it. Then
will make law" was the answer of
the learned chief justice And so it is
with Mr.. Bryan. You say" he says,
to the gold bug. that silver is not
worth the present coinage ratio with
gold?' Then I will make it So" Il
will make law that ii shall be worth
exactly S1.2s per ounce in gold-no more
and no less" What a simple process.
and how the suggestion shows up the
strong and logical intellect of Candi-
date Bryan. II is true he doesn't ex-
plain how the coinage of all these un-
limited dollars would help the destitute
toilers Of this powerful nation. 1t is
true that Mckinley, in his letter of
acceptance, tries to make a point
against Mr. Bryan's beautiful free sill
yer theory by warning the people that
they might have to work just as hard
to get one of those Bryan dollars as
lars Of Harrison's administration. It is
true that Mckinley attempts TO fur
ther show the workingman that when
he found somebody who has work for
him to do in exchange for one of these
new silver dollars. he might find that
1t was not the same dollar which he /
when Harrison was president. s
But then, that is q small matter. Let C
Mr.. Bryan once demonstrate now SEN (
ator Stewart and the other silver min I
ers can find a market-a place Of con- +
/. e., the government mint C
for their silver product, and then the +
question Of how other poor men are to
get the new free silver dollars will be
looked into. Great reforms move slow h
y. 1t is too much to expect Mr. Bryan
to do everything at once He got free r
rade for the country at the last cleo h
ion. He expects to get free silver at :
his, and then, perhaps, he will take up
his question Of how people are TO come
nto possession Of and use Mr.. Stew j
arts dollars during the next ptesiden- A
ial contest. Give Mr.. Bryan time [
live him time-and rope, too, for that
natter. He will make it all right-lt Al
will be all right with him in November y