The San Francisco call., 1896-11-01
money and grows rich as the people grow poor.

Nation because they have suffered from fall
ing prices while their debts and taxes refuse
to fall [cheersl, and we are trying to restore
bimetallism and then maintain the parity be-
tween dollar and property. lGreat cheer
ing1 Bimetailism is good for the wage
Garner because it makes 1t more profitable
to invest money in enterprises and in the
employment of labor than to lock it up in a
vault and gain the rise in the value of dollars.
[Great cheering.l Bimetallism gives to the
iaboring man an opportunity 10 work aud we
point TO the fact that in all the times past
laboring man has been more prosperous when
two jobs of work were looking for one man
than when two men were looking for one Job
OF work. IGreat cheering.1
Bimetallism appeals to the business men in
this country, because business failures, in
creasing everywhere, testify TO the fact that
the merchant cannot sell when people are not
able to buy. [Great cheering.1 We want to
increase the consuming capacity OF the Amer
for the people TO get when they sell their crops
and to spend in the purchase of food and
clothing for their families.
The gold standard has separated the month
from the money to buy food for II. It
has separated the back TO be clothed
from the purse that contains the money
to buy clothing, 5d ,d we s,vs want @ TO close the
close the gap between need and money to
supply the needs of the human race. [Cheer-
ing.1 Bimetallism appeals to the professional
man because the professional man lives upon
those who produce the wealth of this country
and upon those who exchange wealth, and ii
he destroys the foundation he destroys his
prosperity. ICheers.] Blmetallism appeals to
the soldier because The soldier who was wilt
ing to give his life If need be to make this one
Nation is willing to give his vote this year 10
make this Nation an independent Nation and
not province OF some foreign empire. [Great
cheering
Our cause appeals to the minds of those
who think and the hearts OF those who
feel, while the gold standard, when rightly
understood appeals only to those who
love money more than they do man
IL -srasr1
member that no evil was ever reformed by
those who profited by the evil; that no bad
law ever repealed by those who obtained
the benefit OF the bad law; that no vicious
system was ever corrected by those who
profit by the vicious system; and so in this
campaign, the people who have grown rich
from the gold standard have banded them
selves to main tain il, and We must appeal to
those who have suffered in order to obtain re-
lief from the gold standard. [Great cheering !
Now, nv friends, we have tried 10 make ali
tried TO do my share. lCries of, ''Yes, you
have."l / have worked as hard as / could, and
yet don't want you to think that my physical
strength is exhausted. wild eheering]
My hand has been used It'll 1T is sore, but
yet it can handle pen to sign a free coinage
bill If am elected. lGreat cheering and cries
OF "You will be."1 / have been wearied with
work, but, my friends, still have the physical
strength to stand between the people, II they
elect me, and the Wall.street syndicates, which
have been bleeding this country. wild and
continued cheering. "You are elected"
shouted voice. More wild cheering
My friends, you have been told that am
dangerous man. [Laughter.l There is moth
ing in my past life, public or private. that
justifies any citizen in saying that my election
would be menace TO law and order, or TO our
form of government. or TO the welfare OF So
ciety hut there is much in what | have said
and done TO create a suspicion that my election
would be menace TO those who have been
living on what other people have earned.
loud cheers. A voice: Dangerous to Wall
street" Cheers.l
Ny friends, believe in the cause for which
l speak l never have claimed infallibility
but have claimed this, that when believe
thing stand by it [Cheers.] And ] believe
in the restoration OF bimetallism, and if 1
have behind me the hearts as we'll as the
votes OF the American people. you may de-
pend upon it that no power in this coun try or
in any other nation will prevent the opening
of our mints TO the free coinage of silver on
equal terms with gold at the present ratio.
[Great cheerihg.l
/ appreciate the work that has been done in
this campaign; l appreciate the words that
nave been spoken and the zeal which has
been shown, and the sacrifices which have
been made, and | appreciate The efforts which
have been put forth by the wives and mothers,
as well as the work done by the men. [Cheers {
The wives and mothers have a right 10 feel an
interest In the result of this campaign.
These wives and mothers are concerned as
much as we and, my friends, there is no ques-
tion that appeals 10 the mothers heart more
than the question that is raised in this cam
paign to whether trusts and syndicates
snail run tnlS government or Wlctler the
people themselves shall have a voice in the
making OF the laws. They have accused me of
being a young man and have not attem pted
to deny 1t. But, my friends, as young man
know something of the feelings of young men
and know what it is to have a condition in
our political society that makes it difficult for
young man to rise in life unless he becomes
favorite of some great corporation. [Great
cheeriBg.l / want our Government main
tanned as the fathers intended it. l want it so
that the child of the humbiest citizen in this
N tiprsi IN tlaa,> Ell
or business world 10 which his merits entitle
him.
want 1t so that if he enters politics he will
not find arrayed against him all those great
financial influences OF society unless he is will
ing to join with them and conspire against the
welfare of the people as q whole. II he enters
business l want him to be able TO stand upon
his own merits and not stand always in the
lear that some great trust will run him out of
business. [Great cheering.]
We are engaged in just such contest as
every generation must pass through In times
OF quiet abuses spring up When the people
neglect their civil duties those who have got
interests gather around legislative halls and
secure legislation that grants them special
privileges and then entrench themselves be-
mind the privileges granted them and contrib
ute TO campaign funds in order 10 purchase an
through unjust legislation more than they
contribute to the campaign. IGreat cheering |
The people suffer until suffering ceases to be
virtue; TREY are patient until patience is ex-
hausted and then they arouse themselves and
take possession Of the reins OF Government
and put government back upon its old founda-
tion. [Great cheering. We are engaged in
such a struggle now and while the election
will turn on the money question:. yet, my
friends, behind the money question stand
these other questions and behind the money
power stand all those great forces that have
been using the Government for public plunder.
lwild cheering.l ] know that the forces
against us are great, but, my friends, the con-
science of the American people is more potent
than any Campaign fund which can be raised.
wild cheering.l | am not surprised at the
means that have been employed, because when
party starts out on the proposition that we
must sui bmit TO such financial policy as for
eign money lenders demand. it is not strange
that they go on farther and say that any man
VINO borrows money shalfsubmit to the dcta-
ton CT the man who loans to him, and that
any man who works for wages must submit to
the dictation Of the man who employs HIM.
This doctrine of submission will be carried
all the way down the line until the right of
the citizen Is lost. and until the corporation
becomes all powerful. tGreat cheering.1
The yellow ribbon which was first adopted
as badge of submission to a foreign money
power has become badge of coercion. iWild
and continued cheering.l Let those wear it
who are willing to bow the knee and suppli-
cate for assistance from across the ocean.
[Great cheering.1 / expect the votes of those
only who believe that the American people
are able to attend to their own business
IGreat cheering.l Let those wear it who are