Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-09-05


ing the money question he said: The
struggle now going on can not ea4qo
ana ought not to cease, until all the IN
dustrial interests of the country are
FULLY and finally emancipated from tbo
heaftless domination of syndicates.
STOCK exchanges and other great com
plhalons of money grabbers in this
country and Europe
For the last 20 years that heartless
domination has increased in It's sever
ity, and within the last three wears
that heartless domination mas grown
more and more intense, until today the
people are confronted with this promo
sitiOn: Are the American people able to
govern themselves or must this gov
eminent be thrown over to the syndi-
Gates to carry on a scheme they think
best for their private profit?"
The speaker at once took up the plat
forms of the Chicago and St Louis
conventions, and asserted that the Gus
tom of political parties in past years eff
adopting ambiguous and meaningless
platforms had been abandoned. There
was an issue, and the line was dra Wn,
so that no one need be deceived. The
gold standard was conceived in dvar-
ice" and Fastened upon this country
by fraud" and the speaker declared
that could be only continued by
fraud and deception.
At this juncture some one created
great applause by shouting Down
with Mckinley"
Bryan said the republican party at
St. Louis had such an opportunity as
seldom comes to a party, adding: 1.-THE
administration had advanced the gold
standard had forced through under
whip and spur law that repealed the
purchasing clause of the Sherman
law. The administration had issued
bonds in time Of peace, and worse than
all, it entered into a contract with q
few fnanciers in New York and Lon
don, by which it paid those financiers
an enormous profit for protecting the
treasury, which 7O,00O,000 Of people
stood ready to protect But the repub-
lican party did not denounce those
TRANSACTIONS
Mr. Bryan repeated his argument
that the republican platform confesses
The gold standard to be bad, when II
says it ought to be abandoned, and
yet confesses it's impOtency to govern
this country when it cOnfesses that II
must ask for foreign aid"
The speaker said that the country
was but upon the threshold of period
of depression, which was indefinite in
duration if the gold standard were to
be continued, and if times were hard
now, he asked, what might be eX-
pected when all the nations came to
demand gold.
"And at whose bidding do you de-
stroy silver? At the bidding of the
farmer? The farmers have never asked
for the cruciffxion Of silver. At the
bidding of the laborers? The labOrers
Of the world have never demanded the
death of the white metal. Who has de-
manded it? The money changers,
whom the Saviour drove out of the tenn
pie. Go to the great money centerS
where a few men can corner the world $
gold, and let it out for little While
to the nation that will pay the highest
price for it, Go to the large holders
Of fixed investments, These are the
ones who come to you, and, IN the
name of honesty, beg you to give to
them the bread earned by the sweat OF
theb row. They appeal to the laboring
men to help them fasten this standard
upon the country
'When did these Sau1s of Tarsus be-
come converted to ministers Of our re-
ligion? When did these men who
stoned the prophet turn around and
say, Peace on earth and good Will to-
ward men" You have a right to con
slider the manner and the words OF
those who come to preach gold stand
ard; these defenders who raise them
selves to the full height of their moral
stature and say, Shall we allow the
poor, ignorant, incompetent people to
ruin themselves
81 want you to take this money ques-