The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-28

SENATOR H1LS ) HOME
had the meeting in charge. For nearly
three hours Mr.. Bryan was the RueS ot
the New York senator, and. although
every participant in the dinner averred
that il was purely social affair. thelr
descriptions were taken with grain OF
salt, it being the general impression
that an understanding was reached
which will insure to Mr. Bryan the
support of the party organization IN the
state.
Mr. Bryan. in his speech in city hall
SQUARE. said that he endorsed every
word of the Chicago platform, but that
he expected the support or many Dem
ocrats. who are not willing to endorse
all that the platform declares for. Then
he said:
The Republican platform adopted at st.
Louis declares that the gold standard
must be maintained in this nation until |
other nations shall consent tolts abandon
ment. We believe that this declaration
which commits US to gold standard |
until other nations come to our relief Is |
equivalent To a declaration in favor OF q
permanent continuation of the gold stand |
ard, because we do not believe that other |
nations will take pity upon us before we |
take pity upon our own people We have
then To consider this question: ought the |
American people TO submit longer To |
gold standards Cries of no, no. The |
Democratic party has begun war OF ex
termination against the gold standard
We ask no quarter, we give no quarter
We shall prosecute our warfare until there
Is not an American citizen that dares to
advocate a gold standard policy. Cheers
You ask whys We reply that the gold
standard Is acOnspiracy against the human
race, and that we would no more join IL
than We would join an army marching to
de>poil our home and destroy our families.
lApplause. | ask you Rot to take my
word for the evils of the gold standard |
call : witness "a gentleman whose voice
has been heard in the councils of the
Democratic party ask you if you are
inclined To accuse us OF using ng'eEtravagant
language, l ask you TO read and reflect
upon the language used by John q. Car
Isle in 1878 In speech made in con-
gFeSS he said:
According to my opinion, the conspir-
acy which seems tn have beSn formed here
and in Europe to destroy by legislation
and otherwise from three -sevenths to one
half the metallic money of the world is
the most gigantic crime of this OF any
other age Its conSummation would ulti-
mately entail more misery upon the
human race than all the wars. pestilences
and famines that ever occurred in the
history of the world
That is the language of John G. Car
= Isle. l believe he spoke the truth and If
it was true then it is true today and will
be true, no matter who may change his
opinion or his course upon this question.
Truths once uttered will live no matter
what may become Of those who uttered
lHbSc lTulI~- Men cannot rtJract truths.
That prophecy was spoken Is years ago,
and Is years of fulfillmcnt has enabled
TO believe words which were believed by
all at the time they We're spoken. Our op
pOnentS tell that the free coinage of
silver Is going TO disturb business. ] ask
our opponents to write dewn the worst
thing they can possibly think of a pos
sible consequence of the Immediate
restoration of the free coinage of silver,
and when they have written their worst.
would place against the most dismal
prophecy they can utter the works of John
q. Carlisle and tell them that i would
like the worst thing they could think OF
rather than bring misery greater than
war, peStilence and famine. Applause
Can you imagine the meaning of those
words No, my friends, the Imagination
cannot conceive, the tongue cannot de
scribe all that is wrapped up il, those
words.
Some of our opponents say that they are
afraid that cannot maintain bimetal
lism alone We reply to them that We
have waited for - years for other nations
10 help Us, and if we are going to restore
bimetalliSm we have got to restore II
alone, because Others do not como to ouI
assistance. tApplause-1 More than that
we believe that the assertion of American
Independence will do more to bring about
international bimetallism than a servile
dependence upon our enemies to bring il
TO US. lApplause.l Our opponents say
that all we need is restoration of conf
dence. My friends, confidence must have
a basis to rest upon. Our opponents say
that unless we shape our financial policy
TO suit the pleasure of foreign nations they
will not loan us any money. We reply
that as long we shape our financial pol
Icy according to their pleasure we will al
ways be borrowers and never be
money lenders ourselves. Confidence
must rest upon a substantial basis.
Suppose that a man in your community
gives out his notes until everybody has
them and then somebody tries TO collect q
note and finds that the man has no prop
erty behind his notes, how can you restore
confidence in THAI man, how can he in
spire confidence in tho communityf Just
in one way, and thf< is by putting prop
erty behind the notes that he has out. Ny
friends how are you going to restore con-
fdence in the United States by legislating
value out of the property upon which
notes rest? You have tried IL and you
have found that the bankruptcies have
increased year by year and the only people
who have prospered are those who own in
Veztments payable ia dollars or money
they are making out of the extremities of
the government.
II you want to restore confidence you
have got To restore prosperity 10 the great
masses OF the people, and talk as much
about good property as they have been
talking about good money Money can
be too good. 1t can be so good that you
can long for IL and pray for il. but cannot
get hold of 1t Laughter Remember
when you increase its purchasing power
you have simply driven down the value of
other things, and If those who own money.
and who hold contracts payable in dollars
are willing to so legislate as to make their
property more valuable, how can they ap-
peal 10 those who own property and owe
debts TO Join them in that sort of legisla-
ton l have asserted-I assert again
that without the aid of the money owning
classes the gold standard would not stand
Tor one day in any nation.
L assert chat behind the gold standard
In TINS country, the only potent force con-
a fhnSe hn hal
and those who as brokers profit by the
greater bond issues. They tell the labor
ing man OF this nation that they ought to
support a gold standard. The laboriu2