The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-06

II is likely that next years consump-
ton will be 60.000,000 ounces. which
means profit OF $37, 600 900 to the sill
Yer mine owners, and MOTTO the gov
eminent nor the people, and 1t is 1t not
strange that the silver barons can Sc
cure such men as Bryan and Towne to
represent them. Mr. Anderson declar-
ed there was plenty of money in the
country with which ITO carry on BUSH
ness. There was sufficient In 1892 to
transact the greatest years business
In the history aof the nation. when
wages We're higher than they ever were
before. and higher than they have ever
been in any other country in the world.
Bryan says that If you will vote for
him the prices or everything will go up
and profits win be! greater. Is not
the price of coal high enough now?"
asked the speaker sarcastically.
H. A. Jaggard followed. He said the
business OF being a. prophet was the
most dangerous occupation he knew of.
Bryan had embarked in the prophesy
business four years ago, and had al
ready proven himself lamentable
failure. Speaking Of different acts of
financial legislation during the last
quarter OF a century, Mr.. Jaggard cited
the so-called crime Of '73, which he
SAID merely amounted to the stopping
or the coinage of silver dollars. If it
was a crime, he said then Gen. Grant
was criminal, for he was one of the
authors or the measure. The Bland
Allison act, he said, was supposed to
estapHsh gold and silver on parity,
but 1t also had failed. The Sherman
act, the Isarentage of which has been
denied by Sherman, was also con-
splcuouS failure. Mr.. Jaggard denied
that free coinage would restore wages.
He declared that it would drive all the
gold out of circulation. This. he said.
had already commenced 1t was his be-
lief that If Bryan was elected, there
would ensue btween November and
March panic, the like of which the
world has never seen. During those
few months hundreds of great institu-
tons would go down to run.
DIR. Alexander J. Stone, who said that
he had never voted the Republican
ticket in his life. and who until he
resent tino9 heen a rock
ribbed Democrat, told why he had lefE
that party with its Populistic and
anarchistic teachings.
Although l have been a Democrat
all my life, ard love the old party as
it used to be- / love my country better
than my party said the doctor. II
cannot stand by the teachings of Mr..
Bryan. He is an eloquent man. one Of
the greatest orators in the country.
cold type, and consider the value of
his arguments, you will not find in
them anything Of value. have in
my buttonhole a Palmer badge. but If
l thought that there was the slightest
possibility Of this states disgracing
herself by declaring for Bryan. would
vote for McKi ley
DR.. Stone paid some attention to the
silver orators of Rice park, who spend
their time more in stirringup the preju-
dices and passions Of men than in argu-
ments. The speaker quoted many of
the stock phrases used by the curb
stone speakers, and disseeted them
thoroughly.
"They howl about the money kings
Of Europe and Wall street. If 1t had
not been for European money Mime
sofa would today be no further ad-
vanced than 1t was in 1856 when she
had but 100000 people. We have bor-
rowed largely Of Europe. We must
not repudiate our obligations and dis
honor our nation by paying our debts
in 50-cent dollars" The speaker also
dwelt largely upon the bankrupt con-
dition Of free silver Mexico. Capt.
Henry Castle was also one Of the
speakers.