The record-union., 1896-08-19
DEMOCRATIC HONEST
MONEY LEAGUE.
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OF all the governments of this earth
to take . cents of value from it. CAP
piause) Having earned it by the sweat
OF my brow, having earned it by the ex-
ercise of my brain, having earned it by
the exchange of my commodities. | can
so to the uttermost ends of the earth
and wherever / present it its value will
be unquestioned and unchallenged. CAP
plause)
Now, let US see how Mr. Bryan pro-
poses to deal with this question. I have
looked through his speech to find out
just what he thinks he is going to do for
the laboring man, and / find that he dis
misses him with very few and some
very unsatisfactory phrases. But it is
perfectly clear that the purpose of the
Fopulist is to put up the price of certain
commodities. Mr.. Bryan's language is
that he is going to improve the condition
OF the people of this country-not all of
them, but the greatest number. Well
now, l do not suppose Mr. Bryan pre-
tends to any miraculous power | do
not suppose he claims he can multiply
the number of chairs upon this plat
| form or upon this floor, although he has
| shown his capacity to empty them
| Language.) If he is going to work any
change in the conditions of men he must
| increase the material possessions of
some part of the community.
1T requires the labor of man. and the
| labor of man alone. to create wealth. If,
then, Mr.. Bryan is going to enrich some
body, the thing which he intends to be-
stow on him he must take from some
! body else Who is to be despoiled and
who is to be enriched by the exercise of
| this new scheme of government? (Cries
! OF Silver mine owners.'O My friends,
the silver mine owners will get cheated
with the rest (Applause.)
| IF ever the Populist obtains his way
nobody will be benefited, not even Mr..
Bryan. Oaughter.) 1 will venture
here to say that if the face of Provi-
dcnce should be averted from this land
and such a calamity as Mr.. Bryan S
election were permitted by it, the man
to suffer most by that event would
be the false prophet who, having torn
down the temple of credit and of indus
| try, would be torn to pieces by an out
| ragged public, whose prosperity he had
| ruined. Let us follow this argument a
| little. Let us see what he means to do
according to his own light.
1--WE see that he cannot enrich one
man without impoverishing another.
Government never can be generous, be-
cause if it be generous to one it must
be oppressive to another. (Applause)
Mr.. Bryan does not pretend that by any
power given him from heaven he can
find anything on the surface of this
earth that has not an owner and there
fore he cannot honestly bestow it upon
a favorite. But his financial scheme
contemplates an increase in the price
of certain commodities. Cry of Elk
cept gold.'0 / do not think anything
Mr. Bryan can do will affect gold.
daughter and applause)
"But, my friends. we are coming now
pretty close to the woodpile behind
which the African is concealed Mr..
Bryan proposes to increase the Price of
commodities. IF the price of commodi-
ties be increased and the price of labor
be left stationary, why that means a
cutting down of the rate of wages If.
instead of a dollar, which consists of a
given quantity of gold equal to a hum
dred cents anywhere in the world, with
the purchasing power of a hundred
cents, the laborer is to be paid in dol
lars worth fifty cents each. which he
can only buy half as much with days
wages as he buys now.