The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-26


money means can get a certificate OF
honesty only from himself (Cheers.)
If the advocates OK sound money be-
keye that their money was good. they
would tell you that by sound money
they meant gold standard | asked a
man why It Was that he was opposed
10 using the word gold In the platform.
Well, he said. we have an unreason-
able prejudice against the word gold, and
therefore IL was TO avoid that prejudice
that they use the phrase sound money
My friends the people have no preju-
dice against the gold, but they have a
prejudice against Il system that IS based
upon gold and does not furnish the gold
Nhen people want H. Great applause)
mere Is one advantage in being b.
he.aHlst, you can like god and silver
poth' while gold standard man does not
dare to like silver. and be does not cot
much gold to ike. tADplause) A man
toid me that out OF nearly Sl.Oo0U0 coll
lecued In taxes at Hartford. Conn less
'''th siVv was collected in gold our on
pohehtS tel US they want sound money
"u1 thtV want a financial system buii+
uPon an invisible foundation. DO YOU call
'"11 soundness. my friends III Won do
you nave got 70 write a new mear,ro
ioF soundness. and have soundness defined
'S lhat which is dangerous fAnploueo,
an, yur opponents talk about honest money
aiiu YET my friends. they never touch ,rn6,
tne purchasing power OF a dollar IL, 'i a,
.l,"s Wndt Ia an honest dollar rhav
seil US that they want good money Nv
Ii'tlus, there are TWO things that we
,nor n ~ MONEY. ihhoney We must not only have
ul'n'N WHO'D is good. hut We must have
money which we can get hold Of ZAP
pa 4Srl IT money is so GOOD that Won
can pray Tor IL and long for il. but can
neNst see IT, except when YOU have the
bbr-nlleee or e-izing through some grated
door and look M somebody else's pile.
lueh 10 Is too good for the masses Of the
people. (Appause)
MONEY AID BALLOONS.
Money ought not % be built on the
pdil"on pan Balloons are built 10 so
up ana the higher they 10 the higher
they are as balloons. and III dollars are
Dulit on that plan, the higher they go
the 81 alter Is The misery they bring TO
mankind (Appiause)
our opponents want a balloon dollar
our opponents want Il dollar that gets
higher and higher al the time II We
arc going u have gold standard, If we
are going 10 have gold dollar whose
appetite Is never satisfied, and 4 gold
aol ar which insists upon eating more
or the products of the tOiler We ought
10 change tho dies at the minis and SO
describe that dollar that people will un-
derstand 10. Let as take OF the en-
blems that have adorned It from the be-
ginning and put on one side the picture
OF the horse leech and under the picture
let 10 be- written, as m Proverbs, Give,
give, give and on the other side OF the
gold dollar let us put the picture Of an
open grave. and above IL let ms write
as i'm Proverbs, It saycth not, IL Is
enough Great applause and laughter
My friends, that Is the sort or dollar
fhm the gold standard has given us.
That is the sort Of dollar that the gold
standard will continue TO give us II
oats get down 90 ten cents a busnel' ll
means that one dollar Will buy ten BUSH
els OF oats, and If that dollar is not good
enough YOU can send its value up unul
one dollar will buy twenty Dusheis OF
oats and II the farmer IS troubled WIN
Getting TOO much money for MS oats
Won can still send IL up higher, SO lnal lt
will get one hundred Dushei5 OF oa's.
You can make tine dollar as dear as you
want to- and the dearer you mdhe II
the worse it is for every ody eAegpl ete
owners of fixed Investments and the men
who sen bonds 20 the Government, dltcI
having driven the Government INTO VIC
uosltion where il wants 10 buy the pohus'
(Applause) Iii e.o,dara I
atv-avs think OF what Lincoln sara WIZ
= man ono. asked him how he hhed "'7
speech. Tie replied; M A.. .ort ~
rs. ANYBODY who would IKE th@L M ~ ;
a speech would bee mucn pleaSeu "'''' 49,
(Applause and laughrer2 - rn,o the
~ find that the people VINO nhe 1f,b
cold standard are very mach pieaseu , w
Fl bud / am glad - say that me ln,es, ,l1'',
Der of people who like me s oSen In New
En5iand" (Great applause ana cheo''''
AT WORCESTER sam
WORCESTER, MASS, sept - ''.-o,,'
E., me special car OK the Mas acnusellS
committee. Alr. Bryan made the 1fIp ii''H
surlnened 10 Worcester lido,
During the run the train halted 1 rem
o., PaImer warren and West Brookheid'
where small crowds saw aud cheel1o ''i'
nominee f. ,,.,ra
Between 5000 and 1000 people heaIu
n short speech from Nh W. j. Bryan nero
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