The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-01

plause.) Mr. Bryan repeated his ar
gument that the Republican platform
confesses the gold standard to be bad
when it says it ought to be abandoned,
and yet cOnfesseS that it must ask for
foreign aid. If the toiling masses in
this country could not excite pity in
the minds of the party in this country,
which they had made great, he asked
how could they expect pity from the
nations from which they had wreSted
the empire He asserted that his op-
ponents were preaching the gospel of
despair; that they were asking the peO-
PIE TO continue a policy from which
there was no hope nor promise.
he added; You say you are not
concerned in what others may do. Let
me beg you to beware OF subjecting
the interests of this, the greatest ma
ton on earth, to gold standard until
you are prepared to accept the legiti-
mate and natural result of such an act.
Wait until these heartless, merciless in
huences have driven silver from here
and they will turn to other nations.
Wait until they have driven silver from
after their share of the worlds supply
OF gold Wait until they have driven
silver from China and $50, 600 600 of peo-
pie reach out after their share of the
worlds supply of gold. Wait until they
have driven Japan to the gold standard
and then you will put gold on an auc-
ton block and every toiler under the
sun will bow to it and work a little
metal And at whose bidding do you
destroy silver? At the bidding of the
farmers of the world? The farmers
who have never asked for the cruel
hxion of silve? At the bidding OF the
laborers of the world? The laborers
of the world have never demanded the
repeal of the white metal. a voice:
Wall street.) The money changers
whom the Savior drove out of the tenn
pie. Go to the great money centers.
where few men can corner the worlds
gold and let it out for a little while to
the nation that will pay the highest
price for it; go to the holders of fixed
investments, who find that their prop
erty rises as stagnation and distress
prevail throughout the world.
These are the ones who come to you
and in the name of honesty beg you to
give them bread by the sweat OF your
brow. The appeal to the laboring
men to help them. My friends you
have the right to ask them, when they
tell you they are working for the bene-
fit of the laboring men, you have the
right to ask them to produce some of
the proofs that they feel an interest in
those who toll. When did these Sauls
of Tarsus become converted to minis
ters of our religion? When did these
men who stoned the prophet turn
around and say Peace on earth and
good will toward men? You have a
right to consider the manner and the
words of those who come to preach a
gold standard, these defenders who
raise themselves to the full height of
their moral stature and say: Shall We
allow the poor, ignorant and incompe-
tent people to ruin themseIves?'
"a voice-By what means does money
get into circulation?) Mr.. Bryant
am glad my friend asked that question.
The best way to investigate the ques-
ton is to put yours into circulation.
My trouble has been to keep my mon
ey from getting into circulation before
I wanted it to. Suppose a man raises
a crop of wheat and sells his wheat
for money, how does he get his money
into circulation? Suppose a man owns
railroad and collects fares, how does
he get his money into circulation? You
get a certain amount of money and put
ting it into circulation is a thing SO
familiar I need not explain. How do
you get gold into circulation?(A voice
We don't see any, I stand corrected.
You produce gold from the mines. You
take that gold to the mint and have it
stamped into money. You take that
gold back and pay the man who pro-
duced it from the mines You pay the
interest on any debt whtch hangs over
the mine You pay the expenses of
production and the balance is yours to
spend. That is the way you do with
gold. That is the way you do with sill
yer. 1 want you to take this money
question and settle it for yourselves
My friends, when we want votes for
the Chicago ticket we go to the sover-
eigns themselves who are the only own
ers of their votes and have right to
cast them as they please. Those over
them have no right to prevent them.
The Australian law gives them this
right.
mo man who owns property that he
came by honestly need fear that hair
upon his head will be disturbed And
as to the Chicago platform if it means
anything, it means that We shall go
back to the period when the motto OF (
this government was equal rights to
all and special privileges to none. We
do not appeal to those who want the
government to stand by and protect |
them while they trample upon the !
rights of citizens. We want the sup
port of those who will want to secure |
for this government the love of every /
citizen for making the government so |
good as to deserve the love of every !
citizen