Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-10-03
IN LITTLE RHODE ISLAND
RRNAN DISCUSSES The FINANCIAL
QUESTION At PROVIDENCE
Nominee Takes His Text From thS
Able Instructor of Rhode
Islands University.

Providence, r. L. Sept M.-B@fors tha
train left Boston = reception committee
from Providence, headed by John Con
new secretary of the democratic commit
tee greeted Messrs. Bryan and SeWaii
The train left at o'clock. and only ons
stop was made. This was at Mansfield
Mass, where, from the PLATFORM BAT
Bryan shook a few hands.
Providence was reached at 1905. Here
\ Commute stop was made. There was
n multitude OF people at the station. and
they completely filled the space where
Mr. Bryan spoke from q stand directly
in front OF the city hall. The candidate
entered upon and throughout his address
devoted himself to Il discussion OF the
financial issue upon the lines followed
in previous speeches. He took Tor hlS
text these words from h book by Prorea-
.or f. BENJAMIN Andrews of Brown uni
veraity of Providence: 1T In always
assumed or admitted that tho initial I'm
port OF money would be money with
unit. having a general Steadfaat purchAS-
ing power"
In this definition Mr. Bryan said Protes-
sol Andrews plants himself upon a sol
id rock
II one OF our western men" MIR. Bry-
an added advocates btmstAllism and
calls attention to the injustice of the gold
standard, they say that he lacks the ed
ucation which is necessary TO compre-
bend the beauties Of the gold standard,
but when some learned men. like Profess
sor Andrews, advocates btmetallism and
dsnounces the gold standard with an
emphasis which can not be surpassed in
all the south or west. they say much
learning hath made him mad Men VINO
are 80 absorbed In the worship OF the dol
lar that they can not give time to the
study of the questions which surround
humanity will sit back and, with
'holier than thou expression pity g. man
who has got beside himself In the study
OF the money question. They never get
beside themselves They never get be-
yond themselves in the study OF any
question.
Correct Definitions are Scarce.
You can not find a correct definition
OF sn honest dollar In the speech of any
advocate of the gold standard who Is
talking this year. He tells you that he
means sound money. Ask him what he
means by sound money and he tells you
that he means honest money. And the
chances are that you can not guide him
outside of that circle, because in most
cases he himself has no suspicion of what
he thinks Is an honest dollar. He will
tell you that an honest dollar is & dollar
which you can melt without It's losing
anything. Why, bless the ignorant heart
OF man who gives that definition, ne
does not seem to know that the very
characteristic which he praises in gold
is a characteristic given by law. and that
the gold dollar and the bullion in the dol
lar are worth the same because by law
you con convert the bullion into dollar
without change at any time you want
to-"
Mr. Bryan argued that there can DC no
material difference between the bullion
ls,g 1r,~ f.nfN
he converted into the other at will.
He continued: Some Of our opponents
have been calculating how much money
they can make under free coinage by
buying silver for so cents and having
1t coined into 100-Cent dollars, Now, my
friends, IL any of you hold silver bullion,
would you sell it to anybody for half
price and let the producer make the prof
it, or course not. And yet. you hear
this argument every day by those who
seem unable to comprehend even the
plainest roots that are presented in the
money question.
MY friends. II We differ as to the
merits OF our policy, We might then dis.
cuss the respective merits OF opposing
policies but the republican party does
not present any policy TO the American
people. The republican party does not
present financial policy and say that
the proposed policy will benefit the
country; the republican party simply
proposes to maintain a policy which the
republican platform confesses to be bud,
and which 1t promises to get rid OF and
substitute bimetallism. But the repub-
lican party promises TO msintain that
policy until foreign nations shall come
to our relief Every person who believes
that we must get down on our knees
and ask the aid OF this foreign nations
before We can have relief on the money
COST ION n ha lC~T
ticket. But, my friends, If you believe
that the United States can have . flnan
cial policy OF it's own, suited to its owl
ne0nLe. @dmlniatoring 70 Lhe needs o