The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-11

rocltlnE the history OF the country alonS
that line. When the war ended, he said
that the United States Government had
contracted rs IL war debt nearly 5000
falls upon the people of the desolated
South as well rs the victorious North.
Before the sounds of the guns at Fort
Sumpter had died away every New York
bank had suspended payment of silver,
and gold and silver had gone to Il pre-
MUM of from 40 per cent. to 10 per cent.
over greenbacks. He then gave n history
Of the monetary system, and declared
that John Sherman and others had de-
monetized silver by stealth like Il thief in
the night, and that the real purport of
the act was unknown to anybody until
after its baleful effect was felt.
When he said the Bird of November
would see the election of VIM Jennings
Bryan, u curtain arose revealing picture
of Bryan surrounded by flags and bunt-
ing, and streams of stars and stripes
there was laundering applause, which
lasted for nearly two minutes.
He told of the Bland Allison BILL, and
how it had been passed over the oppos-
tion of the bondholders and the veto of
President Hayes, how it resumed specie
payment, and then of how Speaker Reed
prevented the RECOMMENDATION bill from
that was ready to pass it, and how the
Sherman bill was adopted in its stead.
In order to rid themselves of the trouble
some Sherman law the bankers set about
to have it repealed and issued the follow
ing circular, which he read, and which
was sent to all the bankers in the coun-
try:
"Dear Sir: The interest of national
bankers require immediate financial leg
islation by Congress. Silver certificates
and Treasury notes must be retired, and
national bank notes upon IL gold basis be
made the only money This will require
the authorization of from $500, 900, GOD
to 81 GOO, 900, 600 of new bonds rs Il basis
of circulation. You will ut once retire
e-third of all your circulation and call
in one half of your loans. BE careful to
make II money stringcncy felt among your
patrons, especially among influential
| business men. Advocate an extra session
| of Congress TO repeal the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law and act with
! the other banks of Your city in securing
a large petition to Congress for the UNI
! conditional repeal per-. accompanying.
| Use personal influence with Congressman
and personally let your wishes be known
to your Senator The future life of ma
tional banks as safe and fixed invest,
ments depends upon immediate action,
/ as there is an increasing sentiment in fa-
| VOr of Government legal tender notes and
silver coinage
He then told of the repeal of the above
mentioned law and spoke as follows re
garding the action of Senator Daniel in
the matter: No truer or drawer advocate
of the peoples rights, or the great cause
| OF the toilers who seek emancipation from
the slavery of plutocratic power has ever
bat:led upon Virginia soil. Boldly has ht
stood for her peoples freedom, us he had
shed his blood upon her battle-f fields, and
long may he live TO protect those rights
But when he shall have passed beyond
that river whose waters have mirrorcd
no returning form, the hills OF Virginia
have NJ granite too enduring, and nc
marble too spotlcss to commemorate the
loyalty of his devotion and the splendoi
of his advocacy of ali that pertained tc
the advancement OF his people and the
glory of Virginia.
lie spoke of Cleveland and said the ONLY
thing Democratic he had done in foul
years WAS to recall John Hampton Hog,
from China. He discussed Bourke Cock.
rams position and said Mckinley rode
with Sherman down the valley of Virginia
and burned the houses from over the
heads of the women and chill lien of Nir
ginians. He defended the income tax law
and scored Cleveland for sending Fedora
troops to Illinois when the governor OF
that State had assured him that he coult
suppress the riot with State troops. ant
said that no real damage was done unit
the people found that Federal troops wer,
among them