The morning times., 1896-08-28

! ton further ] am quite as much opposed
TO cheapeufug the American workingman
and wofkingwomen as am to cheaper
| Ing our dollars. (Applause.) 1 am quite
rs strongly tn favor oekeepIng days works
at home as am gold dollars II 1t could
that the typicsI merican, that distin-
guished and useful statesman, William
Mckinley Of Ohio (applause and cheers)
would certainly be elected President, how
the bears would take to cover on the stock
exchange tomorrow.
Ny friends. as u Republican, am proud
OF many things. but can sum up as the
highesS satisfaction have had In the party
and its career. that the prospect of Re-
publican success never did disturb business
A PRESIDENTS POWER.
In connection with this financial matter.
do we all realize how important the choice
OF a Presiden. is? Do yoJ know that, as
the In W is now, without the passa sc or any
free coinage or silver at all, 1t is In the
power OF the President OF the United States
TO bring the business OF this country to q
si-er ba sis?
All ne mas TO do is TO let the gold re-
serve go. to pay out silver when asked for
gold and we are there already. II Is
only because the Presidents OF the United
Stateseiat we have had and the one we
have now have regarded IL under the law
as his public duty TO maiDtain The gold
basis, maintaining that parity between
our silver and gold coins, which the law
declares is the Lolicy or the government,
and because lie has had the courage 10 ex-
ecute the powers given. TO him by the re-
sumption act TO carry out that declaration
OF public law.
i undertake therefore to say that II Mr..
Bryan or a man holding hrs views were
in fhn prasi1anfinI cbntr
legislation by Congress-. We should he on Il
siyer basis in a weeks time. 1sl.i
Three or four years ago, wien was In
New York, some one OF these repor.rrs
who sopetimes hear things that are moi
intended for them got bold of remark
OF mine about the wild horses that Mr..
Cleveland had to tahdie, and I simply
meant by that. what ba as been since demon
strated, that he did not have a compact
or solidified party behind him, that the
democratic party ic Congress represented
every shade OF every-ism thar iIaf' ever
been propounded in the country, and that
he could not manage it.
SAYS HB'SaA PROPHET.
Ny prophecy has become verify. They
have ieIt hun. IIey ataifoneu Liin, ai.u
now, as that cat uIion was nieanttoffFiicate
that we needed to look cut after our Con
gress as well as Cur President. this catifion
is intended to show you at this time that
we need TO look after our President II We
would avoid the calamity OF having iptis
country put Upon The hexican basis OF
money.
The silver question-what is il? Do
you want silver bectfoser we want more
money; i larger tircylakps pedjprs? l
have not heard aHyho1! say SO. Mr.. Bryan
Is not urging it upon that basis
II anybody We're 10 seek 10 give tina It as
he very soon cuufeunded by the stateTIsent
that free silver would put more gold out
OF circulation than the HIints Of the United
States could possibly bring in i'll years of
silver, and that lnsteid- OF having more
money we would have less.
Win our six buudp<.i IA nd odd million of
gold driven out or circulation We will sc
duce the per capita money of this country
between 80 aud 81, s9ltis not for more |
money.
We nave an abJnda Mt supply of circuiat |
ing medium-gold, silver, national bank |
greenbacks, Treasury notes, fractional 81 |
YER We have something like S23 per |
capita OF our population. WHAT is tthen |
that creates this demand for silver 1t |
is not more collars. but cheaper dollars !
that are wanted. .'.'7
1t is u lower standard of value that they |
are demanding. They say gold has e,.tIe /
up untiii has ceased TO &c proper standard |
OF value, and they want silver. But how |
do they want it? Now. my friends. there
Is a great deal OF talk about tiTetailisnl |
and the double standard and great deal |
of confusion i'll The use Of those terms.
Bime,ailisni is the use OF the two metals !
as money where they are both used. p |
a double standard they mean that we shall !
have "a gold collar and a silver dollar |
which shall be unit OF value, by which all |
property and all wages and everything rs
to be measured. Now our fathers thought |
that when they used these two metals In
Coinage they must determine the intrinsic i
relative value of the two. SO that q coin
,arison OF the markets of the world would
show just what relation one ounce OF
lver bore to one ounce OF gold; how many
Junces of silver it took to be equal to one
ounce Of gold in the markets of the world |
where gold and silver were used, and they
,arefully went about asccrtaining that.
STILTS AND MONEY.
Thomas Jefferson and Ai.zasieT Ha nil
on gave their great powers 10 the deter
nination ot that quest:or. an lti,ey collected
b. toy STR yIir |