New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
most overwhelming majorty that has ever been
registered In favor OF any candidate for any once
In the history OF our Commonwealth.

GENERAL WOODFORD SPEAKS.
Lieutenant Governor Jones presided the
evening meeting. which was as largely attended
as the one in the afternoon The farmers who
had left for their homes were replaced by
workingmen General Stewart L. Woodford
was loudly cheered when he was introduced
He addressed his remarks to the workingmen
largely. and every auditor followed him with
deep attention He was at his best, and despite
the enervating heat and humidity soon had the
great audience under his sway and held 1t TIL
he finished speaking He said in part:
Mr. Bryan ia the candidate Of the Democratic
party and Of the Popust party Inc Deinocp pasy
declare lust as do the Populists, that all paper
which is made "A legal tender shall be Issued by the
Government OF the United States. Here their agree
ment with the Popuist party stops Inc democracy
declare that such legal-tender paper sha pe re- =,
deemable in coin. by no possible Interpretation OF
the Populist platform am able to find either pur
nose or Willingness on the part OF the Populists to
redeem such paper In coin. me dllerehcn, IL . mn
the difference Is honest / state this for the second
time here so that you may nix II IN bese should
part and If both parties are honest these pains
should part forever ,.
Where does Mr.. Bryan stand and which nag d zoe.
he follow? The fiat money Populists trust Mr.
Bryan and therefore I dare not They have read
ment i'm coin and yet they who believe in constant
and increasing issues Of irredeemable paper believe
i'm Mr. Bryan. Some one must be cheated IN TINS
double dealing. Who H. TO be? ,,
The fact is there IS cOusinShip between the silver
dollar worth fifty cents and the paper dollar
worth nothing II - coHsinship OF ,s
nothing than Is gold dollar. And that forty-seyen
cents Of fiat and OF nOthngness IL the liganent that
binds the Populist and Democrat together
AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENT.
A little whieago sid. NO Governn ent. with the
possible exception Of the States composing the
I.rtin Union has thus tar been able to maintain
silver and gold In actual circulation upon a fixed
ratio for any great length of time" The Latin
Union was organized in 1865 between France. Italy
Belgium and Switzerland. They were biinetallc
year by which the amount of silver to be coined each
fixed for each member or the Union III"
They Were to be received throughout the Union
without discrimination both on public ana ptiVaate
the limits OF that Union there was from 800 TO io4
that is for nine years-practica interchange OF gold
and silver coins and practical use OF gold ana silver
upon a parity at The iiNed ratio OF Is to !. You will
note that there was no free and unlimited conage
the amount of silver IT could coin ,,u,a,,o,o,
agreement between these nations, and now marx
this additional fact: These nations found that in
led world they could not keep any additional silver
coins dfoat. and even they stopped the coinage
limited coinage within the Latin Union. For twenty
two years there has been no coinage except OF SUB,
sidiary coin take the place of that which had
been abraded and worn out. II there be any argu-
of the Latin Union it is thar interna tional agree
trent alone make the coinage OF silver safe or
effective.
GOLD DRIVEN OUT BY SILVER
There is to-day such actual thing as free and
unlimited coinage OF both gold and silver In any
nation of the world. | put this statement in an
other form. Gold crculates money nowhere in
this world where there is free and unlimited silver
coinage Where there is free and unlimited silver
coinage gold IS simply commodity and is sold at
~ bullion value It's price rises as the vaae oa
of the people in paper diminshes. In other words.
gold IS fact Paper money Is nat ''old setS us
IL worth what the people will pay for 1t. They will
ter what law you may make. gold VIII buy as much
silver the people OF the world think 1t Is worth.
Gold will buy as much paper money as the people
think the paper money worth. There IS no intrinsic
value in paper except the material OF which II is
composed, and that is precisely the fact with re,
to silver Paper being made of wood pulp IS now
very cheap When you print It into money IT gets
just such value as you put upon the honor and good
faith of the Government that prints it-no more.
no less: and that honor and good faith are finally
measured by actual redemption In coin and by
nothing else
My countrymen let US brush away all theories
and all fancies. Let us look facts squarely In the
face. Let us remember that there are some things
which Government can do and some things which
Government cannot do. Government cannot create
life. Government decree death Government
cannot make two and two five The result Of adj
ding two and two il four forever. Neither the
Car OF all the Russias nor the most eloquent ci-
zen Of Nebraska, backed by all the Populists and
DEMOCRATS Of this land. can ever change the laws
Of arithmetic. the laws Of trade or the laws Of
gravitatiOn.
one significant fact about the meeting to-day
the intense and earnest attention given all
the speakers. There manifest desire for
instruction on the money question on the part
OF the audience this afternoon and tonight
which indicates the vital interest the people Of
the country taking in the campaign this
year.
The speeches to-day were vote getters." and
the party leaders feel tonight that heavy
blow has been struck the free-silver prOpa-
ganda There were many Democrats in the
audience tonight, and they gave the closest
possible attention to General WoodfOrd's lucid
and eloquent speech.