Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-01

true we want ii. But what Ia the
practical TRUTH 1t is n request for the |
government Of the United Statcs to !
nut lis stamp upon coin and declare
lie. t.Applause. Mr.. Bryan would
have the silver worth 53 cents to pass
for dollar That Ia all their Ia In the
silver question. II lie absolute dis.
honesty.
The act OF 1878 was passed at a time
when the dollar was worth so to 92
cesis. President Hayes vetoed the bill
and opposed a lcurrenGy which ia worth
less than II purports to be. lie
I,prophesied evil effects OF such a pro,
|sceeaing. The bill. howeYer,was passed
over his veto, ana silver. hogan railing
down and down until 1880 when the
silver men got the law by which the
government had TO buy a,50o,o GOO
ounces OF silver month. 1t was
such q. violation OF economics
and finance that silver continued to
fall. And yet they have the temerity
to come before the people again and
ask them to experiment again.
Let us dispose of this question for.
4 ever. Restore confidence once more and
| you will have prosperity once more
| Let US bury this silver question 80
deep In the bottom OF history and
/ politics that no man can diR it up. In
closing be said he believed it tho duty
| of every man TO como out and preserve
1 American honor. Let scourges come,
let poverty reign hut do not let US
surrender tho honor Of the American
people ever. tAppla use.
Col. Ben jamin Nields, in opening,
referred to Mr.. Bryan's speech in which
the latter spent about one hour in con-
demping Grover Cleveland and about
20 minutes in proving that he was not
an Anarchist tapplauseJ. The underly.
ing current OF that address was to
place barrier between the rich and
Il the poor, the employe and his en-
ployer. 1t was an attempt to create a
chasm between labor and capital lie
J there such chasm in this country
No. There are no fixed conditions Of
the wage Garner in this country. The
lshoring man Of yesterday is the CAPT,
talist Of to-day. and the capitalist oi
to-day may be the lahoring man OF to-
morrow. II is from shirt sleeves tc
shirt sleeves again. The greatest enemy
of the workingman is he who attempts
| to create barrier to prevent him from
8 becoming a capitalist.
, How do men become capitalists? B.
, spending less than they earn, II,
: referred TO the Harlan & Hollingswortl
, Co., as begun by the savings of thos
j who started it. job jackson also started
work on weekly salary. Anothe
4 class OF capitalists are the deposition
OF the Wilmington Savings Fund
, where between 81, 600, 600 and So, 00C, 90
b are on the deposit owned by 1000
Q wage earners OF the city. lie next con
It sidered the Artisans Savings Bank, th
y Delaware Bank and TO the trust com
IT panes which are CAPITALISTS holdiu
Is the money of the people, Bryan SAT
D. these money institutions are the enem
!. Of the workingmen. Bryan says th
ID Secretary Of the Treasury shall ca
le Wall street magnates before him an
d tell them what they shall do. Wa
al street is typical for our money institl
tions. The underlying principle OF thi
os idea ia rank communism ii is anarch.
In bryan said all men are created equal an
he therefore are entitled to share equal
Of in this country. All men are nj
at created equal physically and mental.
d, that is a divine law and no govern
re ment can abrogate it.
p. Col. Nields discussed the Altgeld
of the platform, the plank denounciu
Federal interference, and showed he
hs Cleveland properly exercised his a
nd thority toiprotect government proper
no and the mails in Illinois. Bryan SD
nd dollar ia created by law. That
TO- true. Bryan said that the governme
fixes the value of the dollar. That
b false. The government cannot crea
oil. value If 90 pounds of wheat is
ed bushel the world over, 1t is not with
he the power of this or any governme
,m to make 30 pounds bushel.
on Col. Nislds reviewed briefly I
ST. Immortal principles" of Bryan. Amo
t q the men who had been driven out
I'd. of that party, Col. Nields mention
,ge ex- Minister Phelps, Bayard, Ora
ad Whitney and Palmer. They ha
pie arisen above their party. They ha
nut come as Blucher with his flag
EN- Waterloo, to save the country. The
are hundreds Of Democrats in this G
ion who are ready to vote directly
he Mckinley aud Hobart. tApplaust
the It's the duty Of every man in Delawt
lud to sse that we give Delaware for n
ie- kinley and Hobart. (Applause.
lay The meeting broke up with tn
sr. cheers for Mckinley and Hobart,