The American guide., 1896-10-17

gray-haired old man, who came to the
guardian Of the gate. said,
All my lifetime l have been building
houses. and now in my old age am shell
terless In the land, and there are thousands
of empty houses Why said the guard
ians of the gate. of course you built too
many houses: you should have built few
er houses, and you and yours might have
house
"Then some one said: This is wrong; let
us widen the gates again TO their former
width And all the guardians of the gate
said, with egonlZing mien: Anarchy! De-
structlon to the land. lApplausel II you
widen the gates, you will make the pillars
so weak that the arch will fall
but new king came to the crown HIS
father was of the royal race. but his moth
er was OF the people. and she had selected
for his wife the fair maiden Justice. And
he said in his coronation speech; The gates
shall be widened to their former width. and
one pillar shall be of gold, and one of sill
yer fcheersl. and the arch shall be as high
az the needs OF the people require, and
there shall be ample measurement for all
product OF human toll. and while one hui
ran creature needs what another human
creature shall produce there shall be no
such word as overproduetion. lGreat APP
plauscl Then. II 1t be anarchy TO put
shoes upon the feet OF little children and
to give bread to men and women who are
hungry. and to put roofs over the heads OF
rh people-if that be anarchy, then make
the most OF it, prolonged cheering and
waving Of banners,l
Reform Comes from the People.
MY friends the manner In which THIS
question is being treated by the people "t
the United States Is demonstration thlt
once more. as In almost every generation OF
our history, God Almighty is touching the
heart OF the people of the United states OF
America. lAppause,l 1t Is the history oil
all governments OF the people that as time
Iasses on and as men grow In power anu
IN wealth and in the grandeur OF hish ON,
tlul position, and In their tendencies ahu
III their policies they depart from the Level
and interests OF the common people, 1t is
the history of all free government, say
that lust so often as that hnppchs, tne
people must reform the state, lest II perish
Il know you arc not deceived into the
belief that this Is silver miners ques-
lion; lust two propositions taken from the
other side settle that. on one hand ihey
tell you that you arc to have 5J-cent
dollar, and, on the other hnnd, they ten
the silver miners that II they get tree
coinage they are to realize hundred-ceht
dollar out OF It. Laughter and applause
/ Will tie these two propositions by Tue
tail and hang them over lie Ike XII
kenny cats, and let them scratch out each
others eyes ['GoOd, and lnughterl
Why, don't you know every silver-produc-
Ing state In this country Is also II producer
OF gold, practically to an equal amouht
with It's silver production. ana that the
higher you enhance and appreciate the
power OF gold the more 1t Is to the interest
OF these states to have the gold standard
maintained? ia voice: The government
doesn't back the gold dollar any more than
the silver dollar.1 And we don't ask II
TO back the silver dollar nny more than II
backs the gold dollar lApplnuse'l What
uaE "A IA Is WluI II ulu tho uQNN
Of tho past, give free access TO the mint
TO both gold and silver, and pay It's obliga-
tons in either at the option OF the govern |
mcut. [Gront applausc.l When 1t pays
in silver under existing conditions, 1t pays
a dollar that will buy as much as dollar
would when the debt was Incurred, and |
when II pays In gold 1t pays In II dollar |
that will buy twice Ns much as when the |
debt was Incurred. And what makes tho |
dInerence2 II pays In flesh and blood and |
In the manhood and womanhood OF Ameri- |
ca. to make up the difference. lLong con-
tinued applause,l
'NNhat we all shall insist upon Is that |
the shyloek shall take only his pound OF
dcsh. and not one drop Of Christian blood
attached. tRcnewed applnusel
says Money Is Cornercd.
what would you think OF farmer who
got up u corner on wheat and then, after
rtcnlthlly knocking out oats as an optional
settlement. should compel payment TO him
in unohtalnable wheat, except the fabu-
lousy dear article which he had made
30 by corncring III lApplause) That Is
exactly parallel with the money facts of
this country Promises were made to pay
In either gold or sllvcr-and necessarily
80, as competition must prevail In money
as cisewherc-and then the rich. TO whom
these promises were made. gathered to
themselves all the gold there was IN the
world. or had a string on 1t all. and then
they insisted on striking out the silver
clause from all contracts. II the Roths-
chllda alone should forcclosc their mort
ghgcs In gold. thcy could take tho whole
world and ask US to set OF IT, lGrcat np-
plause.l
"You remember once whom people were {
10 make bricks without straws
-as we arc now-lnd az last there uprose,
appointed by Providence, a mighty man,
1nd led thcm out OF tholr dcsolntion and y
plaques were showcrcd upon the captors |
That onglnvrd them Yos old Moses
blessed forever he his example TO 1ll hges
NJ tho doNuatrodden n'-rose and led the I
people away from Egypt and when they u
anne TO the Rcd sen, md Pharaoh was be. I
llnd hcm. and the sea was In front of ,
hcm-a ease. indeed, Of the dovll and the
deep brlny Moses cried aloud above the
stand yr Htlll q Israel and
behold We tho power and salvatlon Of Cod I
md 10 and huhoid ms hr yet prokc, the \
waters lcnpcd up with foam of wrath and q
vengeance, and overwhelmed Hanna and :,
nll hs hosts lApplauso My friends
rIoatpf than Moses a Wnn horn to mako q
Illinois yet greater IN the annals NJ eternity 4
than over Hho ia nt present, IL mnrahnlng !
you into the Promised Land. and william j
Jennings Bryan Is his name. widest APP 4
ldnuscl /
81 saw the Grand parade to-day, md some
Of the men who marched IN 10 Woo free. !
htcaure they horo banners saying that they q
we're free, and of course, that settled It d
Laughter What reflection upon Amer ,
lean manhood that when one marches
through the streets Of Chicago he must
carry banner to say 4 am free lDe'
rlAyc shouts The nrst time In american ,
history that free men had to wear badges ,
to show they wefc ffoc' limmruso ap-
plausol much do fear Il was masters
money that paid for painting the naga
"My friends, they charge US with teach
lnE anarchy E&lo is better or worse "
thnn prccept and I could harrow your ,
souls with individual cnses Of the poverty
made desperate by our criminal financial J
~ stom, which ends In crimes Inevitable,
however uniuatlnahlc I warn the 8upremc
cEotiEts who are bringing conditions upon
THIS land. which. unless arrested botimes.
will make Of men anarchists, lGrrat np-
pl,usc. ! my socmnly as on the owe u .
q mighty crisis, to tho men who taught US G
that work and wagca were necessary oloa ,
mcntH In good American citizenship,
TO beware how you lncucnio the {
contrary doctrine, The people u
the United States have learned
that the men shnll toll to support the
women and babies, and beware how you
bring down to begging the purchase price Q
Of bread You who taught that cheap /
coat makes cheap man, beware how d
should wear cheap clothcs Applause
my friends, as n republican, standing
here to-day, | pledge myself, II am alive {
and wol-ycs, II have to he carried In (
itter-to vote for the man who represents I
the interests Of the American home Amer !
lean manhood and American womanhood.
William Jennings Bryan, lChoors
Farm Mortgage. I
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