Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
INesRSOLL ON SOUND MONEY
He Addresses a Large Audience
in Chicago.
Better BE an Honest Bankrupt Iha''
a Rich Thief-.Better to BE Pooe
and Noble Than Rich
and Fraudulent.

Chicago Oct. "a large and cnthusi-
astic audience greeted Coionei iNoue,'
lngersoll last evening and the enthusi-
s.m denoted that his terss n e~picie
stat ements and eloquent epierams were
the goods wanted. He said, In part;
"A piece of gold coined by IN
msns $500 years ago Is just as eoou
day az though Julius Caesar rode "a. .n~
head of his ~legions. Since mat tn"o
has fallen over the Roman
empire and the empire has passed INTO
oblivion, but the gold coin SHINES as
brightly now as in Rofnes Paih
days. That II good money. But "he"
you issue a bill or a note you wan
some good person behind IT, MoiSs
that is money needs no guaranteei'
needs no hacker, 1t Is always o NO
matter how many nations go down to
dust good money remains forever he
same. We have a man running Tor tne
presidency on three platforms win w."
vice presidents, who says none % th"
creature of law. IL the government can
make money by Law, why shouiu .He
government collect taxesY
According to Mr.. Bryan our fathers
were the friends OF silver. And YET our
dear old fathers in all their lives ohiy
minted 5000, 900 OF those sacred doildis-
Now see what the enemies OF tlNel
have done. Since 1873 the enm.es OF s.iNc'
have c,.ned over 400. 100000 OF these oo'l"Is
and yet silver kept going down. we ar
.o'ning now over 81, Ooo, 600 @ month, ana VI
yer keeps going down.
Senator Jones of Nevada, ~ 100 Fo'eu
for the law OF 1879. lie sad from Ms pias"
n the senate God had made gold the SIAM
ard. He sad that gold was the mother OF
civilization. Whether he has hearu irons
God since or not j do not o Dut ~"
he Is or the other SIDE.
Senator Stewart of Nevada, was there
al the same time. He voted for the act or
1873 and sad that gold was the only stand
ard. He has changed his mind. SO they
nave sad OF me, that ] used 10 talk anoth-
err way.
Let me tell you how I stood on tbs
question. Twenty years ago, al cooper
Union, in the city Of New York. m is"o'
made a speech upon his subject among
others. and I want to just tell you what
sad at that tine and you VIII see how
much ! have changed.
Here rs what / sad. L am in favor or
honest money. ] am In favor OF god ana
silver. / am IN favor or paper Win goio
and silver behind e. I believe in silver be-
cause II Is one OF the great American pro-
ducts, and I I'm IN favor of anything that
VIII add TO the value of an American pro-
duct, but | want a silver dollar worth a
gold dollar even II you have 10 make q four
feet ind.ameter.'
You would say my head was level. them.
No government can afford to be a clipper
OF coins. A great republic cannot afford 10
stamp a lie on silver or gold or paper. Hon
est money for ar honest people. issued by
an honest nation. You cannot make n
paper dollar without taking a dollars
| worth OF paper. We muset have paper that
represents money. / want 1t issued by the
government, and ] want behind every one
OF those paper dollars either a dollar in
god or a dollar in silver worth 100 cents, 50
that every greenback under the flag car
ut up It's head and swear i know that my
redeemer llveth.' That was where ! was
twenty years ago. and that - where | am
ton, ght For nations and individuals at all
tines. everywhere and forever. honesty -
the best policy.
Better be an honest bankrupt than ~
f.ch thief. Poverty can hold in it's hand
honor, a jewel that outsh.nes all other
gems. A thousand times better be poor
and noble than rich and fraudulent.