The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-27

and every prominent Republican en-
dorSes that system. John Sherman
says that Grover Cleveland's financial
policy is all right, and John Sherman
runs the Republican party. Thomas
B. Reed voted for the approval OF the
RothSchildS contract when he was in
congress. 1 am not surprised that Re-
publicans do not like TO bear the odium
of the present financial policy, but they
had a chance to repudiate it at St Louis,
but instead of doing it they said it must
continue forever unless foreigners help
ed us out. They tell us that 1T we use
silver as a standard money for the pay
mentof all debts of the government tha,
gold will go TO a premium In France
they have more silver per capita than
we have in the United States. and yet
the French government does nota How
itself to be buldOzed and inundated by
the few financiers."
Here again Mr.. Cloug11 INTERRUPTED
Mr. Bryan, saying:
IF you want the people to have Sill
yer why don't you give it to them at the
market valued"
Mr.. Bryan-'Don't interrupt, my
friends 4 am glad to have questions
asked. When a man is defending the
The gentleman saks why we don't want
silver coined at the market ratio. 1
will answer # first, this way: The men
who object to free coinage at 16 to and
talk about another ratio are not honest.
because they would not have free coin
age at any ratio. Let me show you.
There is not a prominent man in the
United States who is advocating free
silver by this country alone at any ratio
put OF 16 TO !. When men find fault
with is to they are putting up a sham
bulWark and when you knock that down
they get behind another one. because,
my friends, these man are not in earn
est. Let me answer it in another wav:
We are opposed TO changing the ratio.
because they have driven the value ot
silver bullion by one bad law. and We
are not in favor of holding ii down by
another bad law. AIf friends. let me
give you another reason for the chang
ing ratio. 1t the ratio We're Changed
by International agreement to % to l.
instead OF is to l, what would be IN.
result? You would have to RECON- four
billion dollars of silver into dollars twice
as large, which would be two billion dol
ars. and that would mean a decrease OF
one-fourth of the metallic money Of 4e,e
and those who own dollars would profit
by it and everybody who owed a debt
would be injured by it a I'D hat IS why
thaad vocates of the 80 to l ratio are
found among the money owners and the
money changing classes.
Our opponnts are so afraid of a flfty
cent dollar, so much afraid OF il that
Some-the employers of labor-some of
the manufacturing men-are going to
pay their debts with a cheap dollar. I
em not sure but that my friend Is one
or them-but whenever q dollar gets
cheap he can pay them twice as many
dollars If he loves them as well after
the election as he does noW-if a dollar
Is only worth fifty cents it is because
prices Of commodities are twice as high
and if the manufacturer can get twice
as many silver dollars for his goods as
he does gold dollars now. why can't he
pay his employees twice as much. If a
dollar is only worth fifty cents ii is be
cause prices of commodities are twice
as high and if the manufacturer can get
twice as many silver dollars for his
goods as ne does Of gold dollars nav.
why can't he pay his employees twice
as much. so he won't lose a cent.
0 Mr.. Clough-But he won't do it
Mr.. Bryan-Then You stop telling your
employees that you are interested in
them just before election
Mr.. Clough-I am merely stating the
facts.
Mr.. Bryan-You are stating what are
the facts The employer never pays any
more than he has 10 pay. II is only
during campaigns that he poses as a
philathropist and then tries 20 make
his employees voteh Is way. Our sys-
tenn will make a demand for labor
which will force them 10 do what the
gentleman said they would not do Of
their own accord.
Mr., BRYAN then Cirsad ar1atd apulause