New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-26
SELECTIONS FROM THE NAIL.
BRYAN AND BEECHER
THE GREAT PREACHERS VIEWS MIsREPRE-
sENTED-WHAT HE REALLY SAID
ABOUT SILVER.

ABOUT SILVER
To The Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; IN his speech in Brooklyn Wednesday night
Mr.. Bryan is reported TO have said:
am glad 70 hc permitted to uresf nj the cause 10
the people Of Brooklyn. ! only wish that that dis
nt.lShed divine whose name has added even 10
were with as to-day. that he might again champion
un' cause OF the people in their great fight Any
humanity. my friends
il is certainly TO be wished that Mr.. Beecher
might take part in the present campaign He can
not. hut II any are interested 70 know what be
would say. let them read portion of his address
In Plymouth Church. Thanksgiving Day. November
-. ISL at the time when IT was proposed to pay
the United States bonds in silver The discourse
was on Past Perils and the Peril of To-day" II
may be found in the collection Of his Patriotic
Addresses and the portion apt for this day IS
given below. J. r. HOWARD.
New Nork Sept a. 1896
Whenever. in any nation there is such an at
tempt TO tamper with standards that the moral
ipIlhclpied men az large 10 cheat. 70 be unfaith-
iul 10 Obligations TO ~efuse the payment of hon
worse " don" with the permission Of law. hate
tn devil riding on q .aw than do the devil
wh h s%n dnqSI tam apes %s ia fe4
marrow ana vitality Of public faith.
We're iampered with? What if the Legislature this
year should ordain that foot should consist Of
taken out of heir hands by the other party. Il
should be- ordained that II should measure fourteen
ard should be changed on which immense and in
Vulnerable contracts based. II being necessary
for such contracts TO follow the alteration. some
times damaging and sometimes unjusily favorng
the contractors, and enabling men. under the
shield OF party and Of law, 10 commit fraud as II
II We're an equity? What If the pound weight
should be tempered with and Il should be- ordained
now that a pound is ten ounces. now that 1t is
twelve and now that il is hfteen2 What If the
quart and pint should be tempered with and made
TO differ tomorrow from what they are to-day?
What If the yard-neasure should be tempered
Win What II an the standards on which business
is conducted should be subject 10 fluctuations and
caprice so that no man could tell what right
casustry should swarm as mosquitoes in SUNNI
What chance would there be for honesty for inteG-
rity OF for solid prosperity?
under the mystery Of finance and the currency. All
money is but representative OF property. As now,
by facility Of Intercourse. all the world Is one open
money. uniform. universal and unalterable be-
comes imperious' Gold is the worlds standard.
kinds OF money there are-sver, copper paper
but they all must conform 10 gold and be measured
definite proportions. Gold IS king in commerce:
All other money must represent god NO vote OF
the nature OF property, the nature OF us repIt-
sentative IN money, or the relative superiority or
iufcriority Of different currencies. Cold came 70
its supremacy as representative OF property "9
the long-estahlished consent OF mankind
40 act OF Congress can ever make one pound
equal to two pounds. No act OF congress can eN.F
n ke thing inferior equal 10 a superior.
silver coin must be made proDoruonate 10 ne
value Of gold. determined IN the open markets.
OF the world, All paper currency must be con
yerfible into gold. Any oiher course II 10 ''i.li
men 10 cheat by law. Il IS 10 teach honest men 10
cheat without knowing that they cheat. II IS TO
teach fraud by legislation, IL IS hieh crime an
,nisdon1eanor: and II men In Congress do not know
leading the blind. and they all fan INTO the dilch
together it Will help them to ind that the ditch