The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

man VINO said he had been so long without
dollar OF any kind that it would be godsend
TO him 10 see any kind OF dollar.
Mr.. Bryan went on to say that people
are afraid that under the free coinage OF
silver we will have food. of money, and
he advised all who feared that flood to
vote the Republican ticket. His party, he
said, opposes the gold standard because
they believe the demand for gold has been
pushing its value up and the value of other
things down. They believe the gap
between gold and silver has been produced
by hostile legislation and that friendly
legislation will give US gold dollar and a
silver dollar of equal value. Answering
the question: If silver and gold dol
lar were worth the same under blmetal-
ism, how will il be easier TO get dollarr'
Mr.. Bryan said:
What we complain of most is that the
money-owning and money-changlng classes
have made dollars dearer by making them
scareer, and they did it because they were in
terested in having money go up, ana you who
nave property have right to protect your
serves against the conspiracy TO destroy part
OF the value OF your property lAPpianse.
A Volee-A man here wants 10 know little
about the old soldier
/ want to saw the crisis we are now ap-
preaching appeals 10 the old soldier as much
as 1t did In 1861. II men in this country were
willing to march upon the field TO sustain a
government by the people and for the people,
want to know why they cannot give one day
In the year, and that election day, TO stand by
government by and for the people. TAP
pause and three cheers lam not afraid that
any man who risked his life IN his Nations
behalf is going TO be Influenced by the argu-
ments that are addressed TO soldiers now by
the inaneiers who, during the wer, looked
out for themselves and left the soldier to look
out Tor himself. [ADplause.] am not afraid
the men who were willing at tnat tlme 10 en-
dure the dangers of war because they believed
that the black men shou d be free are going to
Join the ranks Of the gold standard to enslave
I0,O0OOO OF people, black ana WHITE lap
pIause.
at this point the rain had nearly
ceased.
A voice-The sun is coming out. [Great
Now one or two suggestions and shall close.
lCTies OF $50 on."l l want you to remember
the value of dollar depends upon the num-
Der of dollars. When you leglslate in regard
10 the number of dollars you affect their value
This principle of monetary science is under
STOOD by our opponents. They nave under
stood 1t because they have invoked legislation
TO destroy part of the country's money to en-
nance the rest of the country's money. When
they tell you that you don't understand
finance you tell them the man who talks about
money and ignores the law of supply and de-
mand-which simply means that II we have
too little money money becomes dear-the
man who talks that way is as Ignorant OF
money as child is if he throws stone in TO
the air and then does not understand
that by the attraction OF gravity 1t must
ground,
OF the law of gravity is not more
memorable than the law of supply and de-
mand, and we base our argument on 1t. They
tell you we ignore the law of supply and de-
mand in regard to silver. We do not. II we
increase the demand we increase the price,
and when We open the minis to silver we in
crease the demand for silver, and that increase
OF demand increases the price OF silver. When
India closed her minis in 1888 silver fell.
When the United States stopped buying silver
in 1893 it fell. Why? Because you had legis-
lafa n nd IS a1yig hal
the demand furnished by 10000, 600 of people
is sufficient to all the silver That can come
to our minis If that is true no person will
sell his silver for less than dollar and
twenty-nine cents. But they tell US that
Mexico has failed to do so. Some people will
not be expected to vote for u.s. OF course, we
cannot have them all, and / am willing that
the Republicans shall have the vote OF every
man who thinks the United States is not
larger than Mexico. daughter and applause.l
If Mexico was enabled with other nations
now using silver to furnish use tor all the
silver that would go to the Mexican minis she
would maintain the parity. We believe we
the demand now existing We can never tell
until we try, and our opponents will never
Know because they will never Try. We are
the only Nation who offer any place by which
you can determine ii, because we offer to.try
the free coinage of silver, and we give you
the reasons for believing il will be successful.
Remember this, the gold standard has never
taken step in the light The gold standard
has never fought hattie in the open field and
it is not fighting this year.
When the Democratic convention met the
gold standard advocates brought in minor
ity report. They did not declare for gold
Standard but declared they were afraid the
free coinage of silver by this country alone
would prevent international bimetallism,
toward which all the efforts of the coun-
try should be directed. But the ma
jority ruled at Chicago. Then what?
Then their leading men at Chicago
ganized another convention, and what
did they do? Did they adopt platform they
tried TO get adopted at Chicago. Oh, mol
When they got down 10 indianapolis they
threw off the mask and declared in favor of
the gold standard What does that mean? 1t
means the attempt at Chicago to commit the
Democracy TO in ernational bimetallism was
fraud and a deception practiced upon the
party [great applausel, and the fact that those
men who tried TO get that sort of pla tform al
Chicago and failed went down to Indianapolis
and then adopted COLDS platform is
a confession that when they acted at Chicago
their purpose was 10 deceive the American
people. [GreaJ applause
We are willing to fight the Republican party
or anybody who opposes our position and will
come out and so state. but when party, as at
indianapolis, puts up one man for the purpose
OF eiecting another we declare they are no
more honest in their desire for international
bimetallism than they are in their political
methods [Great applsuse.1 The convention
at INDIANAPOLIS was held in the interest OF Re-
publican success, and if they had the courage
that ought TO follow conviction they would in
dorse Mckinley, Tor whom they expect to vote.