The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-11
Either in the Treasury, or in the
National Bank Vaults.
BRYAN GOES TO THE ROOT
Routed Out This Morning at 8 at
Aberdeen North Dakota.
ENTHUSIASTIC cRowDAT FARGO
Gold Men Propose No Remedy--is It
From ignorance or Intention?
Their Remedy is Gold
and Banks.

Fargo, N. d., Oct. 10.-Mr. Bryan ar
rived in this city early this morning.
There was hitch in the railroad ar
rangements at Aberdeen and Mr..
Bryan's car was delayed in that city
several hours. A crowd of early rising
enthusiasts there routed him out of
bed at a. m. Mr.. Bryan made
short speech and then went to bed
and slept until o'clock, when Fargo
was reached. Mr.. Bryan had break
fast here with Senator Roach and the
reception committee at Hotel Metro
pole At 1915 he went to the baseball
park and delivered speech of half
an hour.
At the baseball grounds large
enclosure. On the platform, placed
in conspicuous place, was the some
what historic eagle belonging to the
more historic Bub Reeves, who once
made a canvass for Congress, mounted
on white horse, wrapped in the Amer
perched on his shoulder. Mr.. Bryan
plunged at once into the financial
questions of the campaign, repeating
in large part his arguments made in
former platform speeches and adding:
II want you to remember that we
who advocate free coinage at 16 to /,
are the only people who have a fnan-
cial system that they are willing TO
present before the American people.
Our opponents propose nothing, they
oppose everything. (Applause.) We
want free coinage of silver, as we
have Of gold, unlimited coinage of
silver. as we have of gold coinage at
the ratio which now exists between
our gold and silver coinage and that
of any foreign nation. (Applause.)
What do your opponents say? Do
they elaborate a system? Not at all.
They are simply opposed to our plans.
Do they know what is good for the
American people? IF so, why don't
they tell Well, you say that their re-
fusal to speak of, and elaborate plan
is due TO ignorance. Do you say that
men who do not know what ought to
be done ought to lead in the doing
of which they do not know anything
about? (Applause.) IT, on the other
hand. YOU say that they know but
won't tell, tell you, my friends, that
you ought to have no confidence in
those who have no confidence in you.
applause and three cheers for
Bryan.) We not only know what we
want, but we know why we want it,
and we know how we are going to
get il. We want bi-metalism and when
we say bi-metallism, we tell you what
we mean by bi-metallism.
Why do we want it? Because, my
friends, there is not enough of gold to
furnish the standard money upon
which other money is to be based. Zap
plause.) Our opponents say they have
a sound financial policy. / deny that
you can build sound financial policy
upon a gold basis. Ask them where
the gold is. They tell you how much
there is in the Federal Treasury, how
much in the National bank vaults. Then
they guess at the amount in other
banks and they leave about half of it
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them how much gold there is in the
country and they say about $600000,-
600. Ask them to point it out and they
may be able to point out a few hum
dred millions. Ask them where the
rest is and they tell you that is what
in the country. Great applause and
cheers.)
Do you believe you can erect a sub
stantial structure on an invisible base?
(Applauss) You can't do it my
friends (applause) it is invisible. Well,
in sight we have something like half
of the estimated gold in the country,
but my friends. the gold in sight is
either in the Treasury or in the Ma
tional bank vaults or in the State
banks vaults. Suppose you need some
of it to pay a gold contract how can
you get it? On such terms as the
holders are willing to charge. Gap
plause) The gold standard means in
its final analysis that gold will only
be legal tender money in this country
My friends you cannot have two kinds
of money in this country and have
one kind good enough for the bond
holder and the other kind good enough
for the rest of the people. (Applause.)
Either silver must be good enough
to pay all our debts with. or it will
soon cease to be good enough to paw
any debts with. (AppIause.) The gold
standard carried to its logical conclu-
sion, means that all legal tender mon
ey except gold is to be abandoned and
that whenever you have debt to nav
you must go around and find gold. no
matter how hard it is for you to find it.
(Applause) More than thar. the fl
nancial policy of the Republicans con
templates gold as the only legal tender.
but it contemplates bank notes as the
only paper money.You put tha control
of YOU legal tender in the hands of
few fnanciers and vOur naner money