The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-26


metallic money of the world is the
most gigantic crime of this or any
other age. Its contamination has
brought more misery upon the human
race than all the wars that ever Oc-
CURED in the history of the world,
That is the language of John c. Car
isle believe he spoke the truth ana
II II was true then it IS true now no
matter who may change his opinion
or his course upon this question. Men
cannot retract truths
Our opponents tell US that the free
coinage of silver is going to disturb
business. I ask our opponents to write
down the worst thing they possibly can
of date after the restoration OF the
free coinage of silver. and when they
have written the worst / would place
against the most dismal the words of
John G. Carlisle and tell them would
like the worst they could think ofratheF
than being in a misery greater than
DesGlenee or famine. Can you imagine
the meaning of those words? No, my
friends, you cannot conceive or describe
all that is wrapped up in those words.
Can you think of all the wars OF the
DaSt2 When you remember that from
the time that Cain killed Abel until
now history has been little more than
warfare, can you remember all OF those
WarfaFes and the misery the wars have
caused, and then think of the fanlneS
that have afflicted mankind from time
to time, can you add into one sum all
the misery caused by all these dread
destrOyers and then think that the con-
surnma ton of a conspiracy OF those
who stand behind the gold standard
would bring more misery than all OF
these2 My friends, I believe TINS IAN
guage cannot Overatate the minute
distress that the gold standard means
to the human race
Some of our opponents say that they
are afraid we cannot MAINTAIN blmetaI-
ism alone We reply to them that we
have waited twenty years for Other ma
to restore bimetaIisn we have got to
restore it at once. More than that,
we believe that the assertion OF Amer
lean indepen dence will do more to orlng
about bimetallism than q seryhe de-
pendence upon our enemies to BRING lt
to US Our opponents say that all we
need is a restoration of confidence And
am very much afraid that the conf
dence man is abroad in this campaign Lltsi1
preaching, Have confidence and all Will
be Well My friends, confidence must
have a basis to rest upon. Our opPo-
nents say that unless we shape our nm
ancial policy according 10 their pleas,
ure we will always be borrowers and
can never be money lenders ourselves.
Confidence must rest upon substan-
tiaI basis Suppose that a man IN your
community gives out MS notes uhCll
everybody has them, and then some
body tries to collect note and dnds
that the man has no property peyOIlu
his notes, how can you restore conn
GnnGn TnAC
sDire confidence in the community!
Just in one way, and that is by put
ting property behind the notes he has
out How are you gong 70 restore
confidence in the United states oy Ieg-
fslatingr the value out of the properly
upon which the notes rest? You have
tried it, and you have found bankrupt
cies have increased year by year
IF YOU want to restore commence
vo1 have got to restore prosperity to
the great masses of the people ana
talk as much about good property as
they have been talking ABOUT gOou
money. Money can be TOO gooo. =
can be so good that you long Tor II ana
p1,av for it. but cannot get it. (Laugh-
ter) Remember that when you get
money when you increase us puLcnaS-
ing power you have simply 0ilNen
down the value of other things, and II
those who own money and who hold
contracts payable in dollars are Will
ing to so legislate as TO make I1elL-
property more valuable, how can they
appeal to those who own property anu
owe debts to Join them in that sort or
Iaetslation2 1 have asserted, 1 assert
again. that without the ana OF the
money owning classes the SOIu SldIu-
ard would not stand for one day in any
To+ior under the sun. I assert that
behind the gold standard country the
only potent force consists OF those VIZ
hold fixed investments and those VINO
profit the greater by greater DoHo -
eues They tell the labOrlng men OF
this nation that they ought TO support
eyoI6 Standard The labOring men
of this nation have never tound the
managers of this nation the men VINO
have exerted themselves to improve the
condition of the laborlng men As d
,-1,1a thew have spent their time trying
to break down labor organlzaIlohs-
the only protection that the laDOrlIlS
man has had-when they come to the
helm of the laboring man. ask you
IF You ought to expect blessings from
those YOU have only received curses
from in the past? (Cries, NO, no.
-0+fca that one of our opponents the
other day said the old soldiers woulu
be opposed to free coinage. 1hey saN9
the impression that the hnanclerS are
ITrT-1, r111eh Interested in maintaining
- standard for the old soldiers, and
during the war the soldiers know taS
6nancfers made their bonoS paya Die IL
cold and left the soldier to Ofrer MS IRE
1,r,OT the battlefield. More Ihah thaI'
T A. not believe that the soldiers VINO
are willing to offer their lives II hSeu
he in behalf of their country are IC1e1y
going to Join in conspiracy TO eilSleN :
Seventy millions of people Dy IettsIlALS
them to a gold standard SuL O Pr
rants at least some of them, nave oesh
aDpesiins to the ministers. nave n.y.
tioa9 some of these gold advocates Nd
sof5 10 the minister's that they shouio
+eoct fine gold standard because tnelr
Salaries were so small they dld not
want them reduced
.evVeu now. am willing to concede
everything that is right to our oppon-
ents but must confess there is one ar
gument they might make that would
appeal to some ministers if there We're
any ministers in the business Of minis
trv only and for all there were in it.
(I,aughter) say one argument, 1t IS
an argument I cannot answer and
give il to YOU for all it's worth. The
sold standard makes hard times and
hard times drive men out of employ
ment. IdMng is conducive to crime, there
fore the gold standard by increasing the
amount of crime increases the demand
for ministers to put down immortality.
.(ADplause) If there is any other rea-