The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04

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sion or destruction of our laws. CA voice
Give me one thousand doilars.) Well. i
| was going to suggest, in the first place,
that he might take the money and go back
nome 10 the foreign place from which he
i came. What would be the effect? We
! SHouid nave lost the cost of coinage and
| ne would have lost the freight of the silver
! potn ways and we can stand that longer
than he can What else could he do? lie
Just give US the money and go home. We
can stand that longer than he can.
TRIES MIND READING.
| What else can he do? know what you
are thinking about. 1 do not claim to be a
| mind reader, and yet if there is a gold
standard man in the audience tonight 1
! can tell what he is thinking about He
thinks that that man will bring his silver
mere and have it converted into silver dol
idrs and then exchange it for gold dollars
ana nave 1t taken away. They say that
would be dangerous. Let us see whether
II would be dangerous. Where will he get
the gold? de can't exchange silver for
gold until he can find the gold. You say
ne VIII take 1t to the government and ask
Tue government to give him gold in ex-
Ghange Under bimetallism he does not
ne government agrees to convert silver
INTO gold dollars But it does not agree to
Tedeem silver into gold or gold into silver
tCrIes OF Good! and cheers)
1t Is under monometallism the govern
atenI trles to redeem one money in an
other 80 that this man could not bring
ms silver here and have it converted into
dollars and then exchange it for gold at
the mint unless the government wanted to
do 1t, and the government would not want
10 DO so II TO do so would hurt the Ameri-
can people; provided we had a Secretary
OF the Treasury who thought more of the
American people than he did of syndica tes
tGrcat applauSe)
How could he get the gold? He must go
OUT and find some individual who has the
splu peIore he can hurt anybody by ex-
changing his silver for gold. ! say he must
ma some individual who has gold, and you
can imagine how much a proportion of
our people would be relieved from ali dan
ser, L had an experience in Illinois last
which We called each other brothers and
my opponent said to me: Brother BRYAN
t Milf you ,2'1 loan me silver dollar to illus
ldte my argument within l let him have
1ne' ana he illustrated his article and
named 1t back to NE. Then ] thought /
Mouid try an experiment. l said to him:
NY batlcle, and have not one; will you let
s ilG nave be h one He got red in he face and
thirorrs or Congress, making a speech on
enId subject said: They talk about our
gold leaving me, and most of nv consti III
Vents are in the same fix Gaughter1
N sonoah this man would have to find
only - that. he would have "'t to- f ind
Wiling of to let Wh no had had, gold who was
mat would be a voluntary transaction ~
: t te 10 not get dollar of that gold until
tbot onia ~ 20 Hstd IL was willing to exchange
y Wno mold the gold exchange it for silVer9
~ ~ Iei Eye Ihey would rather have silver
IMAM ma gold Therefore, if gold left this coun
|! Try under bimetallism in exchange for silver |
1t Would be because those who hold the gold
you'd rather shave silver than the eoId
NO silver would come 10 this conntrvs IN un.
less some one in this country would want
?; 2nH ,tr, 20 come Silver is not wild animal:
=; - WIZ NOT invade our shores seeking whom I
u may deVour 1t cannot come here until
so,1e american citizens willing to give
FOR the man who has the silver thar tba
ot 81 Itself In other words, it is a matter
both narfiee' FAM and in matter of exchange
ahted So, then, if the gold leaves under HI
~ le tsIL 1t IS because we have something
70 take ITS place. At the present time when |
our gold goes abroad it has nothing To talxa
10 pidce except another issue of bonds
THE DOLLAR BRYAN WANTS.
gentleman told me the other dav that
1e wanted dollar that was good all the
"orlo over L told him that we had a dol
ar that had been going over the world so
'apldiy that we had to issue bonds to bring
l back | would rather have a dollar that
would stay at home while Now there
$ ano>ler thing that a man could do with
lis silver, he could bring it here and have
converted into dollars and lend those
iollars to buy property with. But he could
lot buy your property unless you were
Wing TO take his dollars. He could not
'0mpei you to do it, it would be a matter
II agreement. But, l do not think any of !
'ou are worried lest that man should force
rs silver upon you Where we have some
ming to sell we are waiting for a man
Vho IS willing to buy it, and if he will let
is know when he is coming with dollars TO
earch for our property we will meet him
With a brass band and L will venture the
assertion that you will have a larger as
emblage than you have to-day to go to
ne depot and escort him through town
nd show him your property.
Il nave to these fn Sb1yu van,
nat TINS hood OF silver is imaginable rather
nan real. have the illustrations to show
'ou that under the free and unlimited coin
ge OF silver the danger that they antici-
ate could not come But you ask what if
my of 1t unless we have something to sell |
VOW, nave not you heard that. 1t is asked |
IS If it settled the whole money question. {
let me ask you question in return. Tell !
ne man that no matter how much money |
here is you can't get any of it unless you
ave something to sell and you understand |
hat every producer of wealth has some |
hing to sell That is thing they all leave |
ut Ut OF consideration. ASK him if a man
ct anything for it unless he finds some
ody with the money to buy what he has
ensus Will not show any diminution either
numbers or strength of appetites. The =
ave not the money to spend for the graft |
cation of their appetites. They want food q
ut they have not the money to spend for .
: A man does not want to borrow money 1
the people who live out of loaning e
honey. When they tell you that YOU can t
orrow money If you have good security i
gu tell them that the security that used I
be good is not good now Things that II
ou could borrow money then you could a
OF now because you have made dollar t
ear and property cheap. That is a reason s
ny 1t requires so much security to borrow Q
oney, but they restore confidence But | {
hen they talk of restoring confidence it Il
ways reminds me of the confidence man C
heneVer a confidence man goes into the | $
Immunity man who has the least con- o
ience gets off with the least loss They
II you to have confidence, but can YOU live
confidence always? If you are hungry
and what we need is not so
UGH confidence as something that will I
clte confidence In this country something A
)on which confidence can rest and there =
only one way to restore confidence in the =,
ople who have money and that is to y
store the value of the property which q
andS behind their notes. You have legiS- G
ted value out of their property and then n
III complain of them because they are :
Lrd up. You have legislated value into n
'ur property and then you wonder why a
her people can't enjoy well as you do | o.
le trouble is that the man who stands =
the position of money loaner is not able I.
understand the hard times that affiict | :,
S neighborS. -
rHE FARMER WITH A MORTGAGE.
Suppose the man invests his all in gov
nment bonds and every three months re-
ives the interest on these bonds he finds ttr1
at interest will buy more and more You
to him and tell him that times are hard | fr
nv ha | ID