The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-25

donounce the issue of bonds by this adj
mlhistration? Because the leadors of the
republican party were approvinr the hnnd
issues In the past and will continue h,nd
issues In the future. Under this financial
pollcy the money In actual circulation
among the people has decreased $50 0OO.-
ooo IN two years. Under this policy the
people who pay taxes have been burdonei
with an increase of $2G2 200. 900 of the Ma
tional debt and these bonds. Some OF them
run for thirty years, 80 that the conspir-
ators not satisfied with taxing us, reach
their hands into the pockets OF the next
generation and levy tribute upon people
yet unborn
Now have had my attention called TO
statement in which I was accused Of
saying that the free coinage of silver would
result in panic. have not said So | do
not believe 1t. believe. my friends. that
the moment this Nation has declared that
at certain time the minis OF the United
Staes will he open to the free coinage Of
silver on equal terms with gold, at tho
ratio of 16 to L. that moment the value OF
silver will be measured Ivy gold and by the
time of the rcopening of our muts silver
VIII reach the point whmere au ounce of
il Will be worth sl.29 in gold and from
that time we pass on with the parity main
tanned at l6 to l.
MONluoutHr M pClODcT sfs-AllST ledN-
ing Rock Island there were short stops at
Alpha and Alexis and Mr.. Bryan went to
the rear of the car and acknowledged the
reception given him with few pleasant
words.
sharp rebuke was administered to
Bishop Northington at Monmouth by Mr.
Bryan. The nominee replied to a statement
made in an interview with the bishop. pub
lished in Chicago paper In the inter
view Bishop Worthington said that the
trouble with the farmer boy was that he
secured too many advantages under the
free educational system In his rcjoindor
Mr. Bryan said in part:
ITO talk about the education OF
our farmers sons and to attribute the diff
culties which surround US today to over
education is, to my mind, one Of the most
cruel things that man ever uttered. The
idea Of saying that farmers sons, who are
not able TO rise in life, get taste of edu-
cation and then enjoy the taste so much
that they follow it up and become dissat-
isHed with the farm and drift into the
cities-the idea Of saying that there is over
production among our farmers sons,
MY friends, do you know what that
language means? II means a reversal OF
the progress of civilization and march to-
ward the dark ages again. How can you
tell which one OF the farmers sons is go
ms to prove great man until you have
educated them all? Are we to select a
commission to 70 around and pick out The
ones that are to be educated?
"Ah, my friends. there is another reason
why people have gone into the cities and
left the farms II is because your lcgisla-
ton has been causing the foreclosure OF
mortgages on the farmers and the farms.
II is because your legislation has been
making the farmers life harder for the
Tor Do ~
classes have been producing the laws and
making 1t more profitable to gamble in the
farm products than it is to produce them.
The idea of laying the blame OF the present
conditions 10 the farmers door. The idea
of such suggestion as a remedy. the clos
ing Of the schools in order that the people
may not become dissatisfied
why, my friends there will be dissat-
isfacton while the cause Of dissatisfaction
exists. Instead Of attempting to prevent
the people realizing their condition why
don't they try to improve the condition of
the farmer of this country? ! can not IN
dcgstand how man living upon the farm
can be deludcd into the idea that the gold
standard has anything but misery aud suf-
fering for him The gold standard has been
tried. 1t has been tried by this Nation for
twenty years and no part has declared that
1t Is a good thing. The gold standard has
never been Endorsed by the farmers of this
Nation; aye. more than that, the gold
standard has never been indorsed by the
farmers of any nation that has ever had
the gold standard 1t is only recently that
they held convention away over at Buda-
Posth and that convention OF farmers sent
greetings to the bimetalists Of the United
States and expressed the hope that the
United States would take the lead in re-
storing silver to its rightful place as money
throughout the world If the farmers of
Europe can watch this struggle here and
LIT UP their prayers for our success. how
can a farmer in this country join himself
with those who want TO bow to the die
tation of foreign nations and allow Wall
street and Lombard street to run this Ma
ton for US.