The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-11

OF that declaration That is the substance
o must sne nnasTT nnd 5nSse ps
continues in its present form. You. as
citizens, have right to speak upon this
connections may have been. Party Is but
an instrument by which the citizen serves
his country. You tell me you owe some
thing TO your party; L tell you that your
party owes a higher duty to you than you
can owe TO it, Great applause)
MUST FACE THE PRESENT.
II would not say one word that would
lessen the esteem which any one of you
may have for the achievements Of the party
to which you have belonged. but l say that
parties cannot live upon the past. Parties
must face the present Parties must be
prepared TO meet and solve every issue as
1t arises. and the party that does not care
enough to meet issue is not great
enough to govern the United States. Great
applause) Parties do not make issues.
Issues make and unmake parties. Great
applause and cries of Right you are.D An
issue has arisen. IL was forced upon this
ing, and during the last three years It's
growth has been more rapid than In any
three years before. This issue was pre-
scented to the American people. The Re-
publican party met in convention. IL had
it's opportunity. When Abraham Lincoln
was the idol of the Republican party the
issues of the day (Great applause) The
Republican party at ST. Louis was not will
ing TO meet the great issue of the day.
(Applause.) The people were suffering from
a gold standard. The leaders of that party
knew Ii. In the platform they declared
that the gold standard is bad thing, be-
cause they said they wanted to get ria OF OF
any Republican tells you that the gold
standard is a good thing, tell him TO look
at his platform. applause and laughter)
party will substitute bimetallsm for gold
recommendation whenever some other ma,
laughter) / have said and i expect to
keep on saying that there are two ques-
tons which will drive the Republican party
from the field. The fact is II
Thing why not a keep it? If it is bad
thing, why should we keep 1t? Great APP
get other nations to help US to deny TO our
people the benefits of 1t. tApplause.) III II
is a bad thing who dares to say that the
American people shall suffer Tor pad
Now, my friends. / did not Intend 70
make speech. (Cries Of Go on. go on
| must stop. now. "a voice-Tell us ABOUT
Is TO 1. / will give you some OF them. Gap
plause.) Some think that 16 to l means
that the government will coin sixteen DOL
lars every time il coins one gold dotar.
Laughter) Some think It means that the
government will give sixteen silver dollars
for every gold dollar. I.aughter) 1t does
not mean that. Uaughter) Some think
that it means that under free coinage IL
will be as easy TO get sixteen dollars as IL
is to get one dollar under the gold stand
ard. (Laughtcr.) That may approach the
truth. daughter and applause.) Sixteen
TO one simply means that according 10 law
the debt-paying power OF one ounce OF soid
when coined shall be equal 10 the DEBT
paving power Of sixteen ounces OF silver
when coined. 1t simply means that the
silver dollar is sixteen times as large as the
l. - 20 mo NC
And when we say that are in favor of
the present legal ratio of is TO i, We simply
say that we are in favor OF having the
silver dollar remain the same size as II Is
now and having the gold dollar remain the
same size as 1t is now. That Is what we
mean. (Applause) We mean that Is the
Andrew Jackson; that it shall be the ratio
at which the paints shall be opened 10 the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver. Gap
plause.) 1t means this: That III you owe
a debt you can go out into the market and
buy silver and have 1t coined ana use tnat
silver TO pay your debts. Already you can
90 out into the market and buy gold and
pay your debts after Ii Is coined, and when
YOU have the right TO use either one, III
they attempt to corner one metal you can
use the other. Nong and continued ap-
plause) Whereas II you have but one
metal which you can convert into money
and that metal Is cornered. you are i at me me
mercy of those who are managing the
corner. (Applause.)
ONE OF DONNELLY'S STORIES.
Now, just one word more. heard peo-
pie talk about the great advantage it would
be il we had the free-coinaGe law, so that
men could go and buy silver for 90 cents
and have it coined into 100 cents and make
the difference j have know men to spend
time specializing upon how much could be
made under such a system. / am going 10
illustrate the proposition by a story told of
Ignatius Donnelly. Mr.. Doanely observed
two men discussing the question III a car.
and one gentiman said TO the other free
coinage man, Don't you think it Is wrong
for the government to say by law that any
men could go and buy silver for 40 cents
and after il was coined could sell IL for TO-
and make the difference? And the advo-
cate of free coinage said TO this person:
Under free coinage any person who holds
4121a grains of standard silver can take that
silver TO the mint and have ii coined into
a dollar at any time. Now. If that Is true.
who he asked, under the free-colnaSe OF
silver would sell his silver Tor % cents!
Great applause) There was a silence for
a moment. and then some one says,
would The free-silver advocate went TO
found that it came from a sallowfaced
young fellow sitting by his mother, and the
mother said. Don't pay any attention to
and laughter) Now, whatever one person
can do under free coinage everybody can
and if everybody can do that 1 cannot foi
TO be- / cannot see who Is going TO sell
silver for less than wnat he can get for Ii
coined, but yet there are people VINO are
specializing to the amount that can be
made by buying it at half price" Gap
plause.)
A voice here called out: would not
the silver mine owners have monopoly!
Mr.. Bryan answered: THE silver mine
owners are the only. people who produce
silver just as the gold mine owners are the
only people who produce gold. Tremendous
applause and great cheering) The silver,
when produced is of no use to the man
who produces 1t until he either exchanges
IL for money or converts ii into money for
his own use, and the moment he brings
that silver from the mine and converts IL
into money that money is in use to buy
the commodities produced by the toilers or
this country (applause), and until that
money is brought into existence there is
no money to buy the things which people
produce. Therefore, when we legislate 10
prevent money coming into existence, we
legislate against the interest of those who
and cannot sell them until there is money
TO buy them. Great applause.)
And now you must pardon me for GO
ing into this subject at all. l did not in
tend to do 1t. but the eagerness OF this
audience and the attention which they have
given has tempted me beyond my power TO
resist Permit me here TO thank you for
the kindly greetings you have extended and
to thank you for the interest which you
manifest and | beg you 10 take this ques-
ton and study il for yourselves and then
exercise your own judgment when the time
comes 10 pass upon it." Great applause
Addresses were also delivered at both
meetings by "Siiver Dick Bland and j.
Gilmore Johnson. of Kansas. member of
the national committee. who is slated as a
member Of the Democratic executive COM
mittee.