The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-09

of his speech here yesterday, Mr. Bry-
an said
The Populists have already Joined
with US. 1 viii say Joined with Us
They may say that we have Joined with
them. but L caer not how you express it.
We are together now Great applause-)
There is this difference between Re
pubiicans who come with US and Dem
ocrats who go from us. Democrats who
go from us must repudiate the history
Of the Democratic party and abandon q.
the time when Jefferson organized the
Democratic party. (Applause.) The
Republicans who come To us have simp-
ly to stand by that which the Republi-
can party used to advocate and which
in this campaign it has abandoned
Great applause A voice. Hurrah
for Mckinley Applause and hisses)
Mr. Bryan-Ay friends, beg you to
refrain from any manifestation of dis
pleasure I am glad to have that man
here who is in favor Of my opponent
I only hope that there are many such
because it is to such persons that de-
sire to address my remarks Cheers
and applause.)
My friend has declared his prefer
ence for Mckinley / want to ask him
which Mckinley he is for, the Mckinley
of 1890 or the Mckinley of 1885, C4Ong
cheering) Let me read you what Nc
Alnley said In 1890 when he was adVO-
eating the Sherman law. which added
to the volume Of the nations money.
He said la that speech. But all agree
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money and that the added volume must
be silver or its equivalent based on sill
YER At that time we were putting in
circulation about S24. 600. 600 a year un-
der the Bland act and Mr.. Mckinley
advocated the Sherman act on the
ground that it would increase the
amount Of money TO be put in circula-
Il0n among the people Let me read
you W hat he said then. We propose TO
give TO this country a silver bin that
viii take all of the silver. practically,
o. TnF q p
able for The use of the people
Again he said. So. Mr.. Speaker,
this bill is just to the silver producers
of the United States. for il does what
the present law as demonstrated by ey-
cry administration for ten years. has
not done lit takes every dollar of sill
Yer bullion that is produced in the
United States and places it at the dis
p0sal of the people as money And
again he said. i viii not vote against
this bill and thus deprive my people
and my country and the labOrers and
the producers and the industries of my
country of thirty millions annually of
additional circulating medium
In 1890 Mckinley declared that in
the interest OF this country. in the in
terest of laborers, in the interest of
producers in the interest of the industries
Of the country, he would vote to add
70 the Increase of S24. 600 an addi-
tionaI increase of $50 00O 600. That was
the Mckinley Of 1890. Let me read you
the Mckinley Of 1895.
IT,
What we want is to put all the money
We have already at work. In 1890 when
he advocated more money we already
added S24 600 GOO to the circulation each
year This year we have no such pro
vision We have repealed the Sher-
man law and the Bland act. and
are making no provision to util-
ize the silver, no provision TO
add to the currency by the in
crease in our silver money and yet
when the currency is decreasing and
d
culation in the last two years by s150-
Geo 000. and yet when money is decreas-
ing instead of increasing. the same Nc
kinley who wanted more money in 1890
tells you now that it is not more money
that we need but to put the money that
we already have at work
IVY hich does my friend favor. the Nc
kinney OF 1870 who wanted more money.
or the Mckinley OF 1882 Great ap-
plause and cries Of. '1SSQ-D
More than that Mr.. Mckinley said
that Mr.. Cleveland had been discrim-
mating against silver; had been trying
to degrade it; had been trying to con
tract the currency. and that by lessen
ing the currency he made money dear
er by making it scarcer and making
money the master and all things else
the servant
II it was wrong for Mr. Cleveland to
make money dear by making it scarce
and money the master and all things
else the servant. is it right for AcKin-
ICY 70 Try ana make money the master
and AL things else the servant2 CAP
pause and cries of No. NOD
AAy TRENDS, we can support our
cause by appealing to Republican testi-
mony We can support every conteu-
tion we make by quoting Republican
authorities, and therefore Republicans
who come to us in this campaign do
not change their convictions they simp-
~ change their party name when their
party has abandoned the position it
used to occupy and demands that you
shall surrender the convictions of
life time Great applause and cheer
ine.)
somebody may feel like cheering for
eX-President Harrison. If So I viii
read what he said. Ex-President Har-
rison sent message to congress De
cember l. 1880 You VIII remember
that in 1890 they passed what was
known as the Sherman act. which pro
vided for the purchase Of four million
ounces of silver each year. After the
passage Of that bill the price Of silver
went mp, and as the price Of silver went
up prices generally bsgan to rise and
on the LIST of December Mr. Harrison,
then president. sent to congress a mes
sage from which [ read the following
extract. The enlargement of our cur
reacy by the silver bill undoubtedly