The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-20

he Will commence redeeming silver dollars
In gold. Naughter). l call you attention
to 1t because want to emphasize the de-
eeptions which have been practiced by this
administration on the money question.
(Applause). When this administration ad-
Vised the repeal of the Sherman law you
were told the repeal OF the Sherman law
would remove the difficulty, and yet as
soon as the Sherman law was repealed
the same authority which promised relief
as soon as that was repealed came to con-
gress with the demand that the green
backs and treasury notes must be retired
by an issue of gold bonds in order to stop
the drain on the treasury's gold"
proceeding with his speech after a brief
intermission, caused by a violent gust of
wind, Mr.. Bryan said: "The Secretary of
the Treasury informs you that If the
greenbacks and treasury notes were all
retired so that there would not be a dol
lar OF paper money to be presented for
gold, yet it would be his duty to com
mence to redeem the silver dollar in gold
and to start another endless chain that
would drain the treasury. According to
the doctrine laid down by Mr. Carlisle,
you cannot stop the drain upon the treas
ury until you retire all the silver dollars
and leave nothing but gold in the treasu-
ry vaults. 1 am glad that our opponents
are thus compelled to expose to
IAAO PuDAAC eye lIlSlT nedTIieSS,
merciless and criminal policy 1 am
glad that they have told the
public we must have gold alone, and thus
have confessed that we are in the hands
of two banking syndicates and must pay
them what they want. Talk about mo-
nopolies and trusts, and here they pro-
pose to establish the most gigantic trust
money trust, and to let the men who
own the gold dole 1t out to the other sew
PnfV millions nf A American
nounce that policy as more cruel and
heartless than would be the domination
of any foreign power. 1 would rather, as
has been said, put our army into the hands
of a foreign general of our navy in COM
mand of foreign admiral than put the
treasury department in the hands of a
secretary who would barter it away to a
syndicate. (Cheers) 1 would resist such
financial policy with as much earnest
ness as L would the progressive and in
vading army. (Cheers)
Once when Mr.. LincCl was a candi-
date for office, some one said to him. I
hope the Lord is on your side' and he re-
piled that he was more anxious to be on
the Lords side. daughter and applause).
l am glad that in this campaign we have
so many evidences that an oYer-ruling
Providence is on our side, and in no one
instance that l know Of is that over-ruling
Providence so distinctly and clearly mani
Tested as in the recent letter of the Sec
retary of the Treasury. Let me ask you
a question: Did the administration, when
it recommended the repeal of the Sherman
law, believe 1t would cure our troubles?
(Cries of mo" and cheers). If it did then
the administration was so absolutely mis-
taken that you have the right to disre-
gard and distrust the knowledge of the
administration on this question. II the
administration knew that the repeal of
the Sherman law would not bring relief,
then you have the right to distrust the
honesty of the administration which
would thus recommend one policy and
pursue another" "(Applause).
Here the threatening clouds began to
discharge their contents upon the audi
ence and the bunting shed its colors upon
the honored spectators on the platform,
dyeing them red and blue indiscriminate-
ly. A forest of umbrellas arose in the
audience and one chivalric spectator,
emulating Sir Walter Raleigh, took off
his coat and threw 1t about Mr. Bryan's
shoulders, standing himself in bare sleeves
in the pelting rain. This elected cheers
from the crowd, but nevertheless the
grounds began rapidly to be divested of
spectators.
Shouts were raised for Mr.. Bryan to go
on, and disregarding all the inconven-
iences he continued: IF the administra-
tion knew when it recommended the re-
tirement of the greenbacks and treasury
notes as a means Of stopping the drain
on the gold of the treasury, that after
they were retired a policy would be pro-
posed such as the secretary now recon-
mends, it was dishonest in not taking the
people into its confidence at the time.
(Cheers.) If it did not know that then, let
dt confess its ignorance of finances and
of the laws of the country. (Applause.)
Does the administration know now that
when 1t starts to redeem the silver dol
lars in gold it will start another endless
chain which will drain the treasury
endless chain which viii continue until
they retire all the silver dollars and sub
stitute bonds in their place? (Applause)
''Now. don't think my language harsh. 3"
Here a voice in the crowd shouted out:
"It is not half harsh enough" and this
was greeted with applause.
Mr.. Bryan continued: These men are
the public servants of the American peo-
pie, and they have no more right to be-
tray the people into the hands Of the
Shylocks of London than Benedict Ar
mold had to attempt to betray the 1lineri-
can army" Great applause)
Here the rain became still more intense,
and amid cries from the audience of Hit
'em again." a general run for shelter was
started. Mr.. Bryan continued: THAT S
letter at this time"
Here the same co-adjutor in the crowd
shouted out: "And that settles it," where
upon there was an outburst of laughter
and cheers.
Now" continued Mr.. Bryan, "in the
few moments left me- let me call your at
tention to the language used by the IA
ther Of his country in the message given
to the world 100 years ago to-day. Wash
ingtOn said in that message: There can
be no greater error than to expect or cal
culate upon real favors from nation to
nation. It is an illusion which experience
must cure, which just pride ought to
discard
"Those who are expecting foreign ma
tions, dominated by the creditor classes,
who profit by a rising dollar, 10 join with
us in stopping the rise In the dollar are
doomed to disappointment, and it is diff
cult to see how any person can expect
silver to be restored to its rightful place
by foreign aid when we have waited for
twenty years only to find our opponents
more hostile than ever. Aye, covertly
threaten that they will use the notes
which they hold 10 control our financial
policy. If relief is to come to the Amer
lean people. IL must come from the Amer
lean people themselves and on this day
when we celebrate the Tooth anniversary
L "