The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-27

SfH-as@ss Jones and Stewart n de-
ieTse a las sarae bin Jones
saic believe the sooner We
coT-e down fo'a thorough geld stand
ara The better IL viii re fer the country
When gold X used as money it teaches
TIE VERY hshl. Of honesty. IL cannot ~.
i keeps its promises 10 rich aus po0s
aEke. Senator Stewart said. The a.
boring man and the producer should have
tae same money with which the country
Is required 70 pay is national debt
They say the set OF Sc dezaonatlzesf
silver. continued the speaker .*Taey
say silver was stricken dssvn and dernase-
TIED [ ? 10 1875 s,san3 silver dollars
had been coined. Don't you know thas
you can purchase just as much win 4
dollar coined before 1876 as with one
eoiaed later. In 1895 we have coined al
most double the silver dollars that were
coined IL the y hole eighty years from I7se
% issl Does that look as though silver
had been stricken down. They sabSsracy
by addition: Ssesa go have been stricken
down 10 $3.50 eao eoa which IS the amount
OF silver coined since 1913
Il want you TO remember that son-e ~
our free silver Republicans were telling
you n l&- OF the prosperity We should
ENJOY under protection. and the evils tina,
would oefan the country under Demo.
cratic rule Ny friend W. (. Jones. ani
ne IL no relation OF mine ] want Won 10
understand. prophesied just what would
happen If Cleveland were elected. Hasn't
y happened@''
The speaker took passages from an ad-
dress by Bryan in the last presidential
campaign. The mention OF the free sill
Yer candidate brought a fains cheer from
the antagonistic group near the door.
which suosiGed very quickly and vas
drowned ia the laughter OF the Republic
ans as the following words came from the
speakers lips; Bryan said. If the DEM
oeradc party comes into power :. wili
not destroy Industry. Well. has Ia
Laugh,er) 1T Will not injure labor. bu.
Il VIII save 20 the men who produce the
wealth Of the country the larger portion
OF that wealth. l. will bring JOY Well.
don't you feel joyous Prosperity Are
you prosperous And happiness 10 all.
without regard to station 1-aughter)
When a fellow fools me once he don { get
10 fool me again. if know myself
u.augnter) / don't believe the people
OF the United States viii allow themselves
10 he fooled by this silver orat0ry. Cheers
and cries OF Never
They say If we have free silver Il will
bring about good times. II II WILL
want free silver. But is that true?
What does Is 10 I meanr I am afraid
many Of our Populist friends have the
wrong idea of 1t. They remind me of an
Old fellow In North Yakima. He went
into the pos;ofice the other day and said
TO the clerk: DO you think well have
free silver II Bryans elected? Yes. was
the response. Well said the old follow.
'when nine comes just send ii cut TO r'e.
won't YEP (Long continued laughter and
applause)
IF il will keep silver at a parity with
gold. l believe free coinage would be a
good thing. Air. Bryan says It viii be
kept a parity. | say 1t won't. We have
tried Il two Or three times. AMI Il was
always a failure. | have the word OF jus;
as good a Democrat as any in the country.
and a free silver man. too, that X will not.
/ refer 20 Mr.. BIanl OF Missouri. on
February 20 1882, page i,ilo of the Congress
sional Record he said: Talk OF our hat
giving certain yalue to The silver Of the
world. Can anything be more ridiculous? .
lie don't even consider il worth arguing.
The Popuiists say the stamp OF the govern
ment puts some value TO K. Bland sad.
The title. standard metal. means the gold
and silver bullion. The bullion is the
money. The stamp OF the mint Is simply
a certificate OF the metals weight and fine
ness. Suppose a farmer took Il bushel or
wheat 10 the mint and had il stamped as
bushel OF wheat when It only contained
thirty-four pounds. Would other farmers
be willing to trade their bushels Of wheat
for that bushele They ask who has ever
seen a 5o-cent dollar. I'll bet some OF these
old gray-haired men have seen a0-cent
dollar during the years from 1861 TO 1863
They say free coinage will help the
debtors. Who are the debtors in this coun-
try? We are all debtors. and we are near
Is all creditors. The greatest debtors in
this country are the corporations. All con-
tracts call for payment in gold This Is
stipulated IN the contracts OF Jones, stew
art, Pennoyer. Altgeld and all men OF
that class The laboring man is he VINO
works for the corporations Has he
~. .~s,t.f IN
gold? No be can be paid in cheap money.
while his employer gets good money OH
his contract The Republican party SAYS
a. men shall receive the same dollar. the
r.oA man no more than the poor man.
These Cheap Dollars.
These cheap dollars are all right to pay
debts. bat they are not right for purchas-
ing. The merchant can go into bis store
and mark up his goods. When the labor
ing man calls and wishes 10 buy he asks
way things are higher. The merchant tells
him the money Is not 80 valuable tis the
gold dollar he paid for his goods. What
does the la5or.ng man 90 them lie goes
home and marks up his labor. doesn't he?
uaugnter.l
The American laboring man Is today
the most prosperous in The world. The
per CAPITA circulation OF The United States
is greater than any free silver country III
the world. The Republican party SAYS
shat the $5n @0. go ia gold, the <sfe,g9V0
in silver and the sl1e 100000 IN paper now
tn this country shah be maintained As
good as the best. You can't lesis.ate mon
cy into my pocket. our friends seem 10
forget the prosperity Of a few years ago.
When was this city buiitr Under whosa
Administrations I lel You i Vas under
Harrison's administration. tCheeral I re-
member in North Yakima in 1879. 1879 and
ISL X vas no trouble 10 borrow money"
IA ed an ~I.+
sxne riencc 81 purchasing booming real
estate 20 show that some other causes ca
}st for hard dimes N fhls country save
ihe crime % ls1s. He din not locate SAa .ot
hat A voice from tie audience yelled
THAT lot must have beeu IN Anacortes
The audience VAS in fine Aunar. The
speaker told OF the fsugaltv of a German.
named Fritz. who. hy Industry and frugal
stv acquired tho property and nrally the
widow Of ne.ghbor named Bunt4. With
such sai.es a. this be kept v.pp,eS az
laughter floating about IL The audience
from time to time.
The Tariff.
Coming 20 protection ae said: L believe
the tariff is one q the most important
propositions before the American people.
II {Si2 we t1.6 me peor,e that IL w-e had
free trade foreign goods would some IN
nerc. ard ,0 iust that lar the market
wau.I Bee taken away from the American
prod seer Is shaJ not truee'' Use told OF
TAO families. IN each of wasrA was l. san
ami a 1a@gnter The two boys ware talk
irl- one las a5aat hav .u- shirts made ore
tc.t tua otaer taat hss sister woa}F make
S@HtS fer - cents s7rh- TAe second faf-
low ssbt be ~oa.a taink Il owes When
they TueE again fhe second toy had D.
c.seN that ho woutt RATHER pay 81 eaats
ans &sVe l.S oR0 SISTER make ras SHIRTS
53' Arss o1y asked f1r an e@pis rsst.1n and