The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
quote a few Characteristic phrases.

the leader of the English liberals:
England has been called the land of
shylocks. Nobody who was present will
forget the memorable speech, delivered
by, Mr.. Gladstone in this house on this
same question, in which he submitted to
the worlds ridicule the proposition that
this land of money lenders should 90
from country to country, hat in hand,
begging that we should be paid ten shill-
ings for pound.
This is practically the goal to which
bimetallism would lead us. (Hear, hearD
OF course, we are told that,we shall re-
ceive more money. The truth is that we
are paid not in gold but in goods. 1t is
out of this merchandise that our people
make their living, and now it is expected
of us that we shall go around the world
begging that we shall receive less mer-
chandise for our gold. Can ANYTHING
more ridiculous be suggested. (Hear.
heard We, who have lent hundreds, nav
thousands of millions to foreign nations.
shall ask them that for this money they
shall give us less in return than we now
receive. CHearD'
With this speech Shylock Harcourt has
laid bare the kernel of the''whole matter.
Shall producers pay double value in
goods or not? The English creditor grows
rich, while his American victim goes to
ruin.
When once it becomes fully understood
in London that Bryan is bound to enact
the free silver coinage, without the per-
mission of the stock exchange, will not
the fear of the decrease of American val
lies bring about the city's conversion?
Then Balfour will follow his bimetallic
convictions, ard in that case all Europe
is conquered.
1t is self-evident that the American
people desire to be as independent of the
manipulators of the bourses of New
York and Chicago as they must be abso-
lutely free of the conditions that govern
speculation in Berlin and London. So
called silver fanaticism, of which we hear
so much, is really but a protest against
shady bourse manipulations that threaten
the small man year in and year out
The American silver party, if it means
to do its full duty, must not be content
to break the gold monopoly, but must
also put ali end to the fluctuations of the
value of silver. This should be accom-
plished as follows: Immediately after
Bryan assumes his Office the government
of the United States should ask the DOW
e e.s 9l E1u.FFope whether they desire mu-
tual understanding with reference to free
coinage. The powers will not be long in
formulating requests ,and submitting
tracing parties will gain. Thus it may
come about that international bimetal
lism and the best possible solution of the
financial and economical problems of the
day will be ultimate results of Bryan's
and the peoples victory.
But how will it be should Mckinley be
elected? Nothing could act more disas-
trously on the American standard Only
Bryan can save the American standard
by an international understanding.
This honest money party overlooks the
fact that the present American standard
is endangered more by causes emanating
from itself than by Bryan. It is true
that the banks are just now heaping up
the coin of the treasury, and, contrary to
their usual ways, without compensation.
This may proceed for some time, but
should Mckinley be we'll installed, they
will remember the nice little profits of
the Cleveland bond issues, and ''get
even.n
Does any one believe that Wall street
gives up its gold SO unselishly? The
aim is to keep up the single standard,
for, should November pronounce it's
doom, silver would, as money, be decid
eddy ''sounder' than paper with a gold
premium
How will Mckinley seek to combat the
chronic standard crisis: With a protec-.
tive tariff?
In case protective tariff should be en-
forced, the income of the government
will be lessened, since the imports will
be reduced. Look, then, also, as under
Cleveland, for another syndicate will be
asked to play the guardian angel role
over the standard, and the American peo-
pie will contribute more millions for the
redemption of the currency, thus play
ing into tie hands of the money lenders
and lowering the prices of all products.
Bryan has a money programme, but
how is Mckinley? With the simple
promise to maintain the gold value of the
standard nothing can be effected. BY
what means can this be done? Mckinley
and his party must confess that the only
means acceptable to the American peo-
pie would be international bimetallism
The ''sound money" party, therefore,
cannot save the gold standard. II Nc
Kinley be victorious, it is doomed. I'm
less his prohibitive tariff bugaboo will
| bring Europe to terms with us, the alter
native is Mckinley tariff or Bryan free
| silver; in America it is Mckinley coer-
cion OR Bryan free silver. "Incidit in
| Scyllam qui vult evitare Charybdin.
| This is silver's revenge!
1t is really edifying to see how our
European capitalistic free trade and gold
| press raves over the arch tariff fiend, Nc
kinley. You see on this side of the At
lantic the silver question is recognized as
| paramount by capitalism. On the other
hand, Mr.. Bryan has the sympathies of
the producing classes of all European
lands in this campaign.
You are fighting the battle of labor
| against the bourse the battle of the far
mer against the Spectator.
The victory of Bryan will be the be-
| ginning of the peaceful solution of the