The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01

speech of the day mt Mount Pleasant nt
O'Clock, before he had his breakfast.
The air was cold and crisp and seemed
to give the candidate new vigor for his
last tour across the-State. He appeared
i'm good voice. and smoke so distinctly ms
to he heard with ease by the large crowd
which had congregated thus early i'm the
day. The audience was an enthusiastic
enc, and was evidently in sympathy with
the speaker
At Fairfield, where he was met by n
large crowd, Mr. BRYAN devoted himself
TO questions which had been pronounced
to him bv telegraph, saving in part:
lin going about from place to place
have buta few moments nj each stop and
AM not able TO enter into an elaborate
discussion of any question. lut take
these occasions to discuss Various phases
OF the money question. Sometimes have
questions put to me, the answers to
which aid in----the discussion So this
morning have two questions to answer.
One Of them is: Granting for moment
we have the right To- pay the interest on
our bonds in coin and not in gold IS il
not ut least unfair, after having paid con-
tinually in gold, to suddenly switch to
silver without warning and compel the
acceptance thereof when the face value of
the bonds themselves Mt the present
moment, and for many wears have been
the same as their value in gold; in other
words, is it fair for the holder to sud
denly change his gold bonds or his bonds
as good rs gold into mere silver bonds>'
The question goes upon the assump-
ton that gold and silver will not be
maintained ut II parity. Whereas, we in
sist that under the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at 16 to l. we shall
maintain the parity between gold and
silver ut the present legal ratio, and by
creating demand for silver, which will
take all there is on the market, we will
be able To make Il silver dollar. as good as
II gold dollar, wheth or melted or coined,
here or anywhere else in the-world. That
Is our contentious Therefore we cannot
admit the position assumed by the ques-
ZION. me question makes another as
sumption, ana THAT IS II the admnistra-
ton having surrendered to the holder of
Gne opiiSaCion the option to demand this
kind oil com, we shall not assume the
rlsht winch the law gives to pay III either
Kind OF coin. 1t goes upon the theory
uh't' because you have given Il man an
u'ii'lr ADVANTAGE Tor Il long tI'ne: you
ni'S' continue To give MN THAT advan-
'aSe anu nor resume tmc right to pay IN
c,Vher Nlhu o' com W hen you maintain
'"c P''loH pcCWccn Soiu ana SILVER III
liihIVers hoO 10 the holder OF the oDilga-
,ioii Whether you pay III gold or silver
pnt the very tact that the debtor eNcr-
c'seS ''e riSh1 10 pay III cithcr Nlnd oil
com serves TO keep ne TWO metals to-
Setncr' biile"'ilsih implies that the
u ,,' snail choose the com OF payment.
ne poiius ISSUED ny tle hlted states
o:''i ior COLL anu Ihe ia'theWs resoiu-
t'on III 1919 declared that this nation
hai the right to pay its coin obligations
~ e'Iher goin or silver, ana that resoiu-
tlon mas never been rescinded The Pres
luent OF the l nlted States has no right to
chthSe the lhWS OF the land, ANA when he
orieS TO 90 u the people nave the right
10 sc''ho by the law, lhstca" Oh the All
hiinisIratlon pollcy.
:. on VIII md that Mr. Carlisle, III
discussing this subject beiore the com
mute. an on appropriations on JANUARY II,
iooo saiu tnat II the executive oflicers
nau III inc beginning exercised the right
W pay III either com, IL woui" nave done
,io h"riii pu1 would nave worked wen;
o"o ms contention was that, having
eaOhpllsiiet' precedent,lt would be.hcces-
s"'y =" iolioW that precedent inStcau OF
eAeiuis'ns Ine right TO pay IN ,either Soid
we say that II the admins
'',' nus s'trreiiuered the rights 'hat 1ne
-; "a.i, .lle sooner another auin'his-
fo,. ttn ,"a,,,l..1 'nose IlShlS V'!e oc.,cr
tha e,,nnnI1 ~ nave aoeeh -'"J"'e" ny
"a ,,a;,, ~ VI ''le risnos' :,
ho,J.. ,,a,,,isi me 9aS ClaC we nave SOU
~ thn ,o,,,s, 49, 'o''i "'i'' cnc p"rc'."9cle
nr;co tho,, ,,,;a '''".'o -" u. oii'' ia Wv
na,,s.o ~ ~ - ~ so'le ihS.,'hces' pc
heIieve tbat w., ~ pay III sil'ei' ".u
Tho bordc n,,La , i.ro lie' wiz pp"S!i'
bond and cold ho n,,ne,o,, , oeoWee'. CON
the rsl thst tbn,, 81. ''iI ena,seu W ~.
com PLAIN u we exercise the right to pay
Ill eiCner com.