The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

then | shall close. l want you TO remem-
Der that the value OF a dollar depends
upon she number Of dollars. ! want you
10 remember that when you leElslate IN
regard to II e number Of dollars that lcgis-
laron will affect the value of the dollars
THIS principle OF monetary science 10 un-
d. ~ TODD by our opponents orcauSe they
have invoked legislation to destroy part
OF the country's money n order that they
might enhance the rise Of the country's
money and when they tell You that YOU 20
not understand the question of hnunce
you tell them that the man VINO talks
money and ignores the law OF supply and
demand. which simply means that when
we limit money we make " dear. tell n m
that when we open he mints we Increase
the demand and It raise, pr'"es In 1873
we closed our mints and silver fell Whom
we stopped buying silver in lS's silver fen
Under bimetallisin our laws " IL bring de-
nland Into existence and that demand VIII
fix the price OF silver. We believe that tho
demand furnished by. 100000 of people
is sufficient to use all the silver We can
get 30 our mints. (Greaf applause) If
that be true. there Is no person In the
world who will sell his silver FOR less than
S1,29 an ounce. because by bringing It to
our minis he can, convert It in;o money
for. one dollar and use Tint, money.
They tell us that Mexico has failed to
do so. Now. We can not have all the
votes my friends, but am perfectly will
ing that the republican party shall have
the vote of every man who can look over
the United States and thea think 1t - not
largo th1n Mexico. tCheersl
an perfectly willing that any man
who thinks the United states is MAPLE
to accomplish ANYTHING which Mexico has
failed TO accomplish shcll vote the repIb-
lican ticket Great appluuseD
Whenever you mn a man who ls going
to settle the question for YOU ard rel'eve
YOU Of all the care and anxiety. you lind
out whether n is on your side or not,
daughter and applanseD Whenever |
ini ono of these & oi-uaturei men, thcs.
| soif-sacrincug mon. when ! find one OF
| those who are willing to tax upon ihciu-
selves the thinking for an thr rost n The
pc opln. 1 am comp I'll, TO think cf one Of
r.sors fables. There was It farmer who
was building a fence to protect MS chirk-
aus. and =, fox came ny to him and sad:
DO not bother about mat fercc, you 60
on about your blowing and ave me
under stand the rhi kcn business. d-'ns H.
er Ind iuplausc.f
They say that. we are arayng, one class
of society against another. deny IT.
Eut, my friends. II a burglar comos to
my house ! have a right to call all my
family up to keep him ont and It does
not make me mad IT, "a he starts liz
turns around and shouts At Me mat am
| trying to array my family against him
! t,Npplause and laughterl when men ar
Hy themselves against society society
has right 10 array Itself againt them.
When syudicates try to run I'M. govern
nont the people who are opposed 10 syn
! dicHtcs have a right to array themseiNc
Against them and no abuse that theib
u
! they can call can drive us from what
/ we believe to be our right, but ont duty
to defend our homes and our iiresidcs
| against his invasion. Great anplauseD
! The success of tho ticket is not 30 dan
| Cerous to any man who wants to eat the
| bread he earns. Tho success of the chi
| cago ticket tx dangerous only TO the mar
who wants to eat the bread that come
| hoIy else earns. The principle that Under.
lies this money question Is a simple one.
/ II IS SO simple that there is not one per
sHt.r La hi ia mi n t1 a
/ apply this money question to himself arc
/ know how the interests are affected.
| some people ask why did they dcmone-
| tie silver and when did they do 1t? Why
my friends. they dcmonctiaed IT becGus,
| they did not want SO much money in the
world. Now YOU say why d!d not they
! dcmonctize gold instead OF silver In IN,
first place there ia a large proportion O
! gold used in the arts and therefore a
less proportion of 1t Is available for coin.
| Another thing, at the time the supply
| OF silver was increasing and therefore
| by demonctl2ing silver they would leave
| gold as the only money that could 70
lplcnish the currency OF the world, and as
| they knew that the supply of gold avail.
able FOR coinage each wear was sufficient
10 keep pace with the demand for money
they knew that gold standard woult
simply mean that a dollar shall not great
~ rise IN value, bciiev" that Is vim
Nas heli'nd the decentralization of silver
but NJ was not known TO the few p-oph
who wcrc man'pulating the finances. and
my friends | want you "a remember this
that tho goli standard has never tnkci
the step IN The light that the gold stand
ard has never fought q battle IN an ope'
field aye, and Il Is not fighting II thi
we are wiling to tight the Republican
party upon its platform and we are win
in. TO FIGHT ANYBODY who opposes our 20
si'or and Viii come ont and go state, an
We win give TO our opponents who adVo
cute wat they believe, all credit for hon
csty and sincerity of PURPOSE But, m