The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-30
IN THE FORENOON.
MIR. Bryan Addresses Multitudes mt Eigin
and Beiyidere.

Mr. Bryan A0OretBes Multtuueb Ut Etktu
and Beividerc.
Elgin, ILL.,, Oct. 29-At 9:3O a. m.
Bryan reached the Northwestern de-
pot In Chicago for a days tour in the
belt Of towns In Northern Illinois. A
large crowd cheered him loudly and
demanded a speech. Bryan smillngly
declined and disappeared within the
car. The train reached Elgin at 1925.
He was taken to platform 200 feet
from the railroad and addressed a
large and enthusiastic audience. Bry-
an was introduced by l. N. Adrian.
president of the Bimetallic club of Ell
gin.
Bryan said: Politicians have been
lodging the money question for 20
years and financiers have been settling
il their own way for 20 years. and yet
1t is more unsettled than 1t has been
all that time and IL this election fails
to restore bimetallism II simply means
four years more Of agitation until the
people have another chance to express
themselves. Great applause) You
hear our opponents talk about restor-
ing confidence. that all that is neces-
sary is to stop agitation. My friends.
they ought to know that agitation Is
the result of a condition and agitation
must continue while that condition re-
mains.
III the silver question could have
been put down merely by saying be
still 1t would have been put down long
ago II IL could have been put down
by commands or threats of by intimi-
dation, it would have been put down
long ago. But ! want you to remem-
Der that in spite Of all the financiers
have done for 20 years to keep the sill
yer question down, IL is still up be-
fore the American people and will stay
up before the American people. zap.
plause.)
I'VE are accused OF stirring up dis
content. My friends. because a physi-
clan points to a disease that does not
argue that he creates the disease. The
disease Is here and we simply point
II out, and you can blind your eyes II
you viii but you cannot cure the dis
ease by refusing to see IL tAppluase.)
For years, aye, for centuries, bimetal-
lism was the financial policy Of the ma
tions OF the world.
England started a crusade against
silver in 1916. She stood alone as the
gold standard nation after the discov-
cry of gold in this country and Aus
tralia. Then after gold began to in
crease there were three nations In Eu-
rope which demonetized gold for fear
that money would become too cheap.
The very argument used to-day against
silver was used against gold and we
were told that to pay In gold was to
cheat the widow and orphan and de-
positors in savings banks. (Applause.)
IL you will read a book written by a
French writer. 4 Chevalier. along In
the sos you will find the identical argu-
ments used against silver now that
were used against gold then. You can
take his book and put the word silver
where he uses the word gold and you
will have the ordinary gold standard
argument of to-day.
After they found that gold ceased
10 increase and silver was increasing.
then they began the same kind Of war
fare against silver that they had start
ed against gold. l have had people
ask me- why IL is that they demonetized
silver when silver was worth more
than gold at the time. The explanation
is simple. my friends. At that time
silver was increasing and gold decreas-
Ing and they wanted 20 demoetize the
metal that was increasing so they
would have the metal that was de-
creasing. because a decreasing money
means dear money. and that Is wha,
the money changers always wanted.
tApplause.1
There is another reason Why they
deruCnetized silver IN favor n gold. \
large portion of the annual product oi
gold is used In the arts while only a