The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-16

what Gentlemen upon the other side
of the mouse could not do; What tney
did not dare to do for four years. we
nropose TO give to the country silver
bill that will take all of the silver,
practically, of the United States, ana
make it available for the use OF the peo-
pie. oL
this Till is to the silver producers or the
United States. 1t does what the pres
ent law, as demonstrated by every ad-
ministration for ten years has not
done. 1t takes every dollar of silver
bulliOn that is purchased in the Uni
ted States and places it at the disposal
of the people as money"
THE GOLD STANDARD BEARER.
And again he said: IL will not vote
against this bill and thus deprive my
people and my country and the labor
ers and producers and the Industries
of my country of thirty millions annu-
ally of additional circulating me-
dunn"
In 1890 Mr.. Mckinley declared that
| in the interest of his country, in the
interest of the laborers, in the interest
of the producers in the interest of the
Industries of the country he would vote
| to add to the increase of the $24, 600 600
in the circulating medium an addition
al increase of $50, 900. That was
the Mckinley of 1890. Let me read to
you the Mckinley of 1896:
at is not more money we want
! What we want is to put all the money
we have already at work"
In 1890, when he advocated more
money, We had already added $24, 0O0,-
600 to the circulation each year. This
year we had no such provisions. We
have repealed the Sherman law and
the Bland act, and make no provision
to utilize silver, no provision to AID to
the currency by the increase in our sill
yer money. Yet when the currency is
decreasing and we have decreased the
money III circulation in the last two
years by $l50,00O, 900; yet when money
is decreasing instead of increasing, the
same Mr.. Mckinley who wanted more
money in 1890. tells you now that 1T is
not money we need, but to put that
money we already have to work.
Which does my friend favor? The
Mckinley of 1890, who wanted more
money, or the Mckinley of 1896.
(Great applause and cries of "1S90.")
More than that: Mr.. Mckinley said
in 1891, in a speech in Toledo, Ohio,
that Mr.. Cleveland has been discrimi-
mating against silver, had been trying
to degrade it, has been trying to con-
tract the currency, and that by LESSEN
ing the currency he made money dear
er 10y making it scarcer, making money
the master and all things else the SER
want. If it is wrong for Mr.. Cleveland
to make money dear by making it
scarce and money the master and all
things else the servant, is it right for
tn
the master and all things else the SER
want? applause and cries of mo!
Nop')
AN APPEAL TO HARRISON.
My friends. we can support our cause
by appealing to Republican testimony.
We can support every contention we
make by quoting Republican authori-
ties, and therefore Republicans who
come to us in this campaign do not
change their convictions. They simply
change their party name when their
party has abandoned the position they
used to occupy and now demands that
you shall surrender the convictions of
lifetime. Great applause and cheer
ing.)
Somebody may feel like cheering for
EX-President Harrison. If so, l will
read what he said. Elk President Har-
risOn sent q message to Congress on
December /, 1890. You will remember
that in 1890 they passed what was
known as the Sherman law, which
provided for the purchase of 54,-
| DOC, 900 ounces of silver each year. AT
, ter the passage of that DILL the price of
silver went up, and as the price of sill
yer went up prices generally began to
rise, aud on December / Mr.. Harrison,
then President of the United States,
sent to Congress q message, from which
read the following extract:
"The enlargement of our currency
by the silver bill undoubtedly gave an
upward tendency to trade and had y
market effect on prices, but this natu-
raj aud desired effect of the silver legis-
ton was by many erroneously attribut-
ed to the tariff act" tGreat applause.l
HARRIsON's LESSON APPLIED.
Mr.. Harrison said that the passage
OF that silver bill "undoubtediy gave
an upward tendency to trade aud had
q marked effect on prices"
You tell us that We cannot raise the
value OF silver by law. point you 20
that law, which was not as broad As
the one which We propose. point Won
20 limited use Of silver not an un.
limited one like we prOpose-and vet
that limited use Of silver raised the
value OF silver, aud. according TO tue
President gave an upward tendency
TO the market and q marked effect on
prices. Aud then he turned and re-
ouked thOse who had attributed this to
the tariff act, aud told them it was due,
not 20 tariff legislation, but to silver
legislation. lApplause.)
Here. my friends, Is authority that
silver legislation will do Just what we
claim 1t will do. More than that, Mr..
Harrison says that was not only the
natural effect but the desired effect Of
such legislation.
Now they tell us that they do
not want prices to rise for fear
the labOring mans wages will
not go so far, and then they said
1t was a desired effect. Since
when, my friends, has this effect
become undesirable? Since the
mOney-changers wrote q Repub-
lican platform that cOmpels ev-
cry Republican to silence the
voice of his conscience. The ar
guments which you hear to-day
are arguments manufactured