The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18

have always felt that there is moth
ing original either in vice or in folly,
and whenever / read the extravagant
statements of the populists am con-
strained to turn to some remote age in
human experience, and there / always
find the precursor of the financial agi-
tator who happens to be monopolizing
the attention of free people at any
one moment. Now, this statement
about England and English influence
and English domination of our none
tary system, the nefarious influence of
Lombard street operating through
Wall street, the activity of that mys-
terious money power which is chained
up somewhere that 1 never could dis
cover-and I was most anxious to dis
cover 1t, because I would not be a bit
afraid OF the money power Qaughter);
On the. contrary would be glad to
meet 1t face to face and see how it
worked, and perhaps discover the
method of making money power for
myself But in all the search I ever
made for a money power I have never
yet discovered it except where I saw a
pair of brawny hands at work making
something useful for the family of
mankind.
Analysis of the Silver Arguments
II have no objection to silver. like
1t. I want it, and I want plenty of 1t.
Now, 1t is not necessary to get legisla-
ton at all to remonetize silver If we
would remonetize 1t on an honest basis.
One hundred cents worth of silver
would be about 700 grains and small
fraction. Now, the difference between
Mr.. Bryan and myself is that he wants
to give every American working man
and every person who owes debt 371A
grains Of fine silver, while I want to give
him 700 grains and a small fraction of
fine silver; that Is all.
There Is no man would object to
taking 700 grains and a small proper
ton for dollar, because he could get
dollar for it anywhere it shows. And
1t is as good as a dollar. And he knows
that it is the exact amount that ought
to be put into a dollar If, therefore,
he comes to workingman and Gays
that silver is going to benefit him-that
is, silver coinage upon the basis of
1e to 1, which has grown to be an arti-
Gle Of faith with the populists-he pre-
sents to him this startling proposition:
that BIN grains of silver are better
than 700 grains. That is to say, the
part is greater than the whole; one is
better than two. If we can turn rea-
soning upside down and stand topsy-
turvy, walking with our heads and
thinking with our heels, then the sug-
gestion is valuable.
Now, he approaches the farmer with
this proposition: You will sell your
crop in Liverpool and get 700 grains Of
silver for every dollars worth, and you
will settle with your laborer for 371A
grains Of silver for every dollar that you
owe him. That is proposition which,
addressed to an honest man, insures its
own rejection.
Whether she be saved from the dan
ger which now overhangs her, as be-
lieve she will be, her safety and her
salvation, now and in the future, de-
pend, as they always have depended in
the past, not upon the rich, but upon
the poor who inhabit cottages; not on
the men who amuse themselves in clubs
but upon the toilers who labor in the
workshop, blowing the fields or delv-
ing in the mines for the treasures in
closed in the earth.
Faith ~ Popular Honesty.
my faith in the common people is
unbounded, because it is based upon
100 years of answering devotion to
the highest principles that have eman-
ated from the bosoms of men, as I
Judge by the result of their control
over the destiny of this country. I be-
lieve in the common people, because I
trust to their honesty. Mr.. Bryan ap-
peals to them upon an argument adj
dressed to their cupidity. believe that
the American farmer, whom no force
could conquer would never submit to
the passage of corrupt legislation. I
believe that he who would scorn to pay
one cent of tribute would scorn to sell
his honor for bride, however it may
be conveyed.
VIII Uphold the Republic.