The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-13
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81. Louis. No, sept Eat three
great mass meetings held here tonight.
William ]. Bryan, the Democratic and
People's nominee for president, address
ed between 1900 and $3.50 people. AT
each of the three meetings he was greet
ed with prolonged cheers and at frequent
intervals during each of his speeches
the enthusiastic populace gave vent to
their uproarous APPLAUSE. The noma-
nee was met az the train by an i'm
1nsnse crowd He was escorted TO the
Planters hotel where he had dinner,
and then went TO Concordia park. the
Auditorium and Sportsman's park, and
at each place in turn he made speech.
So great was the crowd that hundreds
were turned away at each place
When Mr.. Bryan and his escort stepp-
ed upon the platform a Concondia park,
the great throng arose and for several
minutes shouted and cheered. Upon
being introduced, Mr.. Bryan said IN
part:
THE ISSUES STATED.
Ladies and gentlemen: We are en-
campaign which means a great deal of
good or evil to the people of this coun-
try and IN that campaign there is one
great over-shadowing issue and upon
that issue people are divided. There
are some who believe that the mainte-
nance of the gold standard until foreign
nations come to our relief. Is an alb
solute necessity for the welfare Of this
country There are those. on the other
hand, who believe, with US, that the
immediate restoration Of the free and
unlimited coinage OF gold and silver
at the present legal ratio of 16 10 1, with
out waiting for the aid of or consent Of
otller nations, is absolutely essential
10 national prosperity. Great applalse)
al desire to submit fed arguments
tonight in behalf of the restoration of
tree coinage. (AppIause.)
OUTGROWN GARMENTS.
Now, want TO submit for your con-
sheraton two or three propositions and
l believe that they are so clear and
plain that every one Of you can recog-
nize the force of them. In the first
place, I call your attention to the fact
that the Republican parry, in it's plat
form and through its public men, is
making no effort TO supply the people
Of the United States with a sufficient
amount of money TO do business with II
[ Were TO tell you that a grown person
could wear thee l0thes Of a child, you
would think me foolish. If l were to
bell you that a grown person could live on
the food necessary to sustain life in
child, you would call me fohsh- and yet
they call those men fnanciers VINO as
suIne that the people growing in popula-
ton can survive on a money decreasing
In its amount applause and three
cheers for Bryan were glven)
GOES INTO FIGURES.
'T want you to remember now the
figures which am going to read TO you.
These figures are taken from govern
ment publication issued on the first day
Of July. 1896.
In this government publication, is
sued by the treasury department on the
first day OF July, 1896, find a statement
Of the amount of money of all kinds in
circulation among the people for the
various years. Let me call your atten-
ton TO the amount given here for the
yeaS 1894. 1895 and 1896. In 1894 the
amount Of money in circulation was ST.
Bot, G00, goo. In 1895 the amount Of money
In circulation had fallen to s.. sol 200, 900.
q decrease in one year of $50, 000,0 In
iS96-and these statements are made on
the thirtieth day of June of each year
the amount in circulation had fallen to
81, SOC, 600. coo What does this mean?
1t means that in two years time. &C
SoTding TO the treasury department, the
amount of money in circulation among
the people has fallen about $3.50, 900, 600
In amount, Great applause) In other
words, in two yeaIs' time there has been
a decrease OF about, or nearly. 10 per
cent in the amount OF money IN circula-
ION among the people. This. my friends
Is the treasury report and this shows
that while the per capita circulation in
1894 was S24.S per capita, in 1895 it had
fallen to $21-10, a fall Of more than So
per capita. (Applause.)
SHERMAN QUOTED.
Now have called your attention to
this decrease shown in the treasury re-
port Let me say to You. my friends,
that instead of there being a decrease.
there ought 10 have been an increase
each year. (Applaus) Senator John
Sherman (Groans) made a speech on the
sixth of June, 1890. and in the course
Of that speech he used these words:
"1f our present currency is estimated
at s400-00o 0GO and our population is in
creaSing az the rate of three per cent