The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-03
IN LITTLE RHODE ISLAND
BRYAN DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL
QUESTION AT PROVIDENCE.
Nominee Takes His Text From the
Able Instructor of Rhode
Islands University.

from Providence headed by John Con-
ney. secretary of the democratic commit
tee, greeted Messrs. Bryan and Sewall.
The train left at o'clock. and only one
stop was made. This was at Mansfield,
Mass, where, from the platform Mr..
Bryan shook a few hands.
Providence was reached at lO:O5. Here
Il Commute stop was made. There Was
a multitude of people at the station, ana
they completely filled the space where
Mr. Bryan spoke from stand directly
in front OF the city hall The candidate
entered upon and throughout his address
devoted himself to a discussion of the
financial issue upon the lines followed
in previous speeches. He took for his
text these words from a book by Profess
sor IL. Benjamin Andrews of Brown uni
versty, Of Providence: 1t IS always
assumed or admitted that the initial i'm
pert OF money would be money with
unit, having a general steadfast purchas-
ing power
In this definition Mr.. Bryan SAID Profess
sor Andrews plants himself upon a sol
id rock
If one of our western men, Mr.. Bry-
an added, advocates bimetallism and
calls attention to the injustice of the gold
standard, they say that he lacks the &C
ucation which is necessary to compre
bend the beauties of the gold standard,
but when some learned men, like Profess
sor Andrews, advocates bimetallism and
denounces the gold standard with an
emphasis which can not be surpassed in
all the south or west, they say much
learning hath made him mad. Men who
are SO absorbed in the worship of the dol
la that they can not give time to the
study of the questions which surround
humanity, will sit back and, with
'hOler than thou expression pity Il man
who has got beside himself in the study
Of the money question. They never get
beside themselves. They never get be
ycnd themselves in the study of any
question.
Correct Definitions are Scarce.
you can not find a correct definition
OF an honest dollar in the speech of any
advocate of the gold standard who is
talking this year. He tells you that he
means sound money. Ask him what he
means by sound money. and he tells you
that he means honest money. And the
chances are that you can not guide him
outside of that circle, because in most
cases he himself has no suspicion of what
he thinks is an honest dollar. He VIII
tell you that an honest dollar is a dollar
which you can melt without it's losing
anything. Why. bless the ignorant heart
of a man who gives that definition, he
does not seem to know that the very
characteristic which he praises in gold
is a characteristic given by law and that
the gold dollar and the bullion in the dol
lar are worth the same because by law
you can convert the bullion into a dollar
without change at any time you want
to-"
Mr.. Bryan argued that there can be no
material difference between the bullion
and the coinage value so long as one can
be converted into. the other at will.
He continued: Some of our opponents
have bpap Qalqnlatiuo how much rnopnyr
they can make under free coinage by
buying silver for so cents and having
It coined into 100-cent dollars Now. my
friends, if any of you hold silver bullion.
would you sell il to anybody for half
price and let the producer make the prof
IT, OF course not. And yet. you near
this argument every day by those who
seem unable to comprehend even the
plainest roots that are presented in the
money question.
MY friends. If We differ as To The
merits of our policy, We might then dis
cuss the respective merits of opposing
policies, but the republican party does
not present any policy to the American
people. The republican party does not
present a financial policy and say that
the proposed policy will benefit the
country; the republican party simply
proposes to maintain a policy which the
republican platform cOnfesses to be bad,
and which it promises TO get rid of and
substitute bimetallism. But the repub-
ncan party promises to maintain that
policy until foreign nations shall come
TO our relief. Every person who believes
that we must get down on our knees
and ask the aid of the foreign nations
before we can have relief on the money
question ought to vote the republican
ticket. But. my friends. if you believe
that the United States can have fnan-
Al r...ff. Of
people. administering 70 the needs OF
those who live here. then you can only
express yourselves when You act with
those who advocate Independent bimel-
alism at 16 TO ] without waiting for
the ala or consent of any other nation
on earth.
'If the fnancier who wants the gov
eminent to issue bonds $50 that he can
buy bonds. has a right TO Use his vote
to keep the government issuing bonds
all The time and piling up debts on the
people then you who have to pay those
debts, have a right to use Your ballots
TO protect yourselves against this UNI
just burden. If the banker can not only
use his vote to advocate and support tho
financial doctrine which he wants, but
attempts to use the vote OF every Amer
lean who borrows money at the banks
attempts TO use his power us Cd money
loaner and coerce the men who patron.
ize him. then YOU who are terrorized
under that sort of system have a right
to use the Australian ballot TO rid this
country of its bondage
should Rescue Employers.
And ] say to you, who are employees
If your employers are so indebted at this
banks that they have not the power tc
speak out IN their own defense il their
obligations are such that they mus,
keep quiet lest their Threats be cut bS
the polite patriotic hnanciers, then, my
friends you as employees have a right
to step in and rescue your employers