New-York tribune., 1896-07-29
FEUTNINE FINANCIAL WISDOM.
DR., ELLEN JENNINGS ON THE COMING OF
GREENBAcKs'-"JrMMY" oBRIEN
uup.Ks rOOlE

Tho Young Democracy. or O'Brienites. held a
mass-mseting last night In Murray Hi Lyceum
A brass band played in the balcony Tor nat an
hour and at $50 o'clock there were severai huhdreu
people In the hall. David Lloyd. the chairman oi
the Young Democracy, opened the meeu's' iie
made no speech. but simply announced eA A-se"a'o'
Francis W. Bxby chairman OF the eVeh'ne
Mr. Bixby made a violent speech. denonncing as
traitors william c. whitney Roswell p Flower
and other sound money Democrats VINO are UNI
willing to swallow the Chicago dose OF Aharch!'
Populism and reputation. Tammany Hali' ne saiu'
was striving to ascertain whether to be De"'oora'S
/ traitors.
A set OF resolutions indorsng Bryan and the Chi
cago platform and denouncing the action OF 'he
New York delegates TO the convention was adoP'eo'
George Strassner, Sheriff Tamsens secretary
Alexander Del Mar and l.. j. Mumford also spoke
briefly
Dr. Ellen Jennings then distributed several huge
chunks of financial wisdom among her hearers her
commendation OF Lincoln for coming greehoacAs
meeting especial favor from the o Brenites
1T Is because we women do not want TO see
another revolution" she said. that We are coming
to your support. Not one man In l.Oeo can give d"
Intelligent account Of our financial faacy know
this much. that money was designed Tor our SER
vice and not TO be our master We are to-day
more under the influence and rule Of England than
We were in l776 Up to the war the money In cir
culation was $50 per capita. Now It is but VI per
capita.
..Honest Abe Lincoln in the times of the war
found he did not have cent of money. lie went
TO Wall Street and the same bankers that are now
shouting that they want to save the country then
we're benevolent enough to offer him money at
from "a to 80 per cent interest. Honest Abe SAID IL
was too much TO pay. He looked over the CoNs"-
tuition Of the United States and tound that o'.
gress had the power 10 coin money .tte coIheu
$50 600 900 in greenbacks II had been wisdom II he
dred thousand
backs and made them legal tender. and tnen we
would never have had one cent OF Donds 10 niee''
Great and continued cheering)
We must have sufficient money In circulation
that all business be done without BORROWING.
Three million men are out OF work. and instead OF
three livered turnouts that saw on Fitth-aVe'
when | hrst came here, twenty-six years ago we
now see thousands Of them. This unequal eohdi-
ton Of affairs must cease.
"Dr. Tanner once proved that he could live forty
days without eating. II had my way would keep
Wall Street for forty days on gold; no por:idge,
meat no bread nothing but goh no" "ouu
they like their god then?
Il wish had the power to tax !nhertiances so
high that nobody would desire 10 accumulate
wealth The money would be kept In circulation
for the benefit of the poor man"
When Mrs Jennings ceased speaking the band
played The New Bully and then ex-Sherin
Jimmy O'Iren made long harangue. .
This amt no fight OF Democrats SAID ne: ne.
of honest oilers against millionaire thieves. |
can't say nothing more than Mrs. Jennings mas
come and told YOU She has done noble. She will
make $500 votes for Bryan before the election
comes round. Now there's Billy whitney. Iiiin
and Croker they run .hc Democratic party III the
past for to enrich themselves. They are no lead
rs they haze no followers Thfy c are M 91GeTs ,n d
the ground floor In their Doodle schemes. beg OF
them to nominate thei- cold ticket. They amt got
nobody to for them.
"Bni Whitney Jimmy Martin and such Ike are are
for gold OF course. they are. They always was ior
gold Dave H.l says he Is Democrat He ought
10 be; he's said 50 often enough And why Goes
that political skirt dancer hesitate now? It's De-
cause he amt no Democrat. ,,
OI}r.en closed by saying that he would ho.d meet
lrCs o. his followers In every Assembly district 70
support Bryan The meeting then broke up in cheers