The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-13
THE NOMINEE OF THE POPULIsT
DEMOCRATS PUTS UI>IOOT IT.


The city Of Pittsburg. Pa, has very
considerable anarchist population, next
IN size. perhaps. to that Of Chicago Mr..
". j. Bryan, nominee of the Popuiist
Democratic party had a great reception
rendered him in Pittsburg on his way 10
New York city. and he made a speech
there. Amongst other things that he
said. he spoke thus:
"Now, my friends, l did not intend TO
make a speech. (Cries OF Go on; 80 on.)
IL must nOw-(A voice, Tell US about
10 TO -. There are several definitions Of
10 TO !. l will give you some OF them.
Some think that 10 10 / means mat the
Government Will coin sixteen silver dol
lars every time it coins one gold dollar.
daughter) Some think IL means that the
Government VIII give sixteen silver dol
lars for every gold dollar. Oaughter)
1t does not mean that. Oaughter) Some
think that il means that under free coin
age IL Will be as easy 10 get sixteen
dollars as il is 10 get one dollar under
the gold standard. That may approach
the truth. Sixteen 10 one simply means
that according TO law the debt-payins
power of one ounce Of gold when coined,
shall be equal to the debt-paying power
of sixteen ounces of silver when coined.
IT simply meaus that the silver dollar is
sixteen times as large as the gold dol
lar That il what is TO ! means. And
when we saw that we are IN favor or
the present legal ratio Of Is 10 l, we
simply say that we are In favor OF having
tho silver dollar remain the same size
as II is now and having the gold dollar
remain the same size as IL IS now. That
is what we mean. (Appause)
1--WE mean that IS the ratio that has
been so since the days OF Andrew Jack
son: that II shall be the ratio at which
the minis shall DE opened 10 the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver. ZAP
plauseD II means this. that If You owe
n debt. YOU can 20 out into the market
and buy silver and have II coined. and
use that silver to pay your debts Al
ready YOU can 20 out into the market and
buy gold and pay your debts AFTER II
is coined and when YOU have the right
TO use either one. If they attempt 10
corner one metal you can use the other
dong and continued APPLAUSE; wehreas
il YOU have but one metal which YOU
can convert into money. and that metal
is coinered. you are at the mercy of
those who are managing the corner. CAP
plause)
sixteen 10 one ~ lllf NuibNft'Ai VI WI
Rryan's campaign. and yet VIZ have
the candidate Of the party that proposes
TO revolutionize the entire order OF
things IN these United States certifying
20 the world that "A great part or his fol-
lowers who are clamoring for the revolu-
ton have no idea whatever OF what they
want when they demand "l6 to l." 1t is
said that this is TO be a campaign Of
education. Education amongst Mr..
Bryan's followers is certainly the thing
most needed II Mr. Bryan knows any
thing about them.
But this extract from his speech shows
that the candidate himself is in as much
need Of education as the most benighted
Anarchist that applauded his silvery ut
terances that evening at Pittsburg.
Sixteen to one means, says Mr.. Bryan,
that III you owe a debt you can go out
into the market and buy silver and have
IL coined, and use that silver 10 pay your
debts" There IL is, Mr.. Bryan. like
every other Populist In the United States,
proposes that the entire financial sys-
TEN of the United States shall be cast
upon lines that look exclusively towards
the interest Of debtors.
But we SAL and with the greatest de-