The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-30

sertativeS, and elected as our first pres
ident that glorious man. George WASH
ington, (cheers) then il was that the
patriots of the country turned to each
other and said what value shall we use
as measure.
Il want to call your attention par
ticularly that it was not political
question. it was commercial ques-
ton, II was a business question. 1t
was question that affected classes
and qualities of our citizenship alike,
and had no politics in it at all. They
determined that gold and silver should
be the money standard in the new
United States of America What kind
of money? What value? What de-
nomination should be given? And fin
ally. after examining carefully, they
determined that the money used in
Spain the Spanish dollar. was the best
representative of the medium of ex-
change in this country And they took
large number of Spanish dollars, and
weighed them: and they divided the
total, by the number of dollars, and
the quotient was the number of grains
they determined to fix upon as the
quantity of silver i'm the silver dollar.
Then the next question that came to
them was How much of that would
be equal in value to dollar in gold?"
and so the question was as Mr.. Hamil-
ton stated to the American Congress.
Il need not call your attention to
facts to show that the quantity of sill
Yer increased very much more largely
than that of gold, and If l have an
ounce of gold in this hand. I want to
put in this other hand enough silver to
make it equal the ounce of gold in the
other hand. So that the real value to-
day Is 20 ounces of silver to one of gold.
instead of 16 ounces of silver to one of
l,.N
lieve in has declared by our represent
tatives In the st. Louis convention that
II we are tn have gold and silver as the
money metals of this country we are
going to have them equal in intrinsic
value. (Great applause). Now the
party to which Mr. Bryan belongs has
no care for gold. Mr.. Bryan and his
party desire that we shall continue the
coinage of silver free. and that that
coinage shall be continued at the ratio
of 16 to l and that all the silver owners
in this country, and in all the other
countries of the world may have the
opportunity to come to our American
mints and have their silver coined into
dollars at the ratio of 16 to |.
Il took dollar in silver to the treas
ury to certain counter and they gave
me greenback for 1t. then took the
greenback to another counter and
asked them to give me a gold dollar for
80 cents worth of silver. Why? Be
.auSI ny ia'n anu circuit anu nonor oI
.hs,n S'".es VI f>,,ae'ca me was
tsSo,' rSueeI' tilis III IVY cei,S oi
wnrth ;,,; ;,;rs;ooi,,. ,S., so .n,s uo',I,
trife Ioss tban IN corts f for ~ o naror a. dci
lar. a rreanback which vas intrinsic
ally worth nothing, and then took
| that representative of a dollar to an
other counter in the treasury and I got
what the government agreed to give
| for it; that Is the difference between
this government and Mexico~
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MY w 'o' hD 81 E''
Mexico might agree for j, 600 years
10 make her silver uollar equal ioV cents
| IN Sulu. ana NOBODY would pelleVe Eer
but when the United States of America
| says that this silver dollar shall be re-
deemed in gold worth 100 cents, every
nation in the world believes she Is tell
| ing the truth. (Cheers and great ap-
plause.)
81 went one day in the CITY of Mexico
| TO a Snanish restaura nt to get nv din.
nor When finished az ting 7 hand ,d
| o,,t a siI,.ar Jo,lor o,d ,tar9ad 90 Tho
donr pafora hod COVE verv far n
Sror;,r, -, to,i,ai ;, - tonn,,,, ,,h;o,,
Ipa Iai,' ~ "mu udors.onn "a ,nr So" m"av" av
uu ~ n.. I
=, - . N,..;o,. lo,,o, A.. til ~
more grains of silver Oaughter) In it
than this dollar. daughter and ap-
plause.) SO mad my dinner, ana got
back more silver than l had when
| started (applause) and / was entirely
cheated i'm the transaction. daughter
| and applause)
But MIR. BRYAN and his party pro-
| nose that all the silver in our land. and
in all the other lands shall be brought
70 our r,ints and sbolI he coined free
| - ota,.na o,d shou ho stomna1 q 10
! , a, -. 80 .ta,,,,,,I e1 M
.t "'u ',,, ~. ~. 80, ~, ao,ror
.ne. WIN o1 T,. M'r., pn,,om any uon rnn
| equa' W S'io' iha' - WI III ~" ~
osltlon.
! NOW VI our government can com
sl'oo worth OF intrinsic 'alue OUT Oh
30 cents worth or nothlng' would IKE
| TO ask TINS audience why thls boNerh-
meht or ours taxes our people. nat
rs the necessity OF making you ana me
pay taxes every year IN intrinsic Vaiue,
II the government Dy It's own decree can
| make one uoilar, loo cents, out ol noun
| ing. w nat IL the use OF paying 90 cents
worth intrinsic value at all. why not
pay 20 cents worth or intrinsic value,
| or ~ cents worth, or TWO cents, or
'nothinE, ana JUST decree 'iaughterC
that TINS Is dollar, Which Is bound
To go as one doliar.
| nI-uoCp ATJC MAGIC
|
Why' u our government had the
| power ny reso'utloll' or py Act vi toh
Sress' 10 MAKE money ny the WISH oi
tne people What happy tiile we Woui(l u
| all nave. just thihk ol IT, My as
fead iotS years ago ii J. had tne iahip
OF Aladdin. ana had ms magic ring.
ana by JUST brushinS over that ring
| "a
| Whatever L wanted. on What sood
time would nave IN the united states
oi America. Wouid rup tlat ring anu
would swing the lamp ana Wouid m
| Vite you all TO ENJOY them. ana would
| wish every one OF you 10 nave NH
|