Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-21

metallism would be hardship upon
those who have entered into contracts
payable in gold coin, bur this is q mis-
take It will he easier TO obtain the
gold with which to meet a gold contract
when most of the people can use silver,
than 1t is now when every one Is trying
to secure gold. The Chicago platform ex :
pressly declares in favor of such legis-
lation as may be necessary to prevent for
the future decentralization of any kind
of legal tender money by private con-
tract.
International BimetaIIism.
I'm conclusion permit me to say word
In regard to international bimetallism.
We are not opposed to an international
agreement lookius 70 the restoration of
bimetallism throughout the world. The
advocates of free coinage have on all oc-
casions, shown their willingness to CO.
operate with other nations in the 1e-
instatement OF silver, but they are no,
willing to await the pleasure of any other
government when immediate relief is
needed by the people of the United States,
and they further believe that the 'nde-
be the better assurance of international
bimetallism than servile dependence upon
foreign aid.
For more than 20 years we have in
vited the assistance of European nations,
but any progress in the direction Of in
ternational bimetallism has been blocked
by the opposition of those who derive a
pecuniary benefit from the appreciation
of gold. For a people blessed with the
our natural resources to proclaim them
selves impotent to frame financial sys-
tenn suited to their needs is humiliating
beyond the power of language TO de-
scribe. We cannot enforce respect for
our foreign policy so long as we confess
ourselves unable to frame our own finan-
clal policy.
Greetings En- New YOrk's Citizens.
"Citizens of New York, have travelled
from the center of the continent to the
seaboard that might, in the very begin
ming of the campaign, bring you greet
ing from the people out west and from
the south, and assure you that their de-
sire is not to destroy, but to build up.
They invite YOU to accept the principles
of a living faith rather than listen to
those who preach the gospel of despair
and advise endurance of the ills you
have. The advocates of free coinage be-
lieve that, in striving to secure the i'm
mediate restoration of bimetallism, they
are laboring in your behalf as well as
their own.
"A few of the people may prosper I'M
der such conditions, but the permanent
welfare of New York rests upon the pro-
ducers of wealth. This great city is built
on the commerce of the nation, and must
suffer if that commerce is impaired. You
can not sell unless the people have money
with which to buy, and they can not
obtain that money unless they are able
to sell their products at remunerative
prices. Production of wealth goes be-
fore the exchange for wealth. Those
who cheat must secure a profit before
they have anything to share with 9TH
ers. You can not afford to join the
money chiefs in support of a financial
policy which destroys the purchasing
power of the products of the toilers. and
must in the end discourage the saving
of wealth.
Il ask, expect your cooperation. 1t
is true that a few of our financlers would
fashion new figure, a figure represent
with the letters of gold, and her face
turned toward the east, appealing for as
sistance to those who live beyond the sea.
But this figure can never express your
idea of this nation. You will rather turn
for inspiration to the heroic statue which
guards the entrance to your city, a statue
as patriotic in conception as it is col
lossal in proportions. 1t was the gracious
gift of sister republic, and stands upon
a peristile which was built by the Amer
lean people. That figure, Liberty enlight
ening the world, is emblematic of the wis
dom of our nation among the nations of
the earth, with a government which de-
rives its powers from the consent of the
governed, securing to all the people free
dom of conscience, freedom of thought
and freedom of speech, guarantees equal
rights to all and promises special privi-
leges to none, the United States should be
an example to all that is good, and the
leading spirit in every movement which
has for it's object the uplifting of the
human race.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for one hour and fifty
minutes, and the hands of the clock point
ed to So minutes after TO- When he fin
ished the eloquent Grafton he was ad-
dressing the citizens of New York, speak
ing with uplifted arms, with manuscript
thrown aside.