Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-22
EXPLAINS MONEY STANDARD
Ex-President Harrison Futs the Subject in
Very Clear Light
TWO METALS NOW USED SIDE BY SIDE
AbsurdIty of wanting Two Standards
of widely Different MenSure-
only Possible BimctnIIism
Now In Eject.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2l.-General Har-
rlson arrived Of his home in indianapolis
tonight at 7:3j. Leaving New Albany at 10
O'Clock this morning he made eleven
speeches before reaching indianapolis. There
were notable gatherings at Salem Orleans,
Bedford and Bloomington At Salem he
said in part:
Mr. Bryan proposes to abandon the money
system we have now and to Introduce the
proposed the first thing you want 10 do Is
to ascertain what the present conditions
are and then how they are 10 bc changed.
bimctallc country. We are using both gold
and silver as money-about %IOWI,Oo OF
silver and about $3.50 10000 OF gold. and
paper money based upon aud rcdnemablc
In coin. Every silver dollar and every paper
gold You don't stop to look at It; you don't
consult bank dctcctor further than TO see
whether 1t Is genuine. II IL IS not a coun,
terfeit 1t goes, and II goes for 100 cents on
the dollar-paper money, gold money silver
money. The democrats say tnat TINS rs
practically the gold standard. and so Y ls
and they say they want a double standard
Now I ask you to bear with me while
standard is measure. You have stand
ard bushel, a standard peck, standard
the standard dollar Is measure. The
others are measures of quantity or length;
this Is measure of value l want TO Know
how you can maintain two standards II they
are not of the same size or length. Can
you have two standard bushels when one
Is only half as much as the other? can you
have two standard yardstlcks wnen one Is
only half as long as the other? You cannot
maintain double standard of weight or
measure or value unless each one of them
IA the equivalent of the other. The law can
rake dollar legal tender to pay debts.
but how much it will buy In the market
you will have to find out in the market The
merchant says he will give you two yards
n silver dollar. That establishes the rea-
tive value of your two metals no matter
what you have In your law books
PROFIT FOR THE PEOPLE.
We are using silver now, but the govern
ment IL buying silver ut the market price;
II Is coinint u on lls own acGount IL Is
the people. II Is putting behind this silver
dollar the pledge of this government that
II will maintain its equality with the gold
dollar We limit the amount that we coin.
and by limiting the amount. by putting this
tain a certain amount OF silver at a parity
with gold. and we are doing II now. Their
over to the mine owners that the govern
ment shall build its costly mints, equip
them with costly machinsryi pay @ @hlgh sal sal
crs and that we shall put all this freely at
the service OF the men who own the silver
miEes. A dollar like that, unsupported by
the government. unlimited as to the amount
of coinage. cannot be maintained at par.
IT Is proposed that this government, with
It's bonds outstanding. held by savings
banks as security and Investment for the
md the prudent worklngman who has made
his deposit. shall. instead of paying in 100
rent dollars aS promised discharge all these
The people OF this country love it; they
love its honor II they had not loved 1t,
esteem. they would not have sent out
those great armies In the civil war that It's
so that men died for 1t with the light of
glory I'm their faces as the light of life
went out. They loved it's honor and they
kept It whole. They love Its honor COM
mercially, and they viii not have this gov
ernment put in a position of repudiating
one-half Of its just obligations. We were
tempted 10 do that In the old fiat money
times. They told you TINT the redemp-
ton OF our sreenbacks In gold would % bring
said: I'm the war times we wrote on the
face OF that note The United States will
pay the bearer one dollar and come what
will, we will not suly the achievements Of
our arms by financial repudiation." You
heard my voice I'm that campaign appeal
ing for national honor. You heard my
voice then saying TO you that resumption
would not hurt but would help you, and
I call you to witness now whether what
said then was not true. (Applause)
say a word about. Mr. Bryan has spoken
with some contempt of those people who.
this country every year ut 80 much IA
save. To whom did he alude? These
veterans who escorted me to this stand
That band of union veterans which has re-
Gently been travelling over the country
speaking to the people, and especially to
mean that gallant man, that heroic patriot
that man of God. General Howard, who
gave an arm to his country in the war.
Did he mean gallant old General Slckles,
who gave leg to his country In the war?
Or did he mean Corporal Tanntr, who
gave both legs to this country in the war?
Did he mean these men ny that term of
reproach; Men who have been saving the
country every year at so much save,
Those men, their sons their fathers, their
mothers, are all Interested that the honor
and dignity and just constitutional power
of this government shall be preserved.
They may be sneered at by the young man
from Nebraska, but they Will not be fright
ened by snccrs-men who faced the belch-
ing mouths of cannon that their country
might live
MAJoRITIES TOO BIG TO COUNT.
Let me say, in conclusion, that / spent
some time this summer in the east. and l
bring you the assurance that there will
be no democratic state east of the Allie
ghany mountains. The great Empire state
will roll up a majority for Mckinley that
viii take them until Christmas to count.
Connecticut, that has almost invariably
been democratic, will have majority for
Mckinley. New Jersey, always democratic
will give $1,000 majority for Mckinley
Pennsylvania-I don't know. unless they