The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-13

to discriminate against that foreign prod
uct by a prohibitory duty, I will ask him
to@wait until he has settled the money
question by international agreement. Gap
plause) l am not going to discuss the
tariff question because l am going to dis
cuss the paramount issue of this cam
paign,' made so by three political parties
and considered so by republicans who are
afraid to discuss 1t and try to discuss the
tariff question instead. (Applause) But
there is part of this letter which 1 think
you ought to hear, and l am not going
to deny you any good thing. Qaughter)
He says: The audience will be composed,
l presume, very largely of laborng men
and wage earners of high order. This
class of people, like others dominated by
human selhshness so far as their own in
terests are concerned, probably prefer to
receive their wages in dollars worth 100
cents, rather than those worth only So
cents (Groans).
Il shall take from my text the words
Like others dominated by human selfish
ness so far as their own interests are con-
cerned'
"Laboring men, 1 want to ask you why
1t is that every gold bug says that you
are selfish, and that your are Influenced
by selfish considerations, while every gold
bug pretends to be philanthropist who
simply loves honest money because ii will
l want to know why it is that these gold
bugs are SO sorry that every body else
will be influenced by personal interests
and so positive that personal interest can
not affect them. (Applause.) Why is it.?
l will tell you why. If a man believes
a thing is good for himself, and also good
for others, he will admit that It is good
for himself. (Cheers) That is the rule
that l lay down, and you can examine
1t and apply it to every day life. You
will find that men never deny that a thing
is good for themselves, il they also be-
lieVe II is good for others. 1t Is only
when they believe that they prosper by
the adversely of others, that you hear
them standing up and denying that they
have any pecuniary benefit" (Applause.) }
Mr.. Bryan then spoke of the reasons
which laboring men, farmers and business
men gave for wanting bimetallism, COM
pairing their reasons with those of the ad-
vocates of the gold standard, and ssid
"But there is another thing l want you
to notice about Mr., Washburns letter.
believe that Mr.. Washburn is a large en-
ployer of labor. Now If he is dominated
by selfshness why is he worrying so
much about having to pay his employees
in 53-cent dollars? (Applause) If his en-
ployes are so much afraid that they are
going to suffer personal loss because of
free silver, why doesn't Mr. Washburn
Oaughter) Oh, no, he desires to pose be-
fore his employees as one who is willing
to deny himself the advantage of paying
in cheap dollars in order that his en-
ployes may not lose by free coinage. What
reason have you to believe that he is less
dominated by human seifishness than his
employees are2 -ae tsA4
Mr. Washburn complains Of the Will
son bill arrived date this afternoon,
and received through the mail, or rather
in an envelope, an extract from a speech
which Mr. Washburn delivered in the
Senate of the United States on the 11th
of July, 1892. / have not had time to com
pare this speech with the record, and |
tell you so because l do not use authori-
ties generally without comparing them
and being sure that they are accurate.
But on this occasion | tell you how 1 got
this extract and l will read it and If Mr.
Washburn is in the room / want him to
say whether this is his speech or not, and
if IL Is not l will not ask you to ac-
cept it, Is Mr.. Washburn 10 the room
"a voice: He's dead'D Now, l am in
earnest in this matter. and / do not
want to do any man an injustice have
asked If he is here so that he can verify
it now, and have heard no response. If
he is not here, it cannot be verified until
l am gone, but want to say to you that
if what l quote turns out not to be Mr..
Washburn's speech, then l want to ask
you to withdraw it entirely and not con
slider ii In connection with what | have
been saying. Great cheering)
"In this extract / find that Mr. Wash
burn gives the price Of wheat, beginning
with 1865 and running down to 1890, and
that he uses these words. The hopes OF
the producer have been turned to ashes
The grain dealer, the miller and the busf-
ness man have been disappointed The
balance of trade in favor OF this country
that every one looked forward to with
so much assurance, has been much below
the general estimate probably from depre
citation Of prices in agriculture, and few
exports, at least $2OO, 100000. Gold is stlI
leaving the country, and there is but lit
tie life or spirit in general, business, while
/ think there is general disappolntment
that, with the tariff of 1880, we do not
see better times
Now, If these words are cor
rect, then Senator Washburn tells
you that there was beneral disappointment
that the tariff of 1890 was not followed
by better times. applause and cheers.
And, again, he said: Mr. President, the
people Of the country were startled. as
our country certainly was when the state
ment was made in an article in one Of the
magazines few weeks since that one-half
of the property and wealth Of this country
were owned by $1,000 persons And he
says 1 ne IlliilOudlIebt ltn-fnllliOndlreS.
the forty-millionaires, or the hundred mill
ionaires. almost without exception, have
neither created or earned their wealth.
The royal road to wealth mas been through
the illegtimate speculation, stock and
grain gambling, market working, railroad
wrecking, trusts and the whole family Of
iniduities that have been developed under
the nefarious methods OF the exchange Of
this country
Now, my friends, II this senator is ex-
pressing his alarm that half the property
Of the country was owned by 5000 persons
and that the mi-milllonaires almost
without exception have neither created
nor earned their wealth, and that the
royal road to wealth has been through IL
legitimate speculation, stock and grain
gambling, market working, railroad
wrecking, and the whole family OF inlqui-
ties that have been developed under the
nefarious methods OF the exchanges or
this country ought the senator to be sur
prised II we are alarmed at the same
things that scared him four years agoY'
The remainder OF Mr.. Bryan's speech was
devoted to reiteration OF his former ar
guments on the money question.
Mr.. Bryan declines 10 comment for pub
lication on Archbishop Ireland's letter
holding that he cannot make an exception
to his almost invariable rule not to enter