Evening journal., 1896-08-27
LETTERS raoM TIE PloeLl.
R~pub Ivan Endorsea Brsan.

press has 'en bowling and ProTllng IL
language unhs for any American citIzsn
to listen to But thanks to the inteli-
gence OF An enlig ghtened public through
the energy OK the free silver papers. the
day has come when the terms Of : b lse
can justly be reversed on those who op
pose the free silver sentiment by calling
them by the term OF "Contraciionists,"
which justly belongs to them
have always been a Republican. but
am free to say that no man can follos
the dictation OF the gold STANDARD bosses
Of this country ard fulfill his part OF
patriot according to the constitution OF
our beloved land simply by DO wing in
humble submission to ary foreign nRtion
As 10 what shall constitute our money
standard. Oar forefsthers did not deem
IL proper to uss Roid as the standard OF
values In the fist congress assembled.
simply because, after careful and delibei
sts action they considered 1t too scerct
for the beet needs Of all ths people. And,
seconcly. because It would become too val
uable without the use Of silver as money
20 keep It from going to premium The
Republican party a. So. Louis says In its
platform that It is In favor OF blmetal.
lism by International agreement. Thus
IL ad miis that the use OF silver Is good
thing and Is needed by our people. Now
Why IN the name OF all common sense,
don't they have the back bone TO So,
that " anything Is good for the Ameri
can peope that they car have IL without
tho dictstion Of auy other naticn. Are
they loyal to the bsst interests Of the
| masses OF the American psople2 Did opr
foIefRthers falter in 1776 In that which
kEl 20 10 -. -.
oppressed people No, certainly no. Are
we here to day 10 thsw cur shalloN
natures and bow our heads TO the oicts
ticn Of set OF money contrsotionists." :"
who have bsen causing 4 money string
ENJOY 10 our land ever since the dsmOnti-
ltion Of silver Ia 1873, causing the
| dollar TO appreciate la velue each time
they choose until thev have now got a
debt Of nearly $40 O00,0 900 heapsd on
nation Of 10 700 600 OF people with
only about one dollar actual money out
Of csch sixty to pay Il with Nov what
do they offer for a relief? Why, the same
doee the gold standard. thst which has
caused the American farmer to exchange
one dollar and forty-eevsn cents worth
Of produces for each one hundred cents
he gets 20 pay his deb's with And still
4
one call this honest money2 Ie it net
tims, as said before, that the tables
should be turned against these persons
who have favored US with such sndeAi- =
ing names as cranks, anarchists, repndl
atorF, ote2 Most certainly SO have
never talked with q single person who
has nSt sdmltted that the supply and
demand for any article slwsys sets the
/ In ha - 4
mission Is IL not reasonsbl to admit that
ell imp rtant fact. that the demand Of
/ 70 OO0 600 Of people for the use Of silver
as money, that the vElus.of such silver
! will be enbsnced IN velue suficIenJ TO
restore IL 70 gle gA.uo 40 once enjoyed Of
| orc dollar and twenty nine cents Der
ounce But the ccy is set forth by the
/ gold bugs that we must walt until other
nations ssy so. refer you TO the CHART
Of tho world 3showing those countries
NOW usiug silver as money, aud you will
reSdily see that tho greater portion OF
tho civilized globe is using silver
Why then delay, when In fact ali m
tions are wondering why the Americans
do not adopt the silver standard Tn,
Chicago platform presents a clear anc
emphatic demand for the restoration Of
free and uni mlted coinage OF silver Al
che legal ratio Of 10 TO /, without walt
ing for the consent of any other nation
IL does not ssk for sny new experiment
20 be tried but only insists upon q retuen
to financial policy approved By the ex-
perisnee of history and supported by all
the prominent statesmen OF our eauutry
from the days OF the FIRST Pendent
down TO 1878.
Ityou will carefully exsmine the price
OF products. according TO statistics Of
United States, as compared with prices
OF silver since 1873 you will hnd tha,
esch time silver bullion dropped in prlo,
so did the prica OF our commodities AnC
so closely do they cling to each Other
down long lis that II Is impossible Il
Co say that the one does not fff sct tn,
other A dear dollar Is sura TO produ /,
Low prices. Why 7 cause you mus
give more products to get the dollars
The sams rnio slso applies to labor O.
anything that must be given Ia exchang
for the dollar Even John Sherman, tn
support Of the act OF 1890 known as th
Sherman act, said that 1t is nes
esesry In order to keep pscs wit
the Increase Of population. wealth ant
business OF the United States [,
bbAh hbvAe HA~i DVV ONO III kllNtr Io
annum II certainly appears rioicalou
that, according 10 his own grgumen
that no can c, mo out now before = mucl
increased and enlightened populGcs au,
advocate . single gold standard which
provides nothi9g for any increase Il
population, business, or anything else
but which during the past twenty. .thre
years OF its uee Gs n standard OF values
has plunged once prosperous peopl
into uttter darkness, as has ali nstion
. been plunged who have been deluded b.
it's glittering greed We have before a
9 standard bearer Z the purest type, on
who staods for tha interests Of the masse
OF American people to-day, az Abraham
Lincoln stood during the years Of chatt.
, slavery. Fearless and brave william
Bryan, comes before the American peo
! pie and says. ',Is Is not 1, bat the cause
l represent" and furthermore says, "lf tn
! | double standard will bring benefits I
our people Mark you my friends on
! people who will deny them the right (
I enjoy those benefits " Surely not th
, party that dare propose a financial polio
for the benefit OF one-6fth the people {
anstion, who now own and control a