The herald., 1896-09-06

might enhance the value Of the coun-
try's money, and when they tell you
that you do not understand the question
Of finance, you tell them that you know
as much as the man who talks money
and ignores the law Of supply. and de-
mand, which simply means that when
we limit money 1t makes it dear.
In 1873. when we cosed our mints. sill
yer fell. When we stopped buying silver
in 1893, silver fell. Under bimetallsm
our laws will bring demand into exist
ence and that demand will fix the price
of silver. We believe that the demand
furnished by 70,000,000 people is suffic-
lent to use all the silver we can get to
our mints. (Great applause.) If that be
true, there Is no person in the world who
will sell his silver for less than $1.29 per
ounce, because by bringing it to our
mints he can convert it into money and
use that money. They tell us that Mex
leo has failed to do SO. Now, we cannot
have all Of the votes, my friends, but
am perfectly willing that the Republic
an party shall have the vote Of every
man who can look over the United
States and think it Is not larger than
Mexico. (Cheers and applause.) I am
perfectly willing that he who thinks the
United States unable to accomplish any
thing which Mexico has failed to accom-
plish should vote the Republican ticket.
(Great applause.) But if there is a man
in this nation who believes that this ma
tion with ten times the population and
seven times the area, and do not know
how many times the commercial
strength, who believes this nation can
do what Mexico cannot do, I may ex-
pect him to vote for our ticket, my
friends.
1t is question Of supply and demand.
If Mexico had been unable, with other
nations that are now using silver, to
furnish a use for all the silver that
would go to the Mexican mint, why, she
could have maintained the parity. If we
are able to do it, taking into considera-
ton the demand existing, we can main
tain the parity. We never can tell until
we try and our opponents will never
know because they will not try.
Whenever you find man who is going
to settle the question for you and relieve
whether he is on your side or not.
daughter and cheers.) Whenever I
find one Of these good-natured men,
these self-sacrificing men, who are will
ing to take upon themselves the think
ing for all the rest of the people, am
compelled to think of one of Aesop's
fables. There was a farmer who was
building fence to protect his chickens
and fox came up to him and said:
Don't you bother about the fence; you
60 on about your plowing and leave the
chickens to us; Oaughter) we foxes un-
derstand the chicken business" (Con-
tinued laughter and appleuse.)
Now, my friends, before you let any
body do your thinking for you, be sure
that that mans interest Is the same as
yours. One man cannot think for two
when their interests are different, nor is
a man good judge before whom to try
your case If he is retained on the. other
side. Gaughter.) Why will you let men
who are interested pecuniarily in having
bonds issued by this government be-
cause the bonds are sold to them at
enormous profits, why will you let these
men decide whether bond issues are
good thing for the American people?
(Applause.) Why will you allow the
presidents of the trusts and the attor-
neys for syndicates to decide whether
trusts and syndicates are good things
for the American people? (Applause.)
I want to ask you if they have not
men who have been driven out of busi-
ness by a trust; want to ask you if the
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