The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-22
BRYAN'S SPEECH
AT WILMINGTON
lie Discusses Finances 10 the Land Oi
The Delaware Peach Crop.
EXPLANATION Of THE BOND ISSUE
The BOv Orator Declares the Whole
Affair a system of Financial Jug
giery..Duties Of Government Off.
riaIs Defined, but No suggestions
rs 20 Easy Methods of Obtaining
silver Dollars Arc Given.


silver Dollars Arc Given.
Wilmington, Del. Sept. 2l.-Thc day
of campaigning which William j. BrE-
an began at five o'clock this morning,
when he arose from his bed In l:alti-
more - catch an early train for Dover
ended tonight with two speeches in
Warrington To large audiences. AZ ~"
he addressed about 5000 people in me
auditorium. The building was packed
and in addition To its seating capacity
of $500. more Than thousand more
spectators squeezed themselves int"
the araila BILE standing space. Wheh
the doors We're opened early this even
ing there was terrible crush ana
some women were badly bruised. The
hall illed in ten minutes.
When Mr.. Bryan entered the AUDITOR
ium with National Committeeman
kenney and members of the local re-
ception committee there was Il wild out
burst of applause. l.. Irving Handy.
Democratic candidate for congress. IN
troduced him. Mr.. Handy in his pres
cntation speech mentioned the nam" ol
William Mckinley and there was an
immediate response from the audience.
Cheers. Misses and SroanS were inter-
mingled for minute or two. Continu-
ing Mr.. Ha ndy said that some In tn"
audience would vote for Mckinley ana
some for Bryan. but who. he asked.
would vote for the decoy candidates.
The groans and Kisses were redouDled
as he finished the question.
Mr.. Bryan was received with wild
enthusiasm. He did not make long
speech. Al its conclusion he addressed
an overflow meeting from stand
erected outside the auditorium. Mr..
Bryan spoke as follows:
MIR. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:-
Ii l.. sometimes customary for the people
VINO desire to see presidential candidate
TO form excursions ana visit the nome oi
the candidate daughter ana cheerSl. pu'
times are hard this year and the candidatc
comes to YOU to save the expense OF traN"i.
daughter and cheers.D | do not believe
our people can travel as chcaply. anyhow.
AS our opponents can during This cam
paign. (Grect cheers) | want TO (alk
to YOU awhile tonight about the hnahclai
policy of the government. ! have an old
fashioned idea that the people have risht
to select their public servants anu that
those public servants should conduct me
governme nj as the people want that gov
E.rnmenl conducted. If YOU want TO en-
ploy Il man TO do a certain kind of WORK
NOu want to know that the man is apl" To
do the work that you want done ana mat
ne IL willing 10 do the work that YOU want
done ana then you employ him. And so II
is with a public office. You want to una
ont first what you want done and then
YOU want TO find out who Is the best per
son To do that work In manner IN whicn
YOU want IL done. Cries Of bryan
Bryan.) | want to tell you how We be-
lipvc the work ought to he done ana then
YOU can decide whether our way Is your
way. The treasury department Is an I'M
,Ns a.
,io with our financial system. and ] ask
Your attention To two features of IN"
financial question.
FEATURES OF FINANCE.
First what use shall We make OF the sill
YER dollars already in existence? Second.
shall We have any more silver dollars put
into existence" In the first place our sii-
YER dollar is not redcemable III gold bE
law. Our silver dollar is a legal tender Tor
an debts public and private unless the
contract expressly excludes the silver dot
lar. Oar government has IA right To pay
every coin obligation in either gold or
silver, whichever the government then dc
sires. tApplause.) Furthermore this gov
ernment has no gold obligation except
gold notes. and for every note there Is u
gold dollar in the treasury ready 10 pay IL.
This government has no gold bonds. This
government has no paper outstanding eS-
cepting the gold notes, upon which Roli
can legally be demanded. What use shall
!
20 platform declares that the silver dollar
shall he used just as the gold dollar is and
thai the government shall not discrimi-
nate in favor OF one OF against the othcr
in the treatment of the coin. Great ap-
pauseD If you Will turn 10 the language
of John Sherman In 1873. when he was sec
retary of the treasury, you will find that
he admits that the greenbacks are legally
redeemable in silver. If you will turn TO
the Matthews resolution passed through
both houses in ISIS YOU Will iind that that
resolution expressly declares that The
| United States has the right to pay all
coin obligation in either gold or silver. II
you will turn 10 Mr.. Carlisle'S testimony
before the committee on appropriations
Of tine house Of REPRESENTATIVES on the frs ?
day Of January. 1898. you Will lind that Mr..
Carlisle admitted that by the law the gov
ernment could redeem SrocnbackS and
treasury notes in silver. but Mr. Carlisle
said IN his Judgment IL wonld be unsaf'.
for the government to exercise that riSut
because other secretaries Of the treasury
had established q precedent and thar pre-
cedent was that the note holders would be.
permitted 10 designate the Kind Of pay
mcnt instead of the government.
BOND ISSUE rNNECESSARY.
I lay this down as u ground work. be-
cause. my friends. the issue of S2j2, ,OJw. 90
of bonds was unnecessary. II was simply
those bonds were issued bccausc the scc-
retary refused 10 exercise the rights given
by law and preferred to saddle bonded
! debt upon this country instead OF depart
ing from the customs. (Cherrs) More
than that. my friends, not only has tn. SO"
retary of the treasury issued bonds 10 the
extent of S262,0U,ODo to buy gold when The
Necessity for buying gold could have been
avoided by the use of silver. Not only
have those bonds been issued. but there is
, no end 10 the issue of bonds if this inan-
cal system continues. and the Republican
party proposes to continue the same
financial system that has cursed this
country for the last iwenty-threc years.
! (Great applause) Let mo show you what
is possible under this system. because
! have SO much confidence in the ability and
patriotism of the people that I believe q
! clear understanding of the manipulation
| of the treasury for private gain by the
/ great syndicate formed for the purpose
| would open the eyes of the people aud
| first S0.000.0U of bonds were advertised
| for and the advertisement stated that only
| gold would be received for the bonds. Sup
pose the man had gone TO the secretary OF
the treasury with 1000 in greenbacks and
| treasury notes and said to the secretary.
81 want to buy a, thousand dollar bond
| The secretary would have said: 1--WE can't
! sell you these bonds for greenbacks and
treasury notes. These bonds are issued to
! get gold and therefore We can only sell
| them for gold" This man would say
well. II you won't sell them for green
! backs and treasury notes, l will just de-
| and have you redeem them in gold The
| secretary would have said: "Well that IL
| what we are here for" and would have
given him the 1000 in gold. Then the man
would say: "Do I understand that you
have some bonds for sale?" YES well
! here Is your $1,000 In gold; give me the
| bonds" (Great cheeringD
DO you think that cannot be done? I,
| can be done. Do you think 1t would be
| done? 1t has been done. When they is
! sued the first $4,000, 600 Of bonds they drew
out $l8.000.000 In gold to pay for those
| bonds and to the extent Of SIS, ,000, 600 the
the government had no more gold than Il