The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-23

speeches the same night the chances are
10 TO Qaughter) that one OF them wnh
praise the gold standard as good tnlnS,
while the other will tell you how anxious
they are to get rid OF it. One man says
the reason why he does not want Tree
coinage is that he does not think tnat lne
government should pass a law that will
enable the silver miners TO take % cents
worth OF silver bullion and convert IL INTO
100 cents. OF course, he may have been IN
favor of system of taxation that woulo
give 200 or 800 per cent profit, but tnat
allow the silver miner to make that profit.
Then the next man who comes up Will say
that as matter of fact the stamp OF the
| the metal and that the free coinage OF ST.
| YER simply means that you convert 2V
| cents worth of bullion into 50-cent dol
| lar and nobody makes any proht out OF IL
| tApplauSe) Now, you can see the aDsuTu-
| ity OF 1t. If the silver miner, under the
| bullion is raised so that that which is now
| worth 80 cents will be worth 100 cents. then
there are no 5Q-cent dollars, ana IL the
other man is correct and the law adds
| nothing to the value of the metal and you
| simply convert 50 cents worth or silver
into 5o-cent dollar. then the mine nee owner Ser
another speaker say there has been no ran
| in the prices, and he will denounee the
| people who are complaining that gold has
| risen in price, and then his colleague VIII
tell you that not only have prices fallen,
but that it is the greatest blessing In the
world TO have prices fall
"Our opponents do not dare to say that
the gold standard is a gooo tning. because
no party in the history of this country has
ever declared in favor of gold stand
ard. and they do not dare TO say that the
gold standard is bad thing and tell 1O,-
have got to suffer until some foreign ma
ton brings them relief. (Cries, That Is
right!) What is the principle that under,
demand applies to money as to everything
else. Increase the amount OF money more
rapidly than the demand for money IN
4 orna nd a
lar. Decrease the quantity OF money While
the demand for il increases, and you IN
crease the value of a dollar. When you
understand that principle then you under
stand why the great crusade in favor or
the gold standard finds it's home among the
holders of fixed Investments who by suen
legislation raise the value of the property
which they hold. (Applause) i am not
giving you my authority for IL. my friends
L have called atteltion, and L shall con-
tinue TO call attention. 10 remark made
by Mr.. Blaine in Congress on this subject.
money and the establishing of gold as the
sole unit OF value must have ruinous ef-
feet upon all forms of property except
those investments which bring a nxeu re-
turn of money. (Applause.l
when you understand the effect OF the
Por ana ,nem astlv among those
| who hold the fixed investments and trade
in money, / think you will come TO the
conclusion that / have come 10, That the
| fact that the gold standard is a good thing
for them is the principal reason why they
are in favor of q gold standard. tAppiause-)
| SILVER DOLLARS EASY TO OBTAIN
Now, my friends. when you make up
| your minds that the gold standard is bad
thing. then the only question that you have
| to consider is, how can you get rid of
| il? They can raise objections to the plan
which we propose, but if coinage makes
silver dollar equal to a gold dollar, why,
then, it will be just as hard to get silver
| 1oll z ic IN o0i
know that they overlook the fact that
when we bring silver into competition with
| gold we increase the supply of standard
money: that while the silver dollar viii
| be worth as much the gold dollar, 1t
will be easier to obtain with the products
of toil-a silver dollar or gold dollar than
| ii is to-day? (Applause)
IF there is any person here who is
afraid that under the poncy proposed oy
| a flood of money and that you Will be
| drowned in it, we cannot appeal to you
| for support. But If there is anybody here
whose experience is such that he is will
| ing to risk the disastrous consequences OF
that food upon him, We We ask you you 10 TO con CON
vote" Here voice caned out: Are you
| a Democrat?"
| ciDles which / advocate are Democratic"
| Somebody. again asked Are you
Democrat?
1
name you please: You cannot swerve me
| from what / believe to be good for the
people. Tremendous applause) If bi-
| metallism is to be restored the United
| States must take the lead. (Applause)
assert that the American people not only
| have the right but the ability to legislate
| for themselves on every question, no mat
| ter what other nations may think about 1t.
| dong applause.) The man who says that
bimetallism is desirable and yet that the
| United States is impotent to bring these
| advantages TO our people has made an ad-
mission that 1 shall not make, We appeal
| TO you to remember that the United States
| is the only nation that stands ready 10
| protect its own people from every danger.
| foreign and Domestic. (Applause.) Other
| should. but our Nation is the only nation
that can protect the American people.
| II want to suggest that you are interest
| ed not so much in knowing the objections to
| our plan as in knowing what plans the op-
position have to relieve the conditions
| Why don't they propose something? 1t is
/ because they do not know what ought TO
be done. So they are poor people 10 lead
| you out of bondage. Q.aughter.) Is it be-
| cause they know and will not tell? If So
| they have not the tcandor that ought to be
| possessed by those who would redeem the
people from their suffering and distress.
They say our dollar will be a 53-cent
| dollar. Well. now, my friends, they refuse
! to apply to the silver that is produced i'm
! the world the law Of supply and demand.
| We say increase the demand for silver by
legislation and that new demand. acting
/
| crate upon the price of silver We say that
| that new demand will be sufficient 10 con-
| sumo all the silver coined at the mint and,
| being sufficient. will raise the value OF sill
| yer bullion 10 $.29 throughout the world.
| (Applause.) We have a reason for our be-
| lief They simply say it won't do IL. and
then sit back and propose absolutely moth
| ing.
| IF we need relief from the gold standard
| we must secure il for ourselves. and il we
| must secure this relief for ourselves. you
| can only secure Ii through party which
| believes in the restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage OF gold and silver at the
| present legal ratio OF Is to /, without walt
! ing for the aid or consent of any other
| nation" prolonged applause)
| The schedule for Mr.. Bryan's Journey
| westward mas been altered a little He will
1 arrive in Albany on Tuesday at ID. m
| and will leave there at 1856 p. m, passing
through Schenectady. Amsterdam, Utica.
| Rome and other places east of Syracuse in
the early evening and reaching Syracuse
| about midnight.