Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
lNGsUsoLL On SOUND MONEY.
He Addresses a Large Audience;
in Chicago.
Better BE nm Honest Bankrupt Than
a Rich Thief-Better TO Re Poor ,
and Noble Than Rich
and Fraudwlcnt.

Chicago, Oct. "a large u cntnusi-
astic audience greeted Colonel hooers
fngersoll last evening and the enthust-
asm denoted that his serse and exphcit
.tat ements and eloquent epigrams We're
tho goods wanted. He said, In part;
"a piece Of gold coined by the Ro-
ms,ns $500 years ago Is just as soou /"
day az though julius Caesar roue a. me
head of his legions. since mat tnhe
darkness has fallen over the ROMAN
empire and the empire has passed INTO
oblivion. but the gold coin sh'nes as
brightly now as i'm RoDe's pairnieA
DAYS. That is good money. But when
yo, iss,ic a bill or a note You wanr
some good person behind II. Money
that is money needs no arantee
needs no hacker, Ii II always good NO
matter how many nations go DOWN 70
dust good money remains forever the
same We have a man running Tor the
presidency on three platforms, win Two
vice presidents. who ssys money ~ 'he
| creature OF law. II the government al
make money by law, why shoul" l'
government collect taxes
According TO Mr.. Bryan our iathel~
were the friends of silver. Ana YET our
dear old fathers In all their lives Only
minted 5000. 900 OF those sacred dollars
Now see what the enemies OF s.iNel
have done. Since 1873 the enm.es OF 1870
have coined over 4sO,O Co., 900 Of these dollars
ana vet silver kept going down. We are
coming now over t2,Vo.OW a month";
YER keeps going down.
'"senator Jones of Nevada. IN 1910 vote"
for the law of 1878. He sad from his place
N the senate God had mace gold the s'ah"-
ard. He sad tina gold was the mother OF
civilization. Whether he has hearu from
God since or not I do not know. But no"
he ~ on the other SIDE.
senator Stewart of Nevada. was there
at the same time. He voted for the act OF
1878 and sad that gold was the only stand
ard. He has changed his mind. no they
have sad Of me, that used to talk hstVFh-
or way.
Let me tell you how I stood on th:s
question. Twenty years ago, at Cooper
Union. in the city Of New York, IN 1876,
made a speech upon this subject among
others. and i want TO just tell you what
sad at that time and you VIII see how
much / have changed.
Here is what / aid 4 am In favor or
honest money. / am in favor OF god ana
silver. / am IN favor OF paper with goa
and silver behind e. ] believe in silver be-
cause Il Is one Of the great American pro-
ducts, and ! am IN favor of anything mat
VIII add 90 the value of an American pro-
duct. but | want a silver dollar worth a
gold dollar even Il you have TO make Il four
feet ind.ameter.'
You would say my head was level. then.
No government can afford to be a clipper
OF coins. A great republic cannot afford TO
stamp a lie OH silver or gold or paper. Hon
est money for an honest people, issued by
an honest nation. You cannot make a
paper dollar without ak.ng a dollars
worth OF paper. We muset have paper that
represents money. 1 want II Issued by the
government. and i wan behind every one
Of those paper dollars either a dollar IN
god or a dollar In silver worth 100 cents, 50
that every g~reenback under the flag can
TIT up its head and swear Il know that my
redeemer liveth.' That was where ! was
twenty years ago, and that Is where i am
tonight. For nations and individuals at all
times, everywhere and forever, honesty -
the best policy.
Better be an honest bankrupt than a
s.ch thief. Poverty can hold IN It's hand
honor, a jewel that outsh.nes all other
gems. A thousand times better be poor
and noble than rich and fraudulent.