The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-22
Bryans ILL., Sheer Is Fifty
and Ably Answered.
GEN. HARRISON At HOME
He Speaks to His Own People Of the
Wind Theories OF the Boy Orator
and the Boys Vulgar Taunts OF the
Brave Union Generals There viii
East OF the Allegheny Mountains.


az s;iS Leaving New Albany at 10 o'clock
this morning. ne made eleven speeches be-
fore reaching InGianap polls. There vera
notable gatherings q, Salem Orleans and
Bedford. At toaish,'s meeting in this
city he said:
MI Bryan proposes 10 abandon the
money system we have now and to in
froGuce the free coinage Of silver. When
q cnahge il proposed the first thing you
want to do is 10 ascertain what the pres
ens conditions are and then how they are
10 De changed. The present conditions are
that We are a bi-metaliic country We are
Using both gold and silver as money
about four hundred millions OF silver and
about SIX hundred millions OF gold and
paper monev. based upon and redeema bls
IN coin Every silver dollar and every pa
per dollar Is maintained on an equality
Win gold. You don't stop 10 look at IL:
you oon consult bank detector further
than 10 see whether ii is genuine II IL
Is not counterfeit. IL goes and II goes
FOR io cents on the dollar-paper money.
gcsd money. silver money The Democrats
say that this is practically the gold stand
ara and SO il is; and they say they want
q double standard
Now, 1 ask you to bear with me while
1 speak on this subject OF standards A
standard is a measure. You have a stand
ara ousnel, a standard peck, a standard
sStdSssSh neS are measures. and
so The standard dollar Is a measure The
DINERS are measures OF quantity or length:
tais is measure of value. | want TO know
new you can maintain two standards IL
tley are not of the same size or length
Can you have TWO standard bushels when
one Is only half as much as the othsrs
Can You have two yardsticks when one
Is only half as long as the other? You
cahhos maintain u double standard of
weight or measure value unless each
one Oh them Is the equivalent of the other
II fae law can make dollar a legal ten
der 10 pay debts. but how much IL Will
puy In the market, YOU viii have to find
out IN the market. If the merchant says
ne VIII give you TWO yards of calico for
gold dollar and one yard for silver dol
lar, that establishes the relative value OF
your two metals. nu matter what Won have
in your law books
e are using silver now. but the gov
erElnent Is buying the silver at the mar
het price; II is coming il on its own ac-
count: II is making whatever profit there
Is IN II Tor the people, IL is putting be-
hind this silver dollar the pledge of this
government that Ii will maintain its
equal win the gold dollar. We limit the
amount that We coin. and by limiting
the amount. by putting this governments
pledge behind il, we can maintain a oer-
tsan anoun. OF silver at parity with gold
and We are doir~ ii now.
Their proposition Is that We shall turn
this all over 70 the mine owners: that the
government build costly mints and equip
them with costly machinery pay high sal
aFies TO their assayers and minters and
coinerS, and that We shall put all this
freely at the service OF the men who own
the silver mines. A dollar like that IN
supported BY the government. unlimited
as 10 the amount OF coinage, cannot be
maintained az par.
Mr.. Bryan has spoken with some con-
tempt Of those people who. he says, have
been for thirty years saving this country
every year a SO much a save To whom
did he allude? These veterans who es
corted me 10 this stand? That band OF
Union warriors which has recently been
travelling over the country speaking TO
the people. and especially TO their com
raaes. on that great issue? Did re mean
that gallant man. that patriot, that man
of God. Gen. HowaAl Cheers, who gave
an arm 10 his country in he war? Dill
he mean gallant old Gen. Sickles (cheersl.
who give a leg TO his country during the
war? Or did he mean Corporal Tanner.
who gave both legs 10 his country in
the war? Did he mean these men by that
term OF rep-oach-rnen who have been
saving the country every year for thirty
years az so much a save? Those m-n,
their sons. their fathers. their mothers,
are all Interested that the honor and dig
nifty and Just constitutional powers OF
this government shall be preserved. They
may be sneered at by the young man
from Nebraska. but they will not be
frightened by Sreers-men who faced the
belching mouths OF cannon that their
country might live. tGreat applause
lie. me say, in conclusion. that spent
some time this summer IN the East. and
bring YOU the assurance that there VIII
be no Democratic state east OF the Ale
ghsny mountains. The great Empire safe
viii roll up a majority for Mckinley that
viii take them until Christmas TO count.
hcut. that has almost invariably
been Democratic viii have a majority Tor
Mckinley. New Jersey. always Democrat
fc. will give 30.n majority for Mckinney.
PENNSYLVANIA don't know. unless they
Introduce some short hand method OF COM
putatfon. how they are going 70 count the
majority In Pennsylvania. (Cheers.)
But Mr.. Bryan mas hopes OF Indiana.
a voice: ''Ffe viii never get III No.
the pc -plo Of Indiana love the nag and
the constitution. They sent orr as many
brave men IN proportion 10 their number
As any state TO maintain Lincolns view %
the constitution. and they are not going
20 surrender % the boy orator ot the
Platte Indiana has paid her debts hon.
estly. and insists taat the United States
sNail. She insists shat as There has been
no stain On the fas. there shall be no stain
upon our financial record" (Applause)