The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-13

| ard? Does he give the reason that it is good
| for him? You never heard one of them say
| 1t. What Is It they say? Why, some of them
says that free coinage will be good for them,
and that they do not want anything good
! for them. Laughter.) They say they want
gold standard because it is good for the labor
| ing man. Yesg my friends. those fnanciers
are so worried about the laboring mans in
terests that when one of them gets sick
and goes to a physician and tells them he
what is the matter. but he just says for
bin to quit worrying about the laboring men.
! Great laughter.)
A Voice-And take the gold cure laugh
| teri
Mr.. Bryan-why. the financier says he is in
favor of the goldQstandard because it is good
| for the farmer, because it Is good for the
business man, and you tell him that the la
/ boring man and the business and the
farmer, all these are willing to risk bimetal-
! lism and what does he say? He rises up to
| the full height Of Iis moral stature and he
says: "Shall I let them hurt themselves?
No" Great applause) He says: II will
ram the gold standard down their throats
whether they want it or not. because love
| them better than love myself" Naughter)
Do you believe it, my friends? Cries of mo,
no. no. } don't say that the financier is
| just as good as +ahyb6dy else, but deny that
he is any better. l admit that he is as un-
selfish as others, but deny that he is less
selfish I challenge you to find in six thou
sand years of recorded history single page
! that will prove that because a man owns
money and loans money he has been purged
|
Why, is Mr.. Washburn, like Others dominat-
ed by human selfshness? (Cries of "You bet
he isl Are all others dominated by human
selfishness? If they are, will you tell me why
! 1t is that heads OF trusts against
ticket? Why don't they tell that it is because
| they are
DOMINATED BY SELFISHNESS,
and know that the election of the Chicago
/ ticket would hurt those trusts? Great ap-
plause and cheering.) Why is it that the
bond syndicates are against us? Is it be-
cause they are dominated by human selfish
ness? Then why don't these men come out
and say they are opposed to US because our
platform interferes with their business of
bleeding the government? Great applause)
/ But. no. we are told that these fnanciers are
unselfsh, and in spite of all the good that
| free coinage would bring to them they have
! the moral courage to turn their backs on
their own welfare and plead the cause of the
| common people Great applause and cheer
| ing) But, my. friends there is another thing
that I want you to notice in this letter l
believe Mr. Washburn is large employer of
labor. Now, If he is dominated by selfish
ness, what is he worrying so much for about
/ having to pay his employees in fifty-cent dol
| lars? Great applause.) If his employees are
so much afraid that they are going to suffer
personal loss because of free coinage why
doesn't Mr. Washburn rejoice if he Is domin-
ated by human selfshness? ftApplause.) Why
doesn't he rejoice that all his EMPLOYEES lose
he will make? Great applause.) But, no. he
| desires to pose before his employees as one
! who is willing to, deny himself the advantage
l
1 his employees might not lose by free coinage.
| (Applause.) What reason have you to be-
! lieve that he is less dominated by human
| Selfishness than his employees are? (Applause
| Now, my friends, | want to say to you that
| you can't suffer if you are his employees be-
cause any man who is interested enough in
his employees to warn them before election
what the effects of free coinage will be- ac-
cording to his idea, will love his employees
enough after election to pay his employees
/ double wages when he gets double price for
I fhn dn11a vxv4n 1>a
fifty three-cent dollar then Mr. Washburn
| can get twice as many dollars for his goods
as he gets now. and if he gets twice as many
dollars for his flour as he gets now he can pay
TWICE AS MANY DOLLARS
to his laboripg men as he pays now and have
the same profit left that he has now. Great
| applause.) But if he loves you as well after
/ election as he loves you he will not let
/ you suffer, my friends (Applause) And
my friends, If he does not love you well
| it is within his power to do So according to
his own arguments, then l doubt the love
| that he has manifested before election when
! he tries to make you vote as he wants YOU to
! vote. Now, my friends, that is enough of
this letter. If get any more from him
VIII see If there is anything interesting in
| the next letter. (Arplause and laughter.)
We are in favor of bimetalism and we sup
port our claim by logic which cannot be
answered and our opponents confess their
! inability to meet US on this question when
| they attempt to turn the discussion on to
some other question. Anplause.)
l got into town late this afternoon and
| received through the mail extract from a
/ speech which Senator Washburn, of your
/ city, delivered In the senate of the United
States on the 18th day of July. 1892 I have
| not had time to compare this speech with the
4 record. and tell YOU So NV friends because
do not use authorities without comparing
them and being sure. If what l quote should
not be Mr.. Washburn's speech, then I ask to
Withdraw 1t entirely and not to consider 1t
in connection with what have said In this
extract which has been sent to me I find
/ that Mr.. Washburn gives the prices of wheat
/ beginning with 1865 and running down to
1890. and that he uses these words:
The hopes of the producer have been
turned to ashes, the grain dealer and miller
and the business man have beef disappointed
The balance of trade in favor Of this coun-
try that every one looked to with so much
assurance, has been much below the gen.
eral estimate, probably in the depression in
prices of agriculture and food exports $780,
100000. Gold is still leaving the country
eral business, and | think there Is general
disappointment that with the tariff of 1890 we
do not see better times
If these words are correct, Senator Wash
| burn tells you that there was general dis
appointment that the tariff of 1890 was not
followed by better times: And he says:
And again, Mr.. President, the people of
the country were startled. 1 certainly was
when the statement was made in one of the
magazines a few weeks since. that one-half Of
the volume of wealth of this country was
owned by 36 600 persons. and again the MIL
lionaires and the hundreds Of milionaires
have, neither created nor earned their
| wealth. and the 5roval road to wealth has
been through illeeitimate speculation, stock
exchanges and terain gambling. railroad
wrecking and trusts.1iand the whole volume
OF iniouities that, have developed in the ne
| farfous methods Of the stock exchanges of
this country
Now. then. nv friends, there Is this SEN
| ator expressing his alarm that all the coun-
try is owned byi only 10000 persons and these
| m'llionaires have neither created nor earned
| their wealth, and that the royal road to
wealth has been, through illegitimate sDecua-
| tons, stock and grain gambling. railroad
| wrecking and trusts. sapd the whole volume
of iniCuities thatahave developed in the ne
| farious methods of stock exchanges of this
! country. Oueht the senator to be surprised il
we are alarmed at the same thing which
| scared him four years ago?
Now, my friends, a cause is known, like an
| individual, by the company it keeps, and If
you look at the company which our opponents
cause is keeping you can get a pretty good
idea of the cause, Show me those who have
| preyed uDon the public. show those who
! have used the instrumentalities of the gov
eminent for private gain, and will show you
| the men who think that my election will be
i DANGEROUS TO THE COUNTRY
I am not surprised that in Minneapolis and
ing the party when they find that it is draw
| ing to the Republican marty all those Demo-
| Gratis whom the Republicans, in the past,
have been in the habit of denouncing. And,
| friends, you Republicans who joining
kwith us in this campaign have the consola-
ton of knowing that you are doing 1t with
| out having to abandon the convictions that
you followed in years past. There is this dif-
ference between the Republicans who come
| to and the Democrats who go from us.
The Democrats who go from have to go
down jonfItheir knees and beg pardon of John
Sherman for all the bad words the Demo-
cratic party has spoken against him, while
| the Republicans who come to US come bring
ing In their hands the Republican platform
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