Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-03
BRYAN ON THE GOLD STANDARD,
The Democratic Candidate Addresse
Many Thousands Mt Toledo.

Inc democratic Candidate Addressea
Many Thousands at Toledo.
Mr.. Bryan, the democratic presidential
candidate. demonstrated again yesterday
| that 1t made no difference whether his
voice was hoarse or not by making more
speeches than he has for several -. days.
He made long speeches at Springfield, Ken
ton and Findlay, Ohio, and last night made
two more in Toledo
Thirty thousand people is conservative
estimate Of the solid acres Of humanity
gathered in High School Square, Toledo.
last evening to hear Mr.. Bryan deliver a
campaign address. Forty thousand would
| probably be nearer the correct figure. The
audience was very enthusiastic, and at
times it's cheers became a deafenng up-
roar.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by Judge
Lennon. and spoke. in part, as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: AS look over
this vast audience, which is measured by
the acre rather than by the head, 1 am
led to regret that the silver craze Is dy-
| Ing out. Great applause and laughter
IL this IS what the people do when the
silver sentiment Is on the wane. what
are they going t. do when the sentiment
begins to Increase? .----
'Between gold standard and BIZ
metallism. whether that bimetallism be
independent or international (cries Of In
dependent!), there Is an impossible gulf
Those who believe in a gold standard
cannot politically affiliate with those who
believe In bimetallism, and those who
oeneVe IN blmetallism cannot for one hour
| remain In political association with those
who would fasten a gold standard upon
the human race.
Upon the action Of the United States
may depend the action OF other nations
upon the money question. II the influences
winch are at work here for the destroyal
OF silver as standard, money succeed
IN TINS election. and the: influence Of this
n ns Is cast deliberately upon the success
OF goid. you must Remember that those
same influences VIII bel turned against
weaker nations, and nation after nation
WIN be driven from the Use of silver as a
STANDARD money to the use Of gold alone
and every nation that re5oices in the de-
| mana Tor gold maydhelp to increase the
purchasing power of, an ounce Of gold, and
every time the purchasing power Of an
oroduct q, g go shall Else the prices Of the
plause), because a Dc jar dol lar is simply an
otner dehnltion of cheap, property.
erty sells for less. II y6t think you have
lard times what would it be If these same
geld standard. if they Should succeed in
suspending the free coinage of silver in
s stu1a wait W until they make gold the
100000 Of people there reach out for their
snare OF the worlds supply of gold.
t Where ~, VIII they get it? They will get it
~ .MS nduonS Which now have it. and
they will have less. Wait until these in
nlenees have driven China to a gold
star dard and her 35OOOO.OOO Of people de-
of gold. Where win they get it? From
the nations which now have it, and they
viii have still less than they have now.
wait until they have driven Japan and
South America and all the other silver
using nations to a gold standard and then
what? Then you have a little chunk of
gold only twenty-five. feet each way when
OF gold will measure all of the property
of the gold. Applause.) You will then
have something like $4,000. 100000 Of stand
ard money instead Of 5000. 5000 and
those OOO.OOO.OOO will be in shape where
the money can be cornered by the great
money owners Of the world, and doled