The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-29
GEMS

From the Democratic Presidcn-
tial Candidates Speech.
The following are some "Gems"
from the speech of Hon. VIM. j.
Bryan, the Democratic nominee
for President. They are well worth
preserving:
"The humblest citizen in all the
land, when called to arms in a
righteous cause, is stronger than
all the hosts of error"
al shall object to bringing this
question to a level of persons. The
individual is but an atom; he is
born. he acts, he dies, but princi-
pies are eternal, and this has been
n contest of principle"
"When you come before us and
tell us that we shall disturb your
business interests, we reply that
YOU have disturbed our business
interests by your course"
"The man employed for wages is
as much n business man as his
employer. The merchant at cross
roads is as much business man
as the merchant in New York. The
farmer who goes forth in the
morning and tolls all summer, and
by application of brain and muscle
to the natural resources of this
tcountry, creates wealth, is as much
n business man as tho man who
goes upon the board of trade and
bets upon the price of grain"
"Miners who go n thousand feet
into the earth or climb 1000 feet
upon the cliffs and bring forth
from their hiding places precious
metals to be poured into the chan
nels of trade, are as much business
men as the few financial magnates,
who in n back room corner the
money of the world"
eve have petitioned and our pc
titions have been scorned, we have
entreated, and our entreaties have
been disregarded; and they have
Knocked and our calamity came.
We beg no longer; we entrent no
more; we petition no more. We
defy them"
"The income tax was not uncon-
stitutional when it passed. 1t was
not unconstitutional when it went
before the Supreme Court the first
time. 1t did not become uncon-
stitutional until one Judge changed
| his mind"
"When | find man unwilling to
pay his share of the burdens of the
government which protects him, l
| find man who is unworthy to en-
Joy the blessings of n government
like ours
"If protection has slain it's thous-
ands, the gold standard has slain
its tens of thousands"
"The Democratic idea has been
that if you legislate to make the
masses prosperous, their prosperity
will find its way up through every
class and rest upon il"
eff they say that bimetalism is
good but we cannot have it until
some nation helps us, we reply that
instead of having gold standard
because England has, we will re-
store bimetalism and then let
England have bimetalism because
the United States has"
"The sympathies of the Demo-
cratic party as described by the
platform, are on the side of the
struggling masses, who have over
been the foundation of the Demo
U4atic narty.
"They will search the pages of
history in vain to find single in
stance in which the common peo-
pie of any land have ever declared
in favor Of single gold standard.
They will find where the holders
of fixed investments have"
"You shall not press down upon
the brow of labor this crown of
thorns; You shall not cruelty
mankind upon cross of gold"
Can Anything Beat 1t?
What on earth do the gold men
mean by saying free coinage of
silver equal with gold will drive
gold out of the country? Can any
policy beat the gold standard poll
cy for driving it out? 1t has been
going out now for over seven years
at the average rate of about $1,000
600 a month, could free coinage
beat that? But what if it did
drive it all out, who would be hurt?
NOT tho common DeoDle. There is