The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-11

abuse of government, and we shall not
| be driven from our purpose to eradicate
I these abuses.
I'VE have made the money question a
paramount issue of this campaign; and
yet our opponents are not satisfied to
MEET THIS QUESTION OPENLY.
''They have never been satisfied to meet
| the money question. The advocates of the
gold standard never fought an open hight,
and never will. (Applause.) You ask me
why they do not | will tell you. Shakes
peare explains it when he says that il IS
conscience that makes towards of men,
and the conscience of the advocate of the
gold standard tells him that his policy
mass of people. applause and voice:
VIII you answer questlon?p
Yes. sir said Mr.. Bryan. (Cries of
mol MOI Sit downrD
Mr.. Bryan-Wait a moment, my friends,
] am willing to answer any question per-
tinent to this discussion, because when
a man believe he is right, no man con-
fuses him, my friends" (Applause.)
The man-Under the advocacy Of the
Republican party what, in your opinion.
was the cause OF the Homestead and
Pittsburg strikes? (Cries of sit downrD
Mr.. Bryan-My friends, when | submit
to an inquiry, l have a right to suppose
| that it will be directed toward the sub
Ject which / am discussing, and not
subject which | am not discussing. Gap
plauSe.) Ii anybody desires to ask any
question connected with the money ques-
ton while 1 am discussing that question,
he is perfectly at liberty to do so, and
shall not embarrass you by my reply. L
will try to give you light If you are
wrong, and if l am wrong L shall be as
glad 10 be put right, as l am to put you
right. (Applause.l Before the Republi-
can convention did not you hear great
many people talk about impoSsib1llty of
having two yard sticks-did you not hear
them talk about gold being the only
money fit for civilized nations-did you
not hear them talk about our having
outgrown silver-did you not hear them
talk about the mine owners profit IN
free coinage, and the demagogue who
ried to curry favor with the people by
advocating free coinage, and the dlshon-
est debtor who wanted to pay his debts
in cheap dollars? You heard all this, but
when the Republican convention met, and
they had a number there sufficient 10
write a platform, did they put in there
anything about two yard sticks? Did
they put in there anything about the DEM
agogue who was advocating blmetalllsm!
Not at all. That Republican platform eX-
pressly declared that the gold standard
was not a desirable thing. That plat
form expressly pledges the Republican
party 10 get rid of a gold standard, and
substitute the double standard-.when?
When the leading commercial nations are
not opposed to it.
Mr. Bryan then referred to the fail
ure of the Republican platform to de-
clare that the gold standard was deslr-
able, and said that no party in the
history of the nation had ever declared
that the gold standard was a good
thing.
A man in the audience inquired how
ii would be any easier under free c2ili-
age TO set silver from the silver kings
than il is to get sold from the god
kings. Mr. Bryan replied:
rs that all the difficulty that my
friend has, or has he some other can
explain al the same timer (Applause.l
My friends, the gentleman has asked
a very simple question, and am glad
that it is asked, because it will show
you what little things
CAN BE STUMBLING BLOCKS
for those who DO not want to step over
them. (Applause.}
The gentleman wants to know how
we are going to get money from the
silver kings ! want him to remember
this: That he has two arguments, df
he represents the gold standard idea),
which l would like TO have him recon
Gle wnen he has time They tell us
that the silver kings will convert what
is now worth SO cents into 100 cents and
make the difference. That is one OF the
troubles, is it not?''
The man-"Yes."
Mr. Bryan-"And then when he has
done that it will be a 50-cent dollar,
that is another difficulty is it not?''
Great cheering)
Now, when you have time to THINK
about it, I want you to try to inquire
ont how that can be a 100-cent dollar
long enough for the miner to make so
cenfs on it and then become a 5O-cent
dollar for all the rest Of the people
(Applause.) The only way in which
the miner can make that profit is by
converting a piece of silver now worth
80 cents into a dollar which will be
worth 100 cents. If, when he gets
through. he has only converted 90
cent piece Of silver into a 50-cent dollar,
he has not made anything by the cper-
alton" (Applause)
Mr.. Bryan then spoke along familiar
lines on the money question, and re
ferred to Mr.. McKinleys speech IN
1890 in support of the Sherman law.
In closing, Mr. Bryan said:
Il am willing to trust the justice of
our cause to the sense of justice that
exists in every individual, and, my
friends. if we cannot win this contest
nv the voluntary wish and vote of the
American people 1 would prefer to
wait four years more before we win It.
Cheers and cries of You won't have
to waltz
Il say, my friends. I would prefer to
wait than to feel that having won the
contest. | was not supported by ma
ioritv of the American people. [ realize
the fight that we have on hand.
realize the work that lies before a
president who meets these combina-
tons. / realize the responsibilities of
the office and 1 want to feel, if 1 am
elected. that / have behind me the
hearts of a majority of these people.
and if l have, so help me God, l will
- .r,. out that r,la.fn1-rn' (Anplausel