The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-03

dollar down it is worth but 53c, but you
| tell him it is because the law says that
if the dollar melts you can not have it
coined again, but must use it to make
spoons of, but you intended by law to say
he can take it to the mint and have it
restamped again just as he can take Il
gold dollar today and have it stamped if
it melts.
IF he tells you that if you melt a silver
dollar it loses something and then tells
you that dollars want to be kept as they
are now because he loves the laboring
man, tell him that according to the pres
ent laws if the rich man has his gold melt
ed he can have it restamped again, and
| if the poor man has his silver melted he
has got to lose the difference in price
(Appause) If he tells you that he thinks
man ought to have right to contract
against money you ask him why a man
ought not to be allowed to set aside penal
statute by private contract. (Applause.l
"Why should there be difference?
Why should this movement make one
dollar good enough for ninety-nine men
and say this is a particular kind of a
dollar that is good enough for the hun
dredth man? They tell you that the
government must redeem all its obliga-
tions in gold. Who said so? No law
ever said so. No law is upon the stat
ute books today that ever said so. Who
said so? Nobody but fnanciers who
made profit by forcing that kind of in
struction upon the government. They
say retire the greenback and substitute
bank notes and if you have bank notes
| is not the bank authorized TO redeem the
note in any kind of legal tender?"
A voice-"You can not pay import
duties with silver"
Mr.. Bryant am speaking now of
bank notes. The bank exercises the
right to redeem its bank note in green
backs or in gold or silver and during the
war did redeem the bank notes with
greenbacks. They always exercise the
right to redeem their own paper in any
kind of money, so that the government
acting for all the people, has the right
| to choose between two kinds of coin in
| the redemption of its paper. Now, my
| friends, there is just one other thing. L
| hear some people say we can not main
| tain the parity between gold and silver
at the ratio of 16 to / by free coinage;
when asked how they know, they swell
up with importance and tell you because
Mexico has tried it and failed. When
you remember that in commercial power
we are many times greater, think you
will agree with me that this nation is
able to do what Mexico would find it
| impossible to accomplish. We believe
that with 100000 people, the most
productive people in the world, people
consuming more per capita than any peo-
pie in the world, with railroad develop
ment unparalleled, | believe this coun-
try could take and utilize in its COM
merce more silver than can possibly
coinage of silver at 16 to 1. (Applause.)
| My friends, the tariff question, com
pared with the money question, is abso-
lutely insignificant and you can't force
the tariff question into this campaign
when the people are trying to decide Il
financial independence of every other
nation on earth. (Applause.) / know
we are called anarchists and l wanted
to come among you so you could see
archist looks like before you vote for
him. (Applause)
| 'Now, my friends, am willing to con-
fess that my idea of government is very
different from those who call me an an
archist. My idea is that no matter how
much you oppose the power Of govern
ment the people who suffer must keep
silent, no matter how severe the suffer-
ing is. (Applause) / believe that the
government derives it's just powers from
the consent of the governed and from
no other source. Instead of telling you
that the Creator made .'reat many
to toll and few to ride on the backs of
those who toll (applause), | come to
renew your faith in the declaration of
| independence that declares that all men
are created equal. (Applause.) That
no government should either enable or
permit one citizen to injure another. My
friends, that is the kind of anarchy
that is taught in the Chicago platform
and the reason why it is denounced is be-
cause the men who have been fattening
out of the public treasury know that our
guns are turned directly at Them and
loaded with shot to the muzzle. CAP
plause) Now, my friends, | started in
to talk for one hour. Cries of Go on.
go on.) You must not say go on. don't
you say that; my audiences go off and
leave me. daughter and cries of Wait
till we go; we are here and will stay with
you all night.D
Nov, my friends, | would like to tall,
longer, because when | find lot of anar-
chists like you | like to talk to them.
have not come here to ask for your vote.
but | say this, when you have read our
platform. when you understand what its
policies mean to you. if then you believe
III the ticket nominated at Chicago you
can best serve your country secure your
rights and protect your families. then |
am entitled to your votes. | care not to
what party YOU belong. (Applause) If,
on the other hand, you believe that the
election of anybody else is better for you
and for your country than my election
would be, it would be criminal for you to
cast your vote for me. That is my idea
of politics. Great applause.) 1t is not
the person, it is the cause for which the
person stands. 1t is not the individual. it
is the principles which he represents. |
stand for certain principles and if elected
| will carry them out to the best of my
ability, so help me God" Uong and con
tinued applause and cheering)
THE DAUNTLESS RETURNED.
Brunswick, Ga, Aug. 29.-The tug
Dauntless, supposed to have been on a
filibustering expedition. returned today
and is now retained at quarantine under
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