The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-09
BRYAN Is GENEROUS
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asked to declare in favor OF the gold
standard. Every step that the gold
! standard has taken heretofore has been
! in the dark and without the consent
Of the American people. and now, for
the first time. the advocates Of gold
! ask the American people to indorse the
| god standard at the ballot box
BLESSINGS OR CURSES
it is good for the American people
tapplause) and II the gold standard
Will be good for US we ought 10 have
il. II the gold standard VIII bring
blessings to our people we ought 10
maintain IT, IF it brings curses we
ought TO abandon IL Great applause.)
| This Is the question submitted 10 the
| American people. stand upon a plat
form-yes, stand upon three plat
forms, which agree on one thing, and
that Is that the gold standard ought 20
be driven out Of the United States
| Great applause) and that in its place
ought 10 be substituted the free and
unlimited coinage Of gold and silver
at the present legal ratio Of Is to l
tAppiause) without WANTING for the
| aid or consent OF any other nation.
| prolonged appfause) Our platform
has driven from US some who have
acted with US in the past. We CANNOT
help II. We might have retained their
| cooperation had We been willing TO pay
the price they asked. We might have
been able TO keep these men with US
had We been willing that the Demo-
cratic party should be made the in
strument OF plutocracy TO overthrow
a government like ours. Great APP
plause)
DRAGGED OUT.
'iSome have left us-perhaps / ought
to modify the term, because il I shodlf
say that men leave US IL might imply
that they reasoned themselves out or
the Democratic party, it might imply
that they had gone voluntarily; we Will
use another term we have dragged
cut of the Democratic party certain
ones who were more attached TO the
great incorporated interests of this
country than they were TO the welfare
OF the people. (Applause.) In their
place We expect to find men who are
willing to act with US this time in order
TO make this government worthy Of the
love Of those who live beneath the flag.
and L come today to submit for your
consideration some reasons why Repuo-
licans should join with US upon the
platform which We have adopted. The
Populist5 have already joined US. /
will say joined with US. They may
say that we have Joined with them,
but / care not how you express it, 50
we are together now. Great applause)
There is this difference between Re-
pubhcans who come TO US and Demo-
Gratis who go from US. The Democrats
who go from us must repudiate the
history oe the Democratic party and
abandon that which has been Demo-
cratic from the time when Jefferson
organized the Democratic party. Cap
plause)
WHICH M'KINLEY?
'The Republicans who come to US
have simply to stand by that which
the Republican party used to advo-
cate and which in this campaign it
has abandoned. Great applause) a
voice: 'Hurrah for Mckinley Gap
plause and hisses.)
Mr.. Bryan-My friends. beg you 10
refrain from any manifestations of dis
pleasure. I am glad 70 have that man
here who is in favor OF my opponent.
1 only hope that there are many such.
because it is to such persons that I
desire to express my remarks. Cheering
and applause)
my friend has declared his prefer
ence for Mckinley. I want to ask
him which Mckinley he isksor. the Nc
Kinley of 1890, or the Mckinley Of 1896?
dong cheering)
NOT BRYAiN'S KIND, THOUGH.
Let me read you what Mr.. Mckinley
said in 1890. when he was advocating
the Sherman law, which added TO the
volumeo the nations money. He said
IN that speech; But all agree that we
must have a larger volume of money
and that the added volume must be sill
yer or its equivalent based on silver.
''At that time we were putting into
circula ton about S24. 000, 900 a year I'M
der the Bland act and Mr.. Mckinley
advocated the Sherman act on the
ground that il would increase the
amount Of money TO be put in circula-
ton among the people. Let me read
you what he said then: We propose
to give this country what the gentle
men on the other side of the house could
not, what they did not dare 10 do for
four years. We propose to give 10 the
country a silver bill that will take all
of the silver practically of the United
States and make it available for the use
of the people
Again he said: $50. Mr.. Speakr, this
bin is just to the silver producers of the
United States. for it does what the
present law. as demonstrated by every
administration for ten years. has not
done. 1t takes every dollar of silver
bullion that is purchased in the United
States and places ii al the disposal Of
the people as money and again he
said: L Will not vote against this bill
and thus deprive my people and my
country and the laborers and the pro-
ducers and Industries of my country OF
thirty millions annually Of additional
medium.
IN 1890 Mr. Mckinley declared that
in the interest Of his country. in the in
terest OF laborers. in the interest Of pro-
ducers. in tie interest ot the indus
tries of the country he would voet to
she increase Of s24 oe0. 900. an additional
increase Of $4,000, 900.
THE so MKINLEY.
That was the Mckinley OF 1890.
Let me read you the Mckinley OF 1886:
1t is not more money We want. What
W. want is TO put al the money we
have already at work.
In 1880 when he advocated more
money. We already added s2+ 10000 10
the circulation each year. This year
wehave no such provision. We have
The Sherman law and Bland
act and are making no provisions 10
utilize silver. no provision 70 add 20
the currency by the increase in or
silver money. and yet when The cur
rency Is decreasing ard we have d.
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