The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-16
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Favor OF Gold, AZ
l!N AlSSSSE[lEECIl AT LOUISVILLE
q i,ls1sgs y "a Declared for zone Kind OF
Money % Il NIL tbs People, = llrslle. eve
sta.t ne, p,,st the courtso--1t was t'rati-
fyinE 20 rilm at that trime that both
I,ar'lss III \ ,orel s1the, Honest Payments
OF Our .Sst DSbts..-yvas a Man or
Pron,inenes Whose support Of soni,,l
i eIopsy Tlsa Urea, weight III the Cam
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n spcchIl no The New York World,
tpem,5 fronpi Springfield. Ills, under
\ date cf oetob or 10, says: "
William 5ahnings Bryan ii lews on
4 she money question were. not inherited
\ His father wits silas L. Bryan, q Jaw
! yeriand ijnrist. of some e,nlncnce In his
i day. We're he alive now; IL guided by
( the CONVICTIONS twhlch&hs expressed An .
noiuncertain; lahlTuase a fGwly years be
:, foreShls death, he would be, found sup
d porting Mckinley, and doing all 3Ahe
5seoull to- accomplish the defeat ofthlsi
Y erratc son. &
At louisville, his. on october 4, 1851.
he made q notable speech. twas pub
s llsked In full lnithc! Illinois state3Res;-
Z lister OF: October 20. and Nils nearly q
+ page % that paper. si.5y
Silas L. Bryan %asithen judge otthel
Twelfth judicial cirtrlt lie was 81 q
& Democrat OF unswMNing Loyalty and
unusual prominence, and sreat Import
e, apce was attached TO dis ut teratces, n
AZ The !, State Register commented cll-
4 5tofially on the speech. comnNndingIit
4 on account Of "thc .erudltlon, pat,tot.s
ism and public ind private purity OF
Il itssalithor." ri "A n IN y ;4EstG|
.sS Judge Bryan! In his speech touched
flipon:all the questions then before the
country. Evidently he did rot share
z the contempt for the judiciary NOW en-
Entertained by his son. 1--WE must respect.
q he courts and observe their decrees
1 and Judgments, n sal The: and he ae.
: cussd Il The {"radicals',ot lack Of proper
respect for the courts.
Iet devoted special attention TO the
SEliioney question. He was opposed, as
Z Democrats In general then were, on
Y grounds which do not now exist, ! TO tho
y National banking system, then III Its
tsiiIancy:sbut femade a strong plea for
y newest money. N 6%
4 Again" said he. "our platform am.
,noy pces the good old doctrine OF one
4 kim of money FOR all the. people. 1t
s seunt Is like returning to the ancient
faith sof hard money Nh
The elder Bryan was not in favor Of
: repudi tNion to any extent .or ureler any,
klfsglIsS< 1T; is gratifying" said he,
n shat b. 9Th parties declare in favor of
saii;S hone st payment OF all our just
V debts. q
:; 9The !ap pstolics doctrine,' he declared
y at another point Ia HIS speech, rs to
( owe no man anything, and the Demo-
cratic doct, .inci is akin to it--pay what
y YOU owe. ] tx; ;tlss s II
4 p He argued against the imitation of
& the currency and, While Acknowledge
!. ing the supposed Necessity thereforde-
+ precated the yoluminols issue. 81 Of
4 greenbacks by the government.
GThe Democi elcy, said he. have not
Il been friendlytt.9 u resort TO the Issue Of
treasury notes, and for TWO reasons:
Y First. there swasi danger Of running into
aipurelyspnper. and deprecated circula-
q ton, justiwhere we are to-day; second
Y ~, because thel V. was great danger OF
abusing the poW,er.FWe think now that
81 the governmt mt had depended upon
! our credit and borrowed money. we
would not to-dsW owe half what the
n debt footsf up against u.s. 81
3i Evidently he cid not believe. as his
son does, IN the !SSue of money in un-
;plimited quantitie:i, for he lamented the
facility with Which money could be
manufactured by the acre. y
To this state OF affairs Ire attributed
large part OF the swfndles, frauds
and robbcrles aga Inst the government
= during the War."land said that It had
hal!..a demorallza!S Influence upon the
Y people -, - -
N. The senior Bryan. unlike his son, ap-
n pears mot to have been the uncompru-
Y missing enemyof gold. < On the tather
he seemed TO think gold u pretty
good thing 10 haveSin the country. He
expressed some 3pgret that the war
chad not, been garfield on on n hard. mo-
83 I:ey3 basis. He ,ech,red that Il the gov
crimenti mad borrowed what money 1t
IA needed I'VE would have our share OF
the precious metals OF the world here
among us. and would have come gold
Sfsin the country 10 pay both principal
4 and Interest of our debt - si5Sl
Discussing the plans for raising mo-
~ ney3 10 prosecute the war. he SAID :"If
tx the government had simply issued
q treasury nosesto q reasonable amount
Bal and Borrowed no money the notes
4 sswould have beer, convertible into gold
at Stpleasure,5 but owing TO the amounts
"A nav issued they wlllln greatly depre-
#ciated. When we raised n dollar In gold
It I'VE could pay several dollars In treas.
II uryf notes. and when we paid II dollar
that would be the end OF *" &
y s$ How to pay the stupendDus national
Sdcbt was then q ser&0us problem. Many
persons advocated the virtual repudia-i
Lion lof n large part OF the natlon's OBJ
n legations, but Silas L. Bryan. though
~ saving mean things about the bond
II holders and thereby .voictng the popil-:
Y lar Eprejudlce against them. wanted the
d bonds paid Off I'm the same kind OF
II money they were bought with" II
n e Let us deal honestly with the ipeo-
WI plc,t' said he, "und tell them plainly
that this debt must. be paid some day.
Ssl and when paid, paid III specie; there Is
III. no; other kind of money property so
j cuiledn 4.
I: n Judge Bryan made no reference
$w word anywhere In his speech. He APP
Z, a ,,ears 10 have been ,nnwarethat there
X Swasfany silver in thr%countyE to She
n struck down by a t'legls!ltive crinie,''5t
n Slsi He said nothing aboutH"b fnetnlliSm.'
81 Indeed he seems 10 have fully Under
stood that a blmetalIic standard hat,
\. 5Ilcverg fa1, any practical existence In,
MI tho Ifnited States. N b
" \ccording 10 Candidate Bryan, the
gold standard was Unknown In this
Is country DrSor to the "rrlne of ,Tll'i