The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
WHAT A LOT BE DOESN'T KNOW
Bryan Usts III 8 Own Ignorance of Finance
TO Deepen That of Others.

Chicago. Oct. 29.-The first of a series
OF nine speeches was delivered by Mr..
Bryan tonight at Stanislaus hall, Brad
ley and Noble streets. Mr.. Bryan was
greeted with an audience of fully 10000
people packed into one solid mass of
humanity in the hall, while fully as
many more clamored in vain for admis-
sion on all sides Of the large building.
twenty little girls dressed in white sang
s'Red White and Blue" at the conclu-
sion of which one of their number car
Tied an enormous bouquet to Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan, after thanking the people
for their cordial welcome, spoke, in part,
as follows:
when 1 see you cheering and giving
expression TO your approval-when L
hear you cheering these remarks about
national independence. and when recall
the early history of the Polish people, l
can imagine that in each one of you lives
again the spirit Of Kosciusko. and thai
the love of liberty and freedom which
you manifest viii be the best guarantee
that in this campaign you viii not vote
to submit the destinies of the American
people to the domination of foreign in
fiuences. You viii be called upon, in
company with other Americans, to de-
eide upon next Tuesday what shall be
the financial policy of this nation. You
have heard all arguments, you have stu
died the question, and if events them
selves were coming to our aid in this
great currency struggle, you have read
only in the evening papers how scarce
money is in New York. where they tell
US there is enough and TO spare The
telegraph brings us news from New
York that money there is socarce that
they are charging all the way from 80
10 100 per cent for it, and yet, in spite of
this scarcity-in spite of the embarrass-
ment which this scarcity presents TO the
business men Of New York and the rest
of the country. the money lenders who
can profit by the high rates Of interest
will make affidavits that this is the best
system of finance that was ever con-
ceived You need not be surprised il
the holders of great sums of money are
Willing 10 endorse the gold standard
when the gold standard makes more fire.
quent these extreme caseS-theSe pam
Ics-these enbarrassnents. which are the
opportunity for the man who has the
ready money and the willingness TO take
advantage of the necessities Of his neigh
Dor. My friends. 1 want You 10 under
stand all of these things, but bear wit
ness TO the statement which l truthfully
make. that there is not enough money IN
this country 10 DO the business Of the
country and that before there can be re-
lief from financial conditions as they now
exist there must be larger amount Of
Standard money
IF you ask these gold standard finan-
ciers what are the chances Of election,
they win tell you the Republican candi-
date is absolutely certain TO win. You
ask them what is the reason for the pan
&c in Wall street and they viii tell you il
is the agitation of the silver question and
zhe fear silver viii triumph. Whenever
they want 10 excuse a panic they always
excuse il on the ground that It Is the
fear of silver. and whenever they 50 10
talking to you about the prospects CT the
future. they always tel you there IS NJ
danger at al OF silver triumphlng: that
gold is absolutely sure. Now. my friends
why did these people down in New York
Instead Of getting excited, why did they
not go TO Republican headquarters and
find out that it was absolutely certain
Mckinley would be elected and the gold
standard would be preserved? But. II
spite OF all that, there IS a panic-taer'
Is a scarcity, and the only explanation
they give you IS that It Is the silver ag
itatioa. My friends. il is not silver asi
tatinn that makes money scarce: L Is IN,
scarcity % money that makes SILVER agl
cation in this country According 20 OF
financial system We have 4 volume o
standard money 50 sinai. that few mel
can control il and II any OF It goes int,
hiding then there * an immediate panic
NY friends. I want the business mel
OF Chicago. Of Illinois and Of the Unite.
States 70 know that these men vi,
stand by the gold standard are the YER
men who. N the extremlties II this ma
ZION. profit by the distress which thei
financial policy brings SO the great mas
of the people. anffI want these bushes
men 10 decide for themselves whetAe
they want 10 put themselves at IN
mercy OF these men who profit by II
stringency and the embarrassment whicl