The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29

ABOUT THE TWO MONEY METALS.
1.-THE question the American people
are most Interested in now and the on
II one that they are considering is the
financial problem (Here Mr.. Overmy
er held up a silver dOllar.) This is a
dollar always has been q dollar and
always VIII ba a dollar. From the ear
Hest time men have used both gold and
silver as money More than 1000 years
ago they put it into round coins. Sill
yer was questioned for the first time as
money 10y Great Britain in 1916. 1t was
done at the instigatfOn of the London
bankers. silver was struck down open
.ly and above board. In this country.
however. the crime was accomplished
by stealth and without debate or dis
cussi0n. Tt was two years before even
the statesmen found out what had been
done. 1T was done at a. time when the
minds of the people We're occupied with
the memories and passions Of the great
civil war. it was then the cunning ras-
Gals got in their work (Applause.)
JOHN e. CARLISLE DENOUNCED.
John g. Carlisle denounced the act
as the greatest crime Of all ages
greater evil to mankind than all the
wars. pestilences and famines Of all the
world combined. The irony of fate has
curiosity left it to this same Carlisle to
furnish one Of the closing chapters of
this great conspiracy against mankind,
Tt was only g. few days ago that in car
rying out this conspiracy he said the
silver dollar was redeemable in gold
This is dlmetrfcaly opposed TO all law
and If Carlisle or any other secretary of
the treasury attempts to do 1t he should
be impeached and justly impeached.
Great applause.)
shall this government Of and for the
people allow the people to determine
The character of the peoples money or
leave that to the power of corporation
and monopolies? TT is the old fight OF
Andrew Jackson against corporate and
selfish greed over again.
WHAT w e WANT is PROSPERITY.
What we want is prosperity All
a y
that there viii be no prosperity till
there be q. revival of trade and business.
But hove Our opponents say we need
confidence. " hats The matter with con-
6dence2 Where has confidence gone and
when did she go. and where did she gO2
And when IS she coming baCk2 What
does she think of the gold standard?
You have had % years of gold standard.
If confidence left you under that system
how do YOU expect her to come back
under that SYSTEM You gold bugs
don't expect it. 1t is political pre-
1--WE want confidence also. but Of
dlfIerenr kind We want confidence in
business and values Diminish the pur-
chasing power of money and that VIII
advance the price of property-that viii
make confidence. Money can be too
dear to be good just as Well as 1T can be
too cheap to be good. When it takes a
hatful Of money to buy a loaf of bread
money is too cheap to be good, and
when piece of money no larger than
your thumb nail will purchase horse
1T is too dear to be good When money
is too cheap or too dear to perform its
two proper and natural functions it
ceases to be good money. The trouble
with the money today is that it is too
thick to run-just like our blood in the
spring time 1t is like the rushing to
the head Of a child, producing spasms.
This country has been having spasms
for q long time, and if it keeps it up
much longer it will go entirely crazy.
(Applause.)
MONEY NOT PLENTIFUL ENOUGH
our opponents say there is enough
money ia this country to do the bust
ness ct the country. Then why doesn't
il do it2 7 deny that there is enough
money. The circulating medium is not
half what it was 30 years 3 go.
III all the money of the country were
locked up in a great iron house out on
the plains, what a mOckeTy il would be
TO say. There is plenty Of money in the
country What's the difference when
il is locked up in q thousand iron
houses2 You cant get it. 1t has got
too fine haired to work; it doesn't have
The chief purpose Of free coinage is !
not TO add to the volume Of the curren-
cy, but rather to have a beneficial effect
On that now in the country. 1t is to be
the axle grease that viii set all the
wheels Of commerce to rolling smoothly
onward.
Free coinage would not debase the
currency Of the country, but it would
yaller money Tt would put new life
INTO the body of commerce and could
not huft any body except the men who
aVe ana thrive ca human misery"
AtlGl ENIS OF GOLD BUGS DE
NOUNCED
AT this juncture Mr.. Overmyer took
up the arguments used by the gold
bugs and effectually pulled them down
one at a time Then he continued.
The Republicans are going to carry
lne elee1lon by waving the United
States flag next Saturday. We are go
ing TO wave the American flag. too"
Mr. Overmyer then paid his respects
% tHe charges of anarchy and repudia-
uon. and said the Republicans were the
l5sii Fepuaia tors and calamity hOwlers.
He then touched vigorously upon the
supreme court and spoke strongly for
an income tax la denOuncing those
VINO cry anarchists and "repudiatiOn-
ISIS MI ONefmyer appeared at his
best. His language could not be mis-
understood. The English langua ge
would not permit Of anything stronger \
The house simply went wild over it
and the gold bugs present We're made to
sQuirm and feel decidedly uncornforta
Bile The 0rat did not leave one YES
tige of the sophistry and general non
sense preached by the Republicans in
the present campaign
DEFEAT FOR EITHER MEANS
DOOM.
How can the many hold their own
aga inst the few, the masses against the
classes. the people against power and
greed. liberty against tyranny? A mo-
mentous contest is on hand Defeat for
either must necessarily mean doom for
the VanCuished.
We have the most glorious leader of
modern times He is one of the immor-
tal rev not born to die. Seneca in his
mater Mess description could not have
described William Jennings Bryan
more perfectly His career has been
most rernarkable He breaches right
BUSINESS. peace and mercy. That is all
ways his plea. He Is al fair as dawn
as brilliant as sunlight and III tender al
2 woman He stands today as the
eaVen-anointed leader Of the people to