Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17

Gently said that wheat had gone up be.
cause OF the possibility OF free silver leg
islat1on. Why. in heavens name, let me
II such was the case7 why is II that we
nave had more panics and more disastrous
panlcs since the volume Of cur currency
mas been increased?
Inc real cause of our distress Is j uni
versal cause. 1t Is an Industrial and not
money cause at all. The wheat that ha 8
poured into the markets Of the world from
Russia aid Australia has had vastly more
10 DO with our condition than the demone-
.lzation OF silver ever had. The increase
IN production the world over, the increase
IN Tiled acreage, the increase and improve
ment In mechanical methods have all done
their share. In our own city we have seen
an Illustration Of this recently. Congress
insisted that the Metropolitan railroad
should put in a mechanical system in place
or horses. This act threw twelve hundred
horses into the market, removed the ne
cessity for employing hostlers. stablemen.
diminished the demand for oats and corn,
and. In fact. has deprived hundreds of FAM
lilies OF their means of livelihood. 1t Is the
same story all over the land. The crime Of
% mas absolutely nothing to do with It,
In 1892 1t was said in the House of Rep
re es by man greater than any
VINO nave been quoted tonight, perhaps
that You must attribute 1t (fall Of pricesj
10 the inventive genius that has multiplied
thousand times in many instances the
serength OF a single arm. and enables Us
~ ~ eouoy Win one man what nifty men
could not do fifty years ago. That is what
mas brought down prices in this country
and everywhere
That man was William Jennings Bryan.
ms nit Of Mr.. Davis was greeted with
tremendous applause. which lasted so long
mat Senator Faulkner said he would be
compelled to grant the speaker little ex-
IRA Tune to make up for it.
hat statement" said Mr. Davis in con-
clusion, is the Gospel truth with reference
10 our position. and appeal from Bryan,
drunk with ambition to climb into the
White House. to Bryan SOBER
The attempt to force silver upon us at
me ratio OF 10 to is an attempt to do by
force what could not possibly he done nv
reason s!Ss3 and the force Of argument.
iney teE us That by sticking to the gold
Standard Great Britain has become the
financial n'!stress Of the world 1 saw. then.
let US, too, keep to the gold standard. and
lick Great Britain at her own game"
THE CLOSING REMARKS.
Mr.. Hutchins' Twenty-Minute Speech
in Reply.
"heh the two main speeches Of the even
ing came to close many people began to
leave the hail. anticipating that the reply
ana re1oinder of the debaters would prob
ably not cover any additional ground,
When quiet was finally restored Senator
Faulkner presented Mr.. Hutchins again.
the questions l asked him." tegan. Mr.,
Hutchins. He has asked me a number
but has passed by those that put to him. -
That's right" cried a man in the audi.
ence.
well, he asked me one," continued Mr.
Hutchins. that 1 will answer right now.
He wanted to know why England is the
mistress of the world on the gold stand
ara and why we should rot attempt to
dispute her supremacy. 1t is because we
nave not got the gold and we could not
Mr.. Hutchins said that according to Sec-
rotary Carlisle's own figures England had
taken $s3,OO.OO of gold more than we
nave imported. and that is more than we
nave produced If England can Drain
the United States of its gold it is because
she mas this country in her power
ihats right" shouted q number OF
people In different parts of the hall
70 es' and she will keep us in her power
II we let her." continued Mr. Hutchins.
But we have whipped her twice. We
whipped her in 1776 when We had only
100000 Of people and we whipped her In
1872 when We had 100000
She was beaten then by old Jackson three
months after the treaty Of Client, and he
when to STOP"
This appealed to the rock-ribbed demo.
Gratis OF the old school in the house and
they responded with a mighty cheer Con.
tinuing. Mr.. Hutchins said that England
oemonetized silver one year after Jackson
whipped Rockingham at New Orleans, fol
tnat was the only effort which she could
successfully make to subjugate this coun.
try. 1t would be subjugation through the
iron manacles of debt
This reminds me of a story" said Mr.
Hutchins. Some people were crossing the
water on ship, aboard which was an Eng.
lishman who believed that England could
beat everything. He was continually brag-
day. when the Fenian trouble was under
discussion. he complained because the Amer.
leans were helping the Canadian Fenians
II you don't stop It, said the Englishman
| and whip YOU
What! AGAIN. asked a Yankee, who
was sitting near by. and was taking no part
In the conversation.
cure for the existing evils tell him the
gold Is a coward. 1t shrinks and hides its
lace. There was never a battle fought with
| 1t In the world. France issued those as.
fought the revolution with them and poi
freedom. We fought our revolution with
continental money. and no dollar Of 1t has
Deen paid or redeemed up to this time
one Of those assignats. Here 1t ia and If Is
not worth the paper 1t Is printed on. But
| don't you think that SIS in silver would be
worth something? Silver is the money OF
IL
competition force the gold from its hiding
That Is what Is going to cure the existina
troubles. Give me free coinage, and in one
month will get you an audience in this
tuilding. and there will be lots of you who
Will have gold in your pockets, although
Will bet there Is not a gold piece in this
house tonight unless it Is held by some enc
as curiosity
Here's some gold' cried q man. holdina
up several yellow pieces in the palm of his
hand.
How much Is it?' asked Mr.. Hutchins.
twenty-five dollars"
"Wtll you swap 1t for currencyr"
well, not tonight" '
When the laughter which followed, this
passage had subsidized. Mr.. Hutchins con.
tinued. He said that Mr.. Davis was now
an enthusiastic supporter of Palmer
He supports Palmer. does he? Well, lie,
me read you something that Palmer said
just a few years ago. Here 1t is: Demo.
Gratis. the fight for the silver dollar is more
than forty years old. We won it once
against the national banks under the lead.
ership Of Old Hickory and, by his bones
We will win 1t AGAIN."
you bet We will: hooray! was the an.
swer OF an enthusiastic man In the audi.
eDce. Continuing. Mr.. Hutchins said tina,
when Mr.. Davis casts one vote for Paine,
he casts half a vote for Mckinley He
described Mr.. Davis as being without 8
political home tonight. The party tina,
was born at Indianapolis is no party at all
Its members are simply pallbearers organ.
lied to carry out the corpse Of democracy