Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-21

of the burden of the government which
protects him find man who is unworthy
to enjoy the blessings Of government like
ours. (Applause.l
No Use for National Banks,
"He says that we are opposed to the ma
tlonal bank currency. It Is true. If you
will read what Thomas Benton said YOU
viii find that he said in searching history
that he could find but one parallel to An
drew jackson. That was Cicero, who de-
stroyed the conspiracy of Catalina and
saved Rome. He did for Rome what Jack
son did when he destroyed the bank con-
splracy and saved America. Applause
We say In our platform that we believe the
right to coin money and issue money Is
function of the government. We be-
lieve 1t. We believe 1t is a part Of SOW
ereignty, and can no more with safety be
delegated to private individuals than we
could afford to delegate to private indi-
v1duals the power to make penal statutes
or levy laws for taxation. tApplause.l
Mr.. Jefferson, who was once regarded
as good democratic authority. seems to
have different opinion from the gentle-
man who has addressed US on the part OF
the minority. Those who are opposed to
this proposition tell us that the issue Of
paper money Is function Of the bank,
and that the government ought to go out
OF the banking business. stand with
Jefferson rather than with them, as he did,
that the issue of money Is function Of the
government, and that the banks ought to
go out of the government business.
They complain about that plank which
declares against the life tenure in office.
They have tried to strain 1t to mean that
which 1t does not mean. What we OPP
pose in that plank is the life tenure that
Is being built up at Washington. which OK
cludes from participation in the benefits
the humber members of our society. I
cannot dwell on this longer in my linn
tied time. [Cries Of 60 on.'l
Answer to MIR. Hill
LET me call attention to two or three
great things The gentleman from New
York says that he will propose an amend.
ment, providing that this change In our
law shall not affect contracts already
made. Let me remind him that there is no
Intention of affecting those contracts,
which, according to the present laws, arc
made payable in gold. But If he means to
say that we cannot change our monetary
system without protecting those who have
loaned money before the change was
made want to ask him where in law OF in
morals, he can find authority for not pro-
tecting the debtors when the act of 1873
was passed, but now insist that we must
protect the creditor. He says he also wants
to amend this law and provide that If we
fall to maintain parity within year We
will! then suspend the coinage of silver. We
reply that when we advocate thing which
we believe will be successful we are not
compelled to raise doubt as to our own
sincerity by trying to show what we will
DO II we can. ! ask him, If he will apply
his logic to us. why he does not apply it to
himself? He says that he wants this coun-
try to try secure an international agree
nnent. Why doesn't he tell us what he Is
going to do if they fall to secure an inter-
national agreement? There Is more reason
70" him TO do that than for us to fail to
maintain the parity. They have tried for 50
years-for 80 yearS-to secure an interna.
fhn9 40,
Tor It most patiently and don't want 1t at
al. lCheefing. laughter. long continued. ]
| Tho Paramount Issue.
| NOW, my friends, let me come to tho
great paramount issue. If they ask us here
why 1t Is that We say more ON the money
question than we say upon the tariff ques-
ton, I reply that If protection has slain
Its thousands the gold standard has slain
| Its tens OF thousands. II they ask us why
we did not embody all these things in our
platform which We believe. we reply to
| them that when we have restored the
money of the constitution all other neces-
sary reforms will be possible and that un.
I'll that is done there Is no reform that
can be accomplished. [Chee11ng.] Why Is
It that within three months such change
has come over the sentiments Of this coun-
try? Three months ago when 1t was con.
fidently asserted that those who believe In
| the gold standard would frame our plat
form and nominate our candidate, even
the advocates Of the gold standard did not
think that we could elect president, but
they had good reason for the suspicion be-
| cause there Is scarcely a state here to-day
asking the gold standard that is not within
the absolute control of the republican
party. Loud cheering.] But note the
en- shange. MI. mckinley was nominated at
ST. Louis on platform that declared for
the maintenance OF the gold standard until
| 1t should be changed into bimetallism by
an international agreement. Mr.. McISin-
| ley was the most popular man among the
republicans. and everybody three months
ago in the republican party prophesied his
election. How Is it to-day? Why. that
| man who used to boast that he looked
like Napoleon-[iaughter and cheersl-
that man shudders to-day when he thinks
that he was nominated on the anniversary
| Of the battle Of Waterloo. lLong and Loud
cheerins.1 Not only that, but as he listens
| he can hear with everlasting distinctness
the sound of the waves as they beat upon
| the lonely shores OF St. Helena. [Cheersl
| Why this change? All, friends, is not the
change evident to anyone who will look at
the matter3 1t Is no private character
| however pure. no personal popularity how
ever great, that can protect from the
avenging wrath OF an indignant people tho
man who will either declare that he Is in
| favor Of fastening the gold standard upon
| this people or who Is willing to surrender
the right Of self-goYernment and place
legislative control in the hands of foreign
potentates and powers" [Cheers.l
| The continued cheering made It impos-
sible for the speaker to proceed. 1t was re-
newed as the chairman vainly and re-
peatedly raped for order Finally, Mr..
Bryan, raising his hand, obtained silence
long enough to say that he had only ten
minutes, and he asked the audience to let
him occupy that time. lie then resumed:
| Confident of Winning.
1--WE so forth confident that we shall
| win. Why? Because upon the paramount
| issue in this campaign there is not spot
| of ground upon which the enemy will dare
| to challenge battle. Why, II they tell US
that the gold standard is good thing, we
point to their platform and tell them
! that their platform pledges the party to
get rid of gold standard and substitute
bimetallism. IApplause.l If the gold
| standard is good thing why try to get rid
| of 1t? Laughter and continued applause. j
/ might call your attention to the fact that
| some of the very people who are in this con-
yention to-day and who tell you that we
| ought to declare In favor of International
| bimetallism and thereby declare that the
| gold standard is wrong, and that the prin-
| ciple of bimetallism is better, these very
| People four months ago were open and
avowed advocates of the gold standard and
| telling us that we could not legislate two
| metals together, even with all the world.
lRenewed applause and cheers.l I want
to suggest this truth. that If the gold stand
ard Is good thing we ought to declare in
| favor of its retention and not in favor of
abandoning it: and If the gold standard is 3
bad thing, why should we wait until some
other nations are willing to help us to let
go? [Applause.]
Here is the line of battle: We care not
upon which issue they force the fight. We
| are prepared to meet them on either issue
| or on both. If they tell US that the gold
standard is the standard of civilization, we
reply to them that this, the most enlight-