Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-10
NATIONAL POLITICS.
BRYAN's ANSWER.

Lincoln, Neb.-In formally accepting
the presidential nomination rendered by
the National Silver party, W. j. Bryan
said:
"More than year ago when we were
engaged in struggle to bring the Demo-
cratic party to an Endorsement of free
whether in oase of failure would sup
port the Democratic nominee if he were
gold standard advocate running upon a
gold standard platform. I never be-
lieved that suoh action was probable in
the Democratic party, but when those
who questioned me we're not content with
probabilities, and asked again, whether,
in that event, would support the nomi-
nee, said, as you will remember, that
under no circumstances would my vote
be given to man who would, in the ex
ecutive office, use his influence to fasten
the gold standard upon the American
people. l stood where the members of
that silver convention stood, and like
them would rather have the approval of
my conscience than the approval of all
the world. My convictions upon this
subject are not shallow convictions.
~ may be in error-none of us can
claim infallibility, but believe that the
gold standard is conspiracy against the
human race. I would as soon Join the
ranks of those whose purpose 1t is to
fasten that upon the American people as
to enlist in any army that was marching
to attack my home and destroy my fami-
". I say, therefore, that can appreci-
ate the spirit which animated those who
have sr.t knoJara1 ~ kh;o ooNnn1 rnvY,i.
netion. pledge them that if I am
elected they shall never have cause to &C.
cuse me of being false to the platform.
sMy friends, when I declared that
would not support gold standard can
ddate was standing upon the record
of the Democra party. I was defending
its principles as we'll as the interests of
the country at large. And when the Re.
publicans who assembled in the silver
convention at st. Louis refused to wor-
ship the gold image which their party
had set up they were defending the his
tory of the Republican party.
WHAT M'K1NLEY sAID.
"The Republican platform Of 1883 de-
nounced the Democratic administration
for having attempted to degrade silver.
And, in 1891, on the 18th day of Feb
rnary, in Memorial hall, at Toledo, at the
Lincoln day banquet, the present candi-
date for president upon the Republican
ticket used the words which ! shall now
read to you. I found those words pub.
lished in a Toledo paper, and they have
been published 90 long without correc-
tion that We may safely assume they were
correctly reported. II he hereafter dc.
nies the correctness of this report shall
hasten to do him justice BY retraoting
these words. These are the words which
he is said to have used:
"sDuring all of Grover Cleveland's years
at the head of the government he was dis
honoring one of our precious metals, ono
of our own great products, discrediting
silver and enhancing the price of gold.
He endeavored even before his inaugura-
tion to office to stop the coinage of silver
dollars, and afterward, and to the end of
his administration, persistently used his
power TO that end. He Was determined
to contract the circulating medium and
demonetize one Of the coins Of commerce,
limit the volume OF money among the
people, make money scarce and therefore
dear. He would have increased the value
of money and diminished the value OF
everything else; money the master, every
thing else the servant
"Following these same lines, tho Repub-
lican convention in 1892 declared at
Minneapolis that the American peo-
pie from tradition and interest were IN
favor of bimetallism. That 10 the Lam
guage In 1892, that the American people