The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-09

gave an upward tendency to trade and
had marked effect on prices, but this
natural and decided effect Of the silver
legislation was by many enormously at
triTbuted to the tariff act
Mr. Harrison said the passage of
that silver bill undoubte dly gave an up
ward tendency to trade and had
marked effect on prices You tell us
that we cannot raise the value of sill
Yer by law I point you to that law
which was not as broad as the one we
propose. I point you to q limited use
OF silver, not an unlimited one. like we
propose, and according to President
Harrison lit gave an upward tendency
to the market and had a marked effect
on prices. And then he turned and re
buked those who had attributed this
to the tariff act and told them it was
due, not to tariff legislation, but to sill
yer legislation. Here. my friends is
authority that silver legislation viii do
just what we claim it would do More
than that Mr.. Harrison says that that
was not only the natural effect. but the
desired effect of such legislation. Now
they tell us they Go not want prices to
rise for fear the labOring mans wages
would not go as far and then they
said it was desired effect
NOW, my friends, has the effect be-
come undesira BILE since the money
changers wrote Republican platform
that cOmpels every Republican to sd
lence the voice Of his censcienca2 The
arguments you heard today are argu-
ments manufactured to support plat
form that. In your hearts, you Republic
cans of Iowa are ashamed to own Ny
friends, our proposition is q plain one
Ne place our argument GA solid rock.
We tell You that there is something ne
cessary in money besides quality. Our
opponents are always talking about
wanting good money Everybody wants
money. but my friends. we want guam
tity S well as quality in money You
cannot interest me BIZ telling me that
a certain kind of food is the very best
kind of food, and tell me that it is SO
scarce that cannot have any of it.
Money good How good do you want
money! Just good enough; not too
good. They have been making our
money too good. When a dollar is SO
good that it viii buy ten bushels Of
oats, it is too good a dollar to use in
this country. They have given us the
balloon dollar. 1t keeps rising. And
a balloon dollar may be a good thing
for a few hnanciers who happen to get
into the basket. but it is a mighty bad
thing for the farmers who can simply
stand and watch it soar through the
sky We are tired of the balloon dol
lar. We want to bring it down again
and get il within the reach OF the
masses of the people
THE gold standard. instead Of being
a just measure of deferred payments
has become the measure of deferred
hopes and hope deferred maketh the
heart sick. on this money question
Mar Blaine divides society into two
position by quoting from Republican
authorities. No Republican who has
lived in the last rs years is more pop
ular an idol than Mr.. Blaine His name
is still cherished as the name of the
greatest Republican who has existed
in the last % years In 1878 Mr.. Blaine
said that the destruction of silver mon
ey and the establishment OF gold as
the sole unit of value would have a
ruinous effect on all forms of property
except those investments which yield
would be enormously enhanced in val
ue and would gain a dispropOrtiOnate
and unfair advantage over every other
species of property My friends, if that
was true then, it is true now
ION the other side AIR. Blaine put the
holders of investments; on the other
side he put the rest of the people, and
then tells YOU that the destruction Of
silver ais money and the establishment
of gold as the sole unit of value would
have a ruinous effect on those who own
property and would give an unjust and
unfair advantage to those who hold
fixed investments. Where does the
gold standard come from2 Tt comes
from the holder of the fixed invest
ments and the trader in money; it
comes from the money owner and the
money changer. Do you believe that
these people who profit as the dollar
rises. are seeking to make the dollar
rise without understanding that they
get any value out of it? Do you sup
pose they do it because they think it
helps society2 do not believe it. my
friends They tell US they are intelli-
gent In fact they assume to possess
all the intelligence there is in this
country. ana if they have SO much
more Intelligence than we. don't YOU
suppose they can see their interests in
a sold standard q"
After the Coliseum speech Mr.. Bry-
an spoke twice from the carriage, ask
ing the people to study the question Of
finance and to make their silver speech
on election day. There were but a few
people at the depot at Burlington to
see the nominee Off, and those who
were there were not demOustrative-
Between Burlington and Cedar Rap
ids three short stops We're made. they
being at Columbus Junction, Nichols
and West Liberty. where the candidate
gave short speeches on the same lines
followed BY him in bis former PLATFORM