, 1896-10-15

cheat me, are you?" And Mr.. Bryan
says. NO; free coinage will make sill
YER worth $l.29 an ounce in gold; free
silver will make the silver dollars equal
70 the gold dollars and tbeTeupon the
debtor holds his coattail and says, I'm
Gods name, how is that going to help
me?" ULaughter.)
In all his speeches he has been guilty
Of this contradiction-che;.p silver for
debtors, and silver as good as gold for
creditors t~applause). and you know
that man has not seen tie %inconsis-
tency of those two statements yet.
Laughter.) He will make the same
Statement probably tomorrow.
GOOD WORDS FOR FARMERS.
When he appeals to the farmer he
takes the ground that they are all ras-
Gals, and what he has said about the
farmers is an insult to the farmers, and
the farmers Of Vermont and Maine
have replied. tAppiause.) And If the
farmers of those states with their soil
can be honest Qaughter), l think a
farmer in Illinois has no excuse for be,
ing a rascal. applause. regard the
farmers as honest men, and when the
sun shines and the rains fall and the
frosts wait they will pay their debts.
They are good men, and l wan to tell
you tonight that all the stories that
have becn told about farmers being
populists are not true. (Applause.)
You will find the popu!ists in the
towns, in the great cities, in the viii
lagos. All the failures, no matter for
what reason, they are on the populists'
side. They want to get rich by law.
(A%pplause.) They are tired Of work.
Then, there is another thing l want
to ask these gentlemen, because I am
of an inquisitive turn Of mlnd.( Laugh
teri If you can make silver 16 to l by
law, when, in fact, it is 81 to that Is,
it takes 16 ounces, according to them,
of silver to be worth l ounce Of gold;
Enow it takes 81 ounces to he worth an
ounce OF gold. But they propose by
law to make 16 ounces of the value Of
an ounce in gold. If they can do that
by law, what is the use Of wasting all
that silver? (Laughter.) |: they can
by law make it 16 to l, why not put
another clause on and make it 1 to l
daughter and APPLAUSE; ard If they,
by that fiat, can add 4S cents worth Of
law to SO cents worth OF silver and
make a dollar, why not make all fiat
(%applause) and use the silver for forks
and spoons. CA voice in the audience:
How much is in a dollar ncw?') In
a silver dollar? (The voice: "Yes.")
Four hundred and twelve grains, stand.
ard. (The voice: THAT is 16 to 1.")
That is 16 to l.. Now, let us tell you
any one OF our dollars today is made
equal with gold. And how lie It made
equal with gold? Because the gov
eminent of the United States has prom,
ised to redeem it in gold. (Applause.)
WHAT GOVERNMENTS PROMISE
DOES.
II there was only one grain Of sill
yer in a silver dollar and u govern
ment promised to keep 1t Oh an equal
ity with gold it would be just as good
as though there were ALP. The silver
of the United States today, as coined,
is worth between 81 and 50 cents on the
silver market. and the moment the
promise Of the government. is with
drawn all the dollars OF the United
States coined OF silver will only be
worth 81 cents apiece. The rest 10
promise, not fat, but promise. and as
long as we believe the government il
able. as long as we believe the govern,
ment has the honesty to redeem its
promise, that silver will be good. ZAP
~plause.)
Now there is another trouble. A
promise to pay money is not money. A
promise to pay money is like a nomina>
ton for an Office, and the fulfllment OF
that promise is like the election to that
office. and on the 4th day @: November
ever Bryan will know the difference
between promise and fulhllment
Let me tell you a little something
about the history Of u money. Peo-
Pile don't know or else they forgot. In
1892 we made in this country q double
standard, gold and silver. And the