The record-union., 1896-09-30

My friends, there is great contest
IN this country which must be settled,
ana that is whether few people banded
'ogether are more powerful than the
people themselves. (Cheers) They have
sdlu that l array class against class.
am willing to array all the people VINO
suiler from the operation of those
trusts against those people who operate
the trusts for their own benefit. l under
stano that citizen of this State, the
hon. Chauncey NJ. DepeW (groans and
hlsseS really thinks my election would
De dangerous to the country. uaughter)
Ihere Is some consolation In having Mr..
DepeW against me, and that is if elected
ne VIII not come down and tell me that
as he helped elect me he wants me to set
on that plank that declares in favor OF
arbitration of differences between rail-
roads and employees. (Cheers)
My friends, there is one great conso-
lation that l find in our opponents hav-
ing arrayed themselves against me,
that not having their support in the
campaign / do not have their domina-
ton after the campaign is over. (Ap-
plause)
My friends, our platform has de-
clared that the paramount issue of this
L
believe it is true because ..pon the re-
suit of this election will hinge the finan-
cial policy Of this nation. The Repub-
lican party has declared that we shall
retain the gold standard until foreign
nations assist us in getting rid of it. The
Democrats have declared for an inde-
pendent American policy. l am simply
doing in this country what every for
eigner does in his own country; I am
asserting the right Of this people to at
tend to their own bushes. (YellS and
applause)
MY friends, no foreign nation has
ever adopted such a policy as the Re
publican party asks us to adopt No
great political party has ever gone be-
fore the country with such a financial
policy as the Republican party now pre-
sents. 1t has been left to free America
to set the example of a national party
proposing to surrender the right of self
government and bind its people TO the
will of foreign powers. Applause)
Il want to show you not only that no
national party has ever advocated the
gold standard in a platform. l want to
show you that the leading Republicans
of the Republican party have expressly
denounced the gold standard and the
your attention to the language used by
the present Republican candidate for
the Presidency, made in q speech at
Toledo. Let me read his words: During
all of Grover Cleveland's years at the
head of the Government as executive
he was dishOnoring one Of our precious
metals-one Of our great productS-dis-
crediting silver and enhancing the price
of gold He endeavors even before his
inauguration to office to stop the coin
age of silver dollars, and afterward, and
to the end Of his administration per-
sistently used his power to that end.
He was delegated to contract the cir
culating medium and demonetize one
of the coins Of commerce; limit the vol
ume of money among the people; make
money scarce, therefore dear. He would
have increased the value of money and
diminish the value Of everything else.
Money the master, everything else the
servant
MY friends, quote you what the Re-
publican candidate said only five years
ago about the President of the United
States policy. My friends, the Republi-
can candidate in that speech showed
that he understood the fundamental
principle that underlies the money
question. viz. that the value of a dol
lar depends upon the number of dol
lars. He recognized then that you
could make dollars dear by lessening
their number. He recognized that you
could raise the purchasing power of
4 dollar by law, and by law reduce
the value of all kinds of property. We
have a right to conclude that he has
adopted that policy; that money should
be master and all things else be the SER
want" (Applause)
The remainder of the address covered
much the same ground as his previous
speeches. Mr.. Bryan had spoken fifty
minutes when he closed.
There were seven other meetings in
the open air, but the success of the
latter was almost ruined by the Sc
we're rain and windstorm which broke
over the city before the speakers had
fir rished and Mr.. Bryan could appear.
When he did so at two or three stands
it was simply to bow his thanks in re-
sponse to the drenching enthusiasts.