The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-13

must, IN the course Of ordinary business be
Why should the one hundredth man be
permitted to exempt himself from the gem
erai ruler Special contracts have tendency
to increase the demand for q particular kind
OF money, and thus force 1t to premium
rave not the people a right to say that
comparatively few zsindividuals shall not be
permitted to derange the financial system of
the nation IN ORDER to collect a premium in
case they succeed in forcing one kind of
money to premium?
EXTRA SESSION PROMISED.
There is another, argument to which I ask
your attention. Some of this niost jealous
opponents OF free coinage point to the fact
tnat thirteen months must elapse between the
election and the first regular session of con-
gress, and assert that during that time, in
case people declare themselves in favor of
free coinage, all looms will be withdrawn and
all mortgages foreciosed. II these are merely
prophecies INDUCED in by those who have for
gotten the provisions of the constitution. 1t
VIII be suf1cient to remind them that the
president Is empowered to convene congress
In extraordinary session whenever the public
good requires such action. II, in November,
the people by their ballots declare themselves
IN FAVOR or the immediate restoration of BIZ
metallism, the system can be inaugurated
WITHIN few months If, however, the as
sertlon that loans will be withdrawn and
mortgages foreclosed is made to prevent such
political action as the people may believe to
De necessary for the preservation of their
TIghts, then new and vital issue Is raised.
whenever IT is necessary for the people as
whole to obtain consent from the owners of
money and the changers of money before they
can legislate on financial questions, we shall
nave passed from Democracy to pluto
cracy. But that time has not yet arrived.
Threats and intimidation will be of no avail
Inc Inc people who in 1776 rejected the doctrine
that kings rule by right divine, will not In
this generation subscribe to a doctrine that
money is omnipotent
In conclusion permit me to say a word in
regard to International bimetallism We are
not opposed to an International agreement
looking to the restoration of bmetallism
throughout the world. The advocates of free
coinage nave on all occasions shown their
Willingness to cooperate with other nations in
the reinstatement Of silver, but they are not
Wiling TO await the pleasure Of other govern
ments when immediate relief is needed by
the people of the United States, and they fur
Their believe that Independent action offers
better assurance of International bmetallism
imam servile dependence upon foreign aid. For
more than twenty years we have invited the
assistance of European nations, but all pro-
gress in the direction of international bimet-
allism has been blocked by the opposition of
those who derive pecuniary benefit from the
appreciation of gold How long must we wait
for bimetallism to be brought to us by those
who profit by monometallism? If the double
standard will bring benefits to our people.
who will deny them the right to enjoy those
benefits?
If our opponents would admit the right
the ability and the duty of our people to act
Tor themselves on all public questions without
the assistance and regardless of the wishes
Q! other nations, and then propose the rene
dial legislation which they consider sufficient
we could meet them in the field of honorable
debate; but when they assert that this nation
Is is, helpless to protect the rights of it's own
citizens we challenge them to submit the re-
suit to a people whose patriotism has never
been appealed to in vain
We shall not offend other nations when we
declare the right of the American people to
govern thmeseves and without let or him
ORANGE from without, decide upon every ques-
ton presented for their consideration. In
taxing TINS position we simply maintain the
dignity of seventy million citizens who are
second to none in their capacity for self-goy-
eminent The gold standard has compelled
the american people to pay an ever-increas-
ing tribute to the creditor nations of the
Worid-a tribute which no one dares to de-
Iend; l assert that national honor requires
the United States to secure justice for all it's
citizens as well as to do justice to all its
creditors. For people like ours blessed
with natural resources of surprising richness
to proclaim themselves impotent to frame
financial system suited to their own needs is
Illuminating beyond the power of language to
describe We cannot enforce respect for our
foreign policy so long as we confess ourselves
unable to frame our own financial policy.
Honest differences of opinion have always
existed and ever will exist as to the legis,a-
ton best calculated to promote the public
veal; but when 1t is seriously asserted that
this nation must bow to the dictation of other
nations and accept the policies which they
insist upon, the right of self-goyernment lis
assailed. and until that question is settled all
4~SSNASAAS
APPEAL TO NEW YORK
Citizens of New York. have Travelled from
the center of the. continent to the seaboard
that might in the very beginning of the
campaign bring you greeting from the people
out West and South, and assure you that
their desire is not Ito destroy but to build
up. They invite you to accept the prin-
ciples of a living faith rather than listen to
those who preach the gospel of despair and
advise endurance of the ills you have. The
advocates of free coinage believe that in
striving to secure the immediate restoration
OF bimetallism, they are laboring in your be-
half as well as in their own behalf. few
of your people may prosper under present
conditions, but the permanent welfare of
New York rests upon the producers Of
wealth. The great city is built on the COM
merce of the nation, and must suffer if that
commerce is impaired. You cannot sell I'M
less the people have money with which to
buy, and they cannot obtain the money with
which to buy unless they are able to sell
their products at remunerative prices Pro-
duction of wealth goes before the exchange
of wealth. Those who create must secure a
profit before they have anything to share with
others. You cannot afford to join the money
changers in support of a financial policy in
which they destroy the purchasing power
of the products of the soil. and which must
in the end discourage the creation Of wealth.
| ask, | expect, your cooperation. 1t is
true that few of your fnanciers would
fashion new hgure-a figure representing
Columbia, her hands bound fast with letters
of gold and her face turned toward the East
appealing for assistance to those who live
beyond the sea- bututhis figure never
express your idea of this nation. You will
rather turn for inspiration to the heroic
statue which guards the entrance to your
city-a statue as patriotic in conception as
1t is colossal in proportions; it was the
gracious gift of a sister republic, and stands
upon a pedestal which was built by the
American people. That figure-Liberty En-
tightening the World--is emblematic Of the
mission of our nation among the nations
of the earth. With a. government which de-
rives it's powers from 1.-THE consent of the,
governed, secures to all the people freedom
of conscience, freedom Of thought and free
dom of speech, guarantees equal rights to
all and promises special privileges to none,
the United States should be an example in
all that is good, and the leading spirit of
every movement which has for its object
the uplifting of the human race.
Mr. Bryan spoke for one hour and
fifty minutes and the hands of the
clock pointed to 1875 o'clock when he
finished the eloquent peroration adj
dressed to the citizens of New York,
speaking with uplifted arm and with
manuscript thrown aside. The ter
rife heat had made the upper galleries
almost uncomfortable and before Mr..
Bryan had finished majority of their
occupants had def1ed through the
doors.