The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-03

United States and Of the world. Now will
you do it? A voice: moi
Gentlemen, intended TO have finished
long ago [Cries Of: Go on, go on."l I
had prepared speech, though l haven't
made any of it. lLaughter.l
Who would it affect? You know per
fectly well what the result would be. You
know that gold would go out OF circulation;
1t would go into hiding. Why, the very
thought of it has sent gold into hiding.
The adoption of that platform in Chicago
sent gold into hiding. The nomination
of Mr. Bryan sent gold into hiding. The
news from Vermont brought some of it
out. [Laughter.l The news from Maine
brought more of it out; and the news from
the United States on election day will
bring all of it out. LGreat applause.l
A voice-Hurrah for Bryan.
'Hurrah for who? l don't know Of any
body in this country who needs it more
than he does" Laughter
Who the Sufferers VIII Be.
before its bullion value. 1t might go up
some. 1t wouldn't stay up. Now who
would be cheated by it, Wall street? Wall
street! If there is a man on earth who can
take care of himself under all imaginable
circumstances it is a Wall street man.
Laughter There is no politician who
can change his politics as quickly as
Wall street man can change his attitude
a to the market. Bankers generally man
age TO take care Of themselves. There Is
a great deal said in this campaign against
bankers. The banking facilities Of the
United States are simply the wonder of the
world. The banks are creditors of the
people When | deposit my money in
bank the bank is my debtor. You put
your money in the savings bank and that
bank owes that money to you, upon a de
mand, IN accordance with the terms of the
h
vast hsureS-l wish | had them always
get my papers mixed. [Laughter.l Here
1t is. There are 4,S75.510 depostors in
savings banks in the United States. The
money deposited amounts TO S1,810, 507 023.
The average deposit is $371.36. That rep
reSents toll and thrift 1t is the sum laid
by for rainy day. 1t is the sum saved
from a mans toll that he might give
better advantages to his children than he
had in his youth for himself. 1t is a
sacred fund, the surplus of labor. What
DO you think of that savings bank paying
you, when you had deposited gold, in So
cent dollars? That would be the result.
Building and loan associations 5000 in the
United States, and representing $50 600
600; yearly receipts 5000, 600 900. Split that
IN two. For whose benefit The silver
mine owners. [Applausel Life and an
nuity insurance, II. 2S3. $50 assured in the
United States; 25SI6.0S0 beneficiaries-
wives, children. brothers and sisters of the
assured. The amount insured. Sl2 2S5, 604,-
94l. Ho" many men are there in this
audience who have struggled, and saved
and almost denied themselves the neces-
saries of life again ana again and again
that they might meet the premium Oh
their insurance, for the benefit of the wife
and children when they should be taken
away? There is no fund more sacred than
that. There is no fund in the United
states which gives a man more comfort
when he thinks of it than the investment
he has made for the benefit OF those whom
he loves. What do YOU think of the in
surance companies of the United States
being permitted, in violation Of the govern
meut's pledge. when you have paid your
premiums in honest dollars, to pay your
widow and your children, even though they
need it to keep starvation from the home
in bastard dollars. all for the benefit of the
silver bullion owners of the world?
"a total Of 970524 pensioners, paid Sl28,-
1862 year. They are marching down
the hill at a dOublequick. At each re-
union or Grand Army encampment you see
how rapidly the old soldier is approaching
the muster-out You see them fall in the
parade by the waysile. You see them
tremb!e as they walk along, trying to be
erect, struggling to keep step to the music
to which they marched and fought under
our flag so many years ago. They fought
for you and for me in the days Of the
war time, taking their pitiful pay in pa
per money. Now in the days of our wealth
our strength our presperity ana their
decline viii this government nav thor,
their pittance in dishonest dollars? TCries
OF, mo, not And all for the benefit of
the silver bullion owners of the world
National debt. I Will leave that hut
l will tell yos one thing. though. If this
government ever disbouors its credit II win
never regain it. in your lives or mine.
When a weak government is dishonest the
greater nation " hiDS her IN make bar nav
No greater nation can whip us to make MS
pay Iapplausel and that IS WHY We of all
other governments under the sky. ought
to be perfectly honest; because We of all
other governments can least afford to be
dishonest TApplause.l You don't want to
20 back to your home in Germany or in
Norway. and don't want. travelling across
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