The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-19
VoIJLD STEM SILVER'S TIDE.


c0-7--- ~ -ourts Of law the instru-
u ~ lawlessness, 10 vindlcate the
N-z -sct between the states on when
z---lrity OF this nation rests 70 pro-
y-. -ra temple erected Tor It's prolectioh
Is- hands Of false priests, who, though
% ~ =, defend il, will be appointed TO
z--5v &C. Great APPLAUSE
-7-.- -. time 10 which / must cOntine
III -,-1frht 1 can do nothing but eX-
--. chat one question which MI Bryan
@---f declares to he the overshadowins
.-s-s 81 this campaign
ISL a little puzzled when l read this
ia decide just what Mr. Bryan
siI-s inaeRles will be the fruit Of
h--l- IN rbe standard of value through
cla.5- country. don't believe that any
Gus .q, follow wholly with the speech,
---.,-s II he dissents from one set or
---si0ns. he has got 10 read but rev
----.--~srhs. and he will find another OF
las.--=s~- variety. But I assume that it is
b. discussion Of this character, IN
-e--5arrlv of what Mr. Bryan may say
~ what Mr. Bryan may think OF
Sstt-,salf and what he stands for, to exam
49, inevitable economic effects Of
easement Of the coinage, OF a chanSe
~ ,be standard by which existing debts
- N he measured in a baser measure
a. value. Now. l will imagine that Mr..
g-r7n himself may be in some way or
- thinks he is going to benefit the
..fars Of this country. He says he IS,
nv part. 1 am willing TO state
r1+ for my part I am willing to state
nlausel For my part, l am wiling 10
SAFE her that if Mr. Bryan could show
NJ mar by any means known to heaven
or known of earth. any means revealed
n COMPREHENSION of man that wages
c,.if be- increased. 1 will be ready TO sup
mort him here and now. Great applause
and cheers)
do not make this statement through
snv pretense Of special affection for a
man who works with his hands. Such
nratense made in the heat of a Presidential
canvass will merely insult and dtscredit
the Intelligence to which It is addressed.
lApplauseD ! repeat that I would sup
mort any measure calculated to increase
The rate of wages, because l know OF no
test Of prosperity absolutely infallible eX-
cept that rate of wages paid to laborers.
tApplause) Where the rate of wages Is
hxed. there must be prosperity. Where
the rate of wages is low there must nee
essarily he distress If, then, Mr.. Bryan
can show me that by the enforcement or
any portion of his program wages will be
increased in this country, 1 will not only
support him, but l will recognize him as
the wisest orator that ever opened his
mouth on a platform since the beginning
Of the world. Oaughter)
will he ready to confess that the rhet-
oric which l do not understand, is really
the language of inspiration. CLaughterO
! would regard his administration Of the
Presidency as the kindly beams of
great light before the footsteps OF man.
showing him a broad pathway to endless
happiness and measureless prosperity.
But in searching through his speech in
reading through whole reams of popu-
listic literature with which this country
has been flooded for four years, have
never yet found one syllable which show
ed me how a populist expected to increase
the rate of wages. daughter and great
applause)
Now when we come to find out how
Bryan expects to increase the wages Of
labor we find ourselves lost in a maze of
contradiction, and in haze of obscure
phrases No man can tell how or where or
when the wages of the working man are
10 be increased; but any one who examines
the scheme can see that inevitable tenden-
cy. The inevitable consequence of a de-
basement in the standard of values must
be reduction in the rate of wages-and
that is the conspiracy in which the pop
ulists are engaged. (Applause.)
Now Mr. Bryan tells us that he wants to
cheaper the dollars, that he wants to in
crease the volume of money. Nothing is
more common in populist oratory than the
statement that the volume of money must
ple-which mean that part Of the people
that run and manage, and address populis-
tic meetings. Laughter)
Nothing is more common than the state
ment that money and property are iden-
teal They are not.An abundance of money
does not prove any prosperity. There may
be a very large volume of circulating me-
dunn, and yet great poverty. The issue of
paper money simply is no more an increase
Of wealth than the issue by an individual
Of his promissory note, will show an in
crease of his property. (Applause) AS a
matter of fact an increase in the coinage
IS no proof of an increase in property, but
1t may be a strong proof of a decrease in
wealth.
The pretence that men can be enriched
by swelling the volume of currency is the
Oldest delusion which has affected man
kind since the beginning of civilization.
(Applause) The volume of money plays
but small part even In the ordinary
transaction of life. 1t is not the outcome
OF money, but the activity of money that
counts. (Applause)
Money never can circulate freely and
actively unless there be absolute conf
dence in its value. (Applause) If a man
doubts whether the money in his pocket
VIII be as valuable tomorrow as it is to-
DAY, he will decline to exchange his com
monty against it, and this populst agita-
ton threatening the integrity of money
mas been the cause of hard times through
which this country is passing and from
which 1t will not escape until the seal of
popular condemnation is placed upon the
populst agitation which undermines the
"hole foundation of credit. (Applause.)
The bases of sound trade is sound
money (applause); money, which is intrin-
slcally valuable; money which, like the gold
coinage of this country, the government
cannot affect if it tried to. (Applause) 1
can now take ten-dollar gold-piece and
can defy all the power of all the govern
mehts OF earth to take five cents of value
rom It, CApplause). Having earned it by
tne sweat of my brow, having earned it by
.He exercise of my brain, having earned
by the exchange of my commodities, 1
can go TO the uttermost ends of the earth,
ana wherever l present it, its value will be
uHQnestioned and unchanenged. (Ap-
PIduse) That gold dollar-this meeting. the
uehocratic party, the honest masses of
snIs country, without distinction of party
DIVISIONS, demand it shall be paid to the
laoofer when he earns it, and that no
power on earth shall cheat him of the
sweat OF his brow. (Applause).
Now let US see how Mr.. Bryan proposes
20 zeal with this question. 1 have looked
through his speech to find out Just what
He thinks he is going to do for the labor