The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-21
for the gold dollar when such exchange Is
demanded, IL will be his duty 10 adopt that

for the gold dollar. when such exchange Is
demanded, IL viii! be his duty 10 adopt that
course"
] want YOU 70 mari; those words. he
cause in those words the secretary OF the
treasury tells you that whenever the sec
retary of the treasury is satisfied that 1t
is necessary. that he will commence re-
deeming silver dollars In gold. I.aush-
teri l call your attention to it because
/ want to emphasize the deceptiOns which
have been practised by this administra-
tion on the money question. (ApplauseD
When this administration advised the re-
peal of the Sherman law you were told
the repeal of the Sherman law would re-
move the difficulty. and yet as soon as
the Sherman law was repealed, the same
authority which promised relief as soon
as that was repealed, came to congress
with the demand that the greenbacks and
treasury notes must be retired by an issue
of gold bonds in order to stop the drain
on the treasury's gold.
The secretary of the treasury informs
you that IL the greenbacks ana treasury
notes were all retired so that there would
not be a dollar of paper money to be pre-
sented for gold, yet it would be his duty
to commence to redeem the silver dollars
in gold and to start another endless chain
that would drain the treasury. According
to the doctrine laid down by Mr. Carlisle.
you cannot stop the drain upon the treas
ury until you retire all the silver dollars
| ana leave nothing but gold in the treasury
vaults.
L am SiGi tNIl our OnpuHtuts tHuN
compelled to expose to the public eye
their heartless, merciless and criminal pol
icy. l am glad that they have told the
public We must have gold alone. and thus
nave confessed that we are in the nands
of two banking syndicates. and must pay
them what they want. Talk about mono-
poles and trusts. and here they propose to
establish the most gigantic trust-a money
truSt--and to let the men who own the
gold dole L out to the other 70,W0,OO0 of
American citizens. ! denounce that policy
as more cruel and heartlcss than would
be the domination of any foreign power.
| would rather as has been said, put our
army in the hands of a foreign general, or
cur navy in command of 4 foreign admiral.
than TO put the treasury department in
the hands OF secretary who would barter
it away TO a syna.cate; tCheers) would
resist such financial policy with as
much earnestness as ] would The prog
ress of an Invading army. Chcers.)
once, when Mr. Lincoln was candidate
for office, some one said 10 him: II hope
the Lord IL on your side" and he replied
that he was more anxious TO be on the
LORDS side. Qaughter and applause.) !
am glad that in iris campaign We have 50
many evidences that an over-ruisng pt owl
dencc is on our side, ana in no one In
stance that ! know of is that orerru!ing
Providence SO distinctly and clearly mani.
tested as in tn" recent letter of the Sec
retary OF the treasury.
II.EN i.l.A>b Isc-iS TsI.
Let me ask you question. Did the ad-
m!nistration. when 1t recommended the
repeal of the Sherman law, believe It
would cure our troubles? iCries of NO.
and cheers.) If it did. then the admins
tration was SO absolutely mistaken that
YOU have the right to disregard and dis
trust the knowledge of the adm!nstra lion
on this question. II the administration
knew that the repeal of the Sherman law
would not bring relief, then you have the
right TO distrust the honesty of the ad-
minstration which would thus recon-
mend one policy and pursue another Cap
plause.)
If the administration knew when it
recommended the retirement Of the green
back and treasury notes as means OF
stopping the drain on the gold of the
public treasury that after they were re-
tired policy would be proposed such as
the secretary now recommends. il was
dishonest in not taking the people in It's
confidence at the time. tCEeorS.) II II
did not know that then let il confess lis
ignorance of finances ana Uf the laws OF
the country. ,Applausc.J
Does the administration know now that
when IL starts 10 redeem the silver dollars
in gold it will start another endless chain
which will drain the treasury-an endless
chain which will continue until they re-
tire all the silver dollars and substitute
bonds in their stead" (Arplause.) Now,
don't think my language is harsh. These
men are the public servants of the Amer
lean people, and they have no more right
TO betray the people into the hands of the
Shylocks OF London than Benedict Arnold
mad to attempt to bctray the American
army. Great applause.D
Let me call your attention TO the Ian
guagc used by the Father of his Country
in the message given to the world 100 years
ago today. Washington said in that mes
sage. There can be no greater error than
toeNpect or calculate upon real favors from
nation to nation. 1t is an Illusion which
experience must cure. which Il Just pride
ought 10 discord' Those who were eX-
pecting foreign nations, dominated by the
creditor class. who profit by rising dollar
to join with us In stopping the rise in the
dollar are doomed TO disappointment and
II Is difficult to see how any person can
expect silver to be restored 10 its rightful
place by foreign aid when we have wait
ed for twenty years only to find our Oppo-
nents more hostile than ever. Ave, they
covertly threaten that they will use the
notes which they hold to control our tinan-
cial policy. If relief is to come to the
American people, it must come from the
American people themselves, and Oh this
day, when we celebrate the one hundre,lth
anniversary of Washington's farewell ad-
dress, we may resolve to achieve our
financial independence without the aid of
any other nation. Great applause.)
At night Mr.. Bryan addressed two
audiences in Baltimore aggregating 25.-
0oO persons.