Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-29

IT, II the double standard IS not
e desirable than the gold standard,
ny dos the Republican party want %
make any change? If the gold standard
is good we ought to keep it, but when
the Republican party attempts 10 get
rid Oh it. it admits it is not as good as
bimetallism. But they promise you, not
withstand.ng their desire to gst rid of
the gold standard, that they will keep
il until other nations help us to get rid
of it. Until then, they say, we must
maintain the gold standard
A yOice-"Yes, but we won't"
No, | don't think we will myself. If
I'VE maintain the gold standard, we must
maintain those things which are neces-
sarily attached 10 them. We must main
tain that system of issuing bonds for
gold whenever we want gold. When
we issue bonds and buy gold We create
a demand for gold and raise its pur-
chasing power throughout he world, but
we are contracting our currency by pill
ing it up in the vaults al Washington
when il ought to be out doing business
among the people. You manufacturers
and merchants go TO the banks for
money. The banks tell you they are
very sorry but they can't loan any more
just now. There can be no more money
in this country than the people permit.
If you make your laws so you draw a
part of your money out OF circulation
and lock it up, you cant use 1t IN your
business and have it in the vaults at
Washington both at the same time.
That looks plain enough, yet there are
financiers who 60 on the theory thaL
the more money YOU take out OF clrca-
lat.on the more you have in it. There
are financiers who actually rejoiced at
the issue of bonds and said it would
restore confidence. They are trying 10
run business in this country with
larger and larger per cent. of confidence
to the amount of money on hand. And
if they go on the people will have all
the confidence and 10 money. My OBJ
servation has been That if confluence
man comes into a community the man
who has the least confidence has the
most money when the lel'ow goes out.
'You say I am hungry They say l
have got a remedy; just have confidence,
and if YOU have no. had full meal and
vou will be Just as good as II You mad.
You say you can't get work. They say,
lust have confidence; YOU have work and
Il will be all right You say, We can
not find q market for our shoes Just
have confidence. the people will buy, and
they will buy.
There is only one place where they
think the confidence game won't work.
You go to one of these men who is all
the time talking about confidence and
ask him to borrow money. He says:
What seurity have you? You say: 1
will give you all the confidence you
want He will tell YOU he is not loan
ing on confidence this year. Why is IL
these fnaniers are so anxious for you to
have Onfdena in ihem when they don't
have any onfdence in YOU? They want
security and tell you to get a good name
on your note or put Up something that
is salable
The trouble is, things tha, used to be
useab,e are not any more. Security
that used 10 be good is not good security
any more. They are driving down the
value of your security by driving up the
value of money. There is only one way
to restore confidence and that is to give
confidence a basis to rest upon. a
vOice-"Talk more about injunctiOns'O.
| have been talking about that which is
paramount in this campaign, and yet |
ralize there are other questions in
which people feel an interest. l know
thy are interested in the plank in our
platform which declares against what
is known as government by injunction.
I know the people are interested in that
plank which demands arbitration, be-
cause, while our plank is nationa!
plank. and is confined TO arbitration be-
tween the employees engaged in in,er-
State commerce and Their empiOyres
vet the endorsement of the principles of
arbitration is an important thing. II
substitutes just and peaceab,e methods
OF sttlement in the place Of force.
I believe The principle of arbitration
will become as well settled in this cOun-
try while we younger men are still
alive as the court OF justice is well ST
tied to-day. If have a difference with
my neighbor, I don't fight it out even if
he wants 10. | settle it in court. I
want a place where we can 30 and pre-
sent our differences and lor an impartial
arbitrator decide. The arbitration nrin-
c,ple 5 nothing but an extension Of the
principle of court just'CN. I recognize
these things in our platform are material
and vet this contest is gong 10 turn
on the money question. because we have
reached q point when we have got to
decide whether we are going TO legslate
fer our peopla on the financial question
or turn over the affairs of this country 10
foreign nations and let them iegts!ate
for US. (Applause0
There was much surprise in tn party
when news reached i. of the burning ot
the underwear factory Of w. =. Burns
G Co. on Salem square, Worcester
THIS was the building on which was dis
nlaved last Friday during Mr.. Bryan $
sneocb directly in front Of il, a large
American flag bearing Major Mckinley ;
ror-rait and an equally large red flag
with Mr.. Rryan'S picture. The po,icf
have bean making efforts 70 secure the
orioinaI Of The dispatch sent from Wor-
cas+cr IN Mr.. Bryan. expressing grat'tl-
cotion that the factory had been burned,
but he telegraph company mas mus iar
declined 10 surrender IT, Mr.. Bryan re-
fnsld to discuss the matter this even
ing.
NJ Rrvan's departure from Boston
was noticeable only for the enthusiasm
evincel bv he 1.5oo people who saw
him board the Colonial express a The
Providence depot. He msde no n, .. speech;
and simply stood upon the platform of Of
j,,D his c9r S,,-' cheer after cheer greeted the
party PAL W on its arrival At .he depq': = Il
narr n,,~ Tl'r fo-rei is way through the crowd.