The citizen., 1896-09-18
AN ELOQUENT ANN
Prof. Mithell Discusses ~
ing Issues of the Day Bot. "a
the Bryan and Sewau NJ 'lo'e
of Emmitsburg

~'1i IN. D h
fessor of Natural Scienoo- 2
was elected President Of the b., w
Sewall Club of Emmitsbpr, |'pa -.
OH Saturday last, made the fon
address to the members of IL, ''t
"Gentlemen:-I thank Won 9 V'
honor you confer on me by mati
President of the Bryan and
Club. In assuming the dutia, W,
office l shall try to do NV dn,.
whole duty-first to those wb y
honored me, and next to the o., Oa'
true men who are the standard, aug
of our party.
We are told that these are .s
times, and so they are. For y, "l'
engaged in a struggle which viii y
in the end whether the great -
pies upon which the repubno
founded are to endure; namely
ernment of the people, ly the "
and for the people Tile D4n'.
no one will deny has been for him..
of three-quarters of a century tbs
party that has truly Represented q
| principles. The Democracy so5
founders never underjoaE 10 Inn,
| government into great BANKING
tenn to provide means ii specpi.a
for Wall street broker, who are br.,.
willing agents Of LombHf. stree, l..
don. No, my friends, never 4.
( part Of our governments. ,y,,so.
/ relieve financial pressure IN, NJ
street by giving EnglI~ capitalists.
opportunity Of selling gold tJ ogr q.
ernment at the eXpeu-e our peT
1t was left TO the paI tast ~
class legislation and nt.eraa.r
which is protection for .a rich srr
] expense of the poor, ta .nIradurA !.
/ un-Amerlcan feature H .ll g.gs.
ment. We were PROMISED that @I
pressure for gold denauH- would e-..
as the gold reserve was ...lgb. nr.
its fixed standard sluU. ...HlI a0d 81
/ within two years OuI 4.sarau-nf f,.
/ purchased $500 600, 1000 E..4 rgaH..
cost Of SIS, 900, ,0GO too. people
The gold standard ml say. .r.
is the unit of value, ii u..a. Hlc..ez
whatever silver does
To show that gold u.- nu. s.aav
higher than silver. We u..u lst e..
the value of silver tilsl -tue ,tsl'e.r
silver dollar, and as tue vWleo ot s,gg
bars.
The standard silver d..-g t1crgs--3
in its value from 1887 ts-..I res4u, /,
follows: | give you tla ac.- a. pg..
iished by the CulteI ~.~ Irea,lr
Department on July Is. t4i, vy5,
SO my figures cannot De.. .a-taue6
From 1897 TO lS72 tha lage yg.g.
of the standard silver U.ar VA, 8.
026. Its lowest was l.U... from l,-so
/ 1895 it began To fall and eH. d0Wla
low as .7l9. Its prrseu Value is 81
80 that you SEE that inside Of ski
1 years the silver dollar wen. and caat
down, the fluctuation bsla1 CAUSED oi
''corneriug gold,n and making it,
matter OF traffic and uo. currency
In lS49 to 1896 When q 1876, a5l
Gent 10y ih~a ,yS3T" yS3Ty"4nIu. nu. .r., Il taaa "a a.
selling al ucs s" Sitn nP ..+'' ,',,. o9o
Sa5Isr Salds Isl 81 o. Va. i ~. &. d. .. . i
1889 aud inIS76 at $l.I59.
Now, we are told that the bone,
money of our goverum Oh Is soi
Who says this besides thP so-call.i
honest money league
Does the Constitute say So. No
for it says: mo State -ual issue ol
gold and silver as coin
Does Mr.. Carlisle, WHO'S the Iept
sentative gold bug of ..- present 3d
ministration, pretend sa we ml,
pay our bond holder a gold: y,
He cannot say SO, for ,ae CIRCULAR
sued by his departmeu, July lst,
this year, positively sag The go'
ernment has never issued aUy bon.
payable by their terms either prlue
pal or interest in gold coin 0r lu 81"
| coin" This means, genuemeui Il
I the government bonds are payable
| their terms in coin and the Constl
| tion says: That gold aal silver al
{ the coin of the country ala BIZ coIu
at the option OF the Cover. Ueut
Remember, too, that to-day thf9ug
! out the United States ina lreasu
and all our banks there 81, just a0O
5000, 900, 900 in gold. How .ll auyol
pretend that the debts of he counl
can be honestly paid, has only ol
quarter of the money 10 pay 1t VIII
or 25 cents on the dollar
But says the gold bug, gold 0I
equivalent is what is bore mea1'
And what is the equiv 81, lo-da
A silver dollar as it should always
but the gold bug says il takes So olnl
of silver to buy one ounce VI gOId
day. How then will we aA The eq9iii
alent value of this silver collar y
have not gold enough to ga. The d5
with, and however, hone the g'
dollar may be, it cannot O. hones'
pay part gold and part WIZ . token
value which is fiuctuating TINS Wa
Who shall then fix this -taudaId
value? Certainly not the lelgn AV
ers; but our own government VI
it makes the value fixed al l1 To
as much right as when says VI
treasury notes shall be reaeemapIe
lawful money for all our puTposs
The lawful money of the land i y
which the government Of ,he peoE
make SO. If the foreigner sill not "a
our coin, he has his remedy. Lei H
keep his goods.
We once worked out our polltIca
dependence from England. l he ~, ~
spirit that guided us then WEI as'
lead US to work out our financial NY
pendence. The United states ne
not depend on Europe for the pTo9a9g,
which go to make up its trade u;
Republican notion of Ligh pIOitV.i
I tar1H ic oNr,.aof ~, I-aaf4Fr1u Gul 1