The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-02

you lose 1t while the paper floats and
by the same reasoning is the only good
money. daughter)
The poet has said that an honest man
is the noblest work of God, and an hon.
est dollar is the noblest work Of man.
The test Of an honest dollar Is It's sta
oility. The golibug tells US, too. thai il
wouldn't be fair 10 coin silver free OF
chanrge and coin il al the ratio Of is 10
1. Because man could then go into the
market and get .4121. grains Of silver
and have it coined into dollar, making
so cents. Well, now. who is going TO sell
silver that way if so much could De coin
ed free into a dollar?
Now, according 20 that philosophy. 1
have a secret plan by which you can get
rich. 1 dom: tell i: TO every audience,
but whenever I've been treated as well
as have in this Peerless Princess OF the
Plains 1 tell this plan. Here's the plan:
Go out and buy all the property you can
handle al half what il is worth and sell
i. a, what i, is worth. Buy all that peo-
pie will sell 10 you on that plan. If they
viii do as gold standard people say, you
Will get rich"
After attending to the Cleveland-Mor-
gan bond deals, Mr.. Bryan attempted to
show The benefit OF placing all options in
the hands of creditors.
"Financiers manage the money OF the
world under gold standard. But 1 tell
you GOO didn't give all the financia!
sense in this world 10 a few men
1 want 70 tell you that 100000 OF
people have a right 20 attend 10 their
own business, and will do it. I come TO
tell you that 100000 OF people have as
much right to protect their property
from depreciation as a handful Of finan-
ciers have TO force more value into the
bonds and mortgages which they hold.
The American people have believed IN
| bimetailism from the foundation OF their
nation. Every party has promised 10 re-
store TO the American people the double
standard taken from them by stealth.
and, as many believe, by fraud. l come
| 70 tell you that silver has been declared
| TO be as good as gold in the payment Of
ali coin obligations contracted by the
government or by individuals. In 1873
both branches Of congress voted for a
resolution that declared 1t lawful for
| the government 10 pay It's coin obliga-
tons in silver dollars, standard weight
and fineness; if you doubt the correct
ness of that principle, come TO tell you
that the present president Of the United
States-if a commission could be sent
abroad to carry out our principle under
ha no
dent Mr.. Cleveland, asked congress for
authority 10 make gold bonds, the con-
gress refused to give that authority. Ev-
cry investment made in the United
States has been made with the knowl-
edge that, from tradition and interest.
they are welded to bimetallism, and
that the American people are determin-
ed now to restore silver 10 its rights al
the mint. They are determined now 70
admit silver TO coinage on equal terms
with gold a. the radio that now exists be-
tween gold and silver coin of the conn-
try. 1 come TO tell you that the Ameri-
can people believe that the United States.
not only without England's consent, but
in spite of England, can maintain the
parity between gold and silver at the ra-
ito OF 16 to 1. And having said that, our
commissioner would say to them: But.
gentlemen, if you have any doubts about
the United States being able to maintain
the parity, just remember that you have
a great deal Of money invested over
there that can be paid in coin, and re-
member that if the United States fails to
maintain the parity. England will De to
blame for it; and that if England con-
spires with the money changers OF the
world to depress silver, then the finan-
ciers Of England will be punished by
being paid in that metal which they
themselves made cheaper
''This fight for bimetallism Is a great
fight. 1t is class against the masses
And the masses will win. BimetaIhsm
will triumph
When the crowd saw that Mr.. Bryan
had reached the peroration people began
10 disperse, and before he had finished
quite a number had left the room. He
spoke two hours and two minutes.