The San Francisco call., 1897-07-06
SCORES GRovER oLEvE1AsD.
Bryan's Speech at The Sitter Repwbti-
can Clubs Banquet.

Bryan's Speech at the Sitter Republi-
can Clubs Banquet.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, July Sat the
banquet given in the big pavilion to-
night by the Silver Republican Club OF
Los Angeles County, Mr.. Bryan spoke fo-
half hour on "bimetallism," and voiced
his opinion OIL Grover Cleveland and his
administrator. He was int reduced by
the chairman, Nathan Cole Jr., and began
by ex xpressing his thanks to the Silver Re-
pubicans of Los Angeles for its hospitable
reception and its efforts during the las t
campaign on behalf of bimetall ism.
By way of illustrating his statement
that he was liberal-minded, he said that
his father was a Baptist, his mother a
Methodist, while he himself joined the
Presbyterian church. Said Mr.. Bryan:
am glad to be permitted to speak for mo-
ment to those who gather here representing
not the poverty-stricken, nor the opulent,
but the great middle class 20 which
must look for all that is good in our
Government and in our society. The great
middle class furnishes to society its bone and
its sinew, its ambition, its hope, It's inspira-
tion. Those whose surroundings instead
of exciting hope bring despair are not in
position TO do the worlds greatest work !;
neither are those who are SO far removed from
the cares, the vexations and the sufferings of
life-that they cannot contemplate the miser-
les of their fellows
Grover Cleveland is more responsible for the
interest that people take in bime tallism to-
day than any other man in the United
States, because he set in motion a
train of events that turned the popular
attention toward this question. Cleveland
advocated the retirement OF the green back
and the people began to realize that the most
damning portion OF the conspiracy was the
conversion OF misunderstanding debt
into an interest-bearing debt. Then we had
to have the Morgan contract-the
70 rlloft
this Nation, cause 1t not only.provided for
the sale OF bonds worth 81 10 at price so low
as ST. O412. That was the best part of
the contract. The wost part of the contract
was the fact that this Government solemnly
entered into stipulation by which two tinan-
ciers were to protect the treasury of the Uni
ted States. Think of it-what 10000 900 of
people themselves stood ready to DO.
The power OF every European representative
in the United States was arrayed against the
restoration of the money of the country-a
combination such as was never raised before.
The people were helpless because of one
influence more potent than all rhe others,
and that was the Intimidation practiced by
the money-lending classes-an influence that
reached from yonder down to the dirty
laborer who was told that he could not get
work If silver triumphed. The banker told the
farmer that If silver triumphed there would be
panic ana that the banker would not be able
to renew the farmers mortgage. An alien
and foreign influence reached out to the
bankers and their employees down to the la
and declared a policy to suit Lombard street.
regardless of the interests of the people.
Bayard said that he, toge ther with all Lon
dou, rejIiced at the victory OF the gold
standard, and the Prime Minister of England
dec ared that Englsnd was interested in the
conflict which took place in the United
States-the influence. that is, that a foreign
financial policy can have on American
policy on any subject.
The disappointment mt caused by holding out
those false hopes will make it impossible to
repeat this performance, and we lave four
years In which the people can study the
money question instead of four months. They
were brought face to face WITH a W question
They tried to understand It, but it is a slow
process 10 convert SO many people in this
country aud so many OF them not wanting to
be converted
In The test of endurance the West and the
South will outstrip the East. The farmer viii
flourish when the banks will have to be
closed aud when the miner is so hard up
that he cannot buy coin, he cannot eat gold
The people who own the mortgages wont