The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09
BRYA
THEIR GUEST.

CHICAGO, Jan. S.--A host of Demo
Gratis. quite a number of them from
Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin, celebrat-
ed Jackson day by a banquet at the
fremont house this evening Hon
William ]. Bryan was the principal
guest. He reached Chicago from Lin
coin this morning, being met at the
depot by National Committeeman Ga
han and others selected to welcome
him. For an hour or so prior to the
feast Mr.. Bryan held a reception in
the hotel parlors and shook hands with
large number of callers Nearly 500
were seated at the banquet. Mayor
Harrison presided and acted as toast
master. Mr. Bryan was received with
cheers when introduced, and spoke in
part as follows:
1t is especially fitting that at this time
the American people should recall the name
of Andrew Jackson and gather inspiration and
announcement from his pubic career. We
are engaged today in a contest very similar
to that in which he played so conspicuous
and honorable a part. During his term of
office the national bank attempted to over
troll the government. He grappled with it
and overthrew it. Arrayed against him were
the very classes which have forced a con-
tinuance of the gold standard in the United
states, in spite of the almost una1imous pro-
test of the people-the same classes which
are now trying to coerce the government
into the surrender of the sovereign right to
control the money of the country.
1t seems that every generation presents
combat between the producers OF wealth and
the money changers. The later, conducting
their work in secrecy, fasten themselves upon
the body polite and prey upon Industry until
their hold is broken by awakened and
indignant public. The present secretary OF the
treasury, Mr.. Gage, is eminently fitted to be
the instrument of the 1nancie-s in their effort
to complete the scheme commenced twenty
tour years ago and continued without inter-
ruptton until the present day. He possesses
sublime faith in. the superiority of money
over man and supreme contempt for the
rights, the interests and opinions of the peo-
pie at large. He knows that the gold stand
are was adopted in the United States, with
out any party ever asking for it; he knows
that for twenty-three. years after its adop-
tion no party ever dared to commend it;
he knows that in the campaign of 1896 the
party composed OF bolting Democrats was
the only party which dared to declare thu
gold standard blessing; he knows that at the
polls SO per cent of the voters registered
opposition to a single gold standard, differ
Ing only as to the means of securing b;met-
allsm; he knows that the president to whose
party he owes his position, sent commission
to Europe to beg other nations to help us
get rid of the gold standard he knows that
the senate and house with scarcely a dis
senttng voice appropriated 100000 OF the
peoples money to pay the expenses of the
commission while it was seeking relief from
the gold standard; he knows that France, by
joining in the demand fer the interna ionaI
bimetallism, condemned the gold standard;
he knows that the farmers, the laborers and
to a large extent, the manufacturers of
England, desired international bmetallism;
he knows that the maintenance of the gold
standard means unmerited advantage to the
money owning and the bond holding classes
and undeserved punishment to the vast ma
jority cf the people of this country and of
the civilized world: and yet in spite of his
knowledge of all these facts he is deliber-
ately planning to fasten the gold standard
rNnvr,o ,at,fIt IITanr nf thn ia
States. Not content with advocating a policy
which places the destines Of 10000 600 of free
men in the hands of foreign 6nanciers and
permits a few London bankers to control our
standard money, he now proposes to give to
the national banks full and complete control
of the paper money of the nation.