The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
BRYAN'S SLOGAN OF BATTLE,
THE Roy ORATOR 4 SPEAKER Al, A
JACKSON DAY BANQUET.

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lime Faith in the Superiority of
Money Over Man and Supreme
Contempt for the Rights. interests
and Opinions of the People at
Large.
Chicago Jan. S.-A host of Democrats
celebrated Jackson Day by a banquet at
the fremont House this evening
Hon. W. ]. Bryan was the principal
guest. He reached Chicago from Lincoln
this morning, being met at the depot by
National Committeeman Gahan ana others
selected to welcome him.
For an hour prior to the feast Mr..
Bryan held a reception in the hotel par
lors. and shook hands with large num-
Der of callers
Nearly 500 were seated at the banquet
Mayor Harrison presided, and acted as
POSTMASTER. Mr.. Bryan was received
with cheers when introduced, ana spoke
in part as follows: "It is especially fitting
that at this time the American people
should recall the name or Andrew jack
son and gather inspiration and encourage
ment from his public career. We are en-
gagged to-day in a contest very similar to
that in which he played so conspicuous
and honorable a part During his term
of office the national banks attempted to
overawe the representatives of the people
and gain control of the government. lie
grappled with them and overthrew them
Arrayed against him were the very classes
which have forced a continuance of the
gold standard in the United States in
spite OF the almost unanimous protest of
the people-the same classes which are now
trying to coerce the government into sur
rendering the sovereign right to control
the money power.
1t seems that every generation has a
combat between the producers of wealth
and the money changers The latter, con-
Quoting their campaign In secrecy fasten
themselves upon the body polite and prey
upon industry until their hold is broken
by an awakened and indignant public.
The present Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Gage, is eminently fitted TO be the in
strument of the financiers in their effort
to complete the scheme commenced twen-
ty-four years ago and continued without
interruption until The present day. He
poses for a sublime faith in the superior
ity of money over man, and has a SUI
preme contempt for the rights, interests
and opinions of the people at large He
StAnQIIQ
was adopted in the United States without
any party ever asking for 1t; he knows that
for twenty-three years after its adoption
no party ever dared to commend 1t; he
knows that in the campaign of 1896 the
party composed Of boiling Democrats was
the only party which dared to declare the
gold standard a blessing; he knows that at
the polls SO per cent. of the voters regis
tered their opposition to a single gold
standard diffprinor ne ta he, r.c
securing bimetallism he knows that the
President to whose party he owes his po-
sition sent commission to Europe to beg
other nations help us get rid of the gold
standard; he knows that the Senate and
House with scarcely dissenting voice ap-
propriated 100000 of the peoples money to
pay the expenses of the commission while
1t was seeking relief from the gold stand
ard; he knows that France, by joining
in the demand for international bimet-
alism, condemned the gold standard: he
knows that the farmers, the laborers and
TO large extent the manufacturers of
England desire international bimetallism
he knows that the maintenance of the
gold standard is in the interest of the
money-lending and bond-holdlng class, to
the undeserved punishment of the vast
majority of the people of this country;
and in spite of this knowledge and all
these facts, he is deliberately planning
to fasten the gold standard permanently
upon the people of the United States. Not
content with advocation of the policy
which leaves the destinies of 100000
freemen in the hands of foreign
money lenders, he now proposes to give
to the national banks full and complete
control of the paper money Of
the nation. In November, 1896, 6, 10000 of
the electors voted for the retirement of
the greenbacks and 10000 supported
ala. &Fx.r,. s,.1.
The Republican candidate, In his letter
of acceptance, pledged the Republican par
ty to keep in circulation (and as good as
gold) all the silver moneys now included
in the currency of the country, while only
one party advocated the retirement of the
greenbacks and that party polIed less than
l per cent. of the total vote.
Mr.. Gage knows these facts and yet in
spite of that knowledge he is seeking to
organize money trust that Is more dan
gerous, not only to the industries, but to
the liberties of the people, than all the
other trusts combined. At such a time
and in such circumstances the great pow
er of the hero of New Orleans should be
invoked in every town and hamlet in the
United States to arouse the people to
sense of their danger.
Twelve months have elapsed since we
celebrated this day a year ago.
Just after the passage of the Dingiey
bill our opponents were boasting in the
announcement that prosperity had return
ed. The Republicans were given full
swing. They framed just such law as
their hearts desired and their brains de-
vised, and what was the result? Read the
daily papers, and you will find its effects
arranged under two heads-the formation
of trusts and the reduction of wages. Two
weeks ago / picked up a copy of the St
Louis Globe-Democrat and found under
the innocent and unpretentious headlines
"Weavers and Splnners" seven notices Of
wage reductions from four of the six New
England states.
rs this the result which they promised
would follow2
The opening of the mills instead Of the
mints?
"Our enemies boast that they have
buried bimetallism, while we point to these
wage reductions as the weeping willows
which have sprung up about its temporary
tomb. Why has not some court been asked
70 enjoin the employees from getting to-
gether to reduce wages? A few days ago
an association OF millers tried to justify a
reduction of wages by laying the blame
on the laws passed for the protection of
operatives. Their complaint Is significant
because 1t emphasizes the reactlonary ten
dency of present conditions.If these grind
ing processes continue, the laborng
classes will lose all OF the advantages
which they have gained an the last quar-