Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-13
BRYAN AT CHICAGO.
ATTENDED TIL: JACKSON BAN
OU:r.
Illinois Democrats Out In Force-BryRn
Attacks Gage for Iiis Currency Views.

The Illinois Democracy paid tribute
| to the memory Of Andrew Jackson and
greeted William J. Bryan MS the leader
OF the party at n banquet given In the
fremont House Saturday evening.
jackson, patriot and partisan. was
eulogized by many speakers, including
the eloquent Bryan. The battle OF
New Orleans was fought over again In
the minds of men. A panorama from
the pages Of American history fitted
ncrcss their memories.
Mr.. Bryan's speech was the feature
Of the evening. 1t was accorded an en-
thusinstic Democratic approval. He
eulogizcd Jackson and condemned the
gold standard. He made n bitter at-
tack upon Secretary Gage and hurled
shafts OF sarcasm and contempt at the
national banking system. He talked
or bimetnllism, industrial calamity and
government by injunction. In conclu-
sion he urged activity In precinct and
club organization and rally for the
second battle OF 1900.
Sixteen long tables. with seating
space at premium. filed the large
dining room. The speakers table was
In the form of n crescent raised on n
platform. The tables were decorated
with Jeffersonian simplicity without
the customary display of nodding
PAINS ana serpentine smilaN. An or
chestra Of thirty pieces discoursed
patriotic music.
Mayor Harrison. president OF the
Bryan league. was toastmaster. At
his right sat Mr.. Bryan. Senator Stew
art OF Nevada occupied another post
OF honor at the left. In the "king row"
sat the speakers. Charles X. Lhdd Of
kewaunec. S::rucl Morse of the IN
diannpolis Sentinel. James Hamilton
Lewis Of Seattle, William Prentiss and
DIR. Howard $. Taylor of Chicago, May
or Taggnrt of indianapolis. National
Committeeman Thomas Gahnn md
robert II. Burke. the officers of the
Brynn league and members of the
banquet committee. occupied seats nt
| auJacent tnblcs. Covers We're laid for
ooo. There were no vacant chairs.
| Mr.. Bryan w;ls reccied with cheers
when Introduced. and spoke. In part,
as follows.
1T Is especially fitting that nj this
tine tile American people should recall
the name of Andrew Jackson and gath.
er inspiration and encouragement from
his public career. We are engaged TO.
! day IN n contest very similar to that In
which he played so conspicuous and
honorable part. During his term of
ONCE the national banks attempted to
overawe the representatives of the peo-
| pie ana control the government. He
grappled with II and overthrow It. Ar
rayed against him were the very
classes which have forced n continu.
ance of the gold standard In the United
states, In spite of the almost unani-
nous protest of the people. 1t seems
that every generation presents COM
bat between the producers of wealth
/ and the mnnnv nhnnrarS a frhn In
conducting their campaign In secrecy,
1asten themselves upon the body polite
and prey upon industry until their hold
Is broken by an awakened and indig-
nant public.
"The present secretary of the treas
ury, Mr.. Gnge, Is eminently fitted to be
the instrument of the flnanciers in their
efforts to complete the scheme COM
menced twenty-fOur years ago and con-
tinued without interruption until the
present day. He possesses sublime
faith in the superiority Of money over
man and a supreme contempt for the
rights, the interests and the opinions of
the people at large.
He knows that the gold standard 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 COM
mend 1t; he knows that in the cam
paign of 1896 the party composed of
boiling Democrats was the only party
which dared to declare the gold stand
ard blessing; he knows that at the
polls ninety-nine per cent. of the vot-
ers registered their opposition to sin
gle gold standard, differing only as to
the means of securing bimetallism; he
knows that the President, to whose par
TALLY he owes his position, sent COM
mission to Europe to beg other nations
to help us get rid of the gold standard;
he KNOWS that the Senate and House,
with scarcely dissenting vote, appro-
priated 100000 of the peoples money
to pay the expenses Of the commission
while 1t was seeking relief from the
gold standard; he knows that France,
| by joining in the demand for interna-
tional bimetallsm, condemned the gold
standard; he knows that the farmers,
the laborers and to a large extent, the
manufacturers of England, desire in
ternational bimetallism; he knows that
the maintenance of the gold standard
means unmerited advantage to the
money owning and bondholdinp
classes, is undeserved punishment to
the vast majority of the people of this
country and of the civilized world; and
| yet, in spite of his knowledge of all
these facts, he is deliberately planning
to fasten the gold standard upon the
people of the United States.
mot content with advocating a poll
| cy which places the destnies of 7O,OOO,-
600 free men in the hands of foreign
tinanciers and permits 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. In Novem-
ber, 1896, six million and half elec-
tors voted against the retirement of
the greenbacks and seven millions sup
ported platform which was silent up.
on the subject. The Republican candi-
date for president in his letter of ac-
ceptance pledged the Republican party
to keep in circulation (and as good as
gold all the silver and paper moneys
now included in the currency of the
country, while only one party advocat-
ed the retirement of the greenbacks,
and that party polled less than one per
cent. Of the total vote. Mr.. Gage
knows these facts. and yet. in spite of
that knowledge, he is seeking to or
ganize money trust more dangerous,
not only to the industries, but to the lib
critics of the people, than all the other
trusts combined. At such n time, and