The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-11-15
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dermania Opera House Proves too
Small.
A MAsTERLY ADDRESS.
The Best Speech Ever Delivered From the
Opera House Stage.-Holds the
Audience Some Two Hours

Opera House Stage.-aOldS the
Audience Some Two Hours.
The parity between the two
coins is now maintained by the gov
eminent. The fact that the govern
ment pays out either coin which the
creditor desires upon its coin demands,
and receives in the payment of debts
due the government any kind of money
which the creditor desires to pay, per-
mits any one directly or Indirectly to
exchange one kind of money for an
other and so long as q man can thus
pay in his silver at will and draw gold
at will the parity is maintained.
We are now getting close to the issue.
Thus far we have been on common
ground. All admit whatI have said
thus far. All admit that the standard
coin is worth the material in it. Moth
ing more nor less. All admit that the
gold coin is the standard coin. All adj
NIT that the government maintains the
parity. No one claims that the parity
would continue if the government
were to withhold its protection. Let
us 60 one step further on common
ground.
The gold monometalist says make
your standard coin of gold then it will
be worth the material in it, and you
will have the gold standard. The silver
monometalist would say make your
standard coin of silver and its value
will also be determined by the material
in it and you will have the silver stand
ard. The so-called bimetalist says do
not make your standard coin of gold,
do not make it of silver, but make a
standard coin of gold and another
standard coin of silver; each shall be
worth the material in them and we will
have double standard-bi-metalism.
Wen reach the issue and the sole is
sue between the parties. The republic
can party, and the sound money demo
Gratis, in fact all monometalists say to
do this which the bimetalist demands
will require that the same value of ma
terial' shall be put into each coin, and
unless the material in each coin con-
tinues to be of the same value we will
have two coins Of different value. This
is such simple proposition that it
seems childlike to state it. And here
let me say lies the sole contention. If
some plan could be devised by which
the two coins should be and remain of
the same value, there is not a republi-
can, nor gold standard democrat, nor
gold monometalist on the earth who
would not vote for the free coinage of
silver. The sole objection to the free
coinage of both metals lies in the fact
that thereby two coins are produced OF
different purchasing power.
Lest someone should think that the
proposed free coinage of silver has
coupled Herewith some plan or method
by which the parity OF the two metals
shall be maintained by the govern
ment, wish to direct attention to {
statement made by Mr.. Bryan in Feb
lu0l 1CoO1 WllCI uC lOl UtO uloI GllllS
spoke from this platform. Those VIII,
were present will remember that Mr.
McHenry, sitting over there in tn,
audience, arose and asked Mr.. Bryan
s'Do you think sir that the two coin
under your proposed scheme woult
maintain parity?" Mr.. Bryan, 20,
remember replied: 81 don't know sir
You will never know until you try, an,
you are afraid to try, and [ dare try.
You will also remember that the silve
men cheered this scientific answer o
Mr.. Bryan. You say, my silver friend
try it and see. We say that England
tried it for almost a hundred years AM
never succeeded. You admit this an
answer 'try it again." We say tina
Germany tried 1t and failed an
abandoned the enterprise. You admi
this but answer, ''try it again. w