The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-13

a secretary OF the treasury. saying tnAG
his first purpose is to commit the govern
ment more thoroughly to u policy that W
per cent Of the people cry out against as
unjust and destructive. (Applause.) My
friends. | want you who have been de-
ludcd by the phrases employed to ask
yourselves whether there is any good de-
Tense for a gold standard If that defense
has not made itself apparent to more than
! per cent of the people OF the United
States, and yet l indict the Republican
party on the charge that 1t is not only
trying to surrender the control OF our
primary money into the bonds OF for
eign flnancicrs, but adding to that, 1t
proposes to turn over the control OF
u paper money to national banks to run
In their Interests instead Of In tho inter-
est Of the people Of the United States.
Applause. The secretary OF h treas
ury is planning not only to commit this
nation more thoroughly to the gold stand
ard but hc is planning to drive the gov
ernment cut Of the issue of any paper
money and turn that over to the national
banks to do as they please with it for their
own good.
My friends, what l say against the
%flnancicr, l say against every other class
Of people. God never made one class Of
people so good that 1t could be trusted
with u right to expand and contract u ma
tons money. Applause. He never
created II class Of people so unselfish
hat that class could safely be entrusted
with SO enormous a power as that which
Is asked by the national banks Of this
country. Applause.
In closing Mr.. Bryan said: Not only
has this great question stirred the hearts
Of the men, but it has stirred the hearts
OF the women as we'll, and here in Mime
apolis and other cities they have banded
themselves together to do h they can
to restore equality before the law. They
know hat under present conditions,
trusts are being organized; they know
tina under present conditions trusts will
continue to be organized, and they know
that no matter how well they train their
sons, that when they start out in life for
themselves they may have all their ac-
cumulations swept away because some
aggregation OF wealth desires the bust
ness that they have built up, and these
mothers know that il this nation is to be
such IA nation as our fathers founded the
government must bc taken back and
placed upon it's old foundations, where
neither court nor governor nor legislation
shall know al: difference bctween the
highest and the lowest, the richest and
poorest, but all shall stand alike before
the law. Loud and continued applause.
Selection. From the Speech.
Other gems OF concentrated philosophy
by Mr.. Bryan were:
Il he Republicans said there was gold
enough in ls.i. Why, then, did they ~
joicc at the discovery Of gold in the klon-
dixie
They said the dollar should be made 70
buy rs much as il could. Then they be-
gan TO rejoice when the price Of wheat
began to rise and that Of the dollar t.
fall of"
III prosperity had come to stay why
were New England manufacturers reduc
ing wages
The Republican party was SO anxious
to get on the side Of rising prices tina
they rcjoiccd in advancing wheat. ever
though il was due ioa famine in anothcl
country. II rising prices were a good
thing. why did they not espousc the caus,
Of bimctallisIn. which would raise price
without starving anybody
Onestions Their Consistency.
They had attributed the hard times t
extravaganza. and then lame cconom.
for their continuing hard. How was thi
consistent:
The himetalli,t did not insult Ameri
can intelligence in singing the same oil
song. The fault was with the gold bug
who never sang the same song twice.
I'VE must tell the nations of Europ
that we have as much right to protect on
people and their property as they have I
Conspirc against us.
Banquet Mt tho West.
The climax to the celebration Q
jackson day by the Central Democrat
association was the banquet given b.
tho Young Mems Democratic club a
the West to William ]. Bryan. 1t wa
to have been he'd in the dining room
but like the Exposition auditorium
that proved too small, and an overho,
banquet, so to speak, was held in tn
/, ladies' ordinary. Tables had been pr,
vided in the main dining 70
nearly 600 and ali were filled. maxim
it, with one or two exceptions, the lars
est company ever gathered in the hot,
on the occasion Of a dinner. The room
were simply but prettily decorated wit
flags and shields. The visage Of Al
+, drew jackson beamed down on til
chairman. and from the other end /,
8 the hall, looked down the oountcrfc
. prcsentment Of the guest OF homo
Both were pre,tily draped or set wit
the American flag. The speakers wei
Chairman Ros,ny Of the state centr'
a committee, James NJ. Lawrence, Thon
Z as ID. O'Brien, Rev. Father Clearly III
others. The last on II progralnn
!, was a few remarks by MIR. Bryan. ma
!, ing his fifth speech for the day.
J. Visited the Students.
Mr.. Bryan spent the morning in sigh
seeing and visiting the university III
= high schools. After breakfast A.
y Ankeny, rs chairman of tho receptio
II committee, took Mr.. Bryan III hand NJ
pilotcd him about the city. Previo'
to going out n reception was held in Il
. state central committees rooms at Il
y West hotel, at which the Democra
!. from the country towns were prese'
to greet the guest of the occasion.
|. At the state university Mr.. Brys
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