The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-09
BRYAN'S BUGLE NOTE
He Speaks at Chicago Jack
son Day Banquet.
HE ARRAIGNS MR. GAGE
SECRETARY OF TREASURY THE
INSTRUMENT OF FINANCIERS.
M'KINLEY FALSE TO HIS PROMISE
In Letter Of Acceptance He PIeged Republican
Party to Keep in Circulation All the Silver
and Paper Monies Now Included
in Currency.

in Currency.
Chicago, Ill.,, Jan. S.-A host of Dem
ocrats, quite a number them from Iowa,
Indiana and Wisconsin, celebrated jack
son day by banquet at the fremont
house this evening. Hon. VIM. j. Bryan
was the principal guest. He reached
Chicago from Lincoln this morning, be-
ing met at the depot by National Com
mitteeman Gahan 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 a 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 gath
er inspiration and encouragement from
his public career. We are engaged to-
day in a contest very similar to that in
which he played so conspicuous and hon
orable part. During his term of office
the national bank attempted to oyerawe
control the government He grappled
with it and overthrow it. Arrayed a
gainst him were the very ella sses 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 the
surrender of the sovereign right to con-
troll the money Of the country. 1t seems
that every generation presents combat
between the producers of wealth and
the money changers.
The present Secretary of the Treasu
ry, Mr. Gage,is eminently ft to be the in
struments sof the fnanciers in their effort
to complete the scheme commenced 24
years ago and continued without inter
ruption until the present day. He poss-
essas a sublime faith in the superiority
of money over man and a supreme con-
tempt for the rights, the interests and
the opinions Of the people at large. He
knows that the gold standard was a.
dOpted in the United States without any
party ever asking for it. He knows
that for % years after its adoption noI
party ever heard dared to- commend it:
he knows that in the campaign of 1896
the party composed Of boiling Demo
Gratis was the only party which dared
to declare the gold standard a blessing;
he knows that4at the polls 90 per cent
of the voters registered their opposition
to a single gold standard, differing only
as to the means of se6EEkAg bi-metallism
he knows that the President, to whose
partiality he owes his position, sent
commission to Europe to beg other ma
tionS to help us get rid OF the gold
standard; he knows that the Senate and
House with scarcely a dissenting voice,
appropriated 100000 of the peoples
money to pay 6he expenses of the COM
mission, while it was seeking relief from
the gold standard; he knows that France,
by joining in the demand for interna-
tional bi-metallism, condemns the gold
standard; he kADws that the farmers,
the laborers, and, to a large extent, the
manufacturers of England n&@ire inter
national bi-metallism; he knows that the
maintenance of the gold standard means
unmerited advantage to the money own
ing and the bond-holding classes and
undeserved punishment to the vast ma
jority 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 permanently upon the people
of the United States. Not content with
advocating a policy, which places tn
destinies of seventy millions OF free mel
in the hands Of foreign fnanciers ant
permits few London bankers to con
troll our standard money, he now pro
poses to give TO the national banks full
and complete control Of the paper money
of the nation. In November, 1896. six
million and half of the electors voted
fba ~ ba
backs, and seven millions supported a
platform which was silent upon the sub
ject. The Republican candidate for
President in his letter of acceptance
pledged the Republican party to keep in
circulation land as good as gold), all
the silver and paper monies now includ-
ed in the currency of the country, while
only one party advocated 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 seek
ing to organize a money trust more dam
gerous, not only to the industries, but
to the liberties of the people, than all
the other trusts combined.
"At such a tina and under such cir
cumstances, the memory of the hero Of
New Orleans ought to be invoked in
every State, county and hamlet to arouse
the people to a sense OF their danger"
Mr.. Bryan then spoke of the reduc-
ton of the wages in the New England
cotton mills. This, he claimed, was an
indication OF the failure of Republican
policies to bring relief TO the people.
Continuing, he said:
''A few days ago an association Of
ff aEys tif ayfc ta fttv aFae rsaetcn nion
the laws passed In Massachusetts, for
the protection Of the operatives. Their
complaint is significant because it en-
phasizes the reactionary tendency Of
present conditions. II this grinding
process continues, the laboring classes
will lose all OF the advantages which
they have gained in the last quarter Of
a century