The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-09
COMPL OF BRYAN
The Silver Champion Pays His
Respects to Secretary Gage.
AT JACKSON DAY BANQUET
Chicagoans in Large Numbers Greet the
Nebraskan and Listen to His
Able Speech - Nuts for
Goldbugs to Crack

Chicago. Jan. S.-A host of democrats,
| quite number of them from Iowa. In
diana and Wisconsin, celebrated Jack
son day by banquet at the fremont
house this evening. The Hon. w. j.
Bryan was the principal guest. He
reached Chicago from Lincoln this
morning, being met at the depot by
National Committeeman Gahan and
others. For an hour or so prior to the
feast Mr.. Bryan held 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 gather
inspiration and announcement from his
pubic career. We are engaged to-day
in contest very similar to that in
which he played SO conspicuous and
honorable part During his term of
Office the national banks attempted to
oNerdWe the representatives of the peo-
pie and control the government. He
grapped with it and overthrew it, Ar
rayed against him We're 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. Ii seems that every gem
Grafton presents combat between the
producers of wealth and the money
changers. The latter, conducting their
campaign in secrecy. fasten themselves
upon the body polite and prey upon in
dustry until their hold is broken by an
awakened and indignant public.
lie Pays His Compliments TO Gage.
The present secretary of the treas
ury, Mr. Gage, is eminently fitted to be
the instrument of the financers in their
eHortS to complete the scheme COM
menced "A years ago and continued
without interruption until the present
day. He possesses IA sublime faith in
the superiority of the rich man and a
supreme contempt for the rights inter-
ests and the opinion of the people at
large. He knows that the gold stand
ard was adopted in the United States
without any party ever asking for it,
he knows that for % years after its
ADOPTION no party ever dared to COM
mend it: he knows that in the cam
paign of 1896 the party composed of
boiting democrats was the only party
which dared to declare the gold stand
ard blessing: he knows that at the
polls 80 per cent of the voters register
ed their opposition to a single gold
standard, differing only as to the means
of securing bmetallism; he knows that
the president, to whose partiality he
owes his position, sent commission to
Europe to beg other nations to help us
get rid of the gold standard: he knows
that the senate and house. with scarce
~ dissenting vote, appropriated $780,
600 Of the peoples money to pay the
expenses of the commission while it
was seeking relief from the gold stand
ard: he knows that France, by joining
IN the demand for international bimet-
n IiET0n h.l,,Ya, 4
he knows that the farmers, the laborers,
and to a large extent the manufactur-
ers of England. desire international BIZ
metallism; he knows that the mainte-
nance Of the gold standard means un-
merited advantage to the money owning
and the bond-holding classes. is unde-
served punishment to the vast major
ity 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 on the people of
the United States. Not content with
advocating policy which places the
destinies of 10000 900 of free men in
the hands of foreign finaneiers and
permits a few London bankers to con-
trol 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,
1886 6,500000 electors voted against the
retirement of the Sreenbacks. and 7.O00,-
900 supported a platform which was 81
lent ON the subject. The republican
candidate for president in his letter of
acceptance 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 advo-
Gated the retirement of the greenbacks
and that party polled less than / per
cent. of the total vote. W Gage knows
of these facts, and yet in spite of that
knowledge. he is seeking to organize a
money "'ust more dangerous, not only
To the industries. but 10 the liberties of
the people. than all the other trusts
combined. At such time. and under
such circumstances. the memory of the
hero of New Orleans ought to be in
vuked in every state, county and ham
let, To arouse the people to a sense of
their danger.
Republicans Ering No Relief.
Twelve months have elapsed since
we celebrated this day year ago. and
every month has borne witness to the
failure of the republican policies to
bring relief To the people, Just after
the passage Of the Dingley bill our on
ponents. We're boisteraus in their an
nouncemeut that prosperity had re-
turned. The republicans We're given
full swing They framed such a law as
their hearts desired and their brains
devised, and what is the result Read
the daily papers and you will find the
items of news arranged under the two
headS-the formation of trusts and the
reduction of wages. \ few days ago |
picked up a copy OF the 81 Louis Globe
Democrat and found under the inno-
cent and unpIetentious headlines:
Weavers and spnners serve notice Of
wage reductions from four of the New
England states-one of them from Lew
iston, Me. the home Of Mr.. Dingley. the
father of the Dingley bill Is this the
result which they promised would fol-
low the opening Of the mills instead Of
the mintss II our enemies boast THAI
they have buried bimetallism we point
to these wage reductions as the weeping
willows v4-hjth hz Al