The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-04
BRYAN TO GOLDITES.
HIS ELOQUENT ADDRESS IN
CHICAGO.
Pays His Respects to Mckinley and Gage
in Language and Argument That Can
not be Msundcrstood-A Word of Hope
For tho Future.

Hon. w. j. Bryan was the principal.
guest at the Jackson day banquet at
Chicago. His address was as follows:
at is especially fitting that at this
time the American people should recall
the name Of Andrew jackson and
gather Inspiration and encouragement
from his public career We are en-
gagged today in contest very similar to
that in which he played so conspicu-
GUS and honorable a part During his
term of Office the National bank at
tempted to overawe the representa-
tives of the people and control the
government. He grappled with it and
overthrow it. Arraycd against him
were the very classes which have
forced continuation CT 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 cocrce the government
into the surrender of the sovereign
right to control the money of the coun-
try. 1t seems that every generation
presents combat between the pro-
ducers of wealth and the money
changers. The latter conducting their
campaign in secrecy, fasten them
selves upon the body polite and pray
upon industry until their hold is brolx-
en- by an awakened and indignant
public.
The present secretary Of the treas
nry, Mr.. Gage, is cminently fitted to
be the instrument Of the fnanciers in
their effort to complete the scheme
commenced "a years ago and contin-
ued without interruption until the
present day. He possesses a su blimc
faith in the superiority of money over
man and u 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 it. He knows that for 90
years after its adoption no party ever
dared to condemn it; he knows that in
the campaign of 1896 the party com
posed of boiling democrats was the
only party which dared to declare the
gold standard blessing; he knows
that at the polls 90 percent of the vot-
ers registered their opposition to a
single gold standard, differing only as
to the means of securing bimetallism;
he knows that the president to whose
partiality he owes his position sent
commission to Europe to beg other ma
tons to help us. get rid of the gold
standard; he knows that the senate
and house with scarcely dissenting
vote appropriated 500, 900 of the peo-
Pies money to pay the expenses of the
commission while it was seeking relief
from the gold standard; he knows that
France by joining in the demand for
bimetallism condemns the gold stand
ard; he knows that the farmers, the
laborers and to 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 the bond
holding classes and undeservcd pun
ishment to the vast majority Of tho
people Of this country and of the CIV
ilized world; and yet in spite OF his
knowledge Of all these facts, he is de-
Abcrately planning to fastcn the geld