Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
Bryan's Position on Silver, Trusts and In
perialism Dissected and Exposed.
THEORIES ARE DISPROVED BY FACTS
Patriotic Duty Every Conscientious Voter in the State of
Nebraska Uphold the Integrity Of the Judiciary and
to Rebuke Faithlessness in Public Office is
Emphasized in Strongest Terms.

pump more blood into his veins in order to
make the blood that is in the body circu-
late. That is precisely what they proposed
to do. They did not realize that II they |
pumped in more money that it would still
flow into the same hiding places, that it
would still find its way back to the vaults
of the banks and into the private boards |
OF people who were afraid to invest 1t be- |
cause they had no confidence in their ability !
to earn more money with it or get It back |
If they ever invested it anywhere.
once heard Stephen A. Douglas say when
he was questioned about his change Of views
on squatter sovereignty that a wise man
changes his mind, but that fools never do
AS an Intelligent people it would seem we
should have learned wisdom by experience,
we should have acquired knowledge by the
crucial test applied through new conditions
1t is amazing that the men who lead the So
called reform forces of Nebraska do not seem
to comprehend that the changed conditions
justify them in also changing their views.
They still persist in pointing backward to
the exploded theory that silver and wheat
always keep company and contend that the
only way the American people can have per-
manent prosperity is for reopening the mints
to the unlimited coinage OF silver. Accord
ing to Coin Harvey, this Is the gist OF the
financial question: "The men who deal in
| money are interested in making the property
| they deal in more and more valuable. This
| is a natural instinct in the dealers in any
, property. cattleman in Kansas who owns
| 10000 head of cattle knows that he could
make his 10000 head Of cattle worth con-
! sderably more to him il he could cause the
| sudden death of half the other cattle in the
world" The inference from this would be
| that the withdrawal CT one-half Of the metal
used for money would naturally result to the
benefit of the money-leuder and that the
| demonetization of silver which had taken
| place more than twenty years ago would
| cause the rate of interest and the purchas-
Ing price Of money to advance in such way
as to benefit the creditor class or money
lenders to the detrimeut Of the borrowers or
d0btor class.
Colonel Bryan's Questions.
In my debate with Colonel Bryan on the
silver question two months prior to his
nomination for president he asked this
question: What is the effect Of the in
creased purchasing power OF the dollar on
the creditor class?" / endeavored to an
swer this question as well as l could, but
he perssted-for that Is one OF his ways in
debate, in order to trip up his opponent
persisted that l did not answer that ques-
ton and asked it a second time, third
time fourth, fifth and sixth time. / re-
| peated my definitions in various ways, but
he pretended / had not answered him.
When we had another debate at Kansas City
, | he asked the same question four times and
| just deliberately allowed him to ask 1t
, without attempting to respond, to make him
believe that l was cornered, and then
turned upon him and said: Nov. Mr.
Bryan, I will tell you what you are SC
! anxious to know Suppose Bryan borrows
I S1,C<D from shylock, Shylock has Bryan's
I note and Bryan has Shylocks money. II
there is any increase in the purchasing
t power of the dollar Bryan has the money
0 to mako the purchases with and Shylocl
has Bryan's note, with which he can dc
nothing and from which he can gain moth.
ing IT, at the end, when the note is due
Shylock demands Of Bryan the repayment
he gets simply the money advanced and thu
interest, but he does not profit by the in
creased purchasing power OF the dollar. L
is the borrower who has the money ant
not the lender that profits by the increased
purchasing power OF money.
need hardly repeat that the theories ad
vanced by Colonel Bryan and Coin Harve
three years ago have been disproved and al
their vagaries absolutely exploded. Sine
|
price Of wheat sometimes even to double tn
amount on the price OF silver, and Will
silver was going down wheat was going Ut
While silver went down cattle, hogs and al
farm products have gone up They tell Il
that that is all merely temporary that a
the prosperity that we are now enjoying
imaginary; that we are all in a trance SO I
. speak, and that we are hypnotized by tn
, goldbugs and do not know that we al
still suffering and presently will wake u
/. in great want and distress. applause.
Now do you think that is the case? Peopl
who are rational surely know and realiz
, that the present prosperity Us substantial
D that there has been an enormous increase l
0 wealth in the United States within III
y past three years; that hundreds OF thou
sands Of people who We're idle are no
! again employed; that money is eyerywheI
: in circulation; that prosperity is universe
j. that you cannot go outside an insane as!
!: lum and f0d man that will insist TIL
d II is essential to have the mints in motto
u in order that wage-workerS may fnd a
u opportunity to make a living The wor
u thing that now is complained of in the
y United States, and particularly in the ives
d is the lack OF help. Everybody knows tn
20 there is not enough OF unemployed labor
II idle labor to be gotten TO harvest the croI
l. The other day farmer who formerly W
8 I q Cleveland democrat. but finally had &
# persuaded over 10 Bryan by reason OF 4
Is hard times wrote to a gentleman In Omal
"a saying that the greatest difficulty he IN
10 with now was that he could not find han
:, enough 10 gather In his crops and get the
,. ready for market but II 1t had been