Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-03-03

I VINO claimed 10 favor TINS character OF bl
metallism always voted for everything
which tended to the gold standard, and
while they could not pass the goldbug bill
in 1896, and in 1898. the patriots" held
up the hands of the President to restrain
him from having such a measure put
through then, while the leaders were pre-
pairing to hold the people up and make
them swallow such bill in 1900.
in this Congress the bill--now pending,
by the wagon this subject, passed the
lower house, and everything went smooth.
ly until about three weeks ago when the
storm began TO rage and the leaders saw
that an amendment providing that the
/ operation OF the measure should not mean
an obstacle to international bmetalism.
The speaker declared that to be a fraud,
and concluded the peroration with the
statement that the gold standard had
never won an open victory; that it fights
behind the burglars mask and with the
assassin's knife
Boer War Object Lesson.
lie then called attention to an object
lesson from the Boer war as to the effect
such troubles have upon the finance of Il
country on gold standard. He referred
to the recent furry and fall in stocks in
England because of British reyprses, and
said if that was the effect when the Guht
was with a little country like the Trans
vaNl, what would it be with a country her
own size, He asked if that experience
suggested that the gold standard was a
safe policy
I'VE want safe system of finance. -
said Mr.. Bryan, but we can have it by
ourselves, and that without waiting for
the consent of any other nation ON the
face OF the earth This sentiment was
literally appaudcd
The speaker told story of a Western
banker in section where the Swpdcs
were in the majority. They were for him
tthc speaker for President, and when
they went to their banker the president
of the institution argued with them on
the subject of the gold standard, telling
them that if free silver won their deposits
would be cut half in two They thought
MIR. Bryan was going to he elected conse-
quently they commenced withdrawing
their money from the bank. Finally the
Withdrawals got to be serious matter
with the bank, and the president asked
one man who went to the office of the in
atltution for the purpose of taking his
money out, why it was that he was taking
such a step.
"Wcll,' replied the customer, you told
one of us that if Bryan was elected our
deposits would be cut half in two, and as
we think he's going to win we want our
money first
go tell that man. said the banker,
that lied
Mr. Bryan charged that the Republic.
ans not only wanted to saddle the gold
standard on the country, but to turn the
| paper currency over 10 the national banks
This they claimed would give the people
an elastic currency, but the money lenders
and the money holder, wanted to have
| mold Of both ends of the elastic. He then
| paid his respects to Secretary of the
Treasury Gage in a rather cauStic manner
on account OF that officials suggestions a.
TO the national bank, being given charge
Of the paper currency. He said il was the
intention Of the leaders OF the Democratic
party to keep up the fight for bimetallisn,
and he is confident OF ultimate victory.
The Trusts.
The next part of his address was de-
voted to the trusts He said since 1896
more trusts had been organized in this
country than altogether before in the his
tory OF the United States. He said he
learned in Florida that the mosquito prob.
lem was just as much of a problem if
only one was on II man as if million.
but he found that the more there were the
more serious the problem. The same was
true as to trusts. They were dangerous
to the government, and he proposed Ii.
cense on them under Federal regulation
which would make a trust, a monopoly.
impossible, The Republicans claimed that
trusts were bad things but they are do
ing nothing to stop them, despite the fact
that they have the President. Congress
and the United States Senate. He laid it
down as general proposition that wher-
ever State could be found where the
Republicans were in power, he would
show State in which no attempt to
thwart the trusts was being made.
"One banker in Chicago said that in the
long run trusts can do no harm. That,
however, continued Col. Bryan, lis not
much of a consolation to the man who is
not equal to long run"
Col, Bryans idea was that license
should be issued by the government TO
every corporation before it could have the
right to do business; license the cond-
tons OF which would make monopolies
impossible. The Federal government
should squeeze the water from the stock
and give the affairs of corporations pub
licity.
The Republicans say they are going to
make the next fight on the plank that
they promised prosperity and that pros.
perity has come, 1--WE can easily answer
that, said Col, Bryan, by merely reply.
ing that if they only get the votes of
those who have had their share of pros.
penty and we get those of the people who
have received none, the Democratic ma.
JN'''' "'' w '"i S'i lldH tNtI ltttiNtu by
any party
The Colonial Question.
Col. Bryan went from the trust ques.
ton to the Philippine question, introduc.
ing his remarks on that subject with the
statement that this was the painest and
simplest of the three. The consent OF
the governed" was the theme to start out
with, and in this connection Col. Bryan
recitcd some of the general laws laid
down in the Declaration of Independence.
lie then drew distinction between i'm.
perialism and expansion, Imperialism
meant a large standing army, and the
speaker did not believe, if we are to have
Imperialism that the present standing
army of 100000 men would ever be small,
er. lie then discussed the acquisition of
such contiguous territory as Florida, Tex.
as and Louisiana, The President had said
the American flag represented the same
thing everywhere. That was not true.
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