The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-09-29

=" attar upon which the conFtc.
IONS o. the American people and al
thsu iotty conceptions and IDEAS OF liz
esem ABOUT 70 be sacrificed In the tenn.
pls ol liberty. NY friends. Il ID. In my
judgment essential that the American
people realize that Republican party
not what u was under Abraham Lin.
com; that the Republican party Of to.
aay' as the Jefferson party did - years
ago mas come under the influence OF
bad and evil men; ana that again we
are called upon as American patriots
10 come up. as Jefferson did LOO years
ago. as Lincoln did 40 years ago, 10 the
rescue OF this nation by bringing il
BACK from the control OF a designing
lew and once more placing 1t ia the
s'"ovss ia which II Was the design OF
our fathers that il should run. IAN
plause.)
am one Of those who believe that
While Ihere N individual option of con-
duet' ahd while We are Responsible
moral agents, yet. IN come way, GOD
mas 20 attuned the universe and ali
relations OF inen that when "A dire
emergency OF difficulty and Hanger
e"hIfohts nation there shall always
appear ere a. he too late, some imam
WAN sihgleness vi aim, with purity
OF 4noltse, Hlth Devotion 10 "A htta ANA
h'pbie seilse ot duty. Vno shaIt aake up
the purpose vi the InnniL. ana carry
u on Ia the welfare anu Lhe glory OF
TIE people. Ana now, almost az the
threshold of the twentieth century, TO-
wards which Tor centuries gone tbs
eyes oi philosophers anu poets have
been turned as toward the dawn Of 4
halfyoh era IA the world 1.
progress there has been raas4.a
up Tor our emergency a man
MO realizes VA Tue same way
lhAl these odd heroes and statesmen
ald, The highest ideals oI American citl-
Aehship. man who, four years ago, as
by a single bound. many thinking the
occurrence an accident out subsequent
efens confirming II as the unfolding
oi benign and mysterious purpose
spfaHg forward TO The leadership Of the
great new democratic movement IN
America. who noDiy Non and worthlIy
wears today the white ruse OF "A peo-
pies confidence. the undaunLed leader
"f an 1hended contest. the peerless and
fearless champion OF American rights
anu liberties. william Jennings bryan.
TREMENDOUS APPLAUSE 1 do not adgo-
cate bis election because he IL u Demo-
STAl. DuI because. being a Democrat Of
to-day. representing Lhis new sptFtt OF
fescnerAtSd Democracy. he stands
above All things else as u typical Am
efieAn citizen. CApplAuEel
ills aonlnalI0n. my friends, signal
lied a hr@ and important struggle, the
ot'Shihg Of an epOch-mAking contest
IN As;4STican politics. IL has been no
ueeable ia ali ages that those influences
that make against the general welfare
TO which ! have called your attention.
almost invariably concern themselves
urKt with e money system Of the
country where they are at work. The
money system 10 the most delicate,
the most readily responsive To
manipulation and the most obviously
profitable To control. OF all the power
iuI mechAnisms In a state. Through
out all time there have been men who
In their Different countries and cIyiIiEa-
lions have sought 20 controi the none
tary system In order TO operate Il 20
their peculiar benent and enrichment.
II WAS - In old Greece. and you will
remember that the legislation Of Scion,
some six centuries before Christ. was
designed TO AFFORD relief from a condi-
ton OF Affairs intoleraule anu Drought
about by the manipulation OF the Gre
clan money system. a few securing con-
troll of the properS OF the nation by
getting the people In debt TO them upon
one basis OF the value OF the money
unit. and then compelling the debtors
TO get out OF debt upon another basis
representing n much ScAroer supply OF
money and a much lower value OF prop
erty. 30 that those holding the debts,
by foreclosing upon the pledges. soon
came TO own practically all the prop
erty. In Rome much the same thing
was witnessed. The soldiers OF Rome
who had carried her victorious eagles
over the world. were the recipients OF
the gratitude OF n grateful people
They were treated much like the SOL
dicsH OF our Civil War. and we gave
the latter. under the Homestead Act
and other legislation. the right 60 enter
upon the public lands OF the United
States. 80 the old Roman soldiers were
made tenants In ownership OF the pub
lac lands of Rome. But the money sys-
tenn waA soon subject TO patrician
manipulation. and then the supply OF
money was made relatively less. Tn
der EliiuRahalua silver was demoue-
tizcd. Laws were passed against the
debtor and In favor OF the creditor and
by and 10y all the public lands came
into the ownership OF the occupants of
the palaces upon the imperial hills, and
the independent citizenship OF the Ro-
man state had become a mere mob that
came every day TO the back doors OF
the rich mems houses TO get their food.
And 20. when the hardy barbartans
came down from the northern forests
and laid their strong hands upon the
Roman empire. Il crumbled away and
disappeared.
Thus IL must always he. The defense
and permanence OF any state rest upon
general liberty. n popular self-respect
and well dIffused prosperity among
the masses OF the people (Applause.)
No system imperils that condition so
inevitably and certainly az a monetary
system that furnishes. Rs the measure
OF the burden OF debt. n scarcening
supply OF that substance In which the
values of all other things are measured
and by which the burden OF debts,
taxes. and all other fixed charges are
determined.
This In easy philosophy: this is IA
miliar doctrine 10 audiences in Idaho.
no doubt, II is mucn like bringing the
traditional Goals to Newcastle to go
into Nevada or Idaho. or any other
western state, to peddle again the fun
OF the money question. And
vet. | possibly may be wrong IN that.
for have heard, since coming 20 your
state. that certain men. who appeared
to he sufficiently familiar with the
basic principles OF money four years
ago even to break away from the tram
mels OF old party association and to
a. -