The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
THE ISSUES CLEARLY DEFINED.
Two Patriotic speeehe. saturday Night.

The reason why Bryan and the Demo-
cratic party made the mistake fonr years
ago, was because they were mistaken
about the facts concerning money. Bry-
an is a theorist. He said there a
conspiracy on the part of the rich men to
to make money scarce, and depreciaIe
values OF other property. That was the
foundation OF his talk. He said they
wanted to destroy the purchasing power
of money He says now that rich men
cannot hold the money OF the world.
Not twenty per cent, said Mr.. Burton,
hold the money. I'm Dodge City, Kansas
City and other cities, less than 10 per
cent of money is held IN interest bearing
securities, S5 per cent of it il in other
property Rockefeller buys property.
Rich men ORly put ten per cent ef earn
Ings in money. Rich men borrow
money to carry on great enterprises.
Men well-to-t do in Ford county have only
ten per cent in securities. Money is in
vested in property. The bulk of the
money, continued Mr.. Burton, belongs
to the middle classes, and is deposited in
banks, 90 percent of which does not be-
long to wealthy men. The great mass of
the people own the money on deposit.
In the world rich men own property in
stead. Rich men get rich by dealing in
property and not by owning money.
Bryan meant by .sdear money! be-
cause we had adopted the gold standard.
We said it WAS scarce because it was ONT
of circulation. Money is plentiful now
because it circulates.
.'Gold hid it's cowardIy head when the
war came on.'' Money is not agent
OF war but Of commerce. Money will
will always hide its bead when there is
=,
the life OF commerce. Commerce is the
great enemy of war;
The great masses of people are the
owners OF money and will always be.
Money will always be scarce when men
are scared.
Money is the life blood of commerce..
We told you Mckinley would be elected
and that money would come out OF it's
hiding places in pots, kettles, old stock
ings. ETC., and be put in circulation. All
business. ho said, was interdependent.
In referring to the prosperity of the
Mr.. Burton said we guessed it
right and Bryan guessed it wrCnR.
Bryan does not know any more about
Imperialism than he did about silver.
The Democrats hid silver in the platform
and are drawing attention to imperialism.
so as to divert the real purpose of the
party. Like the cunning lawyer on the
wrong side OF the case who aims to make
the jury believe that another thing is the
real object; and Mr.. Burton singled out
Mike Sutton in the audience as a lawyer
who did such things and the speaker did
that himself.
or all of Bryan's onjectures the only
one that came trlle the one that he
would be renominated.
More money came ont of hiding when
Mckinley was elected, in 60 days time,
than the value OF all the gold we had
taken out of Alaska since that territory
was purchased.
Calamities seemed to fall upon the
during the administration of the
Democrats. Was the hand OF God in
this? Referring to Republican prosper
ity Mr. Burton said no would conccde
Bryan's argument il he would agree that
God cursed this country when il goes
Democratic and blessed it when it goes
Mr.. Burton in philosophizing on the
truths of history laid truth lives and
error dies. This Is a correct principle.
Some time was taken in discussing the
character OF the country at
this time In its relation to the territory
recently acquired; and commerce and
patriotism were so closely allied that
they were one and inseparabIe.
Mr.. Burton closed at a late hour and
Gaping the climax of his speech with
peroration in magnificent flights of ora
tory and artistic touches of drama.
There was an attentive audience in the
opera house, and every chair was filed.