The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02
BRYAN AND SILVER
The Great Leader T~s WY
Dsss Not Drop the Money
Question

People ask me. said Mr.. William ),
BRYAN IN a recent speech, why ueh :
drop the money question, a. tnough
n | were to drop IL ~ might preah'
II would have no effect on the money
question IL did drop il; it - IN the
teeninc OF no man, and it would not
make aEy difference whether l adhere
10 II or disregard il. But II you ask
| why | do not drop il, ! VIII teN you
that | am not willing that handiul
| ~ ENGLISH bankers shall control To-
moo 600 Of American people. But you
will hear people say that new condi-
tions have arisen that now make the
pold standard palatable. Isn't IL
strange that men who have labored 10
f.s.en the gold standard on this coun-
try for 90 years should now pc ce-
Tending their position by arguments
that have arisen since the eiectioh :
You don't hear the argument You
hoard in 1896. They said then thai
we had gold enough. that we didh
need any more; and now every repup
lean VINO makes a speech IN favor
The goId standard tells OF the wonder
: fnl increase in the discovery OF goi'
since 1890. and says that we now hav
: enough money. And yet my irlenu'
with I'll this newly discovered eN
u dcnce with all OF this output from IN
y mines unpromised and unexpected
III ,so6 the secretary OF the treasury Tel
r Won he has to give money 10 favori'
III hanks IN order TO keep enough none
in circulation.
y. Statistics. they will tell you- sho
xe haze 5000. COO 900 more gold in IN
country now thln in 1896, ana IN
~ for that reason we don't need DIM
nt ailism any more; and yet with IN
re Increase OF $500. 600 600 in gold supp
ay ~ this nation there was panic
he Wall street the other day becat
ar there was a panic IN London. beca,
his OF some reverses in South Africa
er- markets Of London were disturb
he and becarse the markets over I'M
ie- wee shakv they were shaky here,
in the financiers had TO rush IN "
'ne money 10 lend to bring the rate 90
liza from $50 per cent, and the treas
had 10 20 in to help them out
fire All. nv friends. il few reverse'
lor- = var with a handful of Beers
ON shake our financial system. where
. the gold standard be If England
attacks nation OF her size ana
into a real war?
When we Join ourselves TO the
standard: when we make goio
the legal tender for the paymeh
debts. we connect ourselves with e
disturbance in Europe. and make
selves dependent upon their conan
Hk1 for our prosperity.
I'M Won ten me il is a sound sys'
IN II Is false: that system is not &C
N Tell me il is an American sys
. 7, i a lie. there is no such Anne
system: there is no American -
i. A that makes us tremble every
NJ tbcre Is trouble among the gold ;
III "a countries of the old world
Az Won find now? Why. you
n .or- the fnanciers the fear
u ,ba-e viii be panic if the Beers
All time 10 fight successfully lot
ho,,cs The fnanciers are afrait
70 England does not win soon
will be trouble. and pecause
6nanc,ers fear the effect OF the $,
next of The Beers, men who in their
chair. love liberty are afraid 10 say a
d she IN defense Of the Beers. and
rsath- financial interest in praying Tn
lady, dominion OF the queen may
tended while a republic fahs.
'oking That is what it means to los
independence. The influence tn
Y. put trolls our financial policy can
mother our policy on every question an
me shall continue to fight IN
It's be- nation asserts and secures TN
oubles. TO attend TO its own business OF
All sat question without asking the