Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-21
MONEY QUESTION P. 0. DEPARTMENT.
The ISSUES OF NINETY.SIX Are
INDICATED
Saws Hon. Vim. Jennings Bryan at
Spokane Banquet. Prosperity Due
to Increase of Metal Money, and
the Increase is Due to Act of
Providence.

At the banquet rendered VIM. J. Bryan
by the Spokane democrats last week. the
distinguished statesman said, in part
81 would not be worthy the affection
you have shown if l should not be willing
that the honor should fall to another if
another should be deemed more worthy
than 1. l will not conceal from you the
fact that hope for the triumph OF our
party. Young as am, can remember
'96 with great distnctness. l can re-
member something Of the bitterness OF
that fight. l am satisfied that much of
the opposition we encountered then was
due to Ignorance OF the ideas we repre-.
sented. While the surface question was
the money question, the real issue was
larger and a deeper one. 1t was the first
great public protest against inherited
and predatory wealth, and the benefi-
Charles of that predatory wealth heaped
upon us such abuse as had not been
heaped upon party In century.
"But, my friends, the times have
changed. and the world has moved on.
No party has ever been vindicated as
our party: has been vindcated in the
past 10 years. Upon no question was
our party more fully vindicated than on
the money question. 1t was not republic
can agitation, nor republican speeches.
nor republican editorials that maintained
the gold standard. 1t was the act of God
in giving us a supply of money from an
unex pected source. Suppose that lived
in Spokane and the democratic party
took the position, if you can imagine it,
that there was not water enough for the
people of this city and the republicans
said the city had plenty of water. Sup.
pose the democrats advocated that pipe
line be laid to Silver lake and suppose
the republicans opposed that and won.
And suppose that Immediately after tire
election spring burst forth in the center
OF the city and poured forth a volume Of
water half as great as the city needed.
Then the people Of the city consumed, in
addition to the old supply, the volume Of
this spring. What republican would say
that his party had been vindicated? We
said the country needed more money and
the republicans denied it. After elec'
ton, the yellow stream OF gold broke
forth and everybody is glad and every
body is prosperous, and yet the republi-
cans say they are vindicated.
"No one proposes that we go back to
the old supply of money. Some Of the
bankers are even demanding the right
to issue more promises to pay because
we need more money. The quantitive
theory of money has been established.
ave said the trust was an evil and
the republicans at first denied it. One
great republican made three utterances
in a single year, first, that there were no
, trusts; second, that the trust was not an
evil; third. that if it was bad, don't
\ worry, the republicans will take care OF
it. He reminded me Of man who bor-
rowed kettle and was sued for Its re.
turn. He said that in the first place, he
had not borrowed it in the second place,
that it was cracked when he got it, and
in the third place, it was in good condi-
tion when he returned it. q
1.-The democratic party said in 1900
that a private monopoly is indefensible.
Now no other position is taken by either
party, and they are beginning to talk
about the presidents stand against
monopoly"