Speech Of W. J. Bryan

Mr. Jïry.ui spoke in pari as follows: It is especially fitting tliai a1 thls Urne the American people shonld ivcall the name oí Andivw Jackson .uu! gather inspiratioii and encourageanent fi'om his pulili.' career. We are engagetl today ín a éontest rery similar to that in which he played so consplcnims and honorable a part. Dtvriag lus tei'm of office the national bank attempted to uver-awe tlio representatives of the people and control the government He grappled wlth it aad overthrew it. lArrayed against h-in were the very classes whi -li have t'orci'd a continuance of the gold standard iu the United States, in spite of the almost unauimous prote In people - the same :lasses whi-!i are now trying to coerce the goyernii'i'iic into the surrender of the sovrereign riglit to control the money oí the country. It seems that every generation preáeiits a eonbat between the producers oí weaHh nuil the money chaogers. 'i'hc latter, conductIng thelT campaign in sesrecy, tasten themselves npon the body politie, and prey apon índustry uutil tiieir hold is broten by au awakened and inilignaat public. The present secretaïy of the tri'asui'y. Mr. .-i:;tw. is eminenrtl.y fttted to 'be the 'instrument of the financiers in their effort tp complete the seheme coanmeneed four years ago, and eontimied without, ïuti rruptiou until the present day. II'.' possesses a sublime faith in the superlority of money over man. and a söpreme contempt for the rigfats, the In teres ts and the opinions of the people at latge. He knmvs that the gold standard was adapted in 'the United States without any party ever asking for it; he know that tor twötoty-three years after lts adoption do party ever dared to commend t: be knows that ii the campaign of 1896 the party composed erf bolting Demoerats was the üiily party which dared to declare the gold standard a blesslngí he knows that at the polla 99 per cent. of tin' viüi'rs reglstered their appositlon to a single gold standard. difiCerIüg onl.v as tq the mea is of securiSg Wmetallism; he knows th.it the president, to w liose partiality In owes jiis ]iosition. sent a commission to EJurope to beg other natlons to help us gel riil of the gold standard; he knows that the seaatèand house, nrith scarcely a dissentlug voice, appropriatejl ■■ 100,0 ) of the peopie's tnoney to pay ilie expenses of the eoniinission while il was seè&ing relief f rom the gold stnmdard; he kmiw.s that France "uy jolning in t'' demand for al bimetaUism, eondemned ihe gol standard; he knows that the Farmers the laborees and, to a large exteart the manufacture-rs of England, desirf international bimetalliana; in knows that the maintenam-e oi' the goK standard meana unmerited advantag I i the inoney-owing ;iml the bond bolding classes and undeserved pun isiimi'nl tu the vast majority of th people of this country and of iln civiliüffed world; and yet, in spite oi lus knowledgr dt: all these Eai ts, he is delibeiately planning t tasten the gold standard permanently upon the people of tht ("ïiitcii sian. Net content with advoeating1 a pollcy whieh places the destinies of seventy uiillious of Creemen in the hands "f foTeign financiers, and permits a few London bankers to control our Standard inouey, lic now preoses to give i') the naunual banks full and complete control ot' (ie paper money ' the nat ion. In November, 1896, six miliion and a halt of clectors votcd againsi the ïctiveinenr of the ureeji backs, and seven inillions supported a platform which was siicnt apon the suibject. 'liie iti "■publuMu candidate Tor president, i 11 his letter oi' acceptance, pledged the EtejMïblican party to keep in circulation (and as good as gol I) all the silver and paper moneys now ucluded in the currency of the country, whlle only One party advocated the rètiremeni of the greeabacks and Ihat party polled less !lia:i 1 j r cent. o.' the total vote. Mr. Uage knows tiiese faets and ver. i spite of that knowledgè, he is seeking to orgaaize a money trust inore dangerous, umi only to the industries, bat to the liberties of the people, than all the other m:sts couibined. At sticli a time aud onder such cireumst-ux-es. the neraory of the hero of Ximv Orleans oïigiit to b" invoked in every sta ie, COlfnty and tiamlet to aroose fche people to a sonse of danger. lust after the passage of the Din.ley bill our opponents vvere loisterous In their announcenieut ihat prosperity liad returued. The República ns were givea full swing. They framed just such a law as their hearty desired and their brains devised, and yrhat is the result? Read the dail.v papers and 3'ou will nuil the items of news arranged under two heads thé :'oTmation of trusts and the reduftion of wages. A few days ago 1 pirked up a eopy of the Kt. Louis (lobe-üemoerat and found undex the innocent and unpretentious head lincs. ■■Veavrrs and Spinners," se,-eu notiees of wage reduetions froin four of the six New Engiland etates - om nf thee fiv.ux Lewiscou, Me.a the home i Mr. ■Dingley, the father of the Dingley bill. Is tliis the résult whieh they pronsed would lollow the opening of the "m'Bs instead of thé mintsT If our enemifes boast that they have buried liimctnlliMii we point 10 these wai?e reduction. as the weeping willowa which have sprtmg up aiboul its te:nporary to-tub. Why is not same court asked to enjoln the eaiployws from iml'tlng together to reduce wages? Oan combinations arnong e'iiployera be innocent, if co-operation .-imong minera is a crime? In most of these faetones can be found iTansparenci-sai and banuers promising gooó limes. The mili owners would probably dispute the right of a eourt of t quity to interfere, ,-inl plead as a u. tesase that the operatives have au adequate remedy iu the ballot. A few days ago au associatian of mili owners trted to justify a n-duction of wages by laylng the blanie upon the laws passed in MatwachUr setta for the protection of the uperatives. Thrir c(iniilaint is siglliñcánt beeause it emphaélzes the red&ctionp ary teudeacy f present oonditions. If ibis process" continúes, the laborlng classes will lose all oL the advantagea which they have gained in the las: quarter of a cealiirr. Instead of shorter hours foc adnlts and more educa tion foi' childii-;i, we shall be asked to lengthaa the hours of labor, and to dwarf the inrelleets as well as the; bodies of the childrea by manual labor during th3 yeara wnen they shoold be in s-hool. How many plagues wdl 1" required to soften the hearts of our ftnanclal l'liaroah? Does he not know that no-.v as of old, "brieks without straw" but pVesage the coming of the days of dehverance?