Show V HV H.- H. iK f V V v GENERAL WEAVER AT DENVER DENVER The Tho Candidate of or the Peoples People's Party Speaks Speaks' on the Issues of or tho Campaign General James B. B Weaver the Peoples People's party candidate for the presidency visited Denver last week on the tl occasion of the State convention of his hi party and delvere delivered an address address address ad ad- dress at the Coliseum The Tho Te building was wa packed and amid an overflow meeting was a held which was a addressed by Mrs Mary E. E Lease of Kansas General Weaver In his a address dwelt dwell chiefly on the money problem and an spoke eloquently eloquently elo elo- elo In Support of silver He lie commenced by saying that the tho constitution tion had given to Congress th the power power to regulate regulate regu regu- late Inter state stat commerce commeree and the Instruments instrument instruments ments ment of commerce are money transportation and the tho means of communication the communication the the postoffice post post- post office ofee and an telegraph Today day we we are In the midst of a great upheaval because Congress has not exercised concerning its power money in the interest of the tho people They have farmed fanned It out oat an and rented It out outto outto outto to speculators an and usurers and they tey have bave clothed a I class of in this country with far too much much O I am not not fighting them This gre great t movement Is too bl big to fight a man or an individual The Thc gun is too to large to shoot at ala ata a tom tomtit t. t We are ars ar fighting a vicious system Congress has ha farmed out this power that was wa Imposed on it to Individuals individuals unIt and has ha given to such individuals the power to issue money money and to tsay say when i it shall b be an and how v much shall be placed In ia circulation General Weaver caled called attention to tu the fact that at the close of th the war ar there w were ere 0 people in lu this country an and or 80 SO O per capita capia beside in state bank note Iu exl existence tence at that time The Tho population now nou Is and the currency That is less money money and more more people and yet you tell tel me to come com ou to Colorado and tell tel you what Is the matter God bless you jou pu put your hands In your pockets and you can feel What Is I the mater matter The boy whose pantaloons panta panta- loons bone Itte lilted fitted him at 12 Is now G feet 6 0 and they will vill wI no longer longcr fit ft him but Mr lr Foster insists Insist On sitting by the cradle an and going on with wih his knitting and singing Hush my infant lie still sti and slum slumber ber Is It litany any wonder onder that the rollicking Infant says 1 I wont won't lie le still I 1 belong to the Knights of pf Labor Labo and Farmers Farmers' Alliance and I want waist a n n w pair of pants The Alliance has ha been bea debating and Investigating loves loves- these matters matters' nd in the assembly the Knights ha have been discussing f it and t they ey have come comae to the conclusion that as the population population pop pop- of this country Increases the circulating ing lug medium ought to Increase al also o because they have bave learned lared the maxim which I hope hopewe we will all al remember f fore that forever tat re cr that the tle demand demand de de- de- de mand tand for mone is equal t to the sum of the thede de demand and for all al other thin things s. s Silver was first demonetized in England in II 1816 hen then in Germany In 3 3 and in America In lu 1873 1873 The Tho incite moJe was the simplest simplest sim aim V pleat thing on cat earth th By demonetizing silver they doubled the value alue of gold They made madea a gold dollar dolar hat have haye e a n greater pu purchasing chasing power and amid tid England the chief chie nation naton of the world Congress without the consent of the people struck shuck down the silver stealthily Inthe Inthe in inthe the dark at the b behest of the g governor and directors of the bank of England and ald for foi a avalu valuable bie consideration The Th English capitalists capitalist say Sy that If we we ve are areto areto ae aeto to ha have havethe e the free fice and unlimited coinage of siver silver at t the iato rit of 10 to tel 1 and that Is what we are aie going to have In this country It will wi simply be giving the bullion owner oner and the time miner the thc difference of thirty cents ts on every dol dollar at ipa worth 70 yO Jp cents cn s q on J ie he e dollar nt t ct el w el It f i was s de dc de demonetized worth 3 per er cent moie thau than gold and the tables show that the thc decline In iu the price of silver i is po e with wih the thc legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion ton which degi Jed It f. f They low lowered red l i It to 70 cents on the dollar and now nol have bave ave the Impudence impudence Im im- im to turn round lound to the tho men inca they robbed robbed robbed rob rob- bed and say You are going to make male some some- something something thing If the crime is I un undone one Suppose n now w the b bullion Uon owners or the mine owners owners should make 30 cent cents on the dollar dolar Who is entitled en en- titled to make snake a profit on the silver The Themen Themen men who came here and subdued subdue this hostile hostilo hostie wilderness and and rad made it bud and ll blossom as a the r lose sose se or th the me men n who bi felt ai b back ck the ga gambIer gam- gam bIer blei and prom promoter of class legislation who has degraded your silver siver and reduced it In price 1 Who has hM a any y title tte to t consideration In this matter th the miner who takes his hb life In his bl land band and goes into the mines mines and digs this tbs silt silver siver er and bi r Ings gs It out to bless the tha world or the man who ho sit back hack In Wall 11 street and Lombard street and street and andIs Is too c cowardly to fight for his country andt andt and too t t mo mean menn to pay pay taxes like lika an honest man mau 1 Wages will advance with the free coinage of silver siver and also the value alue of products Some one says Europe will wi dump all al her Sil Silver 51 il ver er ov over over r into America When I heard this I prayed Oh Lord let et them dump They will dump it f in hi exchange for our our commodities ties tes Oh no for our gold But my hear hearers bearers beast bear ers era do 3 ou own the gold Let us u imagine the gold is all aU gone and we have nothing noting but who Is hurt hurt hurtIn In speaking of the thc treasury sub-treasury scheme the speaker sought to make it appear that tat the coald with wih as a much propriety let the farmers have money upon the security of their farms fars and crops as it could let the tho national national na na- na- na banks issue atonal national bank b notes notes upon the thc security of g bonds At the te close of his speech General Gener l Weaver was wa presented presente with a silver pen and ana holder by B. B Clark Wheeler on behalf of the Aspen Silver Siver Club It I was 13 acco accompanied by the h hope pe that when tho recipient had bad reached the White House he be would woul sign a a free coinage biL bill He le agreed to t this |