Show BRILLIANT MILWAUKEE RECEPTION Continued from Page 1 Conuc fom 1 the Mexican mint she would mont mon-t l parity We believe we are able to do it taklnsr into consideration tilt demand now existing We C3 never tell until we try and ou op ptaiente will never know beaus they will the only nation w never try We are noton who offer any place by which you can deUjinine it because we offer t try the free coinage of silver and we give roa the reasons for believing it will b successful Remember this the I goId standard ha never taken Q step in the light The gold standard has I i nover fought a battle in the open field and It i not fighting one this year I When the Demo ic convention m t I the gold standard advocates brought in a minority report I Why will you allow the presidents o trusts and attorneys for trusts t I decide whether trusts are a good thing I for the American people Voice We wont do it I want to ask you if the I sal business man who has been driven not out of business by trusts ha I AS GOOD A RIGHT to judge what is good for himself a great corporations who have the business busi-ness in their hand and want t keep It there Applause When syndicates syndi-cates try t run this government i is not only the right but the dirty of the people t d fed their homes and fire Hides against their invasions All weak we-ak is f that this government shall g back to the oldfashioned doctrine which rests upon t equality of all before the law The success of the Ch2o Mrkei i not dantrercus to any non who wonts to eat the bread tar he earns I is dangerous only to the maT 0 ante to eat the bread that somebody else earns Applause Bet the Chicago convention the sil ver sentiment had grown amazingly in this state but since the Chicago convention con-vention i has grown even more rapidly I AM NOT AFRAID r discuss the silver question berore any community where they have pro crossed sufficiently in intellectual development de-velopment to know that you cant keep both ends of a teeterboard up at once Laughter Whenever I strike a community that thinks they can I crudy tat tinl te c close my valise and go home But if they know that when one end is up the other is down then I can make a silver speech Now it i just so with I money and property Whenever money goes up property go ° s down That is so simple a proposition that anybody who has and wants it to money wat i t g up can understand the advantage of a gold standard Laughter Why didnt they demonetize gold instead of silver There are two reasons In the first place there is a larger portion of gold used in the arts and therefore s less proportion available for coinage Another tint at that time the supply of silver was increasing and therefore there-fore by demonetizing silver they would have gold a the only money thait could replenish the currency of the world and the supply a not sufficient suf-ficient to keep pace with the demand for money so that dollars must rein re-in u They did not declare fo a gold standard but declared1 they were afraid the free coinage of silver by tills country alone would prevent international in-ternational bimetallism towards which all the efforts of the country shall be dIrected But the majority ruled at Chicago Then what Then their leading lead-ing men at Chicago organized another convention and what did they do Did they adopt the platform they tried to get adopted at Chicago Oh no I When they got down to IndiAnapolis TPTT7TV TTTWPyW OFF TTTF ASK and del rein favor of the gold standard What does that mean 1 It means the attempt at Chicago to commit meaa15 le aitmUt cm mit the Democracy to international bimetallism bi-metallism was a fraud and a deception practiced upon the party Great applause ap-plause And the fact that those men who tried to get hoc sort of a platform plat-form at Chicago and failed went down to Indianapolis and then adopted a gold standard platform is a confession thai won they acted at Chicago th < nr purpose was to deceive the American people Appleuse l We are willing to fight the Republican Repub-lican party O anybody who opposes our position and will come out and so state but when a party as at Indianapolis Indian-apolis puts up one man for the purpose pur-pose of electing another we declare there Is no more honesty in their desire f for International bimetallism than there is in their political methods I t Great applause The convention atI Indianapolis was held in the interest of I Republican success and i they had the S courage which ought to follow conviction convic-tion they would have endorsed McKin lyy for whom they expect to vote THE EVENING SPEECH Tr Bryans speech at Schlitz park tonight a the most sensational Mr Bryan has delivered during the campaign cam-paign I was devoted almost eniirelv to the MvcriiNtenl Load Issu and teemed with Implication of the administration I admin-istration and themembers of the bond j t syndicate He did not mention any names but i was evident whom he meant In his denunciatory speech I A heavy rain spoiled the afternoon spec for half of those who attended the Bryan meeting a National park I About 5000 people composed the audience audi-ence and large segments of them broke and ran when the rain became a S downpour The others 3000 or s held I f their ground and r uncomfortable I ground at ta and would not let the t i candidate cut his remarks short a he i I sail he wanted to do despite the fact J > r tat skIn nearly everybody was dnnched toII II I i Mr Bryan this evening addressed an i i audience at Schlltz pal In spite of the coolness of the night six or seven thousand people had gathered and listened tened to his speeches both inside and t outside the theatre building otide teat buidig in the y > pak Le Mr Bryan w warmly greeted his f utterances on the bond question especially es-pecially being cheered t the echo When he first eQ appeared it seemed We frt appad as though Quiet would not 0 restored reo As soon as order was secured Mr Bry a began hIs remarks He said in part paTH PLATFORM I believe in the Chicago platform nott because I stand upon it I believe in it because it prsnt doctrines which I believed in before the wlc belcyed bfore they were written In the platform great applause s plause and I have reasons for the faith which Is In me I Is true of every platform that it embraces a large number of subjects g because at all times the government > covers various questions but it is also true that In an election there is generally ao gen-erally one issue which rL cs abuve all other issues and which more than ohe iue whic than amy F other or all others i I oter O a other engrosses the j 1 I thoughts of the people and in selecting select-ing the party which the citizen will 1 r support in any campaign the citizen takes a paramount issue that thing m which he thinks is more important than other things and by that paramount para-mount Issue he determines his lce allegiance allegi-ance In this campaign we have suffered suf-fered some desertions Why Because out platform departing from what ha S sometimes been the custom has been S straight clear and emphatic on the te m leading questions Applause I is easy to hold the members o the party i together If your plattform means noth inS and the people are willing t sub I Si S mit t platforms which may meanS I mean-S anything or nothing according to construction con-struction But when a party takes a firm position o any great question it must expect that they who do not b I S lieve with the party will feel justified in leaving the party provided they can find somewhere else an expression of their ideas I say it must be expected But my frlenSs we have reached a time when decided action is necessary I This money question which today I overshadows all other questions here i t the confusion was renewed has been I j thrust upon th American people notS s much by the advocates of free coinage I coin-age a by the opponents of free coinage coin-age Applause What ha brought it to the attention of the American people AS soon as the last campaign clossd Ii the moneyed interests o tfiiJs countrY I known made a combined attack upon what i as asH LAW They demanded the repeal of the purchasing I chasing case of the Sherman low and they based their attack upon the pluitform of the DemccrainG party in I 1X32 but lead of taking that pot I form a a whcte they packed out apart I a-part of a sentence and insisted upon I enforcing a port oti the platform while ignoring the rest of the platform Applause Ap-plause The Democratic platform denounced de-nounced the Sherman law as a moke nounce te mae siiift What Is a makeshift Why it 1 a temporary expedient It is a thing used until some better thing can be secured And the very plank in the platform that declared in favor of the repeal of the makeshift asserted they would hod to the use of gold and s ver 3 the standard money of the country and not oniy that but that platform added The coinage of bcch gold and salver without discrimination against either metal o charge for mintage There were certain qualifying qualify-ing words which followed but those qualifying words did not destroy the declaration of the Democratic party I fo the coinage of gold and silver upon equal terms And yet the money interests I in-terests of this country combined to attack at-tack the Sherman law and secure its repeal and leave nothing in its place to furnish the money which the people need They said that nw tat GOLD WAS GOING ABROAD and If they repealed the Sherman law tha gold would stop going abroad After Af-ter a struggle which ha seldom been equaled they succeeded in repealing the Sherman law without conditions And then tvaat Did gold stop going abroad No gold went abroad faster than b fore And then what Then they b gals to issue bonds to get enough gold t furnish to those who wanted it to send i abroad or wanted it to put lie away In their vaults or wanted to make an excuse for the issue of mOTel mOTe-l no Applause They issued 530000000 of bonds and then 50000000 more of bonds And then the administration entered into what i known a the Rothschild contract con-tract Let me dwell just one moment upon that contract I coil your attention at-tention to the fact that while that contract was made by a Democratic administrationv i was supported by ail Uhe < leading members elf the Republican Republi-can party Applause And more than that the Republican party in convention con-vention assembled did not denounce OT criticise that ROTHSCHILD CONTRACT Why Because the men who wrote the Republican platform have always justi fled the presidents conduct Now I want to say to you that in my humble judgment that contract wa the most infamous contract that was ever entered enter-ed into by this nation Applause That contract at an enormous price employed certain financiers in New York and London to do what To look after the treasury and protect it I want you to remember my friends tat if this nation is dependent on the I good will cr one banking firm in New I York and one banking fn in London I that the very moanerC you confess it you put it In the power of those two firms to charge whatever they please I I fcl good will towards this government Great applause I I aisert that seventy millions of people I peo-ple in majesty and strength have a gov i I I eminent which cannot only live without the aid of these syndicates but can live in spite of anything they may do Great applause I am not surprised sur-prised that members of that syndicate are opposed to the Democratic party Applause I am not surprised at al becauie the Democratic party believes that this government can get along without them And mere than that the Democratic party believes that if they image that they can injure this government gov-ernment and dare to try i the Democratic Demo-cratic part believes that they ought to be treated Ice any other conspirator Great aiplanss which drowned the rest of the sentence I I I CICERO ONCE SAID I to his son Dont go into the retail business busi-ness Laughter The retail business S is a small and vulgar business Go into the wholesale businessthat is a re sppotable business Laughter My friends thit1 doctrine seems to be applied to those who would injure the i I government I a man attempts to do i the government a small injury he is a contemptible man who ought to be i punished But If he attempts to do the i i government great injury he goes into the wholesale business and it becomes j I respectable and the government nego j 1 tiates with him at his1 price Applause When our constitution was based upon I the theory that all men were created equal and stood equal before the law S there was no provision in there making an exception in behalf of any financiers and asserting that they were at asprlng greater S than anybody else I warn you fellow citizens against i entertaining an opinon of government which our opponents seem t entertain i I warn you against conceding that the good will of any less than a majority of S the American people is to be purchased by this government Applause I To say that anything less than a majority has a right to run this country coun-try is to abandon the theory upon which our government is founded Now we may differ as to what kind of financial legislation is best but I I THERE IS ONE RULE upon which we must agree I we be S lieve that our people are capable of selfgovernment and that institu selfgverment our iniu tions deserve to be continued and perpetuated I per-petuated there is one question upon which we must agree and that is that S the American people acting through their constitution and laws are the only I 1 power to determine what is good for the American people and what the I i American people should have in the I way of legislation I tfall your attention to the Rothschild contract Do Ttan you know why that contract was entered into There was a reason given and the only reasonable one I dont mean asonaMe to those who believe in bimetallism but reasonable enough to those who believe in a gold standard to i prevent i Why they said when the government sold bonds at home the people went to the treasury and drew out a large part of the gold to pay for j I the bonds and therefore that they I I would try selling them abroad to see 1 if they could not get rid of the necessity j 1 of furnishing the gold that they were j I 1 buying Now think what can be done II under the present law I believe if our I people understand what is possible aye more what Is an actual fact under the i te present financial system and Its present pres-ent administration that they would rise i I in unanimous revolt against that rse 1 icy Let me show you what has been done Suppose the government decides to issue fifty millions of bonds to buy gold Suppose you want to buy bonds You go to the secretary of the treasury and he says he treasur say HAS SOME BONDS TO SELL I and you hand him in a thousand dollars in greenbacks or treasury note dolar says he cannot accept these for the bonds acceP I bnds i 1 You say why not Are net these Kreenibacks and treasury notes good Yes for most things but these bonds are sold to get gold therefore we must demand gold for the bonds You say all right Mr Secretary I you will sy not give me bonds fO these treasury notes taur nate I will deposit them and demand their redemption in gold The rezpo i Te secretary says I i I yes all right that i whet we are here for laughter and he hands Ota I Ot-a thousand dollars i gold and you IEa to htm do I understand that you I have some bonds fo sale for which you wont gold He says yes Well you say Mr Secretary here is the te gold now give me the bonds Great applause Do you believe that Ispos S sable I il possible under the present I law Do you believe anyone woud dO i it Yes they have don it When j they issued the first fifty millions of bonds the amount of gold drawn out during the time between the publication publica-tion of the notice and the Issue o the bonds W something like 5108000000 In cthar words to the extent o the money withdrawn for the purpose of buying the bonds the government simply sim-ply loaded itself down with interest and had not a single dollar more of gold which It was trying to purchase App U When they issued THE NEXT FIFTY MILLIONS another large amount of gold was withdrawn to pay for the bonds and then they made the Rothechilds con tract They simply enlarged the circle a Kttle and before the time was up during which this syndicate had agreed t protect the treasury before that time was the tm up bonds which had been sent to Europe at one dollar four and a half cents to bring gold from Europe had been sold back into the New York market for more than one i di40ar and twenty cent and that gold was taken back to Europe again Applause Ap-plause This is financiering as she is taught in New York Laughter Now my friends they issued the next one hundred millions and I want to I call your attention to that issue I was first suggested that they were going to Issue the bonds at private sale pivb re and a syndicate was fed for the purpose o purchasing these bonds and I it was stated in the papers at the time I tfcat the syndicate would give about one dollar and five cents for the bonds but finally it was decided to issue the II bonds a public auction and the head oi mat s y nai c ate whIch had startea o mat 5 < 1catl had s1td out t buy bonds ait a dollar and five cents within a few minutes of the time tme for opening the bEds handed In a bid for a dollar and ten cents and a fraction frac-tion raising the bid bout < five mij Lon dollars on one hundred millions of bandS What does it mean It means that these financiers when they thought they had the government at their mercy were willing t let it have gold at a dollar and five cents and yet when others came in and offered l to bid THEY mUSED THEIR BID more than five millions of dollars What does it mean I means these people who pose a guardians of the public credit and national honor would have bled the taxpayers of this country coun-try five million dollars OD a single transaction if they had been permitted permit-ted to do it Great applause And then they did not excite the Indignation Indigna-tion of those who stand In official position po-sition Applause Not only did they not excite the indignation but the very man who stood at the head of the syndicate who attempted to beat the people of the United States out of five millions o dollars was the honored guest at a banquet at vihich an official Of-ficial of the treasury wus the chief guest Applause Now my friends If we believe in the principles upon which this govern niSnit Is founded if we believe inequality equality before the law 1 then I assert that we cannot treat the man who wants to beat the people out of five million dollars with more consideration the n we do him who tries to b at the people out o one hundred dollars Great applause Now when is this thing going to end They tell us i is necessary to maintain the honor of the country My friends I may be in error but I believe that the honor of tfaEs nation can be better maintained by Intrusting lila affairs to the custody of seventy millions of people than by bnrgaininc its candidate1 to 3 handful of financiers Great and long con tinned applause The Republican party does not protest against this I Kina1 1 aamansiirauoTi nf in < too i CI 5iuon ureuiiuiy I department the Democratic party does protest against i and what is the result Every man wiho has been profiling out of the extremities of the I government and i5 using the instru mentafoties of the government I FOR PUBLIC PLUNDER I bus left GUI party to find a congenial i home Great applause There is i only one way to stop this constant 1 issue of bonds and that is to return to the principles of bimetallism and allow the government to use the option to I redeem its coin otbtiigatLons in either gold or silver Our opponents tell up that if we will retire the greenbacks and treasury treas-ury notes that then this drain upon the treasury will stop We ask them how it will stop Why tiaey say then the banks will Issue paper money and they will assume the obligation of fur lushintg whatever gold is needed for export There is aTvays one thing that has bothered me I these baKer are m earnest In their desire to relieve the treasury department of the burden of furnishing gold for export they dont need to change the law All they need I I to do is to put the sign upon the front door We stand ready to help the treasury by furnishing gold Applause j Ap-plause These financiers have since come to I II I the conclusion that amcrther issue of I I I bonds before the eteelfon would have I disastrous consequences and therefore there-fore they are trying to bolster the treasury Great applause up unti alter election is past But what is going to be the result when the election is over Why the gold they now furnish in exchange for government notes and greenbacks can b withdrawn the next DAY AFTER ELECTION by the presentation of greenbacks and treasury notes and having blinded the people during the election they will i bleed them for another four years un i tu there is another election Applause S I want to call your attention to the I I I I fact that the retirement of the greenbacks green-backs and treasury notes will nor remedy I rem-edy this condition Suppose you wipe I out all the greenbacks and treasury notes and have the banks furnish the I gold Have they not the rlgtnit under the law to furnish either gold or silver I a now And if the banks refuse to 1 furnish gold without charging a premium pre-mium would not you have the same conditions which you have now Do you believe that the banks would always I I ways furnish the money which the poo j I pie wanted when they presented notes I I the greenback is good enough to stand behind the bank note It is good enough to stand out in the open with oufc any bank note in front of it But suppose you wipe out the greenbacks green-backs and treasury notes Then what I venture the assertion that the very people who today that the say government ernment cannot keep ever dollar as good as every other dollar excepting by redeeming all greenbacks and treasury ury notes in gold if gold is demanded these very people if greenbacks and treasury notes were taken out of the way will insist that THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT keep every dollar a > good as every other dollar unless it stands ready to j redeem every silver dollar and silver certificate in gold if gold is demanded And if they do that you start another endless chain They talk about the endles chain now that you ca r deem a greenback and reIssue the greenback and it can be brought again for redemption My friends i an the fault of the greenback or treasury notes I is the fault of the confusion placed upon the law and the admi I tro tive policy that surrenders to the note holder the right that the government I itself should exercise to choose the i coin of payment Applause We must either have two kinds of money which are equal in legal tender and can be I used by the government at Ito option or we must have only one I we are going to have two kinds of legal tender money which the people can use to I pay the debts they owe the government govern-ment this money must be used by the I I government when it goes to pay what i owes to other people I If5 the silver dollar is good enough to pay the taxes due from the citizens to the government It ought to be good I enough to pay what the government I awe to the bond holder or to any other creditor Applause Sometimes when we ask for the restoration of silver they tell us that according to the law the silver dollar Is a legal tender equally with gold unless you contract against it I reply to them if the silver dollar I stands good on the same footing aa the gold dollar then the government ought to use the silver dollar instead of I taxing the people for issuing two hun 1 dred millions of bonds issued to buy i gold Applause I i And If the silver does not stand upon an equality with the gold dollar ten one single moment should not pass un t we have placed the silver dollar on the plause same footing as the gold dollar Ap1 Mr Bryan spent the night at the I I residence of E C < Wall national com mitteeman from Wisconsin whose I i guest he will be tomorrow whoe |