Show BUBOS SPEECH HT AT mm great audience gives him welcome i I 1 THE LONG WAR FOR SILVERs SILVER recounts the history of Coina 9 from its downfall in 1873 1673 influences fluen ces used to repeal tho shernan sherman law time tor for silvies friends to stand together call for a convention la in iowa denver slay may II 11 the lion ilon ni richard charl P I 1 bland the Misso missouri url ox ex congress man opened its his colorado lecture tour in this city tonight to night an audience that filled the spacious broadway Hron dway theater I 1 greeted crested the silver liver champion who was I 1 happily introduced by senator teller with lung long continued appl ause and save gave the closest attention throughout his address the delivery of which occupied I 1 nearly two hours it was a notable fact act that fully halt half those in attendance ton dance were women 1 I have chosen tor for my subject sald mid I 1 mr bland after acknowledging hla his magnificent reception the fight of 0 twenty years in congress for the free coinage of sliver silver and the fight yet tot to come came this Is the first time I 1 havo bavo ever visited a silver mining state since this great battle began I 1 havo have no interest whatever in the states producing the precious metals and no sympathy tor for them beyond the interest and sympathy I 1 haven our common cause the losses your silver producers havo have sustained on an account of 0 the of 0 silver fire are not to be compared to the losses ot of the farmers in sils in the fall of prices of farni farms anil and the products of the soil consequent as we believe on the ot of silver mr air tiland iland prefaced his review of the twenty years battle for mixer hilver with an account t of the manner in which its was accomplished and g iolj 0 id established a as the live unit of b by y the act of while it Is evident evl dent he be said from the manner in ili which this revolution lit in our monetary system was accomplished shed th that at it wn was done in an indirect and stealthy manner yet it was the most important and tar far reaching lation on money ever enacted by our government THE VOTE 11 IN 1377 the lecturer then reviewed fully lu ly all the attempts made in Con irrean to mo nells e silver after the effects of the act of became known JIP IU sold said the free coinage bill of 1377 which wad vetoed by president hayes was voted tor for by mr carlisle of kentucky now new secretary of the treasury by mr dr foster who mho was nag secretary of the treasury under mr air Karrl sona administration mr herbert now secretary of the navy ier ir mckinley McKin loy row now governor of ohio mr OTIS mills A of 0 texas now new a senator from that state slate and mr fr Mor ilson of illinois now interstate commerce Comme commissioner the tact fact added ur mr eland that most of 0 these gentl gentlemen errion if not net all of them hive changed chanced their views upon tills this question should be attributed to the uncertainty of human opinion and tile the action of public men for surely the access necessity ty of silver restoration la 13 as meritorious it meritorious and urgent as it was then regarding the repeat repeal of the sherman sliver silver purchase law mr bland said mild impartial imparts ll history would show that this result was secured by methods n most I 1 ost reprehensible and deplorable the th moneyed power ot of this country and 1 iu u rope had sought to bring our people and their representatives into complete 6 6 6 0 subjection the vast debts throughout the country were pressed for collection and when debtors went to tho the banks to secure terms to meet their obligations joeie coolly told that it wits wasi not safe gif to tn loan money until the repeat repeal of the purchase clause of if tho the sherman net the frien friends d of gold cold insisted that the repeal ot of the purchase clause of the sherman let act would restore a confidence throughout gho u t the country invite an inflow of sold gold to our r hores and would bring universal prosperity just the reverse has haa occurred we have oli bonds to the amount of SIL 1 since the repeal lit in order to check the flow of gold bold from our shores and ana to maintain tire tho single gold standrd ard the gold have elven the people an object leason in deed ilerd one that they wilt will not forget an object lesson that lion lias been tho the best belt educator in favor of bimetallism that could have possibly taken place BATTLE OF THE 4 DARDS in ili nil all the great g r eat battles lit in Conn resa on the silver question tile the southern people while enthusiastic tor for silver have had that sympathy and enthusiasm clouded with the iha dread of force bills or federal interference with their local self elf government fortunately 1 however in the great battle battla over the Ill harce irce bill in the senate the senators of the west and the gold and silver mining batts i in their opposition to tills this rive measure asure which resulted in its final overthrow and defeat de have given assurance to the people of the south that their political reliance both bolh tor for the safety of their home government arid and their prosperity on economic questions point to the west the day has now come co her war issues cannot longer loncer dominate our politics the battle of the standards Is the greatest battle to be ought fought in this country and the world over this vart country of ours of forty tour four independent states and other vast territory with over seventy billions ot of wealth sandwith deith a population ot of over seventy millions ot of people at the rate of more than a million annually is strong enough to maintain its own monetary system to open the mints to the treo free coinage ot of gold bold and silver and thus again restore not only to ourselves but to the world the old order of things by which gold cold and silver circulated tide ida by side aiding and supporting each other in giving labor employment find effecting the exchanges of commerce ain in conclusion attention should bo be called to the tact fact that zia no president doit 0 of the onee MS 1473 hns has been a fiend of silver oliver the battle to be ba fought und avid tile all important point to gain Is to secure a president who will sign ik rl a tree free coinage colunge bill it if sent seat to him and hlll ill not use the power and patronage of ills office to prevent such ft a bill coming to him but on the contrary will recommend such ouch legisla lion it if we can once secure such a president tile the battle la IS won to tills point all our energies in tile the future must be I 1 it Is no ray my pur ose and would he out of place in a 1 I 1 lecture c or speech OT this ori ion character ica J ii how an abat b may n y be b brou brought g ab rubout td farb farther er than 11 n i to 0 c express trl 51 ilia 3 hope thai aul cj every ry truo f friend ric n 11 ot the silver 1 hilll I inake 0 a firm arte gln and aland to it I 1 that aar h t b lie a will not support taa in n fany ny manner a ri elal s t C TIO no matter liow nominated or what pa party Y P platform to r it he I 1 stands hands on oil unless j that t platform 1 L r m and candidate t give assurance of diver restoration to atlon ration |