William Jennings Bryan, a democrat from Nebraska, gave the speech called the “Cross of Gold” and after this speech was given in 1896 Bryan was nominated to run as a candidate for the 1896, 1900 and 1908 elections by the democratic national convention. Bryan believes, and shows this belief in his speech, that the “money question” is the dominant issue in America and in the election. He supports the workingman and even praises the settlers in the west for working with nature, which is just as important as the business man’s work. He also praises people like Andrew Jackson for wanting to remove power from the wealthy and return that power to the common man. He supports income tax, the coinage of silver and opposes the national bank currency. He does not want the wealthy to “crucify mankind on a cross of gold”. His speech is mostly centered around endorsing the free coinage of silver at a 16 to 1 ratio to gold. Bryan’s party was actually called the silver democrats. By listening to Bryan’s speech it is easy to tell that he is passionate about what his party is running for and the support of the common man.
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