To crucify gold would be, of course, connected to Pontius Pilate crucifying christ. In the same way, bryan and populists and populist minded democrats and republicans, too, thought that the American Economy was being run for the interest of those who already had property or those who already had money, those who already had banks and big industries, so theres a class divide in american politics at that time. Now we have a lot of anger about the economy. The anger wasnt focused on money the same way it was then. After all, remember then, every dollar people had in their pockets could be redeemed for a dollar in the federal treasury, first with gold. Bryan wanted that to be redeemed in silver as well, the means a lot more dollars could have been minted and coined because there was more silver in circulation than there was gold. Really a call for cheaper money, lower Interest Rates, and greater Economic Opportunity for a Small Business person, a farmer, a worker who wanted to be a Small B
Our profile of president ial candidates continues thursday night on American History tv with a look at labor leader and socialist Party President ial candidate eugene debs. He ran for office five times in the early 20th century. Thats at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time here on cspan3. Coming up this weekend on American History tv on cspan3, the life and legacy of alexander hamilton. Hamiltons argument was that the war had been a common struggle. All the states were fighting together for the liberty of all, for the whole country. So he assumed the debts of the 13 states along with the federal debt. They would all be treated as one debt. They would be paid off at the same time. Saturday evening, a little after 7 00 eastern. Author and National Review Senior Editor Richard Brookhiser on the economic achievements of alexander hamilton. And then at 10 00 on real america, the 1945 War Department film the last bomb documents the final months of the b29 super fortress air campaign against japan, inclu
Here are more of the words from William Jennings bryan from his famous cross of gold speech. They tell us the great cities are in favor of the Gold Standard. We reply great cities rest on our broad and fertile prairies, burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city of the country. They say environmentalism is good, but we cannot have it we have a Gold Standard because england has we will restore. And then new england has because the United States has. If they dare to come out in the open fields and attend the Gold Standard, the good thing, we will fight them to the utter most, standing behind us, producing masses of this nation and the world supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer the demand for Gold Standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the bow of labor this crown of thorns. You
Another day. Another Fascinating Development 20,000 massachusetts voters of the Democratic Party just as the first of this year to register unenrolled a republican. Lifelong democrat marley has been voting for democrats since 1950 and she admits even she thought about voting for republican she thought about voting for donald trump but not because you want to see trump went. Whalen says as the case with mary charles the trend might be less about feeling connected to a republican more about strategy. Thats typical boston politics. We have the cloak and dagger exciting. Another sign massachusetts is being taken so seriously ill clinton spent last night and this morning here youre looking at indio of him in west roxbury this morning he also campaigned in new bedford there. Some people to complain of the flow of voting. We did you speak with the new bedford Elections Office they tell me did not impede anyone from voting did affect people parking at that polling location weve also reached ou
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl for five taliban talibans. Kidnapping hoax, the victim of a reported va lent abduction shows up safe and sound. Police now believe the entire story was made up. The fact that weve essentially wasted all of these resources for really nothing is upsetting. Now that woman is missing again today, thursday, march 26th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a if rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. We have a disturbing twist in the investigation into the p we went to sleep with so many questions about what happened, some of those major questions have now been answered. The copilot or the first officer of this flight deliberately crashed it into the mountains. Decided to take his own lavs and the lives of 149 other people. This was revealed by a friendench prosecutor at he said the copilot want to, quote, destroy the plane. He is identified as Andr