Rollings 1
Shannon Rollings
Professor J. Faulkner
History 2020 - Tuesday Night
5 September 2006
The Voice of the People
Mr. William Jennings Bryan presented an astonishing speech entitled "Cross of Gold" in regards to the Democratic opinion of the gold standard. The speech was made on July 9, 1896 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Bryan attempted to reach every Democratic voter and average western citizen with this speech to convince them that bimetallism was the only good solution to the economic problems of the era. Bryan represented the common citizen who knew the hardships and burdens caused by taking refuge in the west. He spoke against the eastern states with there great prosperity in comparison to the humble western living standards claiming this was why the representative from that area were supporting the gold standard. Bryan examined many different aspects of the debate between bimetallism and the gold standard and was very persuasive with his......
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