LAD #22

Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech

One of the most famous speeches delivered was William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech. In his speech, Bryan's goal was to convince the public that the nation should incorporate both gold and silver into the monetary system; with silver's value as one sixteenth of the value of gold. Bryan stated that the government would protect the investments of people and make sure that this system was not corrupt. Bryans also stated that income tax was beneficial to the government and not supporting income tax is indirectly not supporting the government. Truly supporting the government is providing adequate support by paying taxes that will enable the government to support its people.