Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dumbest thing he ever did - tell his friends he was going to go down to Tennessee to scope out that guy heathen lawyer Darrow... :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of buzz.hausner@verizon.net Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 12:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Free Silver? Hey, Brian, I wasn't making fun of the Free Silver gang, I actually do miss Grover Cleveland! Bryan is quite another matter and gets mixed reviews based upon his participation in the Scopes trial. Buzz > > From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Date: 2004/10/01 Fri AM 11:51:53 EDT > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Free Silver? > > If you guys are going to make fun of the phrase "Free Silver" you > should at least learn enough U.S. History to know where it comes from. > > Having watched the US Presidential debates last night, I long for the > era of riveting public speakers. One of the most mesmerizing speakers > in U.S. history was William Jennings Bryan, a fervent populist. He > gave this speech to the 1896 Democratic National Convention, during > which "free silver" was THE issue of contention. > > http://douglassarchives.org/brya_a26.htm > > The history books say that Bryan got 30 minutes of standing ovation > after giving that speech. Here is a good watercolor of the era, > including a photograph of him speaking, in this page maintained by the > historical society of his home state of Nebraska: > > http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0600/stories/0601_0304.html > > > If you go to this website and select the 1896 Democratic Party platform: > http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php > you'll be able to divine what the "free silver" issue was all about. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information