This orator & Nebraska representative opposed the gold standard & urged the free coinage of silver
In a message to Congress on January 28, 1895, President Cleveland 
pointed .... and it urged that the gains would exceed all disadvantages if state 
banks were .... "We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver ...," the 
platform... [DOC] [TLE] Gardner Interpretive Essay [PDF] - Voices of Democracy - University ... [PAR] America's past and its republican principles, as he urged support for the .... 
declamation and oratorical contests.29 His early public speaking received ...