LAD #26: Cross of Gold Speech

 William Jennings Bryan, a democrat from Nebraska, gave the speech called the “Cross of Gold” and after this speech was given in 1896 Bryan was nominated to run as a candidate for the 1896, 1900 and 1908 elections by the democratic national convention. Bryan spoke in favor of a highly controversial topic in the United States: Bimetallism, the idea that both gold and silver should be coined instead of just gold. It would be the speech that would rocket him into the presidential nomination for the Democratic party. Bryan states that the Democrats are using this speech only to make public their position of the topic so that those who agree with their position may join them. Bryan supports the bimetallism because he supported more of the common man and the farmer who would benefit from it.