It is kept in the State Library, open at the spot which
contains the Compact made on board the Mayflower--the first
written Constitution in history. Many visitors gaze upon
it every year. Few of them look upon it without a trembling
of the lip and a gathering of mist in the eye. I am told
that it is not uncommon that strong men weep when they behold
it.
CHAPTER XXII
SILVER AND BIMETALLISM
I was compelled, by the state of my health, to be absent
from the country in the campaign which preceded the Presidential
election of 1896, except for the last week or two. But, of
course, I took a very deep interest indeed in the campaign.
Mr. Bryan's theories, and those of his followers in many parts
of the country, had thoroughly alarmed the business men of
the Northern and Eastern States. But in the new States of
the Northwest, especially in those that contained silver mines,
a large majority of the people, without distinction of party,
had become converts to the doctrine that the United States
should coin silver at a ratio compared to gold of sixteen
to one, and make the silver so coined legal tender in the
payment of all debts, public and private.
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