William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech - Populist Challenge to Corporate Power
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 36-year-old former Nebraska Representative William Jennings Bryan delivers the electrifying “Cross of Gold” speech supporting “free silver” (bimetallism) against the gold standard, concluding with the famous peroration: …
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Convention
Populist Party
Eastern banking interests
Western farmers and miners
gilded-age
campaign-finance
populism
economic-policy
bimetallism
Read more →