William was a well rounded person but one of his speeches that he is most known for is his “Cross of Gold” speech. The main focus of this speech was the push for the United States to return back to the single metallic financial standard; silver more preferable over gold. Williams preferred silver over gold because a silver standard would have accommodated for the lower class of people or people that were already in debt. The silver standard would have also benefited manufactures whose products would have been cheaper and would have applied to a mass audience including foreign customers. Even though Williams delivered a remarkable speech the Republican candidate he was running against (William McKinely) beat him in the presidential race and won presidency and proceeded to adopt the gold standard Williams later died on July 26th, 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee to
William was a well rounded person but one of his speeches that he is most known for is his “Cross of Gold” speech. The main focus of this speech was the push for the United States to return back to the single metallic financial standard; silver more preferable over gold. Williams preferred silver over gold because a silver standard would have accommodated for the lower class of people or people that were already in debt. The silver standard would have also benefited manufactures whose products would have been cheaper and would have applied to a mass audience including foreign customers. Even though Williams delivered a remarkable speech the Republican candidate he was running against (William McKinely) beat him in the presidential race and won presidency and proceeded to adopt the gold standard Williams later died on July 26th, 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee to