The reason why Bryan said that people are being hung on a cross of gold was because the United States was using the Gold Standard.
What did Bryan mean by "cross of gold"?
William Jennings Bryan was a prominent Democrat who ran for president four different times.
He was a strong proponent of the sliver standard for the U.S. dollar as opposed to the gold standard and he supported this in a speech called the "Cross of Gold" where he stated that people were being hung on a cross of gold.
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