The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22

national calamity, that it is fraught
with unreasonable danger to the future
of the country, that is what your repuD-c
lican Judge said, yet in the presence OF
this language, that it approaches the
promotions of a national CALAMITY, we
are fold that we must keep silent And
who saws so? The men who ought to be
having their taxes and supporting the
government and who want the poor peo-
nle of the United States to do it for them.
Not only that. but the men who condemn
that decision are not honest enough TO
fell YOU that they oppose our position pc
cause they don't want to pay taxes. My
friends, | have not hesitated to express
my opinion of the man who wants inns
government to protect him ana does not
want to pay his share to support that
government. | have said that the man
who wants the protection of government
and vet is not willing to pay his share or
the taxes does not deserve to live IN
government like this. When you md
man who is denouncing the party be-
cause of that position, you lind out
whether that man is paying his share
even of your local taxes, my friends.
Shw me a man who is alarmed for fear
the supreme court is being ATTACKED ana
| will show you man who belongs 10
that class of citizens who have their
property assessed for taxation in less
proportion to its value than the poor man
who has to pay his taxes on his home.
Cheers and applause.)
A Voice-How about free trade!
Mr.. Bryan-Free trade? Did you say
that? .Uaughter) Do you believe In
protection?
The Voice. don't know.
Mr.. Bryan-Well, if you don't know
you are a mighty good man to be at TINS
meeting, my friend. But | will tell you
about the tariff question. If the men VINO
want protection will join with me IN put
ting prohibitory duty on foreign imam
cial policies, will discuss the rest OF the
applause) Or will tell you if they are
not willing to do that, I will wait until
after they settle the money question by
International agreement and then we will
submit the tariff question to International
agreement. Great applause.) In this
campaign democratic free trader and
tariff reformer like John G. Carlisle car
help elect n republican like Mr.. McKin
ley, and when that is possible in them
the protectionists and tariff reformers
who believe in free silver can unite and
settle the money question and we will set
tie the tariff question afterwards.
"NOw, my friends, if you want relief
you have got to elect IA
A Voice-Wm. j. Bryan, that is what
we are going to do.
'Of course you will do that, my friends
| was not meaning to express any doubts
on that subject. But | say that if yor
want financial relief you have got to see
to it that the three branches of the gov
eminent join in the demand for it, and
not do as we have done in the past, some
he, hrnn N
other, but never have all three at once
BRYAN HITS THE ROAD AGAIN
Owosso Depot, Mich, Oct. 17.-After 6
nights rest w. j. Bryan awoke thi.
morning refreshed and in good condition
to continue his record breaking triI
through Michigan. He said he was com
pletely rested, and in order to prove hi:
statement, started in with his speech max
ing at s O'Clock at st. Johns. His voice
was in good condition, as he expressed it
and he was ready to do another day:
work. such as yesterday, and throwing
in half a dozen more addresses for goOt
measure. Before the car in which Mr.
Bryan rode last night reached Lansing
the nominee had made sixteen speeches
The newspaper men could not keep tracl
of him in the great crowds at Lansing
and not until at last, when he got into the
sleeper and it pulled out of the station
was it known how many speeches he hat
made.
Shortly after Mr.. Bryan had returned
from the platform and Justin Whiting
was speaking. the speakers stand wen
down with sixty people on it. Yesterda!
at Albion the platform from which thu
candidate was addressing the audience
collapsed. Fortunately no one was in
jured at either place and the result wa:
that this morning John w. TomlinsoI
wired the national committee to urge thu
local committees to use more care in thu
building of speakers stands.
The first stop this morning was at st
Johns. where, for twenty-five minutes
Mr. Bryan spoke to large crowd of en-
thusiastic admirers.
At Ovid a three-minute talk was made
from the rear platform, and the people