The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-27
EN- ROUTE TO ALBANY.
An Interesting Episode in Bryan's Tin
erary Took Place at Kingston.

Hudson. n. Y, Aug. 25.-Onc of the
most interesting episodes of the New
York tour of Mr.. Bryan was crowded in
a brief half hour ut Kingston. The
Bryan party was hurried into carriages
awaiting them at the depot. and with ac-
cessorics of cannon and Il brass band
clamoring welcome salute were escort
ed through the streets past factories
whose windows framed the faces of
workingmen and women, to the city hall
The reception committee consisted OF
Hon. John ID. Cummings, Hon. j. D..
Wertz. Hon. John Lashcr, Augustus IL.
Van Buren,, Harry Smith, Frank IL.
Griffith and DIR. II. b. Maysner. Not
less than 5000 people were packed upon
the green, many of them workingmen:
Mr.. Bryan spoke to them from the
steps of the hall, where he stood under
festooned flags. He was introduced by
Mr. Cummings, and the speech which he
delivered inspired cheers after every
striking point. Mr. Bryan said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen regret very
much that time is so limited that | can
speak but moment. 1t is not necessa-
ry, however, to occupy much of your
time, because you will have an opportuni-
ty between now and election day to in
form yourselves on the issues of the cam
paign. | can not do more than greet
you today and ask you to make yourselves
familiar with the issues of the campaign
You have been kind enough to present
us with bouquet, and on the card it is
stated that the flowers are from the
workingmen. am glad to see it is from
the workingmen. When | want to speak
to workingmen | do not go to their EN-
ployers and ask them to deliver the votes
of those who work for them. (Applause.)
| have known employers in the west who
have tried to force object lessons on their
employees and have used the Mexican dol
lar as an argument. Whenever an en-
ployer tries to tell you to vote, tell him
the declaration of independence says all
men are created equal before the law,
and that you are his equal before the law
and your vote can not be bartered away.
Great applause, and cries of Hanna,
HANNAH
"Al are business men who by labor
of hand or mind contribute to the wealth
and greatness of this country, and the
ballot is given to all who may use it to
express not what some one else wants,
but what he wants himself. We have
had object lessons We have had those
who insisted that financial policy could
not be adopted and carried out in this
country without the help of foreign ma
tons. My friends, / have this PROPOSE
ton to make: Over 100000 Of peo-
pie are able to have financial policy of
their own, and do not have to hire a
syndicate of foreign or domestic capital
lists to run our government. Great APP
plause) When we speak Of the silver
question. that free and unlimited coinage
of silver is dangerous thing, we tell
them we have suffered for twenty years
from the policy and it does not take a
very good policy to be better than theirs.
Great applause)
"More than that, we give them this
evidence of sincerity: We tell them
what we want and how we are going to
get it, but they dare not tell the Ameri-
can people what they expect to do if they
are entrusted with power. Do they tell
you that gold standard is good thing?
No, because 100000 here and the
struggling masses throughout the world
would rise and denounce the statement
that the gold standard ever helped any
body except the money owners and mon
ey changers. (Applause.) They say
that bimetallism IS a good thing, if we
could only get it. More than 100 years
ago there were few people who said
that independence was n good thing, If
we could only have it, but there were
enough who not only said 1t was q good
thing hut that they cOulu nave III, ana
they gave to this people ain independent
form of government. Great applause
and cheers.)
"And there are today, if mistake not,
a vast majority of the American people
who are ready to say not only that bimet..
allism is good thing, but that. no good
thing is too good for the American peo-
pie great APPLAUSE; that the American
people are able to have what they think
is best for the people of this country
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation on earth. Great
applause.) | have no time to talk to
you, but have time to give to questions
which | would ask you to ask your op-,
ponents. / have given them before, and
tons which you can put to your oppO-
nents and drive them from the scene.
The first question if the gold standard is