Iron County register., 1896-09-24
BRYAN AT HIS BEST.
The Chosen Champion of Free and
Unlimited Coinage
Addresses North CaroIina Crowd-sIight.
Iy D:shgured with Sore Throat
Hands and Ears. bat Still In the
king for EsInesauism.

GREENSBORO, \. c., Sept 17.-Al
this place Ave bands, 100 equestrians
and great crowd greeted Mr.. Bryan.
The party dined here and as soon as
the meal was over Mr.. Bryan spoke
from an elaborately-decor stand
near Washington street. He said:
have talked until my throat is sore and
shaken hands until my hands are sore. and
you yell until my ears are sore [laughterl. and
the campaign. instead of being ended, has only
fairly commenced [Cheers-l The.democratic
party has taken position, which is also the
position OF the DopuiistS and the free-silTer
republicans, against the issue OF bonds in time
( OF peace and against the trahcking with syn
dicates which save the nation at so much per
save from the extremities in which they
I themselves have placed the government for
the purpose OF saving 1t again at higher
price lLaughter.l
Our opponents go upon the theory that these
Syndicates are able to bleed the people with
out the peoples Idaowing it. instead Of stat
ing policy which they believe to be good for
the American people, they content themselves
with taking a step at time and furnish
temporary remedy for q disease which they
themselves have brought on the republic I
am reminded of a story told of doctor. The
doctor was called to visit child, and the child
grew worse, until finally its life was de-
SPARED OF. The doctor told the mother
was not worth while to punish the child with
more medicine just give it little water if il
was restless and await the final result. The
mother watched the child through the night
and thought it little stronger in the
morning. She watched 1t through the day and
instead of failing it grew better. She watched
it through another night and in the morn
ing had more hope than the night
before. The doctor came around to
find out why the child had not died
The mother PTnlaiDPd situation. The
doctor examined the child and told the mother
1t was a fact that the child was getting
stronger than when he saw it last and If it con-
tinued to improve as it had been, it would soon
be able TO take some more medicine. LGreat
laughter.l
Our opponents have been giving US bond is
sues just about as fast as they thought the
people were,able to stand them. After we had
one bond issue and the people complained they
would wait while until they thought the
patient able to stand another bond.
ILaughter.I
Mr.. Bryan then repeated what he
had said heretofore in denupciation of
the bond syndicate contract, and con-
tinui1g, said:
Our opponents are afraid if the Chicago
ticket succeeds law will not be enforced and
order VIII not be preserved That is what
they say, but that is not what they fear. They
know if the Chicago ticket is elected that the
laws viii not only be enforced against the lit
tie people who transgressed. but against the
big who conspired against the nation
tCheerS.i They say they are afraid property
will not be secure. Your property will be
more secure under our system of finance than
1t has been when men have been licensed to
Prey upon your property and eat the bread
you have earned in the sweat Of your brow.
lCheers.l
understand some Of your merchants have
brought Mexican dollars into your community
to teach the evil of free silver. IA voice:
That's right.''l No, it's wrong. lLaughter.I
It is peculiar campaign upon which we are
entering. Heretofore the merchant has been
satisfied to act as the merchant and sell his
wares 20 anybody who would buy; but in this
campaign the merchant has turned school
teacher, and is attempting to use his business
to teach object lessons in finance and insult
the intelligence and patriotism OF those who
pay money for his goods tCheers.l
They tell you if we have free silver we will
90 to the Mexican standard and dollar
then will be worth no more than the Mexican
dollar.
When a man tells you that, ask him whether
the Mexican dollar is good to pay taxes, he
will tell you no. You tell him our silver dollar
is good enough to pay taxes now and will be
good enough to pay taxes under the free COIN
age of silver. (CheerS) Ask him whether
the Mexican dollar is good enough to pay debts
and he will say You tell him our silver
dollar is now good enough to pay debts with in
the United States unless it is contra ted
against. and under free coinage it will be as
good as it is now. And better, because we eX-
pect to prevent the making of contracts here
after that will demonetize by contract what
the government does not demonetize by law.
(CheerS) J..
And let me pause to say that while it seems
that great many bankers deem it their duty
to support the gold standard. there is no rea-
son why the western and southern bankers
should be in favor of it. If our bankers in the
west and south would think for themselves,
instead of taking their opinions ready made
from bankers in New York, who import the n
from London, we would have more free silver
bankers. ICheers.l If the banker would stop
to think for a moment they would know il the
farmers could get better prices for their pro-
duce then they would have more money to de-
posit in the banks. and the money OF this coun-
try would not be drained year after year into
the laps of those abroad who hold our notes
while we pay them in deprecated products
(Cheers.)
Our opponents tell US we have plenty OF
money in this country, and yet they are the
people who rejoice whenever any money comes
from abroad. When our opponents say it Is
good to Eave money come from abroad they
admit we have not enough now. And if We have
not enough now in this country to do business
with is il not better to bring that money out
of our own mountains aEd put it into circula-
lation ana let it be our money, instead OF going
abroad and borrowing money to use which we :
have to pay back and pay interest on it while
we use it,
know not what position you may take or
other subjects, but il you are opposed to Eu-
rOpean domination in our financial affairs: IL
you are opposed to syndieates running this
government for private gain; il you are in IA
Vor of the immediate restoration of free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and liver at
the ratio OF 16 to 1 without the aid or consent
OF any other nation then let your ballots ex-
press what you think, and let no one have your
suffrage who does not stand squarely on that
platform. (CheerS.l
After leaving Greensboro there were
short stops at Burlington and Hills
boro, where Mr.. Bryan spoke very
briefly to the few hundred people
gathered about the depots. At Dur.
ham, the next stop, Mr.. Bryan spoke
from E platform at the depot