Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-15
BRYAN DECENTRALIZATION.
Amos, u Failure at CenirSIla Last
Night.


BRYAN DEmONsrRATION.
Almost ~ Failure ~ CoutrAtia Last
Night.
CENIRALiA, l., July i4.-For some
reason tue ovation that was 10 have
been given 10 william J. Bryan hero
tonight was almost failure. scarcely
800 people all told were ut the station
wnen tue train pulled q bearing Mr..
Bryan aud his wife. A CLUB NJ Demo-
cratic voters arrived from Nashvillo
with n band about 1880; few minutes
later uuu came Ia from Fairfield, but
they added scarcely 200 people 10 the
G Og4. To make matters wofse, the
acs selected for MIR. Bryan 10 meet
the crowd was Of the city park. which
had nltosJy been engaged by William
l.. Mason, Republican candidate tot
tho United States Senate from this
state. On this account Mf. Bryan and
his friends had TO vauate before s
O'Clock. Tho big majority Of the crowd
that came to the park appeared TO be
Republicans, who had expected 10
listen 10 MT. Mason's talk There were
frequent cheers for Mckinley, ami
then tue friends VI Democracy would
shout for Bryan, AltHeld aud free
silver
BRYAN's SPEECH.
After referring pleasantly 10 hia
friends and relatives Ia the town AIR.
Bryan said In part;
1--WE are entering upon n memorable
campaign, ma the issues are being
drawn for tho contest. trust that
tho Issues involv II In this campaign
viii be cloatly undurstoodand carefully
studied.
"in this campaign believe there
will be- less Of personalities anu more Of
| principles than In any campaign which
We had In recent Year., The people
are ihilkinR Of great public questio M.
You must not expocl that any platform
viii contain all you desire. No per-
sous lnd In any platform an expires.
sion Of everything In which they
believe. Nor must you expect any
platform will be- free from some ObluC.
tionH. We select cur party, We select
our platform, not In the hope NJ some.
thing that IL absolutely Ia accord with
our opinion, but which gives tuo full
cot expression Of all uut hopes aud nt-
| uiThronf, and we take that platform
and iIin that party which, for the time
being, promises 10 give us the best OF
legislation on tho most important quea.
tious. Aud In this campaign Il IL con-
csded on all sides that the greatest aud
most important issue Ia tue money
| question. IL matters not whether you
believe In the restoration OF silver or 10
n gold standard. You must admit that
the settlement " the money question IL
Of tho hut and greatest Importance.
When that Ia done, other things can DO
considered. On the money question the
two great parties have taken positions
| directly opposite each other. Four
years ago the positions taken by the
Republican and Democratic parties on
tie muLoy question were Identical. The
Republican party said, 'fhs American
people from tradition aud interest are
| in favor OF bimotaliam,' and the Demo.
cratic party saidi 'Wu hold to the use
| ui both gold and silver o. the standard
money oftho country, aud the coinage
OF both gold ami silver, without dis.
elimination againsl either metal.'
"rhus you teo that both parties de-
| claIod In favor Of gold and SILVER as the
monty oi the country -Four years have
| pascal since these platforms were writ
ten, anu these four years have been
years Of momentuus events, aud ~ this
campaign approached, tho two great
parties aligned themselves upon this
great question. The Republican party
Mt ~. Louis declared the gold standard
should ue maintained until II could bo
changed by international agreement.
Note the language. That platform
does not say that the gold standard In
u good thing, because the platform
| pledges the party 10 get lid Of the gold
standard aud substitute for II some.
1 IA a.
| But Il assumes that this better subsli.
iutp cannot be received until the
world shall help. Long ana contin.
ued applause. Thu Democratic party
mot IN Chicago AMI IL adopted Mat.
form which IL IN direct opposition 10
the platform adopted at st. Louis. The
81. Louis platform declared that the
gold standard should be maintained
until II could bO changed by inlernA.
tional agreement, until something olse
could be done. The Democratic party
declared itself unalterably opposed In
n single gold standard. Applause. |
Aud more than that, the Republican
platform did not promise you
any complete monetary system. Tho
Democratic party outlined what ID do
sired TO have done. II declared Ia favor
| Of the immediate restoration Of the
| ftee and unlimited COlnaRe VI both gold
aud silver ut the present legal ratio OF
10 10 [applautel without waiting for
the aiu or o0useu, Of any other nation.
| [Applsuse, We also declared lhHt this
silver d0lial should be legal tender for
all debts, public and private, aud that
such legislation should DO enacted az Is
necessary 10 prevent for the future the
uemonotzatl0n Of any Kind OF legal
tender money. More Than that, the
platform declared that the government
should exercise the right to redeem its
coined ALLEGATIONS In either gold or oil.
yer. Tue issue il drawn, ana We have
OUT choice In this campaign between an
| American financial system tor the
| American people and au English Il nan.
oial system " bH forced upon us, [Ap.
| plause. Those EhO believe in RAINING
this goSurnment on the European plpn
should 10 Rud legislato with the r..
| publican party"
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