Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-18
STRONGER THAN EVER.
Mr.. Bryan Says the Free Coinage Csu'
Must Not be Abandoned.

Mr.. Bryan Says the Free Coinage Cause
Must Not be Abandoned.
Mr.. Bryan delivered, on last Satur!
day, the first formal speech that has
come from him since the recent elec-
ton. 1t was before the bimetallic
league of Lincoln, and is reported as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Fellow Citizens: /
don't know that I can make myself
heard for any length of time. My
voice, which has served me well for
several months, during which it has
been sorely tried, is worse today than
it has been at any time during the
campaign.
want to say O word for the future.
We have passed through this cam
paign and we have been defeated, and
I want you to remember this, that
there is not in this land single advo-
cate of free coinage who it not willing
to abide the decision Of the American
people without complaint. Cheers.
You do not find among the silver men
those who say, as distinguished Re-
publican in New York said: awe
may not abide by the result" You do
not find among the silver men persons
who will stand up and express doubt
as to whether the will of the American
people is supreme. Those people who
say this you find among the great cor
porate interests of this country, which
are entrenched behind the Republican
party, and who threaten not to abide
the decision of the election unless
they could continue to represent the
American people. Among the men
who called us Anarchists you find the
ones who hinted at possible means by
which the will of the people could be
defeated. I am proud that in our
ranks We had men who loved this form
of government; that no matter what
the people say, they rule and we bow
to their supremacy. But, my friends,
bowing to a decision and accepting
without complaint the result of an
election does not mean that we shall
surrender our convictions or that in
the future we shall fight with less earn
estness than we have fought in the
past. You must remember that in the
history of this nation some party has
always been defeated, and yet paroles
have not gone out of existence Lecause
of defeat.
Remember that the Democratic party
lived for many years without ever
having won a presidential election and
it lived after it won a presidential
election and then failed to get the
president elected-because it is the
opinion of Democrats of this nation
that Samuel J. Tilden was elected
president of the United States and yet
the people who supported him were
willing to abide by decision of
tribunal instituted for the purpose OF
settling that dispute. l say the Dem
ocratic party has lived through defeat
and the Republican party has lived
through defeat all parties have lived
through defeat if they had anything to
live for, and when our opponents tell
us that this defeat means the anihlla-
ton of those who believe in free silver
they take counsel of their hopes in
stead of their judgment. Great
cheering.] I believe that we have
made great progress in this campaign.
We have not made the progress which
we hoped to have made; have not
achieved the results which we expect
ed to achieve; but, my friends, the
cause of bimetallism was stronger the
day after election than it was at any
day during the campaign. l want to
say this, and your observation will
bear out my remarks, that we went
into this fight a disorganized army;
we come out of it fighting force that
has never had a superior in history.
TApplause.] Now we have passed the
stage of argument. I want to suggest
to those who are going to continue the
organization Of the clubs that they
meet at stated times, say once month
or at such times as the members Of
the club may decide, and at this meet
ing they discuss public questions.
l understand from the papers that
the chairman of the Republican ma