The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30


United States mint at double the present
price. So eager are they that / have
heard a well-fOunded rumor-'an unknown
person has heard a wen-founded rumor'-
that a friend has been found 20 aid the
free silver party by supplying campaign
literature"
That. Mr.. Bryan resumed, is the end Of
the quotation from the unknown Indian
merchant, and the cablegram adds: My
informant is man of such high CONNER
cial standing that 1 attach much impor-
tance 10 this information" There, said
Mr. Bryan, commenting in tone Of bitter
sarcasm, is correspondent who does not
sign his name. telling about man Of high
commercial standing whose name he does
not give, who quotes what leading mer-
chant says whose name is unknown, and
who says that there is a 'well-founded
rumor' that contain things that are going
to happen. naughter). That, my friends,
is the sort of arguments that are being
spread before the American people.
Why do not these men who are giving
opinions give their names so that we can
find out who the men are and what their
opinion is worth? But / am afraid that
they love darkness rather than light be-
cause their deeds are evil, and they dare
not come out In the open Eght Cap
plause) ! call attention 10 this because
we can see by it what an unsubstantial
! foundation is laid for the fears which
they attempt to excite in the breasts of
American citizens.
Let me give you another evidence of the
lack Of candor and directness that charac-
terizes our opponents. Ex-Secretary
| Fairchild is quoted in this same paper as
saying, Il do not see how we
can do anything else than put
a third ticket in the Presidential
arena, we have practically committed our
selves to such a course We want to see
the defeat Of the Chicago ticket and we
shall try to draw away as many voters as
we can from it, We feel that this defeat
may best be accomplished by a third
ticket OF course, we shall find no fault
with those of our friends who cast
straight vote for Mckinley. AS to who the
nominee will be- 1 have not the slightest
idea"
Now, there my friends" said Mr..
Bryan, "is a party that claims to be In
favor of honest money advocating the put
ting up Of a ticket not for the purpose OF
electing the ticket, not for the purpose Of
voting for the ticket but for the purpose
of electing another man whom they are
not willing to indorse in a convention.
| (Applause)
'I simply call your attention to the
methods which we have to meet in this
campaign. And 1 ask you whether these
methods characterize a political party
! that is so devoted to honesty1n everything
lars
Now, as against a party that, without
/ daring to advocate a gold standard, yet
| declares in favor of its maintenance un-
/ til other nations come to our relief, ana as
/ against another so-called party that ad-
vOcates the nominations Of a ticket not
for the purpose of electing it, but for the
| purpose Of electing another ticket, we
! present a straightforward, emphatic dec
| laration, which is so clear that one who
runs may read. We demand the imme-
| diate restoration of the free and unlmit-
ed coinage of gold and silver at the pres
ent ratio of l6 to !, without waiting for
the aid or consent of any other nation on
earth. 1 believe you have a right TO con-
| slider the frankness, the candor, with
which this position is taken, when you
come to decide which side is honestly
| striving to do that which is best for the
| American people.
! Now if the gold standard is a good thing,
the republicans ought to have declared in
! favor of its perpetual maintenance. If the
gold standard Is a good thing, then the
! United States ought to have it, and If the
! gold standard is bad thing, then no for
| eign nation should be permitted to force a
! gold standard upon the people of the
United States. (Cheers.) There is not in
that money platform of the republican
| party single ray of hope. Are you salts
/ fed with your condition? If so, then why
| do you not want to keep up a gold stand
| ard? If you are not satisfied with your
| condition are you willing to submit 10
present conditions until other people take
! pity upon US and come to our rescue? ZAP
plause)
That, my friends, is the position in which
we are placed in this campaign, no party
| depending on a gold standard and yet a
great party willing to surrender the right
of self government, willing to vest its leg
| islative powers in other lands, and let
them legislate for the United States. Hiss
es and shouts Of "never.')
/ do not believe that the American peo-
! pie will ever consent to receive their man
dates from over the ocean. "a voice with
/ a strong Hibernian accent: Johnny Bull
will never do it, Another thing, my
/ friends, our opponents do not attack one
of the strong planks in our platform. We
/ declare against the issue of bonds in time
/ of peace and against the traficking with
/ syndicates who hire themselves for a high
| price to look after our government.
| QAughter)
We denounce that policy. Does the re-
publican denounce it? No, no, not a word
/ in their platform denouncing it. If the
republican party succeeds, will it stop
/ that policy? CVofces: MOI How do you
| know it will not. 1t will not, because
every man who is interested in these syn
/ dicates, every man who profits out of the
! government e<eHltltSt IS declaring
! that the republican ticket must be elect
ed this year to save the country. Those
people would not go to the polls and try
! to elect the republican party If they
! thought that that party was going to stop
| the traficking with syndicates. Gap
| plause.)
And. yet when our opponents come be-
| fore the people, to whom do they appeal
for votes? Do any Of these republican
speakers turn to the money changers and
appeal to them to vote the republican
/ ticket? 1t is not necessary to waste time
on them They appeal to the laboring
men Of the United States. Just now their
appeal is especially to the laboring men.
They tell the laboring man that they ara
afraid that something is going to hap
/ pen to him. Naughter.)
Mr.. Bryan had spoken over an hour
when he remarked that he had intended
to talk half an hour. lie was greeted
! with shouts Of Ego on"
You must not say "go on" DO not.
| DO you not know that the New York pa
pers say that my audiences go off and
leave me. (Shouts, I'VE VIII stay here