The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
Editor of the Owosso Press dumped
On- for Daring to Ask the boy
Orator. Questions.
THREE SPEECHES At DETROIT
WHERE MANY PEOPLE TURNED "
TO LOOK AT THE AGITATOR.
Supreme Court and other Vicious
Defended, and Harrison AssniIed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

1RN~NGN W.
DETROIT, Oct. 17.-W. j. Bryan, the
Popocratic candidate for President, spent
another day in Michigan talking for free
silver, denouncing gold bugs and trying
to convince the workingmen that they are
being coerced. His speeches to-day were
mainly repetitions of previous utterances,
with here and there a few words of local
application. The greatest demonstration of
the trip was in this city tonight, where
Republicans and Popocrats alike scrambled
to get a glimpse of the man who is at
tempting to cruelty the toilers of the coun-
try on a cross of silver. Three speeches
were made by the agitator here.
Owing to the Numerous accidents caused
by weakly constructed stands the Bryan
managers this morning notified local COM
mittees in various towns where the Popo-
cratic candidate is expected to speak that
the stands must be made stronger and few
er people be permitted on them. Rarely has
a day passed that Mr.. Bryan has not been
Jared by the falling of an overloaded stand.
Twice yesterday the speakers stand col
lapsed, and though no one was seriously
hurt, panics were barely averted.
After leaving Lansing this morning Mr..
Bryan made short speeches from the train
at st. Johns and Ovid. AT Owosso he went
to a stand near the station and said:
'When I was at Owosso Junction a mo-
ment ago / received by special delivery a
copy OF the OWosso Press OF oct. IA. From
special delivery stamp ] assume that it
was sent by the editor himself. The paper
contains some questions submitted to me.
AS this paper is not supporting me, / think
l am justl1ed in asking some Questions
tions, and, therefore, L will ask if the
editor of the OWosso Press is In the audi
ence."
A voice: HE was here a moment ago."
Mr. Bryan: will you let me know where
he is?'
A voice: He has gone where his cir
~culation is going"
MIR. Bryan: If he will not make himself
known will some one point him out to me %
A voice: He has gone away
Mr.. Bryan: Wen, if he is not here to
hear the answers to his questions | viii
wait until he attends a meeting and then
answer him. l am informed hat the editor
of the .Owosso Press is standing on that
blue cap. Now l will ask him a question.
Did you indorse the financial plank pre-
sented By the minority at the Chicago con
Mr.. Bryan paused. but there was no
answer. Il repeat the question: he said
You have asked me questions. You ought
to be willing to answer questions. Did You
in asin tb the minority min plank at Ghieagog,
friends" said Mr.. Bryan. Il have spent so
much time trying to find the editor of this
paper and to unmaSka man who is seeking
port the indianapolis ticket that + find !
have no time left to talk to you. I ask
you to remember that the gold standard
never fought an open fight. Those who
pretended to be afraid that free coinage
would. prevent international biInetallism,
and when they got to Indianapolis they for,
got all about International bimetaIlism and
declared for the gold standard. Then they
nominated a ticket which they did not in
tend to vote for because they were not
willing to bear the odium of voting for the
Republican ticket. ] prophesy that the ed
for Palmer and Buckner. / prophesy that
he intends to vote for the Republican can
the Republican, ommittee TO keep up a pre-
tended fight for the indianapolis ticket
AT Durand, the next stopping place. flow
ers were presented to Mrs. bryan and three
cheers given for the next lady of the
At Flint Mr.. Bryan said, in part: "One of
your bankers called a farmer into his office
and told him that if / was elected his mort
gage would be foreclosed, and the farmer
replied to him that if Mr.. Mckinley was
elected he could have the farm. but that if
I was elected he could not foreclose the
mortgage, because then he would be able
to pay the mortgage. This is a great CITY
for the manufacture of carriag es and
wagons and buggies. I want to ask those
who make wagons to think for a while and
see whether they sell their wagons to the
nnanciers or the farmers, and If they sell
their wagons to the farmers I want them
to figure out how a farmer can buy more
wagons when he gets less for his products.
want those who sci, wagons to farmers
to realize for once that their prosperity de-
Ponds on the farmers who buy wagons and
not on the financiers who charge Interest
on the money that makes wagons. If you
sell buggies / want to ask you whether you
are interested in selling more buggies than
you do now. If you are. you can only sell
more buggies when more people are able to
buy buggies. When you lessen the number
of people who can buy buggies you have
got to lessen the product of your buggy
factories, and when you make less buggies
you can employ less men making buggies,
and when YOU employ less men making
buggies your storekeepers have less people
ITO sell their goods to. My friends. we are
able to meet the arguments of our oppon-
ents, and the best evidence that they have
lost faith in their cause, that they have
lost faith in the logic of their position. in
found in the fact that. instead of submit
tig their cause to the Judgment of the peo~
pie. they have resorted to coercion and in
limitation in order to secure by force what
they cannot secure by reason"
stand from which Mr.. Bryan spoke and
several women tainted. They were lifted
up and passed to the outsi of the crowd
pie. In his speech Mr.. Bryan defended
that plank in the Popocratic platform de-
claring for the income tax by quoting from
the dissenting opinion of Justice Brown,
and said that before he could be declared
an Anarchist an anarchistic badge would
have TO be pinned on the coat of one of the
judges of the Supreme Court. After quot
Ing from the opinion Mr.. Bryan said: "dThat
1t approaches the proportions of a national
calamity. that it is fraught with immeas-
ureab,e danger to the future Of the coqn-
said..yet in the presence of this language
that II approaches the proportions of a ma
ioiAs$ w aIt lO41 Tia we III
keep silent. And who says so? The men
who ought to be paying their taxes and
supporting the government and want the
poor people of the United States to do IL
for them. Not only that, but the men who
condemn that decision are not honest
enough to tell you that they oppose our
position because they don't want to paw
their taxes. My friends. / have not hesf-
tated to express my opinion of the man who
wants this government to protect him and
does not want to pay his share TO support
that government. ] nave said that the man
who wants the. protection of this govern
ment and yet is not willing to pay his share
of the taxes does not. deserve TO live in a
man who is ~denouncing the Democratic
party because of that position you find out
whether that man is paying his share even
of your local taxes. my. friends. Show me
n man who ~ alarmed for fear the Supreme
Court is being attacked and | viii show you
a man who belongs to thar class OF citizens
who have their property assessed for taxa
ton in a less PROPORTION 10 its value than
the poor man who has TO pay his. taxes of
his home"
A voice: How about free trader"
Mr.. Bryan: Free trader Did you say
that? m~1aughter.) DO you believe in pro-
lection !?
A voice; Fl don't know"
Mr.. Bryan: @Ayeil. If you don't know, you
are a mighty good man to be at this meet
ing, my friend. But | will tell you about
the tariff question. IT the men who want
protection viii join with me In putting a
prohibitory duty on foreign financial poll
cies, ] VIII discuss the rest OF the tariff
schedule gith them. Or / Will tell YOU IL
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