The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22
BRYAN AGREES WITH HANNA
That the American Flag Should Float
on October 81.

Sydney. o., Oct. 19-About the grand
stand in the park at Lima several thou
sand people gathered to hear the nominee
and they gave demonstrative evidences OF
approval. 1t was crush, and the com
mittee of arrangements were elthcr
pOwcrless to protect the party from the
crowd or too much interested in shaking
the hands of the presidential nominee To
attend to the business for which they
were appointed.
In his speech Mr.. Bryan quoted the
letter of Mark Hanna. calling on the pco-
pie who intended to vote the republican
ticket to hang the American flag from
their windows on October 81.
His reference to this was:
II want to call your attention to some
thing that appeared in yesterday morn
ings paper. | find that the 'epublican
national chairman has issued letter to
the American people, in which he says;
The American flag has been in the pres
cnt campaign the emblem or insignia for
national honor. Its influence has been
for good in the cause of great people
Its display, in many cases, has been
potent in the advancement of the coull-
try'S battle for maintenance of its honor
ut home and abroad. |, therefore, sug,-
gest, that on Saturday, October 81, all
who intend to vote on November 3 for
the preservation of our national honor,
for sound money and the advancement
of our peoples interests and general
prosperity, display the national colorS at
their homes, their places of business or
wherever they may be seen. in order that
voters whose hearts are for their coull-
try may be strengthened in their purpose
and those who are undetermined may be
the more periodically and intelligently
able to conclude how best to do their
duty
MY friends, this is the first time |
know of that | have ever agreed with
the chairman of the republican commit
tee, but | want to sign my name to his
letter and ask all those who believe in
the ideas set forth there to display the
flag on October 81, because there is not
Il thing ir. that letter but wha: we advo-
Gates of fee silver endorse. Now. note
what he says, that he wants the flag
displayed by all those who, Oh the 3rd
of November, intend to vote for the pres
crvation of our national honor. We adj
vocates of free silver believe that only
by having a financial policy made by the
American people, for the American pco-
pie can you support the honor of the
United States He wants those to dis
play the flag who are for sound money.
We who believe in the money of the con-
Stitution are for Il sounder money than
those who want to change our currency
into pounds, shillngs and pence. We
who believe in basis for our financial
transactions sufficiently broad for those
transactions to rest upon believe i'll Il
sounder financial system than those who
advocate Il gold standard and Il financial
system based upon gold alone when you
can not get the gold to furnish your
foundation. We not only believe in
sound money. but we tell you what we
mean by sound money and do not play
the hypocritc by talking about sound
money and then refusing to explain what
the term means. He wants those who
are going to vote for the advancement
of our peoples interest and general pros
perity to display the flag. My friends,
we believe that the free coinage of sill
yer at 16 to |. without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation on
earth means the advancement of the
interests of the people and of general
prosperity and, therefore. we can join
with these men in displaying the Amcri-
can flag and let it be known to the coun-
try that we are standing by the flag and
that we are not asking foreign nations
what that flag shall mean. | join in the
caltSe everything that is asked for in that
letter we believe in. and. therefore, we
have us much right to display the flag
on that day as any republican has, and
we believe we have Il good deal more
right to do this in this campaign. | join
in the letter for another reason, | don't
want them to mark the advocates of
free silver for slaughter on that day. |
do not want employers to 90 about
throughout the country and find who has
II flag in his window and then threaten
to discharge any man who does not say
he is going to vote the republican ticket.
My friends. if coercion is going to be at
tempted. for heavens sake let it not be
attempted by using the great flag as Il
means of pointing out the men to be
threatened. If they want to find out
who shall he slaughtered. let them take
some other emblem than the nations en-
bcm. under which to to do their
ncfarious work. There is another
reason why | join in that request. |
want some flags to float on that day
which do not mean n government by syn
dicatcs and for syndicatcs. | want
some flags to float on that day that do
not stand for the right of a coal trust to
send representative to every tireside and
collect tribute from every family in the
land. | want some flags to float on this
day that do not stand for the opinions
of those who say that if the majority of
the people will decide for Il certain way
in this campaign they do not know
whether they will submit to the de-
ciSion or not. | want some flags to
float on that day which have behind
them the honest sentiment of the Ameri-
can people. of people who intend to at
tend to their own business and do not
intend to be bought or bribed into sup
port of foreign financial policies. Cap
plauSe and checrS) So. my friends,
want TO ask all advocates of silver t
bring out their flags on that day. | want
| them to put it into their homes and il
! their places of business. and, if need be
| to carry it upon the streets. and let oul
opponents know that we do not intenC
to surrender that insignia and emblem
into the hands of the enemies of the pco
pie of this country Great applauSeD
AS enthusiastic an audience as Mr.
Bryan has addressed for some tim,
was ut Waponeka, when the special trail
pulled into that place. The houses il
the vicinity of the City hotel in from
of which the speakers stand was erected
We're decorated with flags and bunting
and pictures of the candidate AS sool
rs Mr.. Bryan was seen emerging from
the car the crowd cheered him wildly
His speech was punctuated Throughout
with applause and cheers and his nd
mirers continually expressed their AZ
prevail of his ideas. He spoke on tn
same lines as he had used often before