The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-16
Of both gold and silver at the present legal


nation. (Applsuse.) We also declared
that the silver dollar, should be legal ten
der for all debts, public and private, and
that such legislation should be enacted as
Is necessary to prevent for the future the
demonstration Of any kind uf legal ten
der money.
"More than that, the platform declared
that the government should exercise the
right to redeem its coined obligations in
either gold or silver. The issue is drawn,
and we have our oh oioe in this campaign,
between an American financial policy for
the American people and an English
financial system, to be forced upon us.
(Applsuse.) Those who believe in run
ming this government on the European
plan should go and legislate with the Re-
publican party. Applause and laughter.)
"If mistake not the patriotism Of the
people, whose patriotism has never been
appealed to in vain, there can be but one
issue in this campaign, and but one re-
suit. (Applause.) II they ask us, what
about other questions, we tell them that
so long as the right Of self-government
Is in danger, there is no other question.
(Applause.) Why discuss things II we be
not powerful enough to act when we have
the power. I've not the time nor disposi-
ton to talk to you at this time, but
want to impress upon your minds two
things. want you to ask two questions
which ought to be asked over and over
again in this campaign, each time with
increased emphasis, and the two questions
are: II the gold standard is good
thing, why ought we to try to get rid of
itH and II 1t is bad thing, why should
we keep 1t until some other nation helps
us to get rid of itp' (Applause)
The visitors were then escorted to car
riage and amid the peals of bands driven
to the railway station, where they took
the train for Salem.
On the journey to Centralia there were
many ovations. At Arcola Mrs. Bryan
received the bulk of attention. AS soon
as they had been introduced, Mr. Bryan
said: Whenever come to Arcola l
travel on my wife's reputation, because
she attended school with the daughter of
your distinguished citizen, Maiden
Jones'"
At Mattoon Mr.. Bryan addressed a
great crowd of people. He said, among
other things:
"I have been taught that a public serv-
ant was but hired man chosen for a
certain length of time to do a certain
work, and that those who select him are
the only ones to judge whether or not he
is competent for the place. You can't
always tell whether man will make a
good man or not by the way he looks, but
we have good platform adopted at Chi
cago and believe that any person who will
honestly, faithfully and courageously
carry out the provisions of that platform
will make good hired man for the people
of the United States. (Applause.) Thi:
Is a campaign In which there will bt
much feeling, more feeling than has
ever been in any campaign in which yor
or have been engaged since the war
And the feeling arises on two sides. Yor
find those who believe that the flnancia
policy we advocate will be ruinous to this
country and those who believe that tht
only salvation to this country lies in the
immediate restoration Of free and un
limited coinage of gold and silver at tht
present ratio of 10 to without the con
sent of any other nation on earth. (Great
applause.)
"I believe in that platform. 1t ex
presses that policy which, is necessary t.
restore parity between money and prop
erty And in this campaign you will flnt
that those men who are peouniarily bene
flied In the rise in the value Of dollal
will favor that policy that will raise tn,
value of that dollar, but the poor peopl,
will not be in favor of such a policy
When these people tell you that they wan
good money, you tell them that none!
may be too good, 1t may be so good tina
you may pray for 1t and wish for 1t, bu
you can't get hold Of 1t. (Applause.) W.
want dollar that will be Just and not
dollar which will only reward the mel
who own money"