The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE
MADE TWO SPEECHES IN LIN
COLIN YESTERDAY.
THERE WILL Be NO PROSPERITY.
Says Republicans Will Have to Reverse
the Laws of Nature to Bring Pros
perity Under Gold Standard.
His Voice Failed.

the opening guns of the political cam
paign of 1900.
Mr. Bryan this afternoon talked TO al
audience at the Funcke theater, com
; posed of 1850 members of the Mary Bry
an club lades). Mr.. and Mrs. Bryal
reached the theater shortly before
o'clock, in their carriage, and were escort
ed to their place of honor on the stage
President Mrs. William Mooring o.
the Mary Bryan club introduced the de
feated candidate.
The pronunciation of the ex-candidatc's
name was the signal for continued ap
plause from forest of gloved hands.
Mr.. Bryan smlingy acknowledged the
ovation, and when quiet was restored
he said:
Mrs. Chairman and Ladies-A.llow me
to thank you in behalf of myself and
wife for the interest you have taken in
the recent campaign and still further for
the kind reception rendered lis upon our
return from Washington
Mr.. Bryan then explained that the all-
dience was perforce limited to actual
members of the Mary Bryan club because
of the seating capacity of the house. He
was personally glad to talk to believers
in the gold standard and had frequently
had to disagree politically with his old
est and best friends. He believed now,
as always, that every man, woman and
| child had the inherent right of free eX-
preston of political belief and he had
no ill-will for any one who differed from
| him.
| I'VE initiate what we admire" said the
| speaker. "A child's, life tells what the
mans life will be. | am glad to see the
wives and mothers at last deeply and
| fully interested in the present issues of
the day. And if there is one thing |
should wish to impress upon their minds,
it is this, that a government like ours,
deriving its power through and by the
people, should be founded upon this one
principle: Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none
THE common people-the masses
those who are sometimes slightingly al
luded to as the 'riff-raff' Qaughter), are
the very people who fail to profit by spe-
cial legislation. We do not mean to say
that perfect equality can ever exist
among people. for that. my friends, de-
ponds largely upon character, energy,
frugality and those distinguishing traits
in human beings which tend by natural
agencies to raise one man above the head
of another. But what | do mean is that
the common people, every man of them,
shall enjoy the same legal privileges as
those of greater financial power That
is why we enjoy our form of government,
because there is justice to he had as be-
tween man and man when the right law
makers are elected to represent the in
tcrests of the people Now i'll this last
campaign | advocated the restoration of
bimetallism When see the great money
classes combine together to make money
dearer, | know it is because they mean
to profit by it and not because they love
the people, and when l find that these
are the ones who desire to continue the
same system under which we have fal-
len upon in these hard times, | want to
do all in my power to Illustrate their de-
signs.
Even my enemies have not overdOne
my physical endurance and | want to say
that my efforts for free coinage compared
with those of the people, the common
people of the country. If experience
teaches us that our opponents are right
we shall be able to enjoy success in their
victory and its fruits, but if on the con-
trary, they fail and we are left to prove
them in the wrong we shall at least con-
right one and shall ask them to join us
honestly.
I'm conclusion, allow me to thank you
most heartily for the courtesy extended
to my wife and myself. 1t will be for
ever one of the brightest moments of our
lives, and | earnestly hope that these la
dies who are interested in questions of
government and who worked so faith
fully throughout this campaign will not
now drop their studies, but will continue
to gain and support practical politics.
The closing sentences Of Mr.. Bryan's
speech were well nigh inaudble, his
voice failing him utterly at the end. In
this connection he said laughingly that
he was glad it had not given out during
the campaign.
AIr Bryan tonight delivered brief
address to the Travelling Mems Bryan
Club. the veterans ana Bryan Home
Guards ut Funcke opera house. and later
spoke Il few minutes at an overflow meet
practically failed him at the afternoon
meeting. and he had not sufficiently re-
gained the use of his vocal chord to
speak long. He was accorded Il warm
welcome and spoke very briefly and in
general terms of the necessity of carry
ing on the work of free silver education
and of maintaining their various organi-
cations.
The first demonstration this evening
came when Governor Holcomb and suite
entered the left proscenium box. There
were wild yells for Holcomb. But when
Mr.. Bryan was seen threading his way
through the ranks of the Bryan Home
Guards. cheers went up which almost
shook the chandeliers and disclosed
very lively bimetalic sentiment.
Mr.. Bryan said: