The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-29

| everything else they commence 10 Hihh'
gloomy predictions of what will happen
| if we have free coinage of silver. You
know whenever we have complained OF
existing conditions they have called us
calamity howlcrs. But, my friends, the
worst of those who have complained OF
conditions as they are, spoke words OF
praise as compared with the language
| used by our opponents when they begun
| TO tell what is going to happen IL thc
free coinage of silver comes, and one OF
the most frequent prophecies which they
make is that a panic will come from tnc
moment we have the free coinage of sil-
YER. that all people who have money VIII
lock it M and all the people who nave
mortgages will forcclose them, and that
there is going to he a period of rum ana
that language fails to express, thelf
IDEAS on the subject. They Will PROB
ably stand aghast at the picture. / want
to show you that the free coinage or
silver instead of bringing panic, viii
stop the panic that the people have been
suffering from for years. We are IN the
midst of panic now and we have Deen
in the midst of n panic. business ran,
ures have been increasing ana hafd
times have beer. becoming harder. mat
| is what the panic means, and we are IN
the midst of Il panic now, and there Is
no way to stop falling prices until we
increase the volume of the money when
measures prices.
"Now, there is one safe principle 70
20 on when you are discussing what Is
going to happen. and that principle Is
that the people are not going to 90 any
thing that is injurious to them II they
know it. You can count on sellSh III
terest always. Vixen you tell me that
men will hoard money under free coin
age tell you that know that they Will
not hoard money. because people never
hoard money when money is falling Ill
value. They do not hoard wheat when
wheat is going down. You will find
that when the price begins to fall they
begin to get rid of things ling IN
price and under free coinage there VIII
he n large amount of money come INTO
circulation. and people understand that
that means the purchasing power OF the
dollars will fall. and when that COM
mcnccS the man who oWDS the dollars
will be trying to get rid of the dollar
and get hold of something which Is
rising in its purchasing power. =.
The workingmcn of Bloomington lis
tened to Mr.. Bryan at $3.50 this morning
and gave him cordial reception. From
a stand in Franklin park. and near the
residence of Vice President Stevenson.
he talked to an audience of several
thousand people. and. after being intro
duced by the vice president. paid thar
gentleman = compliment as being one of
the democrats still tue to the traditions
of his party. He then proceeded tC
answer questions put to him by morn
ing paper and his answers apparently
satisfied the crowd.
Mr.. Stevenson said:
MY Fellow Citizens-l am per-
suaded that mortal eyes have never
beheld a grander assemblagc than this:
This is Bryan's weather. applause and
cheering.) The national democracy at
Chicago selected for the presidency II
distinguished statesman from the great
northwest. For the first tire in eur
history candidate for that high office
was chosen from . state lying west of
selecting standard bearer. build@d
wiser than it knew. (Applaus" and
cheers.) Each passing hour has but en-
lphaszed the wisdom of lis choice. ZAP
plause and cheers.l A great writer
has said: when the times demand the
man. the man appears applause and
cheers.) The times demanded a great
leader, and the great leader has ap-
peared. (Aprlause and cbeers) His
campaign is the marvel of the age. From
the Atlantic seaboard, 2O0O miles west
ward. his living words have checIed the
Respondent. given pew hopes and aspira-
tons to all people. touched the hearts of
millions of his countrymCn. (ApplausC
and cbecrs.) In Advocating his cleo
ton we have kept the faith: we have not
departed from the traditions of the
fathers; we have preserved the 'ncientt
democratic landmarks. the landmarks of
all PARTIES up to the assembling of thu
st. Louis convention. (Applausc and
cheCs.) We stand for honest money
(aprlau'p AMI ohoels), the money of The
constitution great applauSo and ch2els),
gold and silver alike as the standard
money. Fellow citizens. your Candidat,
is in your pres nncC: h-al him for his
cause. the cause of all the people | pre-
liam Jennings Bryan" Great applaus,
and cheering.(
Mr.. 81 yen said
This is the home Of the vice president
of the cloatest nation on Gods fOotstool
We who have been keepers of dcmot
rags faith love Adlai +. Stevenson. no.
only fer what he is. but VIC love him be
cause be is all we have left of the las
national democratic ticke, II ynn have
any doubt as to our osition on the
money question | want you 10 rea,
what the republican candidate said yes
terday. III said that cv,ly dollar repre-
scntng 100 cents is good r)i only anon:
our own peoplc, but wherever tIade soc :
in every market place Of the world
Now. remember what he says: Speak'n:
of the dollar he says: Ii was made b,
the republican party. but lei me say tina
while it was made by the Igpublical
party the administration of CLEVELAND
he's maintained H.
There he tells YOU that Grove
Cleveland has simply carried on, tn
policy of the republican party. and III
f,rentally tells you tina, republican SUI;
, cess means that the republican party Wi
for the four years carry out the polio
+ of Cleveland. This administered ZION ha
, issued S262. 100000 in bonds to maintai
} gold standard for three years. and MI
Mckinley praises Mr.. Cleveland TO
+ having maintained the standard. Whe
f Mr.. Mckinley says that Mr.. Clevelau
= has maintained the republican doctrin
and praises Cleveland YOU have reaso
0 to believe that if Mckinley is elected 70
will 30 on as before.
My friends, these are strange times
' You will not find in our political histor
another instance where the president ha
been thrown overheard by his parry onl
to be caught up and idolized by the OF
e posing party. Yet that is wha YOU fin
today. The only people who are recon
mcnding the tinancial policy Cf Grove
. Clevel2nd are the men who are tryin
k to olect republican president to COZ
true that policy for tour years NOR,
y Are you surprised when you find
= democratic president endorsed by n II