The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-01

Ripley, n. Y, August 31.-The Bryan
party stopped at Prospect Park, in Chau-
tauqua, and in response to the calls of
the people gathered there he made IL few
appropriate remarks devoid of political
flavor.
From Chautauqua the trip on the lake
was continued to Mayville. The balcony
of the Mayvlle Hotel had been decorated
with flags and from it Mr.. Bryan made II
short speech as follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: / think that
this campaign is what may he called an
ideal one in this respect, that people are
discussing principles and are making
their party conform to their ideas,
whereas sometimes people make their
ideas conform to their party. Whenever
we look upon party rs means of wor-
ship, when we suppress our own con-
sciences and ignore the results arrived mt
by our own judgment in order to stand
in with the party, think we do ourselves
an injustice and ignore our obligations as
cltlzens Another thing, | do not be
lleve you can so well help your party rs
to punish it when it goes wrong
Thomas Jefferson said that free gov
eminent is found in jealousy and not in
confidence. You show me Il people who
are so confident that their leaders will do
right that they do not pay any attention
to their leaders and | will show YOU n
people whose leaders will ignore the in
terests OF the people, who will look out
for themselves. You show me people
having not so much confidence, who are
jealous of their liberties, are watchful of
their public servants and careful to ex
anime the policy proposed by various par
ties, ana | Will show you a people who
VIII have self government and good gov
crnment by deserving it.
I'm this campaign the parties come be-
fore you with the issues, with the parties
outlining what they believe, and there is
one great question which overshadows all
other questions-the money question
The Republican party does not say that
the gold standard is good thing, but
SIMPLY states that we must maintain it
until other nations help us secure some
thing which that platform pledges the
Republican party To aid and secure
namely, bimetallism.
After the Republican party had de-
clared for the maintenance of the gold
standard until other nations should come
TO our relief, the Democratic party de-
ciared its unalterable opposition to a sin
gle standard and declared in favor of an
immediate restoration of the free and nm
limited coinage of gold and silver mt the
present legal ratio, lG To |, without wait
ing Tor the aid or consent of any other
nation.
Now that makes an issue The Dem
ocratic party says that bimetallism is de-
sirable and if it is desirable mt all. il i
desirable right now | believe that if i
not only good thing do have, but that
nothing that is good can come too soon
for the American people. The platform
not only says that bmetalism is n good
thing, but that we ought to have bimet-
allism right now.
Hou have just as much right to deter.
mine how the money question affects Won
as any other person, and if the people
who find it peculiarly advantageous to
have the Government negotiate with
them, selling bonds to them Mt high
prices, have rights at the same time. the
people who are burdened to pay those
ponus nave right by their votes to pro-
test against the continuation of that sys.
TEN. You are familiar in this country
with the old expression of making bricks
without straw. | want to say to Won
that no system, no policy, of the Govern
ment that has been conceived by the mind
of man Is so well calculated to make the
tolllng masses make bricks without straw
as the gold standard is, and ] want to
suggest to you that the man who goes to
the inanciers and syndicatcs and expects
to secure their aid in the restoration of
any policy that is good for the Ameri-
can people goes on II fools tramp"
The Bryan party drove sixteen miles
through handsome graEe. growing
country from Mayvillc to the village of
Ripley on Lake Erie.
After dinner procession was formed,
headed by band, and marched to Il grove
where the annual picnic of the Knights
of Maccabees was in progress. The pop
ulation of Ripley is ,000 but =, 500 coun-
try people were assembled under the
trees.
Mr. Bryan spoke to them for half an
hour, incidentally paying attention to
the situation in New York State and urc-
ing Democrats who desired the endorse
ment of the Chicago platform by the
State convention to send instructed dele
gates. Leroy NJ. Stringman, chief of the
Maccabees, who introduced Mr.. BRYAN. is
n Republican editor and explained that
while many did not agree with the prin-
ciples of the candidate they were anxious
to hear him.
After the speech reception was held
at the depot and then the party departed
for Cleveland, the train being loaded
down with offerings of fruit and flowers.
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