The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10

Columbus, Ohio, the other night Or
account of the size of his audience, Mr.
Bryan adopted n novel method of speak.
ing, talking to sections of the crowd
alternately from each of the four sides OF
the platform. Even then not more than a
tenth of the people could hear him. He
was introduced by Allen G. Thurman, son
of the ''Old Roman" who has been fight
ing for free silver in Ohio for several
years. Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: This is the
largest audience to which have ever tried
to speak. | have had occasion to talk
where the audience filled the house. but
never had occasion to talk where the au-
dience filled all outdoors. If you all vote
| us you are now shouting, l don't see how
there can be any question about the tri-
| umph of free silver in the State of Ohio.
| I'VE have entered upon n campaign
; which means much to the American peo-
pie. If our opponents speak truly when
they describe what will, in their udgment,
be the effect of free coinage, then the sue
| cess of the Chicago ticket would certainly
1 be calamity to the country. If, Oil the
other hand, we speak the truth when we
describe to you the effects of gold STAN
dard continued, then the maintenance of
the gold standard until foreign nations
come to our relief is an evil which cannot
be contemplated by those who love their
country. We have begun an unceasing
warfare against the gold standard. The
Republican party, without declaring the
gold standard is good thing, has declared
that the gold standard must be maintain
4 ed. l call your attention to the fact that
4 no party in the history of this country has
| ever in national convention commended
the gold standard. Its effects are SO bad
that no party has dared to uphold it."
| Here Mr.. Bryan went from the front of
tie platform to the side. first eXcusing
| himself to the audience in front as fol-
lows:
Excuse me for one moment, and per-
haps by making them hear me on the
other side L will be able to bring order out
of confusion. If you people here will be
as still as you are now for a little while I
will come back to you"
Mr.. Bryan then spoke from the side of
| the platform. saying:
Il desire to impress upon your minds
the fact that the enemy we are fighting in
this campaign is an enemy which has new
er gone into an open battle. The advo-
Gates of the gold standard have never
dared submit the gold standard to the
arbitrament of ballot. Every step that
has been taken has been taken by stealth
and without the approval Of the American
people.
Decentralization of Silver.
when silver was demonetized in 1873
the people had not discussed it, and per-
sons who were members of Congress and
voted upon the measure testified that they
lld not understand that the bill demonet-
lzed silver When the crime was discov-
cred, and the American people attempted
side of cold tSo onaet " r.a umtiene pace py the
forced the Bland act upon Congress as n
compromise, and as soon as the Rland act
went into force the enemies of FREQ silver
proceeded to repeal the RIand not and
left nothing in its Mace Rnt the silver
sentiment grew until 1890 and in that
year the opponents of free COINAGE he;ne
afraid of the passage of a free-coinage
bill, secured another compromise which
was known as the Sherman law
''In the support of that measure Senator
Sherman made speech, and in the course
of that speech he went ON to saw that we
required more than $40 900. 600 new mon
ey every wear TO keen mace with nonn,atin,
and industry, and he advocated Tint meas
ure on the ground that il qeve to tho moo.
pie more money. and vet In his .Rooofloo-
tions.' pubIished ,nIy a fnr,, ,,,onths -
you will find that Senator Sbnrman thar., hhsu,
says that he was in favor of the Sbormnn
law simply to prevent free coinage and
the day after If was onactod ;f ho III, ea',id
prevent the substitution of frao co;nona Ou,a
There Won will and tbn ch;af .bo Soinhfee
supporter of the gold-st.ndor rd ,,oI;o1, e.,
the United StatesSsunnortine q Hi hai
cause If gave money TO tba AS A,,.r;oo . o,,i e oe
pie and then declaring thar ba M-n,id tnr tpvo,
voted for tbe renani of tnat a. ne ne "ouiu nave
day. (Applauset 'ei' neA'
Repeal OF the Sherman Law.
They secured the repeal of the Sher-
man law, and they pretended that when
they got that out of the way they would
restore silver to its former place. There
were some who said that the trend of the
Sherman law was to that end, and that
we had to clear away the rubbish before
We're others Su,,h mho up ,;d system, ana there
free silver we would drive Enrone to III.
metallism. But those who made tb;s 49,
ment have proved that they We're ms not s;u-
cere, and that their purpose was 70 do
ceive the American people eoS Annl,uSe Mns 10 qe-
Now if you will be quiet awhile I will
talk to the people on the other side, and
come back to you later
You have been very patient. I hone
others will now do as well as you have
done. l don't know whether | can keen
track of my speeches or not. have been
trying to tell those other people some of |
if they had not been here. Now, you will |
find people who nre afraid of a flood of |
silver. There is nothing that excites nv |
more than to find a man who |
never had enough money in his life. who |
has not enough to pay his debts, and does |
not know where the money is to come |
from to buy food for the next week, and |
yet is afraid of too much money. There |
are some people who have an idea that |
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
would in some way, they know not how,
bring ruin to this country. Did you ever |
try to figure out just how n man was
going to hurt us by bringing silver here?
If not, suppose you examine the situation |
and see whether you can find any way in
which you will be injured.
EHect of E-eo c.;n
Let us suppose that you had free and
unlimited coinage OF gold and silver at the
present unlimited ratio OF l6 to 1: then
what! Mhy, any person in the world
owning silver bullion could bring that bull
aen to our mlnts and have 1t converted
;nto ;l. full legal-tender silver dollars, just
lac the ones that you use Today. Now,
now could you be injured! Suppose some
man made up ms mlnd 10 lnJure the Amer,
can people under free coinage, now would
N ne VIZ W. II; WY, ne w96iu onn axe ms slver
Il coined info dollars! then ba would toke
these dollars ont to bnrt the American
neonle with tham and how would ho 40