The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-07
Speech at seymour.

When Seymour was reached, ABOUT ~
o'clock, Mr.. Bryan was, driven to the city
park. where he was introduced by ex-
Representative Jason b. Brown. Mr.. Bry
an said Joseph Brown was an old friend,
and spoke as follows:
1T gives me pleasure to visit here and
renew acquaintance which was formed
in Congress with your townsman, Hon.
Joseph Brown-an acquaintance which was
always u very pleasant one to me-and
glad to come to his town when | find
State which am anxious to see receive a
majority of the votes of the State. We
have always heard of Indiana. and in the
West we have always looked for the re-
turns from indiarit, and when it was dark
elsewhere we Always f,ei d. hope that when
we got to re W ~ota of e9 }he snt
has usually beef Republican. This year
the people out West are solid on the money
question, and no one doubts what the re-
suit is going to be there. (Appause.) As
the campaign progresses there seems to be
an increasing certainty that the silver sem
timent. always in the majority here is go
ing to have so large majority thai no adj
vCCates of the gold standard will ever lind
You hava many distinguished statesmen
in this State and you have some prominent
Republicans who are now telling you what
a terrible thing free coinage would be. You
have Republicans who are denying that
legislation can affect the price Of silver, or
snat the price of silver affects the price of
anything else. | want to call your atten-
ton here in indiana to a portion of a mes
when he was President, in 1890. Let me
read you what he says about the effect, of
hat this was just after the passage of the
sherman law 1t was signed by President
harrison, and. after its passage. the price
Of silver rose to $1.21 an ounce, On the LIST
IF December of that year President Harri-
son sent his message to Congress, and in
that message you viii find these words;
liver bill undoubtedly gave an upward
.endency to trade and had marked effect
t,t1t al and laSir
feet of the silver legislation was by many
arroneously attributed to the tariff act.
My friends, principles do not change
with each passing year Men may change,
but principles remain, and a truth spoken
liz years ago remains truth although
the man who spoke It may be sorry, that
he ever spoke the truth and may be deter
mined never to do so again"
BRYAN ASSAILS BYNUM.
At Columbus there was a good deal of
roise and fair crowd. Mr.. Bryan was
escorted to the stand in the center of a
vacant lot where he devoted most of his
time to Secretary Carlisle and ex-Repre-
sentative Bynum. In regard to the latter
he said:
You will remember that there was once
a member of Congress from this State
named William d. Bynu.n Let me read to
you what Mr.. Bynum said in regard to tie
sold standard in 1886. | quote from the
Congressional Record:
1t is because Of the shrnkage of val
ues as well as the detriment to labor. that
l raise my voice and utter a protest
against a crusade which has been in the
past so successfully waged in behalf of the
complete destruction Of the welfare of the
people.
My friends. we still wage this warfare
against the moneyed interests. although
NJ. Bynum has gone over to the other
the people of the West are in debt
their farms their homes ard in many in
stances their beds are mortgaged They
have been paying an exorbitant interest to
the East until they are Impoverished. The
prices of their products have fallen their
lands shrunl1 in value. until they begin to
stagger TO meet the weight of their bur len
they are energetic laborious and patriotic
During the days when the Nations body
was bleeding from a hundred wounds and
its life trembling in the balance. they
poured out their richest blood and treas
ures that it might be saved. They faced
the death dealing grape and canister upon
hundred fields that this government
might be preserved as one great indisolu-
BILE nation, and they now ask that in the
majesty of its strength and power its
great strong arm shall not be raised TO at
one blow strike them down to want and
NV friends. those farmers are in worse
condition to-day than they were when Mr.
Bvnum so eloquently pleaded their cause
and we shall still plead their cause. ] don I
care how many may turn their backs upon
them and turn oppressor instead of
leader.
ment and in that time Mr.. BRYAN told the
people assembled there that if they be-
iieved in the principles set forth in the CHI
cago platform he was entitled TO their
votes.
Franklin was the last stopping place be-
fore indianapolis, and Mr. Bryan told the
people his reasons for the DEPRECIATION in
the value Of the silver bullion in the dollar
He explained that that depreciation was
affected entirely by hostile legislation and
that under favorable legislation silver
would be as valuable as il was before de-
rnonetization. He cited the report of Sec
retary of Agriculture Rusk in 1899 to show
that SILVER rose under favorable legislation
and that the price of products rose with
silver.