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SILVER MUST BE THE SLOGAN.
BRYAN WILL NOT ALLOW M'KIN-
LEY TO DODGE THE ISSUE.

ciaI system for the English Aris-
tocracy. says Mr. Bryan-The Plat
forms of the Two Parties This
Year and Four Years Ago Com
pared.
Centrala, H.. July L-Hon. VIM. J.
Bryan arrived here this evening. and aft
er dinner there was q meeting at the
city haH park. where Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
held a reception. The town was fun OF
republicans In attendance on senatorial
district convention.
The reception in city hall park was not
yet concluded before there arose many
cries for Mr.. Bryan. and ia response the
candidate mounted an improvised stand.
He made an address strongly reminiscent
in passion and vigor OF his famous speech
in Chicago last Thursday.
lie said; Ladies' and gentlemen: L
did not come 10 make a speech. The cam
paign is hardly opened yet. but coming
back to Marion county 70 see to some
business which had TO be attended TO be-
fore / returned TO my Nebraska home.
was glad to accept an Invitation to spend
two or three hours with my relatives in
this city, and while here to meet again the
citizens whom have met before. We
are entering upon memorable campaign,
and the issues are being drawn for the
contest. The two parties described as the
two great parties or the two leading par
ties. have already made their platforms.
ana have already named their candidates
for President and Vice President, and in
a short time the campaign will be opened
fully and you will be making up your
minds as to which platform. and as 10
which ticket you VIII support.
81 trust the issues involved IN this cam
pnIwU will he clearly nnQnrat00n and
fully studied Parties are not made 20
be worshiped, they are merely the instru-
ments by which we serve our country.
People are not made OF parties, but par
ties are made of the people, and parties
can only claim the support of the people
when these parties are efficient instru-
ments I'm the hands of the people for ac-
eompllshing good. And those who are
called upon 10 vote have the right to con-
slider the platform utterances and the
policies advocated by the various parties,
as well as the candidates who are nOmi-
mated.
In this campaign I believe there viii
be less OF personalities and more Of prin-
ciple than In any campaign which we
have seen In recent years The people
have before them two great public ques-
tions. We must not expect that any plat
| form will contain all you desire. No
| thinking person finds In any platform an
| expression Of everything which he be-
! heves, nor must you expect that any
| platform viii be free from some objection.
g.
| FORM not IN the hope Of finding some
| thing which IL absolutely In accord with
| our opinion, but we take that
/ platform which for the time
| being promises to US the best legislation
on the most important question. And In
| this campaign II is decided by all Sides
| that the most important issue Is the mon
ey question. II matters not whether YOU
believe in the restoration Of silver or the
gold standard, you must admit that the
settlement Of the money question Is Of the
first and greatest Importance, one that
when settled leaves nothing else TO be con-
sdered. on the money question the two
great parties have taken positions di-
rectly opposite to each other. -Four years
ago the positions taken by the republican
and democratic parties were almost iden-
tical. The republican party said the Amer
lean people are IN favor Of bimetalism,
and the democratic party were holding to
the use of gold and silver as a standard
money for the country, and to the coinage
| of both for money. Thus you see, that
both parties declared in favor OF gold and
| silver as the money of our country. Four
| years have passed since that platform
was written, and these four years have
been full Of momentous happenings. but
| great parties lined themselves up for
| the fray. Upon this question
the party at st. Louis declared for the
| maintenance Of the gold standard but
| that platform does not say that the gold
standard Is a good thing, because that
| platform pledged the party to get rid OF
the gold standard, but declared that this
change cannot be made except by inter-
| national agreement and until the leading
| nations OF the world should consent.
THE democratic party met at Chicago
and adopted a platform which is In di-
| rect opposition to the ST. Louis platform.
| The st. Louis convention declared for the
| maintenance Of the gold standard until
| something else could be done in the near
| future. But more than that, the republi-
can platform did not promise any COM
| plete monetary system. The democratic
| party outlined what it desired to have
! done, and declared that the silver dollar
| should be a ul legal tender or all debts,
! public and private, and that such legis-
/ lation should be enacted as is necessary
/ age Of silver and gold az
! the present legal ratio of IS
| to 1 without waiting for the aid OF
/ any other nation We also declared that
! the silver dollar should be full legal ten-
/ der for all debts, public and private, ana
| such legislation should be enacted as to
! prevent future decentralization Of any le-
/ gal money. The platform declared that
! the government should exercise the right
| to redeem its obligations in either gold or
| silver.
1.-THE issue is drawn and we have our
/ choice In this campaign between an Amer
ican financial system for the American
/ people and an English financial system for
| the English aristOcracy If / mistake not
| the patriotism Of the people, who have
never been appealed to in vain, there can
be but one issue in this campaign and but
one result.
"Tf they ask us what about other oues-
tions we tell them that so long as the
right of self government Is in danger there
is no other question. But / want to inn
press upon your minds two things. / want
to ask two questions. They are questions
that will be asked over and over again in
this campaign They are questions we will
be asked with ever increasing emphasis
These two questions are these: If the gold
standard is a good thing why should we
try to get rid Of 1t, and if the gold stand
ard is a bad thing why should we wait un-
til some other nations are willing to help
US let go?'
I'VE care not upon what issue they force
the fight. We are prepared to meet them
upon either issue or both.
II thank you, friends and fellow citi-
zens for the interest. which you have man
ifested and for the compliment which
you have paid TO us by your assemblage
here to-day. / can but beg OF you that
you win remember your duty as citizens.
We who stand upon the platform adopted
at Chicago do not come to you as suppli-
cants to beg for yOar votes. Your votes
are your own, and no man IS asked to do