Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-09-23
RRyAN,s MARCH TO THE EAST.


non to day, waiting for the coming OF
the three time nominee. MIR. Bryan was
introduced by Judge Sample OF the ap
pelate court. who announced that ne
had always been a republican hlmselI
until this year. Mr.. Bryan said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: appreciate
the fact that this meeting is presided
over by one who until this campaign
has been a republican. l also appree
ate the fact that while our opponents
may say of me, that / am young ana
lacking iu public experience, they can
not bring that charge against mem
Der OF the appellate court, whose Judg-
ment and heart have led him to espouse
the cause Of the people. am glad
that from day to day we are HnulHs
recruits to our cause from those whose
position in public life raises them above
the Islander Of those who apply 'he
name of anarchist or disturber OF the
public peace to those who raise thelr
hands against the .encroachments OF
syndieates and corporations. A few
months ago was in your midst, then
as a private citizen, simply represent
ing a cause which was near to my heart.
and when | told you that my brand OF
democracy was different from the brand
which was being presented by the ad
ministration, your city was advertised
| by those who tried to make it appear
| that was not democrat. Ny friends,
| those of YOU, who were here know that
| [ not only did not declare myself, not
a democrat. but that have always de-
clared myself a better democrat than
any man who sought to undo what JET
ferson and Jackson did for the Amerl-
can people.
| Since we met here last March the re-
publican party met in national eonven-
ton at st. Louis and did what no par
ltv in this nation ever did before, sol
emnfy declared that the financial policy
of this country should depend. not up
on what the American people desired,
but upon what foreign nations IN their
compassion would allow the American
Ipeople to have. The republican plat
form does not say that the gold stand
ard is a good thing. 1t il substance
declares that double standard is bet
ter than the single gold standard, be-
cause that platform pledges the repub-
lican party to getrid of the gold stand
ard and substitute the bimetallic prln-
ciple. When? Not when our people
need it, not when our people desire 1t
but as soon as the leading commercial
nations of the world will join with vi
in doing it. I ask you, my friends, tt
study that platform wen, because ".
NAV fairly assume that q man elected
upon d platform Will carry OUT !liis
Dlatform, When does the republican
platform say we slaii uase IN H., 10 :,
1t does not state the tlihe. now iops
does it say that we must maintain tn
gold standard? For one year? doe
not limit to year or ioui YEARS ~
l.. F. Nnc
my friends, SO faf as tiiat piatiolln soes
it declares that whether tne Aineiloa, "a,
people like the golo stanuaIa OF no no'
whethef5they suler rom ~ y. - a;S nGS, W.
must MAINTAIN IL forever - ~. -.
tions insist upon our seeIng ~ a.,
willing TO suplnit 1ne quee''on W '''
American people.
f IN KENTUCKY.
r T,oTIsyrIJE. September 14.-The aC
+ + vent of the Bryan party into Kentuck
: nos a ~ e,thnsiastic one the extrem,
g M a,,la IF Henderson, brought OF
80 +en thousand inhabitants of ths
c;fy and horrowed nearly half as mau
,,,oro from the surrounding towns IT
.irootr were blocked from the depot t
. 1he stand erected in the, pahlic squar
NJ. Prvan made two speeches. one fro
80 ,itv mark and the other from
S.and ERECTED in one of the broad stree
~ eitv southern enthusiasm W,
si,own;n tne greatest degree, and evel
ono of the vast audiences wanted
shake hands with the man whom the
..,iIa6 the next president. A the pal
NJ Rrvan said.
s.I,ad;~s and Gentlemen: | did u
come to Kentucky to preach a ne
oosnal. came to defend the principl
(which have been democratic since Il
time that Jefferson organized the del
ocratjc party. There is not word
tho Chicago platform that is undem
cratic. There is not a sentence the
that would have been inconsistent wi
- tho teachings of the fathers of the del
ocratic narty. and when men tell y
that thew are standing on the tr
n ldemecracv and got off of the Chica
u, Iatform Won can tell them that tn
ero tryino TO palyanize republican pr
cinles with q. democratic name. L
advocstes of cold standard have ma
+he money Question the paramount O
MT. hacansa thav have ATTEMPTED to fast
nr nr' nno,, the American people forei
ry. 6ponciai system Instead of doing
ey. onanlv and boldly. thew are doing
nppdar the nretense that thew are wa
mo for International bimetallism.
this camnaign the republican ticI
r. will be successful or the ticket MOI
Y, mated at Chicago will be successf
Every electoral vote cast by every sti
will be cast for one of these ticket 7
republican platform declares in fay
of the international bimetaIIsm,
nv when f. does so it copfesses that |
GOLD standard is not a good thing. {
onnonents present no financial syste
I'VE state what we want a
thow we expect to get it, a
. when we expect to get it. We ask
lsiiver simply the same privilege VIII
tgold has now. We want the free &C
= age of silver. We now have the f
Ic0inage of cold. We intend that
silver dollar shall be Just what it is
iday. with one exception and that is.
~ ~ y No on.y r+ieular !, ind Of money hos.
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