The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-09
N0HFItBI,..s,,BY S[VERHES
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been nominated by the Nator,ai sis.--r
party as its Candidate iOr frcsiucnt, anu
request that you accept that hofihhaGon
lif' the same spirit fna winch II mas beeu
| rendered you
fou are Low the chosen commander
OF graiiu urliy, cUlupOseu of three grand
uiV1siuiis, wIicnls LON iisoDiAxiHS ItT Tie
purpose Oi nstiiIng III Den;liI Of huibaiity
uirNOveihber 5, ioSo, Tie most important
political batJle of this or Ol any other age;
u .t,uttio~wf,seia& Is To deterltsic wilstner
siiis iatlon shall he u province or Great
britain ant; be EON eftied ara contributed
as tiiat hation is, 10y the money barohs OF
Europe, or whether il shall be, as the
fathers intended IL to be, Tree a'id indie
pendent and sovereign nattop.
lhe people VINO Constitute that grand
army, inspired as they are by the noblcst
sentiments Of patriotisni, unGer your lead
erstilp Will, There can be TO doubt, on that
uay iift nigh their banners i triumph over
t,.e uefcaten allied hosts oi plutocrncy-
IL was 1920 O'Clock before Mr.. Grout
concluded and Mr.. Bryan began. He said:
~ MR. BRYAN'S REPLY.
Mr.. Chairman Chairman of the NOti-
ficauon Committee and Members Of that
Committee: l beg to reply at this time
without the formaity OF letter. The
platform adopted by the silver convention
Contains bat one plank, and that plank
upo, the money question, or upon the
silver question. is identical in substance
"sth thC ohNCE plsAbA Va ShiSdSo
platform.
AS have alr,ady discussed at length
that plank, and il will not lie necess ary to
enter into any extended discussion at this
time, beg to assure the committee that
accept the nomfiaiion so generously ten
dered by them on behalf of the Silver party
In the spirit In which that nomination w'ts
rendered.
Il can appreciate the feeling which ami
led fh.S,. bp ssgauItleG I'm tn.it
yeDtion. can appreciate the hesitation
in which these assembled there turnef.
their backs upon the party with which
they had been associated.
COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY
~ know something of the strength OF
parties, and because ] was In Position
where 1 looked forward 70 a Feasibility
OF like action on my part, can appreciate
the depths Of ii conviction that led them
10 place tiieintcres.s; OF their country atove
the welfare OF their party
More than year ago, when we we've
eng; gcd in the struggle 10 bring the Demo-
cratic party to an Endorsement OF free cpin-
age, the question was pat to me whether
in caseof failure / would support the Demo
cratic nonii nee II lie were Nominated III
gold stamford platform i never believed
faH su;' fc,iJn was Drohabieiu The Deu,o-
cratic party, but when those WHO ques=
ties. but ASKED gain whether in the ca se OF
that event would support The noa,,liss.
said. as you will remember, that under no
circumstances would my Vote be gwen 10
the man who would ia the executive Of
lice use his influence TO fasten the i,,hd
standard upon the American people.
APPEALS TO Ii TORY.
My CONVICTIONS upon thss subject arr,
not shallow convictions. l nay he in
error, my friends. None Of Us can claim
.infaliibiity. u But We have experience
and history 10 guide us In ogr .,.oEu.Lt
and our conscisiccs and l stand where
the members OF that silver conventions
stood. | Todid. iatEer have the approval
of my conscience than the applause OF the
entire earth. I may be in error but l
believe 'hat nE. Igoid STANDARD is a con
sriracy against the human race D
70 ~ would noso3ner join the ranks of those
whose purpose IL Is TO fasten that upon
3 the au.cIHal people than 10 enlist in an
army that was marching to attack my home
and kill my famhy l can say, therefore.
that can aNIreIia,c the spirit which ami
mated those -Shn have just rendered me
this second DbuiHaiion, and L can, there
fore. accept IT In he spirit in which they
present it. AND l pledge them that II
elected they shall never have cause for
accusing me of hcinS false to that trust.
MY friends. when i declared that I
would not support a gold standard candi-
date, | was standing upon the history OF
the Democratic party. | was defending
ais principles, It's well as the Interests of
the country at large, and when the Re-
pUblica ms who assembled in the silver con
ventiUn at st. LoIis refused To worship the
gold image which their party had set up
they were defending the history Of the
Rcpu bllca n party.
- QUOTES M'KINLEY
The Republican platform of 1855 de
nounces the Democratic administration ror
having atteupted to degrade silver. And
IA n5l, on lne. 18th day OF February in
Memorial Hall, at Toledo, Ohio on the
Lincoln Day banquet, the present cand-
date Tor President upon the Republican
ticket. used the words which | shall now
read to you. have found these words pub
listed il a Toledo paper, and they hive
been published so long without correction
that We may safely assume that he was
correctly reported IL lie shall deny the
Correctness OF this report, | shall hasten
to do him justice by retracting these words:
These are the words which he is said to
have used:
During all OF Grover Cieveland's years
at the head OF the government he was dis
GonoriDg one OF cur precious metals, one
OF our own great products, discretliting
silver and enhancing the price Of gold. He
cndeayored even before his inaugural ion
To Office to stop the coinage of silver dollars.
and afterward and to the end of his admin
istration, ,persisteDtly used his pO wer to that
end. He was determined to contract the
Circulating medium and denionetize one
OF the coins of commerce. limit the volume
or money among the people, make money
scarce, and, therefore, dear. He would
have increased the value OF money end
dmished the value of everything else
money, the master: everything else, the
servant"
THE BANKER CHAIN
my friends, do YOU think you are under
a government OF the people? want to
ask you what you think will be the result
if We get to be government by the
bankers? IL we could trust our affairs to
a New York banker we might endure i.
for time, but when you remember that
the New York banker is under control OF
the London banker. I ask you to reflect
before you submit the ,destinies of a free
people to a few financiers.
I'VE tave been told that we cannot
borrow money from abroad unless we have
a financial system that is satisfactory to
the people abroad. My friends. you let
them control your financial system and you
will never see n time when you can get
out OF the ciutchesof those who are dominat-
ing your financial policy.
Talk about arraying one class against
another. I want to ask you why 1t is
that every Democrat who is interested in
a syndicate or trust or has o salary from
a railroad corporation is arrayed against
the Democratic party. Why is il? 1t is
because the democratic party has declared
against the sissuer of bonds in time Of
peace and the trafficking with syndicates
1t is because the Democratic party is
opposed to trusts and the prices which the
trusts have iDtrusted. 1t Is because the
Democratic party believes in the control
and the regulation and the restriction of