The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-06
POPOCRACY,s BOSS AGITATOR IN
vADEs THE BADGER STATE.
He Makes Brief Speeches En- Route to
the Cream City, and Is Greeted
with Cheers for Mckinley.
BAD WEATHER At MILWAUKEE
RAIN MAKES FIZZLE OF THE Aft
ERNOoN DEMONSTRATION.
Action of the indianapolis Convcn-
ton as Bryan Views It-Features
of His Address at Night.

of His Address Mt Night.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Sept. 5.-The plat
form arranged for Mr.. Bryan to speak from
here was erected in the midst of the Ma
tional Park. comprising in extent about
ten acres of ground This park is situated
on the South Side of the city about three
miles from the heart of the town The
long distance and the lack of facilities for
transportation as well as the threatening
appearance of the weather probably pre-
vented the crowd from being as large as
1t otherwise would have been. As 1t was
the area of ground surrounding the four
sides of the platform was well hlied with
people extending far out as the voice
OF the speaker could be heard. There was
crowd variously estimated from six to
ten thousand people. Those who assembled
to listen to the speech were well dressed
and orderly, among whom were many
ladies' who braved the impending damp
ness for an opportunity to hear Mr.. Bryan
speak and catch a glimpse of the candi-
date.
The hour of 2:30 o clock. set for the speak
ing TO begin, arrived before Mr. Bryan and
his party made an appearance. 1t was fully
twenty minutes past the hour announced
before the carriage in which he rode
drove into the park. Notwithstanding the
strain which he had undergone during his
trip from the East, the exercise and effort
of speaking in the morning on the trip
from Chicago to Milwaukee, he APP
peared in good condition, consider
ing all the circumstances, and made his
address without very great effort. Mr..
Bryan was escorted to the grounds in his
carriage by squad of Milwaukee police,
who were compelled to make way to the
platform through a crowd of curious, but
good-natured people. ne was accompanied
BY Hon. e. c. Wall. of the national COM
mttee. ex-Goyernor Peck, of Wisconsin,
and W. c. Silverhorn candidate for Gov
ernor of the State BY the time Mr.. Bry-
gan to fall in gentle drops and thousand
umbrellas We're hoisted against the storm.
large number Of carriages containing
fresh arrivals appeared uponx the edge of
the crowd within hearing distance of the
speaker. At this time and before the OPEN
ing remarks had been made the courage of
some of those who came to listen failed
them and they retreated to the shelter of
save themselves from the weather. The
speech of Mr.. Bryan was abbreviated on
account of the rain, to the evident dis
appointment of the multitude.
The Afternoon Speech.
An umbrella was held over Mr.. Bryan's
head to shield him from the rain which
was failing freely Wnon ne began TO speak,
Mr.. Silverthorn introduced Mr.. Bryan to
the audience and he spoke as follows
Ladies and Gentlemen-We are engaged
in campaign in which you are interested
because the money question is of such i'm
portance that the finance classes feel they
are justified to dre2 party lines and give
their entire interest to this question. / be-
lieve that the masses Of the people are in
and look after their interests in this ques-
ton. tApplause) The Republican, plat
n hat GOLD sta ard OF
be maintained, not because it is good
thing. but because other nations will not
join with us in getting rid of it; in other
words, the Republican platform declares
that the American people must stand by
ana undergo gold standard until the CIV
lease US from our predicament. There
may be people who are afraid that this
Nation is not large enough to run itself.
Uaughter,) But want 10 say to you that
the people who lack confidence in Ameri-
can institutions are not the people who
produce the wealth of America.
If the gold standard is good, then. the
Republican party ought to pledge itself to
standard is not good enough to keep, then
1t is bad enough to get rid of. We are OPP
posed to the gold standard because it has
ruined the commerce of this country and
this country. That is why we oppose it,
and we think that any standard that gives
US rising dollar and falling prices, any
standard which makes the money owner
great and the man who produces wealth
dependent, a policy which makes money
believe that the policy is bad, and being
bad, we are opposed to submitting TO it
People will tell you that the American
dollar is better than the Mexican dollar,
because it will buy two of them. but you
dollar win buy two Mexican dollars it will
also buy two bushels OF wheat and when
three bushels of wheat. You say you want
the dollar good; how good do you want the
dollar? Do you want it so good that you
cannot get hold of 1t, my friend,
They tell you that the laboring man is
interested in the gold standard because he
wants his dollar 90 buy as much pos
sible There is something else which the
laboring man is interested in before he be-
comes interested in what the dollar will
buy. The laboring man is for the restora-
ton of silver because he knows that under
the gold standard we have hard times and
falling prices and they are hard on the
laboring These laboring men know
that until legislation makes it more profit
able to keep his money up to the required
standard that it will not keep up with the
resources of the country. They know that
and that is to restore the parity between
labor and the money which employs them.
NOV they are are afraid: some 9th Of them that
have a flood of money. If there is any
body in this audience who is afraid of
only way to relieve it is to vote the Repub-
lican ticket that will keep you from having
a flood of money tGreat applause.)
a BRYAN FALLACY.
1--WE are opposed TO a gold standard be-
cause the demand for gold has been push
ing gold up and other things down and
when we bring silver into competition with
gold that will take the strain off of gold
and will take eff of an ounce of gold that
portion of the purchasing power of the
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