The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-22


who produce the wealth of this country TO
procure fair share of that wealth after
they produce ii. If burglar enters your
| house and YOU call up your family TO help
you catch him and put him out it is Tot
fair for the burglar to object because YOU
are arrayng your household against him
So it is not fair when they are trying to
fasten gold standard on this people, the
effect of which is to drive down the price
of what you produce in order 20 drive
up the value of somebody else's money, it
i is not fair TO say we are arraying c!ass
against Glass;
Virginia was invaded by the Bryan party
at Emporia and there the nominee told
the people he was to meet the citizens of
the state in which his father was born. AT
Petersburg the public square was filled by an
expectant audience. Mr.. Bryan spoke
about five minutes saying in part: 1.-The
Democratic party has written its platform.
The Democratic voters in convention as
sembled had a right to write the platform
and any man who did not like the platform
can get out of the party and call himself
i something else"
Bryan at Richmond
Bryans reception at the Auditorium in
Richmond tonight was enthusiastic The
Auditorium was packed to the doors and
from floor to gallery when the Democratic
nominee arrived there at S:45. Ten minutes
elapsed before the cheering that followed
MT. Brya0S entrance CedSeu anu lucIS
was another outburst when he was pre-
scented by Senator Daniel. There was much
disorder during Mr. BryanS delivery, but
he managed to make himself heard 20 hearly
everybody. On the conclusion of the Audi
forum speech he addressed great thronS
from the balcony of the Jefferson hotel,
where he is stopping. His speech here was
short and on the general lines pursued by
him in his other speeches. At the Audi
forum speech Mr.. Bryan said:
II am not here as a campaigner. l am
simply passing through the state because
| would never have come to Virginia with
any thought that my presence here was
necessary to secure the electoral vote of
this state. / am the nominee of three con-
ventions, but do not appeal to the vote
of any man on the ground that l am
nominated by his party. l have higher
claim to your Suffrages than party ties can
give me. 1 appeal to you as the only can
didate to the presidency who believes That
the American people can have n financial
policy of their own. If there is man
who respects party regularity he cannot
complain of the manner Of my nomination.
The Democratic convention which met at
Chicago represented the voters Of the Dem
ocratic party more truly, more completely
than any convention which has been held
in recent years.
81 do not ask a single Democrat to work
for my election, if in his heart he believes
TO me party is but means to the cnd.
And l shall not feel unkndly toward any
Democrat who honestly and conScientiously
puts his country above his party and votes
against me if he believes that the pt Icy
for which l stand would bring injury to
| our common country. But, my friends,
want the man who leaves the Democratic
party to find his reason in his head or his
heart, and not in his pocketbook. How can
you tell whether man is honest when he
tells you that the election of the Chicago
ticket would injure this country? l will
give you a way to tell. Any man who
thinks that my election would njure this
country can prove it in just one way and
| that is by voting for the Republican candi-
date to make sure of my defeat. Don't
tell us that your conscience would permit
you to vote the Democratic ticket and then
vote for a boiling ticket"
eve are engaged in great struggle, one
| of the greatest struggles in which the peo-
| pie of this country were ever engaged i'll
a time of peace. 1t is Il struggle between
| Democracy on the one side and plutocracy
on the other, and there is no middle ground
for any man to stand upon. They who are
not for are against us We would have
more respect for them than if they were
honest enough to go where they bell &.
Now, as l have said, we appeal to no man
to go contrar. to his judgment and con
science. But / want to warn you who are
contemplating desertiOn from the Demo
cratic party at this time, that the man VINO,
in the face of such an enemy, either goes
to the rear or is found in secret conference
with the enemy, is a traitor upon whom the
brand shall be placed and he shall not come
back again. Those assistant Republicans
whose hearts aIc willing, but whose flesh
is weak, may as well understand now that
the contest with which we are engaged is
not contest for this year alone. | believe
we shall win now. But, whether win
,nf hnu n n re
againc+ the gold standard which shall con-
.--,ue until the gold standard is driven from
orr shores, back to England. We have
been opposed to the importation of crlm-
nails and paupers from abroad and we shall
oppose the importation of Il financial sys-
tenn which is crimina. End which makes
paupers wherever it goes
eve are in favor of the Immediate restor
alton of the free and unlimited coinage or
both gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation. We are
in favor Of it because bimetalism is needed
% give to the people a sufficient volume of
| standard money to keep pace with the popu-
| lation and business The treasury reports
| show a shrinkage of more than one hundred
| and fifty million dollars in the currency of
| the people within the last two years The
| Republican party does not propose any plan
| by which the volume Of currency shall be
replenished from time to time as the people
E, need money. They simply desire the people
f, to turn over our financial system to few
! syndicates who can profit by the extremi-
ties of the government-extremities which
| those syndicates have done more to create
| than any other cause
Another Plot.
Madrid, Sept. 22.-Advices from Ma
Mia in the Philippine islands, report
the discovery of fresh plot to SUI
|, T.,
headquarters and to murder Capt
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