The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-07

system. prolonged cheers) Who brought
the Australian ballot to the American peo-
pie? Was it the corporations? Was II the
financierS? Was Ii the syndicates? No.
my friends the laboring men of this coun-
try brought the Australian ballot TO the
American people and to-day that work of
their hands is the bulwark reared for their
employees to contribute to the Republican
campaign fund, they may be able to compel
and carry banners and wear buttons. but
there is one place where the tyrrany of the
employer cannot reach 1t Is the election,
and marks as he pleases." tApplause)
business men, | want TO ask you, from
whom does Your nrosperity come DO YOU
tell me IL comes from your BANKER deny
Just as long as 1t is profitable Tor him 70 do
it. and the moment your business tails,
your banker. for the protection OF his de,
positors. must close your store ana sell
your stock at auction. You must give pros
perity to the people so that they can buy
what you have to sell. Restore prosperity
to them and then get a part OF that pros
perity yourself and you will have no trou-
bic in finding somebody who will advance
you the money you need.
You have manufacturers in this state.
ford to destroy the consuming capacity OF
those who live upon the farms You give
to the farmer q financial system that will
stop the disastrous effect of falling prices.
give them financial system that will ena-
BILE them to secure more money when they
which they receive will be expended in buy
ing the things the merchants have TO sell,
ing those things which the farmers want to
buy. tCheers.) Then. my friends, when
you establish a system which does justice
the benefits of that system spread over the
entire community and give benefits to all
the members of society, But II you re-
verse that process and adopt a plan which
my friends, yod bring distress among the
masses and that distress. rising by degrees.
things
people, 1t is the big fish swallowing zap the
little fish, and then bigger fish swallow
ing him. and then still bigger swallowing
him.
HIS LOGIC OF FALLING PRICES. z. !
The farmers suffer first, and as theytr
suffer they begin to study; the laboringr
men suffer next. and as they suffer they
begin to study; the business men suffer
next, and they suffer they begin to
study and as the fruit of that study they
come to the conclusion that until we stop
falling prices we cannot remedy the situa-
ton. And they know we cannot stop fall
ing prices until we increase the volume of
money with which the people do business
the volume of money which is the meas
ure of the property of the world And this
misery, my friends, has spread and spread
and has caught up with some of the banks
and 1 warn those who are depositors in
savings banks, l want to tell those deposit
tors that If the gold standard goes on and
the assets of the savings banks shrink in
value there will be nothing to protect the
depositors when those assets are gone
(Applause)
My opponents say that it Is undignified
for to go about over the country as
have gone, but. my friends, I remember
that they have called people undignified be-
fore. l remember that such a charge was
made against Lincoln. They thought he
lacked dignity. l remember II charge
they made against jackson. They thought
carefully. but YOU know of ali the grimes q
person can commit | would rather be UNI
dignihed than to commit any other crime
that will be laid to the door of Presidents.
(ApplauSe.)
II do not think it is undignified to go
before the American people and tell them
what l believe in and what / shall do il
elected. / believe that they have right to
know and have told them in language as
rand. l have told them that If elected. no
power should be left unemployed by me to
get rid of the gold standard and substitute
the gold and silver coinage of the Consti-
tuition. (Applause) l have told them that
if elected would have a Secretary of the
New York and receiving his commands
from Wall street. would summon the finan-
ciers before him and tell them what they
must do and make them do It, (Tremen-
dous cheering) l have told them that il
elected L would not go to the attorneys Of
trusts and corporations 10 find an Attorney
general. but that / would pick some man
who would enforce the law against big
inals. (Applause) / have told them that
would not be willing, AS an executive
Ofcer, to hire any bankers, foreign or 10
nestle, to protect the treasury OF the
United States; but on the other hand.
Guild trust to the seventy millions of peo-
pie to protect that treasury, and | believe
they are strong enough TO do 1t, even
though the financiers try TO conspire
against the Nation welfare (Aaplause.)
II have told you that | was glad we lost
some of the Democrats who have gone
from US, because, my friends. think their
going has been not for their countrys
good but for their partys good. daughter
and applause and prolonged cheerng)
/ have said that instead of mourning be-
cause the trusts and syndicates and COM
binations are against us. | have actually
rejoiced that there was not one supporting
me- because, if elected, there is not one
that can be my boss and tell me what to
do
MY friends / do not think there is any
II ing undgnified in going before The people
and telling them what L shall do if elected.
;,Lcause, when they know they can then
nave that kind of President If they want
him. and if they don't want him they do
not have to have him..
Mr. Bryan spoke forty minutes, closing
his speech abruptly at 1920 o'clock. Mayor
Taggart managed to make himself heard
long enough in the confusion that followed
to request people in the balcony to remain
seated until those on the lower floor had
eft 1t was nearly 10 o'clock before the
house entirely enptied as many peo-
pie did not know that Bryan had hurried
TO his hotel and they crowded upon the
stage, hoping to get a chance to shake
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