The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-09
BALLOON DOLLAR.
This Is the Gold Dollar Says
Mr. Bryan.
Tt Keeps GOing Up, Leaves the
Farmer Looking Up.
WANTS TO BUY MONEY.
The Farmer Wants His Grain
to Bring Money.
Bryan at Cedar Rapids, Mar
shalltown, Other Iowa Points.

Cedar Rapids. Ia. Oct. 9.-This place
was reached shortly after o. clock yes
terday by the Bryan party and the l0-
cal committee escorted MI Bryan ana
his party in carriages to the baseball
park near the outskirts of the city MI
Bryan said. We are engaged in very
important campaign and we declared
i'm our platform that money was the
paramount issue. We were willing to
fight the campaign on that issue The
three parties which agreed on my nom
inaUOn made the money question of
first imp 9rtance and our OppoueIt is viii
cOncede that the settlement of the mon
ETY. question all others overtops and yet
our opponents not satisfied TO fight the
battle on the money question have at
tempted to bring in other issues. They
have even gone so tar as to declare that
IN expressing a desire for an income
tex we We're not showing proper re-
spect for the supreme court which de-
clared the last income tax law uncon-
stitutlonal We believe we have a
tax. we believe we have right to ez-
press a hope that future court viii
undo what the present court has done
II the Tree coinage OI silver lS going
to double the value Of the money own
er's metal then we are going to have
100 cent dollars. and If we are going to
70 the mine owner Now which side are
they going TO take If anybody is
afraid that this land is going to be used
for a dumping ground let me remove
ground near Lincoln. Neb.. and I ind
there is room on that five acres for all
the silver in the world am going TO
oueH II as q dumping ground if they
want to bring silver over and dump it
there have tried to use it to raise
corn on and if can not make more
money by using it for a dumping
ground than have made raising corn
on it. I am going to give it away"
AT Belle PLANE Mr.. Bryan was again
reminded OF his opponent by the cheers
rrf r1aTe
q crowd of farmers gathered about the
train when that station was reached.
The enthusiasm, however. was on his
side and the cheers for Mckinley served
as q stimulus to the admirers of Mr.
Bryan for further effort in the line He
said in part-
The farmer knows something about
the gold standard When they tell him
the eastern fnancier wants a dollar
that viii buy a great deal of grain. the
farmer replies that ne would like to
have the wheat. corn and oats buy a
great deal of money. Now whenever
a dollar VIII buy great deal ii simply
nlea rs that property sells for little and
as the dollar goes up, prices must come
down.
"A short stop was made at Tama City
and Mr. Bryan spoke a moment to the
crowd which assembled there. it being
one Of his regular platform speeches.
erns 70 which Mr. Bryan's car was att
tached. arrived in NIarshaItovvn at 7.2O.
making an average of 81 miles an hour
including two ten minute stops
Alr- Bryan made two speeches here.
the first in a large tent and the other
in the Odeau theater- The big crowds
and the enthusiasm were very marked
In the first speech he spoke briefly. re-
viewing his principal arguments
against the gold standard and covering
practically the same ground as in his
day talks In the course Of his address
ct the theater he said.
81 believe that you have met as mem
bers of the silver clubs of the state of
Iowa. and i desire to speak to you very
briefly as members of those clubs. We
have to depend largely on clubs to
carry this election. / think the club is
Of more Importance in this campaign
than it has been of recent years The
silver clubs must be large on our side
TO offset the other clubs.
Today we are in the presence of the
INVASION, not of foreign enemy. but of
a foreign policy 1t is invading our
shores and appeal to YOU TO enlist for
one day. This gold standard. which is
Worshipped by those who dare not pro-
claim the god which they worship. the
gold standard which is secretly adj
vanced at every possible moment. this
gold standard is today threat enfng- the
American people
1t was 10 o'clock when Mr. BRYAN
concluded and he was then conducted
tired for the night. Shortly after I
o'clock the party left for Sioux City.
WHICH M'KINLEY ASKS BRYAN
The Mckinley Who Favored Silver or
the Mckinley Of Today.
E7,rrlf-,--e,-, GOT @ II, 41,, r..++-..- $500