The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-25
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that an honest dollar is a dollar that loses
nothing by melting? (Applauseo Mex
lean dollar is worth about 80 cents in our
money. An American dollar will buy about
two Mexican dollars and also about two
bushels of wheat at the same time. zap
plause.) There was a time when an Amer
lean dollar would only buy one Mexican
dollar and then an American dollar would
only buy one bushel of wheat. If the time
ever comes when an American dollar will
buy three Mexican dollars then it will buy
three bushels of wheat. You can make dol
question is how dear do you want them to
be? (Applause.) Our opponents want them
so dear that man who has not dollars
lars can buy great deal with them. Gap
plause)
This is a manufacturing city. You man
ufacture sewing machines here. My friends,
let me ask you how you are going to in
crease the output of your sewing machine
factories? Are you going to make it so
that only few people can afford sewing
machines or do you want the people so
machine? Under the gold standard the few
people may have sewing machines and the
masses mas Of the people cannot I understand
much worried for fear their employees will
only get 50-cent dollars. They need not be
worried. II they have as much love for
have now. even if free coinage meant
5o-cent dollars: they could pay their la
them from any harm done them. Gap
plause.) You say they won't do it? If they
to-. why do you believe them when they
tell you they're losing sleep at night now
for fear you will hurt yourself? (Applause)
Employers don't pay wages because they
like to: they pay wages because they have
to. and when there is a greater demand
for labor there will be a better price paid
to labor than there will be when two men
are looking for the same job. (Applause)
The gold standard destroys the opportunity
work half time. because there is nobody
able to sell his crops for enough to pay
taxes and interest"
In closing Mr.. Bryan said: ''If YOU want
relief you have got chance to get it by
saying so at your ballot box, because if
by the suffrages of my countrymen. 1 am
elected President of the United States Zap
plause and cries of You will be.O I shall
lose no time in doing what I can to drive
its place substitute the gold and silver
coinage of the Constitution and open the
minis to the, free and unlimited coinage
of gold and silver at the present legal ratio
OF l6 to ! without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation" Great APP
There was big crowd at the depot when
the train bearing the Bryan party pulled
out of New Haven at o'clock. on board
from Meriden where a big meeting had
been arranged. but owing to misunder-
standing, it had to be Cancelled at the last
At welliugford. the next stop. there was
a falr-slzed crowd waiting to hear the NOM
inee. who made brief speech. There was
a large crowd at Meriden when the train
pulled into the station. 1t was expected
that Mr.. Bryan would stop there forty
minutes, and when at the end of three
minutes the train moved away there was a
disappointed assemblage left behind. There
was another stop at Berlin for a moment
Just long enough to let the candidate shake
hands with those nearest him.
Hartford was reached twenty minutes
ahead of time. and the committee in order
not TO disappoint the people of this home of
insurance companies. had the car switched
off on another track and the reception com
mittee and the nominee waited there I'M
til the time they were expected A large
crowd turned out to see him as he made
his way through the depot and into the
carriage. and they cheered him enthusi-
astically. He was taken to the Hotel Heub-
lein. being escorted by a band and cit-
Zens in carriages.