The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-30
ALMOST A PANIC At (ELERoN
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| influence. There are certain things
| which you should read and consider. 1t
is the object, or at least should be the
object, of public speakers to help their
audiences to understand the merits of
this question, and it is one of the evil
dences of sincerity of purpose that the
person discussing public issues should
discuss them plainly and clearly; that
every one can understand just what is
said and just what is meant. When am
biguous language is used, when obscure
expressions are employed, it is an indica-
tion that the people using them have
something to conceal rather than to make
plain
voice -"That is what we got yester-
day"
Mr.. Bryan-"The good book speaks of
certain persons who love darkness rather
than light, and the good book gave rea-
son for this peculiar affection. They love
darkness rather than light because their
deeds were evil. Whenever | find dark
ness employed in the discussion of n
question, or in the statement of Il posi-
ton, ! am irresistibly reminded of that
Bible passage, and conclude that the per-
son who attempts to obscure does it be
cause he is not willing that the people
shall know what he believes and what he
desires to accomplish.
"When | hear II man talking about
sound money without telling YOU what
he meant by it / think he loves darkness
rather than light, and am afraid it is
because his deeds are evil
when find Il man talking about an
honest dollar and then not telling you
what he means by an honest dollar | am
afraid he loves darkness rather than
light, because his purposes are evil, and
when find that our opponents are tax
ing their arguments from people who
have nos.name, l am afraid that there is
purpose in obscuring Let me call your
attention to something which you will
find at he top of ii Buffalo newspaper in
big black letters.
Indian bankers hope that Bryan will
win. - Great hordes of silver men are
eager to dump it by the shipload on the
United States mint ut double its present
price. And then | find a special from
that great city from whence comes the
most of the arguments of our opponents
-London-and here is the cable: In the
course of an interview to-day Il leading
India merchant just returned from Cal
cutta, said to me: y leading India mer-
chant name unknown. This India mer-
chant said: American politics just now
is OF absorbing interest to Hindoo and
uILcc DtllhcES anu ITS wei itS
native potentates
MY friends, for once American poll
tics are permeating all-of the nations
Why? Because we are going to govern
ourselves. Therefore they are becoming
Interested
"All of those possessing enormous
boards of silver eagerly desire Bryan's
election, and the chance thereby offered
them to dump sh;ploads of silver bullion
in the United States mint at the double
the present price. SO eager are they that
| have heard well-founded rumor that
a fund has been formed to aid the free
silver party by supplying campaign lit
erature.
THAT is the end of the quotation from
an unknown Indian merchant,
why don't these men who are giving
opinions give their names so that we can
find out whether the man ever gave such
an opinion, and if he ever gave it what
his opinion is worth. | call your opin-
ion to this because you can see what an
unsubstantial foundation is laid for the
fear that they attempt to excite in the
breasts of American citizens 81 ~
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