The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-27

Last Speech of the Day.
On arrival of the train at Erie Mr.. Bryan
found a great crowd awaiting him. He
made three speeches here. the chief one at
the opera house. The house was filled TO
OVERLOOKING. The entrance of the presi-
Dental candidate on the arm Of ex-Con-
gresham Joseph c. Sibley inspired a wild
scene of enthusiasm, which lasted several
minutes. and Mrs. Bryan's appearance in a
box with Mrs. Sibley produced more en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Bryan said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
L esteem II a great privilege to be permit
ted to meet tonight with the members of
the clubs assembled here from all over the
State of Pennsylvania, because 1 know
what these meetings mean. L know of the
inspiration that they give and of the en-
thusiasm carried back by those who so
forth TO prosecute the work of this cam
paign. In my Judgment We are entering
upon a campaign which will be memorable
in the history of this country for many
reasons. not only because of the issues in
volved-that would be enough to make it
an epoch in the history OF the Nation
but there are other reasons. This cam
paign demonstrates, as no campaign has
done within the last generation. the capaci-
ty of the people for self-government. Great
applause and cheering, and "a voice, "A
Daniel come 70 judgment. Hurrah for Dan
iel.)
lis there a man in all this land who
doubts that the American people can rise
to the requirements of any emergency?
If SO 1 bid him to cast his eyes upon sew
enty millions of people thinking out their
own salvation. Great applause.) Is there
a man who believes that party machinery
can govern the people? l bid him look until
he sees the great cofnmon people breaking
! every machine that stands in their way.
Great applause and cheerlng) Is there a
man who believes that the age of oratory
is gone? L point him to every precinct III
this Nation. where he will find a modern
Demosthenes. Great applause.) Oratory
will live so long as there are causes which
appeal to the human heart. Gap
piause.) Oratory is the speech of the
person who knows what he is talking
about and means what he says. and in this
campaign you will find the orator every
where. Come to my State and l will show
YOU a banker ana a money loaner who
will go forth to preach the gospel of BIZ
gospel in his life. Applause and cheering.)
/ will show you a briefiess barrister VINO.
armed with right. will meet the attorney
of the corporations and crush him before
any audience. Great applause.) i will
show you the business man who never
came from behind his counter before. but
he, feeling that the welfare of his family,
the welfare of posterity depends upon the
settlement of this cause, can come from
make a speech that cannot be
by any man who would fasten shackles
upon 10000, 600 of freemen Great applause.l
/ Will take you 10 the railroad shops and
will show you men who know more about
the money question than the president OF
the road knows about the subject. ZAP
plause and cheers.) / will take you to Il
carpenter who. as he works at his bench:
will revolve i'm his mind the questions and
come nearer finding out what is an honest
dollar than the man who represents a syn
dictate and bows to the dlctation or Lom-
bard street. All, come with ne TO the
farm and / Will show you the man who
follows the pillow and who has studied this
money question and who knows That II
the dollars go ID his wheat comes down.
and you cannot answer the logic of that
argument at all.
NAME THE TOWN.
"A prominent writer came to this coun-
try a good many years ago and wrote a
book about democracy in America, and he
said that every citizen over here was n
| public speaker, and he said that one Of
them could not talk five minutes without
getting excited and saying, Ladies anc
| gentlemen If he thought that then. what
would he think were he here to-day? / know
a Western town where the people congre-
gate upon the streets and blocked up the
sidewalks talking the money question, and
when they got SO numerous they had to
push them off the sidewalk and blocked
up the streets. one hundred feet wide, and
then, in order to allow some business to
so on, the City Council hired a hail for
these people to meet in every day and dis
cusS the money question.
My friends. wnen the people come TO
discuss the money question in that way
you cannot drive the tariff question into
the campaign with a pile driver. 1t is not
more taxes the people want. 1t IS more
money to pay the taxes they already have
to-day. / wan you to go home and take
with you the determination to leave no Ell
fort undone TO carry out the principle
which you espouse. We have a cause that
appeals to the hearts Of men. There is
no sentiment in the human heart
that is deeper down than the love of JUS
tice. 1t is that love of justice on which So
| ciety is built, without which there could be
no such thing as government, and that
sense of iuStice is offended by any legiSla-
ton that seeks to give to a Few people the
prosperity that ought TO be the heritage of
all the people. Now there is one rule by
which we can determine upon which side
the citizens of this country will fight
Il remember hearing a sermon preached
a good many years ago from the text, AS
he thinketh in his heart SO is he The
more | have thought of that text the more
deeply has it impressed itself on me. The
heart is the place where conduct is deter
mined. and if you want to find out where a
man is in this fight don't look at his brain;
heart wants TO do. Look a, his heart and
find out where his symDathies are. When
people choose their sides in this campaign
after having studied the question and UNI
derstanding it they will take the side 10
which their sympathies lead them. You
might not accept my authority. l will give
you authority that our opponents at least
will not question. Hon. john G.. Carlisle in
1878 made a speech in Congress. and in the
resentatives used these words. 1 think /
can quote them exactly: If this meas
ure tWnlch was the Bland aCt)
could be intrusted for its en-
who was in sympathy with the struggling uas'iIas
masses who produce the wealth and pay
the taxes of the country. rather than idle
holders of idle capital. there would be but
little difficulty, because he would coin the
maximum instead of minimum provided by
the amendment. Do you comprehend what
he has said in these words? Mr.. Carlisle
divided society into two classes. He said
that on the money question the idle hold
ers OF idle capital were on the one side
and the struggling masses who produce
the wealth and pay the taxes of the coun-
try were on the other side. If that division
existed then ii exists now. He said that
the Secretary of the Treasury would be
governed in his official acts by his SYM
pathies, and because he sympathized with
the idle holders of idle capital he would
coin as little as possible, whereas if he had
sympathized with the struggling masses
he would have coined as much as the law
would have permitted. That is not my
language. i may be too young TO use
words like that. John c.. Carlisle was
forty-three years old when he used those
words. daughter and a voice, Caesar was
young
MY friends, / believe that those words
contain a great deal of philosophy. Show
me the symDathies of a man and / viii
mark out his conduct. Show me a man
whose sympathies are with the idle holders
of idle capital and l will show you a man
who wants as little money IS possible and
puts it on the ground that he loves his
neighbor better than himself. Show me n
man whose sympathies are with the strug-
Cling masses and | will show you a man
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