The herald., 1896-10-08


candidate for the presidency, SO late as
1891, made speech at Toledo, in which
he denounced Mr.. Cleveland's policy, and
said that by contracting the currency he
had made money master and all things
else servants. Your distinguished citi-
zen, Congressman Evans, has right to
think now what Mckinley talked five
years ago, though Mckinley does not
think now what he thought then. Gap
plause.)
On the LIST of December, 1890, President
Harrison sent message to congress, in
which he used these words: "The en-
largement Of our currency by the silver
bill undoubtedly gives an upward ten
dency to trade and had marked effect
on prices" ft'f
Mr.. Harrison said that, not in cam
paign speech. but in deliberate message
to congress. He also said: 'But this
natural and desired effect of silver legis-
lation was by many enormously attri-
buted to the tariff act" Then he went
SO far as to put aside those who attempt.
ed to credit the Mckinley bill with the
ERECT that had come, and he attributed
| 1t to silver. Yet when we say that silver
| legislation can affect the price of silver,
they say we don't understand anything
about the subject. If we had never known
anything about the subject, we could
find out great deal by reading those
speeches made few years ago by Re-
publicans, who are now sorry they ever
made them. (Great applause.) 1 chal-
lenge you to find in the history of any
party in any land so Infamous PROPOSE
ton as is contained in the Republican
platform, which means the surrender of
the right of self-government and the
transfer of legislative power from Wash
ington to London. (Applause.)
Ihey say they want to discuss the
tariff. If they want to discuss the
tariff question let them commence by
putting a prohibitory duty on foreign
| financial policies and then we will dis
cuss the rest of it. tremendous applause
and cheering.)
AT Upton
Upton turned out enmasse. to greet
the candidate. A platform bad been
erected in the center of big sot where
Bryan spoke. At the conclusion of his
speech he was presented with a large
bouquet Of roses from the mothers and
wives of Upton.
| AT KOKOMO
kokomo, the next stop, is Republi-
can stronghold. AS the train pulled into
town the candidate was greeted with
cheers for Mckinley from people wear
ing yellow badges. On his trip from the
depot to the open lot where he spoke,
Bryan and Mckinley were cheered al
ternately, but when he arrived on the
| platform he found himself with his own
people again. He was wildlN cheered
here by thousands crowded about the
stand, and his short speech was liber-
| ally applauded.
AT WINAMAC
Winamac was the next stop. A stand
had been erected near the railroad track
and large crowd enthusiastically
cheered Mr.. Bryan's brief speech. Short
stops were also made at North Judson
and Crown Point where cheering
crowds greeted the candidate and at
Hammond, where the principal speech
of the day was made, a greet crowd
greeted him. Mr. Bryan said in part
| l want, for moment, to invite your
attention to the paramount issue of this
campaign. The money question is the
question about which people are study
ing and thinking. wani you to under
stand what the gold STANDARD ,eans to
those who tell for their living fhe gold
standard makes money dear and as
money becomes dear, property becomes
cheap, and when property is falling in
price you have hard times; and I want
you to remember, my friends. that no
party has ever declared that hard times
would be good thing for the working
man, the farmer or the business man or
anybody except the money changer and
those who have fixed incomes. When our
opponents go before the laboring man
and and tell him the free coinage of sill
ver will give him cheap dollars want
you laboring men to understand that
the labor organizations of this country
have declared in favor of free coinage
at 16 to 1, and the laboring men know
better what is good for them than the
| financiers do.
understand that some employers
L don't know whether they have done
it here, but have known men to do it
| eisewhere-have tried to convince their
| employees that under free coinage their
pay woud only be half as much as they
set want to call your attention to one
thing. If under free coinage yo'. dol
lars will only buy as mucn, that means
that your employers would get twice
as many dollars as they do now; then
they can pay you twice as many dollars
for your wages as they do now, If they
love you as well after election as they
seem TO love you now before election,
when they want your votes.
My friends, I recognize that in this
campaign we have great influence
against us. I recognize that they are
able to carry great excursions to their
candidate. But, my friends, believe
when I come to the people instead of
having them sent to me, can present
our cause and appeal to the hearts of
the American people. I believe op-
cause is just. and that the people of
this country cannot be corrupted by a
large campaign fund; neither can they
be intimidated by their employers. Our
hope of victory lies not in a corrup-
ton fund, not in the employment Of
force, but in an honest appeal to the
unpurchased and unpurchaseable vot-
ers of the United States. 1 am aware,
my friends, that they may threaten to
take your privileges from you; I am
aware that in order to hold your posi-