Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-10
BRYANS SPEECH AT BUFFALO.
Silver, the Mine Owners and the
Money Dealers.

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tnde which / feel when I see the in
terest which the people of the EN-
pire State are taking in the campaign
upon which we are just entering. ]
am grateful to the gentleman who
has presided at this meeting and ia
those who have gathered to lend their
enthusiasm to the cause. shall carry
bach to the people of the west the
news-not the news, either, because il
is no longer news-that the Chicago
platform is supported, Endorsed not
by the west and south alone, but by
all the toiling millions Of the east as
well.
I am aware that in the writing of q
platform it is impossible to suit the
opinions of all. l recognize that peo-
pie who think will differ, and that we
often find in platforms things with
which we cannot fully agree, and we
fail to find in platforms sometimes a
mention OF policies which we regard
as important.
But platforms are not written by
all of the party; they are written by
a majority of party, and when a
majority OF party writes a platform
the others in the party must either
stand upon it or get out Of the party.
There is no other plan known except
the rule Of majority or the rule of a
minority, and 1t is better for minor
ity to be alienated than for the voice
of a majority to be suppressed. You
can support those who stand upon the
Chicago platform, although you may
dissent from parts of 1t. But l stand
upon the Chicago platform because I
believe in it from beginning to end
every word.
THE SUPREME ISSUE.
While a platform covers a great
many questions necessarily, because
there is no time when there is but
one subject, but while there are vari-
GUS planks and various policies, there
must be one supreme-and IN this
campaign there ia supreme-issue.
The issue is made between those who
believe in gold standard and those
who oppose a gold standard. There
is no middle ground. Those who are
not with us are against us. There is
no place between the lines for people
to stand.
The republican platform does not
say that a gold standard is good
thing, There are those who are sup
porting the republican party who be-
lieve that gold standard is a good
thing, but they have not the courage
to risk the issue before the people
who have suffered from gold stand
ard. We must judge people not by
their words, but by their acts. Our
opponents tell us that they will try to
secure an international agreement,
and that they simple want to main
tain a gold standard until other ma
tions will help us to let go Of it. Can
you trust the people who wrote the
st. Louis platform to restore blmetal-
lism? Never, until you can wipe out
the Scriptures and gather figs from
thorns and grapes from thistles.
Those who are responsible for the
gold standard are not the ones to
whom we look for deliverance. As
we'll might you have asked Pharaoh
to lead the children of Israel out of
bondage as to ask the republican
party to break the shackles of a gold
standard.
The democratic party is opposed to
a gold standard; not only opposed to
it, it IS unalterably opposed to 1t. It
Is go much opposed to 1t that it will
not permit the American people to be
bound by it though every nation on
earth shall demand it. We did not
achieve independence for the purpose
of bowling to the yoke of any foreign
power.
Let me suggest two or three ques-
tions for you to put to your oppon-
ents. They are not new questions, 1
have suggested them before. l shall
suggest them again. In the first
place, If you find man who is oppos-
ed to the democratic platform, ask
him if he believes in a gold standard;
if he says he does, tell him he is a man
without party, because no party in
the United States ever declared for q
gold standard.
There are people in this country