The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-18

| SPEECH y 0hELE<ANo1eoANo'
Hon. Clement Manly introduced to a
| 1aroe audience here Mr.. Bryan, who
| spoke as follows:
"T have talked until my throat is
/ core and shaken hands until my hands
| are sore and YOU yell until my ears are
| core nanohter) And the campaign
| instead of being ended has only fairly
| commenced. (Applause.) Sometimes
| the opposition papers say people gather
| TOGETHER from idle curiosity. man
| has to have more than idle curiosity
to stand out in the sun In such a crowd
as this to listen 10 a speech. l was
| here two years ago and had chance
| ia see a great many of you so 1T was
| not necessary for you to come Tor the
nurpose of seeing me. But | am glad
| to speak to you about the paramount
| issues of this campaign. The Demo
| cratic party has taken position when
| is also the position of the Popullsts ana
the free silver Republicans against the
| issue of bonds in time of peace and a.
gainst the trafficing with syndlcates
which save the nation at so much per
save from the eXtremities in which
| they themselves have placed the gov
eminent for the purpose of saving 1t
again at high price. (Laughter) Out
opponents go upon the theory that
| these syndicates are able to bleed the
people without the people knowing 1t.
At least they think before the people
| find it out the syndicates will have
made so much they won't care to make
any more. 1t reminds me of man
| down in the swamp country who was
| troubled with mosquitoes, but one OF
| his friends said mosquitoes never trou-
| bled him, because at night he was so
| drunk he didn't know the mosquitoes
| were biting, and by morning the mos
| quitoes were so drunk they didn't bite
| any more. (Laughter.) Our opponents
| seem to reason on that plan. Instead
| of stating policy which they believe
| to be good for the American people
| they contest themselves with taxing
| step at a time and furnishing tenn
| porary remedy for a disease which they
| themselves have brought on the pub
| lie. / am reminded of a story told
of a doctor. don't want any doctors
| here to take offense because it was
| not doctor in this town The doctor
| was called to visit child and the child
grew worse until finally its life was
dispaired of. The doctor told the
| mother nothing more could be done;
| that it was not worth while to punish
the child with more medicine; just give
| ii a little water if it was restless and
| await the final result. The mother
watched the child through the night
| and thought it was a little stronger III
the amorning. She watched it through
the day and instead of failing it grew
better. She watched it through an
other night and in the morning had
more hope than the night before. The
| doctor came around to find out why the
| child had died. The mother ex-
planned that the situation. The doctor
/ examined the child and told the mother
it was a fact the child was getting
stronger than when he saw it last and
| if it continued to improve as it had
| been, it would be soon be able to take
| some more medicine. Great laugh
| teri Our opponents have been giving
us bond issues just about as fast as
they thought the people were able to
| stand them. After we had one bond
issue and the people complained they
would wait awhila until they thought
| the patient was able to stand another
bond. Uaughter.) We want to get rid
of these doctors and try medicine that
will restore the patient and not wait
until the patient is trong in order to
weaken him with more medicine. Gap
plause.)
II want to call attention to the use
we shall make of silver, not new silver,
but that already coined. We have sill
yer dollars in circulation now and sill
yer certificates which represents these
dollars, deposited in the vaults at
| Washington. 1t is the position taken
| by the Chicago convention and the
| Populist party and the free silver con-
ventions that this government ought
| to use those silver dollars on equal
terms with gold and in the payment
| of all debts due from the government
| to the individual which calls for coin.
| Our opponents tell us we cannot; that
| if we attempt it gold will go to a
| premium. France maintains the parity
between gold and silver at ratio
more favorable to silver than ours and
| keeps in circulation more silver than
we do, without giving to the holder of
| bank note right to demand gold
| upon the note We believe this coun-
| try able to do what France has done
and maintain the parity by using silver
/ dollars to pay all debts instead of
| issuing bonds to buy gold, because a
| few people find profit in draining the
treasury of it's gold. (Applause.) The
RothschiId contract provided not only
for the sale of bonds at dollar and
| four and half cents, when they were
| worth dollar and nineteen in the
market. That would have been bad
enough, but that contract stipulated
| that the Rothschild firm in London,
and the Belmont, or Morgan firm in
New York, should protect the Treasury
of the United States for a stated time.
every lover of his country ought to
feel Inundated that any administra-
tioin, no matter what its name, should
hire any syndicate of bankers, foreign
or domestic, to protect a treasury
which seventy millions of people stand
ready to protect without asking for a
reward. (Applause.) I know not how
you feel, but my idea of the dignity
of this government and our national
honor is that we cannot afford to have
| a nation which depends for it's exis-