The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-24
LET THE FLAG WAVE.


to support Bryan:
democratic National Headquarters,
| Chicago, Ill, Oct. 10, IS96.-The
American flag has always been an en-
bIem of national honor, and it will
always remain so, 1t is too sacred to
be prostituted to partisan purposes, as
has been attempted for the first time
in this campaign. Its influence has
always been for good for mankind. Its
display is always potent for the ad-
vancement of all that is best in our
government, for it appeals to every
sentiment of patriotism and national
pride.
al therefore suggest that on Satur-
day, October 81, all those who desire
to preserve the country's honor and
independence, as it came to us from
the fathers; who believe in the rights
of every man, rich or poor, to cast a
free and untrammeled ballot; who OPP
pose government by corporations and
the coercion of voters, and desire that
real and genuine prosperity may once
again return to bless our people, dis
play the national colors ut their homes,
their places of business, and wherever
else they may be seen, in order That
voters whose hearts are for their coun-
try may be cheered aud their purposes
strengthened, and that those who are
wavering may take courage of their
patriotism to perform their duties as
citizens, sto the end that government
of the people, by the people and for
the people shall not perish from the
earth JAMES X. JONES,
chairman Democratic National Com
mittee."
Upon the same subject William Jen-
nings Bryan says;
81 want to call your attention to
something that appeared in yesterday
mornings paper. | find that the chair
man of the republican national COM
mittee has issued a letter to the Ameri-
can people, in which he says: the
American flag has been in the present
campaign the emblem or insignia of
honor. 1t has been of great good in
the cause of a great people. Its dis
play in many places has been potent
in the advancement of the country's
battle for the maintenance of its honor
at home and abroad. l therefore sug-
gest that on Saturday, October 81, all
who intend TO vote on November 3 for
the preservation of our national honor,
for sound money and the advancement
of our peoples interest and general
prosperity, display the national %colOrs
at their homes, their places of business.
or wherever they may be seen, in order
that voters whose hearts are for their
country may be strengthened in their
purpose, and those who are undeter-
mined may the more patriotIcally and
ln%telligently conclude how best to per-
form their duty as a citizen
.tsNy friends, it is the first lime that
| nave ever agreed with the chairman
of the republican national committee.
but | want to sign my name to his
letter and ask all those who believe in
the ideas set forth there to display the
flag on the 31st of October, because
there is not a thing in that letter but
we advocates of free silver indorse.
SHOW, note what he says, that he
wants the flag displayed by all those
who, on the Sd of November, intend to
yote for the preservation of our national
honor. We advocates of free silver be-
lIeve that only by having a financial
policy made by the American people
for the American people can you sup
port the honor of the United States.
He wants those to display the flag who
are for sound money. We who believe
in the money of the constitution are
for a sounder money than those who
want to change our currency into
pounds, shillings and pence. We who
believe in Il basis for our financial !
transactions sufficiently broad for those
transactions TO rest upOn, believe in q
sounder financial system han those 7
who advocate a gold standard, and n
financial system based upon gold alone, 1
when you cannot get the gold to fur
pish your foundation. We not only
believe in sound money, but we tell
you what we mean by sound money, I
and do not play the hypocrite by talk
ing sound money and then refusing to
explain what the term means. :
ale wants thoee who AFo going TO
vote for the advancement of opr
peoples interest and prosperity to dis !
play the American flag. My friends,
we believe that free coinage of silver,
the opening of the minis to the free
coinage of silver at 16 to l, without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation on earth, means the adj
yancement of the interests of the people {
and of general prosperity, and there
fore we can join with these men in dis
playing the American flag, and let 1t .
be known to the country that we are
standing by the flag, and we are not {
asking foreign nations what that flag
shall mean.
al join in the request for three
reasons-first, because everything that
he asks in that letter we believe in, and
therefore we have as much right TO dis I
play the flag on that day as any repub- !
lican has, and We believe that We have !
a good deal more moral right to do it !
IN this campaign. | join in the letter !
for another reason. do not want !
them to mark the advocates of free !
silver for slaughter on that day. do I
not want employees to go about over t
your town and throughout the country !
and find who has a flag in the window s
and then threaten to discharge any i
man who does not say be is going to 2
vote the republican ticket. My friends, ,
if coercion is going to be attempted, :
for heaYep's sake let it not be attempt ,
ed by using the flag as q means of :
pointing out the men to be threatened. ?
If they want TO find out who shall be y
slaughtered, let them take some other !
emblem than the nations emblem under L
which 10 do their nefarious work. b
There is another reason why | join in
that request. L want some flags to 7
float on that day that do not mean a c
government by syndicates I'M for syn n
dicates. | want some flags TO float on v
that day which do not stand for the y
right of II coal trust 10 send D repre- =
sentative to every lireside and collect :
tribute from every family in this land. y
I want some flags to float on that day '
that do not stand for the opinions of L
those who say that if the majority of il
the people Will decide a certain way in t
this campaign they do not know /
whether they will submit to the decis- /
ion or not. ! want some flags to float c
ina day winch have behind them n
the honest sentiment of the American r
of people n intend to attend !
to their own business, and do not in =
tend to be bought or bribed or driven =