The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-13
Lavishly Decorated Trolley Car Used
by the Agitator to Make =
Show of Himself.
LETTER FROM T. F. BAYARD
THE EMBAsSADOR's REASONS FOR
OPPOSING CHICAGO TICKET.
Singing Note from Secretary OIney
to a SfIverite-SenatOr Quay Ger
tain Of McExinIey's Election.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 12-Candi-
date Bryan made a holy show of himself
to-day by riding from st. Paul to this city
in a lavishly decorated trolley car. Mrs.
Bryan, who spent Sunday with her hus-
band, accompanied him from the lesser twin
city. Four speeches were made here to-
night by the Popocratic nominee, including
the much advertised one to "ladies only"
1t was supposed he would have something
to say about Archbishop Irelands caustic
letter. but Mr.. Bryan probably thought dis
cretion was the better part of valor in this
case, and he let the gifted prelate alone.
Good-sized crowds were in attendance at
Exposition Hall, the Lyceun Theater,
Bridge Square and Yale Place, where the
speeches were made. The Popocratic COM
mittee, through alleged laboring men, pre-
sented Mr.. Bryan with n 16-to-l ink stand.
made of sixteen parts of silver and one OF
gold. In his speech at Exposition Hall Mr..
Bryan said:
"Laboring men, want to ask you why
it is that every gold bug says you are
selfish and that you are interested by sell
fish considerations, while every gold bug
pretends to be philanthropist and simply
loves honest money because 1t will help
our people. want to know why 1T Is that
these gold bugs are SO sure that everybody
else Will be Influenced by their own inter-
est and positive that personal interests
cannot affect them. Why is 1t, my friends?
l win tell you why. If a man believes q
thing is good for himself and also good
for others, he will admit it is good FOR
himself. If he thinks a thing is good Tor
himself and bad for others he will never
admit it is good for himself. Now, that
is a rule that / will lay. down and you can
examine it and apply it to everyday life
and you will find that men never deny that
a thing is good for them II they also be-
they believe that they prosper by Others
adversely that you hear them standing up
and denying that they have any pecuniary
You ask one of those great financiers
why he is in favor of the gold standard.
Roes Voc ne g.Te erd ers a1e Of tbe ~ Saw r. What
it is that they say? Why the fnancier
says he is in favor of the. gold standard
because it is good for the farmer, because
it is good for the business man, and you
tell him that the laboring man and
ali these are willing to risk blmetal-
lism, and what does he say? He
rises up to the full height of his moral
hurt themselves?' He says: i Will ram the
gold standard down their throats whether
they want it or not, because / love them
better than I love myself 1 challenge you
to find in six thousand years of recorded
history a single page that viii prove. that
money he has been purged of the drOAs OF
unselfshness.
GOLD DEMOCRATS ASSAILED.
There is this difference between the Re-
Gratis who go from US. The Democrats
who go from have to go down on their
knees and beg pardon of John Sherman
for all the bad words the Democratic party
has spoken against him. while the Repub-
licans who come to us come bringing in
their hands the Republican platform
which adopted in this hall four years
ago. That platform begins the money
plank in this way: The American people.
from tradition and interest, favor bimetal-
lism.' Do traditions change in four yearsf
No, my friends, you can't change tradi-
tions in that time Do the interests Of the
people change in four years? No, their in
tereStS are the same now that they were
four years ago. and If the Republican,
party declared four years ago that the
American people from tradition and inter-
est favored the gold standard, those Re-
publicans have a right to stand there to-
day, even though the Republican party
shall retreat from its position and go across
the ocean to find inspiration.
There Is another difference between
those Republicans who come to us and the
Democrats who go from us. Show me a
show you a man who will get up before any
audience and tell It the road by which lie
him. Show me a Democrat who went from
US and will show you a man who never
gives the real reasons why ne was dragged
out of the Democratic party. The Repub-
licans who come to us come with nothing
TO conceal and are perfectly willing to tell
where they stand and why they stand
there, and they are among the most zeal
Gus recruits we have. Those who go from
us are only able to say in explanation OF
their conduct that If we had the free COIN
age of silver 1t would be awful. awful NV
friends, there are reasons for bImetallism,
and those reasons are so plain and simple
that they can be understood, and when we
preach bimetallism we give our reason for
our faith.
I'VE are told that all we need is conf
denee, confidence My friends, this conf
dence idea is not new one. 1t is at least
eighteen hundred years old / was reading
in the Bible these words which rebuked the
same KIND or confidence that we have
preached to-day:
. If a brother sister be naked or desti-
tute and one of you say unto them depart
in peace; be ye warmed and fed notwith-
standing you give them not those things
which are needful to the body. what doth
You tell them that the lsborer is idle
in the street because the gold standard has
made IT more profitable to hoard money
than II is 10 employ labor in developing the
resources of the country. tell them that
these men are naked and hungry and what
90 they say? They say: BE ye fed and
eat or to put on Tell them that the
farmer has been finding his prices falling
and debts and fixed charges falling. Tell
these people that the farmer has reached
a point where his income from his farm IL
not more than sufficient to pay his debt?
and his taxes and his fixed charges. Telf
him those falling prices have eXtinCuished
his living expenses and he is poor and
naked and they saw to the frmer be
clothed and fed without giving him any
thing TO wear or eat They preach and
500 years ago They are preaching conf-
dence the only relief TO this country.
a foundation for confidence TO rest upon.
when money goes up, property comes
down. A dollar cannot buy more property
the creature OF law. When we talk about
legislation in regard TO money our oppon- :
Ants tell Us that commerce regulates al