The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22
He BROKE HIS OWN RECORD
BRYAN ADDRESSED TWENTY
THREE MEETINGS IN MIGHT.
GAN YESTERDAY.
THE PEOPLE FLOCKED 70 SEE HIM.
y Began Speaking at Z a. m. and Closed
at misunderstanding and jackson
Furnished Most Enthusiastic
Crowds-Some Gold Men.

Lansing, Mich. Oct. 16-NIichigan
outdid herself today in welcoming VIM
j. Bryan, and the nominee returned the
compliment by breaking his own as well
as all other campaign records. He spoke
to twenty-three meetings, beginning at Z
o'clock and ending at Lansing close to
midnight The aggregate number of his
hearers far surpassed all previous figures
considering the size of the cities in which
he spoke. Except in one or two minor
instances the enthusiasm was marked.
Most of the candidates hearers today be-
longed to the farming class, and at nearly
every town the vehicles which had
brought them in lined the side streets for
blocks.
Mrs. Bryan accompanied her husband.
Several floral tributes were literally show
cred upon Mrs Bryan, and one end of
the car was nearly filed with flowers.
AT many stations she gratified the crowds
by distributing posies from the rear of
the car
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and torchlight procession three blocks
IN length was formed. Excursions from
adjacent districts had been carrying Wis
itors into the city nearly all day, and the
principal streets were almost impossible.
Three meetings had been arranged here,
one in large clothing establishment to
an audience of women, the second on the
street, and the third on the stand erected
III front of the capitol building.
The reception given Mr.. Bryan by the
Capital City when at 1908 o'clock the
train pulled into the station here, was en-
thusiastic in the extreme. The space
about the depot was crowded. The street
traversed by his carriage was lined on
either side by people carrying torches and
yelling and hurrahing to an extent not
exceeded by the enthusiastic people of
the south. He addressed three meetings
tonight, the first being to the women in
vacant store, the next at the capitol
square, and the third fraom the balcony
of the Downey house. Besides this he
showed himself to two other crowds from
other platforms, and in few words
thanked them for their interest in the
campaign.
At the women's meeting he said:
Ladles-ln order to understand any
question it is necessary to begin at the
fundamental principles and go from these
principles into details | think the great
trouble which people have encountered in
studying the money question is that they
nave not commenced at the foundations
that they have discussed details without
having arranged those details in system
attic order so as to discover the principles
which underlie them. Now tonight
want to occupy just Il few moments of
your time in laying down some principles
which will enable you to understand the
money question. In the first place the
value of the dollar depends upon the num-
Der of dollars. That principle is funda-
mental. That principle is simple; the APP
plication of Il general law to the money
question. The law of supply and demand
is the best known law of trade and COM
merce. We apply it every day. We
know, for instance, that if there is a
drought and short crop of anything that
the prices Of that article will rise. Why?
Because the demand increases while the
supply remains the same. Therefore the
value of it in the market must rise. We
can apply that to everything. Now that
law which you understand in every day
operation is true as to the money Ques-
ton: also that the value of the dollar de-
ponds upon the number of dollars. Then
how can you make money dearer? BY
making money scarcer How -, can
you reduce the value of dollars?
BY making more dollars. Now, |
say chat is the first princi-
pie and when you have understood that
YOU are prepared to go on to other prin-
ciples. When you understand that the
value of the dollar depends on the num-
Der of dollars, when you understand that
money can be made dear by making
money scarce, you understand why some
people want scarce money, because some
people profit by dear money. Now it is
natural for people to like those things
which are profitable to them, and it is
natural that person who, instead of
owning property, owns money or holds
contracts payable in dollars to desire
dollars to rise. You will find this is the
difference between the advocates of BIZ
metallism and of the gold standard. You
talk to bmetallist and he will tell you
that he believes bimetallism is good for
him and he believes it is also good for
other people. But when you find per-
son who believes thing is good for him.
but not good for other people, he will not
admit that thing is good for him. ZAP
plause.) The advocates of the gold
standard add the crime of hypocrisy to
the sin of avarice. / do not mean that
those who ignorantly advocate the gold
standard without understanding its eff
fects are guilty of this, but | mean that
those who stand behind the gold crusade,
those who are attempting, under the
guise of being international bimetallists,
TO fasten the gold standard upon this
country. never tell you their interest.
They try to make you think they are
philanthropists and are doing all they
can for the love of their country and for
the love of mankind, without regard for
any selfish reasons
At the meeting at the capitol square
Mr.. Bryan addressed the largest crowd
of the evening. He went into an elab-
crate discussion of how the bond deals
were manipulated, as he claims, and
gave in substance the same arguments
as We're given in his Milwaukee speeches.
In other addresses from the balcony
of the Downey House Mr.. BRYAN SAID
he recognized the right of each citizen |
to act for himself politically and he adj
dressed the people that they might act
with greater intelligence by understand
ing the arguments which he advanced |
lie said that the silver people are will |
ing to trust the employees Of the corpora
'lohs to vote as they pleased wlllle the