The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-29
JUST LIKE A FATHER
At High Noon Mr.. Bryan Talks 10
the Chicago Business Men.
SEVEN SPEECHES BESIDES
The Crowd is SO Great at One
Meeting a hat Women Faint and
Men Climb Upon the Roof
A Grand Success.


lam ]. Bryan. outside on the lake
front and streets adjoining, unable 10
gain admission, were crowds that
would have filled the hall twice again.
Eight other large meetings were ad-
dressed by Mr. Bryan before midnight
In various parts of the city. The most
important gathering of the series was
the big MONDAY meeting OF business
men at Battery ID armory, on the lake
front and probably next In point of
interest was the great meeting In the
same place, couple OF hours later.
Long before the hour for the business
mems meeting Battery d was packed.
The crush at the afternoon meeting
even exceeded that of the monday
meeting. Painting women were car
ried from the hall every few minutes.
For two hours before Mr.. Bryan ar
tived II was impossible to obtain ad-
mission. and thousands gathered on
the lake front in the hope of partici-
pating in an overflow meeting but this
was impossible owing to Mr.. Bryan's
many engagements. The nominees
appearance upon the stage was greet
ed with a mighty shout Of applause.
Hundreds Of ladies' In the audience had
small American flags and as they
Just as Mr.. Bryan was about to begin
his address he noticed large number
Of men In the windows, and on the roof
of the building. and fearing danger
he declined to proceed till the roof was
cleared His speech was on the same
lines made familiar by him on pre-
vious occasions and was In the main
a general discussion of the financial
issue. Mr.. Bryans other speeches
were at st. Anthony hall, Noble house.
Union stock yards. st. Pauls school.
Ambrose street and Hoyne avenue;
Novontian's hall. Twenty-second street
and Troy avenue: Bohemian Turner
hall South Ashland avenue; Pluasky
hall, Eighteenth street; big tent, Har-
rison and Loomis streets, and Peoples
institute, Van Buren, and Leavitt
| streets.
Mr.. Bryan, in his speech at Battery
d armory to-day. said: II notice that
some OF your critics are very much ex-
cited because the Chicago platform
says that We pledge ouEn1l,lnn. 40 So
| cure such legislation as will, In the fu-
ture, prevent contracts for particular
kind of money. Why. they say that we
are not going to let people contract.
| We are not going to let them make q
.
we do not intend that they shall de-
monetize by private contract the mon-
| ey that this government makes by uni
| versal law. You say that We have no
right to interfere with private contract.
| I ask one Of you to enter into con-
| tract to collect 90 per cent. interest and
see whether this governpent has any
| right TO interfere with II. (Applause.)
| Upon what theory Is the usury law
| based? Upon the theory that the man
| who borrows money needs to be pro-
| tected from the avarice Of the man
who loans him money. (Applause.)
| That is the basis of all usury laws
| and when a man tells me that We have
| not the right to protect the money OF
| the United States against the conspi-
racy Of those who would degrade 1t.
| tell you that we have more right to
prevent gold contracts or silver con-
tracts than you have to prevent one
| individual from agreeing to pay an
other more than a certain amount OF
interest Talk about freedom OF con-
| tracts! Why, there can only be free
| dom Of contract to extort and give
protection to the extorter.
| ''My friends, having been detected In
| their efforts to convince the people
| that the gold standard ought to be
maintained, they are seeking TO do
now what they have always sought to
DOWN the battle on another issue,
| and having won the battle, carry the
gold standard little further. Now,
| they are telling you that my election
| would be a menace to peace and order.
| They tell you that ] stand for lawless-
ness l want to say to you, my
| friends that I stand not only for the
| enforcement Of every law. but / stand
| for arbitration as a means of ADJUST
| ing difficulties by peaceful means. Our
| opponents believe in allowing the rail-
| roads to engage In a controversy with
| the labor organizations and then call
| out the standing army to preserve or
| der. / believe In compelling them to
| adjust their difficulties by boards OF
| arbitration and adjust by peaceful
| means what our opponents would ad-
Just by force. You business men have
been told that an era OF lawlessness
will prevail IL I am elected. I want to
| tell you that until we find some means
| of adjusting the differences which
| arise between labor and capital. some
system that compels both to go before
| impartial tribunals, you can expect in
creasing disorder instead OF increasing
quiet I believe In the court OF justice
| IL one man differs with another / do
not ask them to go out and settle II
| by fighting II out. / tell them To sub
| NIT their case to q court and let the
court decide, ard let the governmen,
enforce the decision Of that impartial
| tribunal.
IT believe In arbitration and. my
| friends. the evidence that our princi-
| pie Of arbitration is Just is to be found
| In the fact that not republican
| speaker dares to stand before an
| American audience and condemn that
/ plank in favor OF arbitration and yet,
| without daring to condemn. they go
up and down this land observing a
| discreet silence as to arbitration And
how can YOU expect the republican
party to favor arbitration II II secures
| its hold on the government through
| the very men who defy arbitration and
oppose law and order They tell you
| that will not even enforce the law.
| My friends, the fear Of the republican
| party is not that | will refuse 10 en-
| force the law. The fear is that ! will
| enforce the law. CApplause) They
know that | entertain old-fashloncd
| ideas upon the subject and that ac-
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