The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-14
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF AMY NORTH GAR0l1MA DAILY

have shown their interest in this cam
paion. In my Judgment it is the most
important campaign through which
this country has passed in time of
peace during our existence as ma
ton. (Applause.) A campaign in
which great iSSuses are to be settled,
issues which affect every man, woman
and child in the nation, and | beg of
YOU that YOU shall realize and apppre-
ciate the important part which you
bear in this campaign.
This is the greatest nation on earth.
1t is an advance, in my humble judg-
ment, in all that makes a nation great
in advance of all nations that live or
have lived in those great things and
the opportunities which the people
find here have their highest and best
developments. We have the best form
of government and we have the most
perfect form of government, because
it is a government which can be just
as good as people desire it to be. No
government can be better than the
people deserve. If our government is
good, if our laws are just, it is be-
cause we make them ourselves. / have
great confidence in the working peo-
pie of this country. (Applause.)
''Some have an idea that patriotism
can only be manifested in time of war
/ was too young to show my patriot
ism in time of war. but / glory that
in this land every year gives patriot
an opportunity to show his love for
his country, and there is no year bet
ter than this. (Applause.) You have
the right to consider and act upon ev-
cry question which arises, and when
All IL.
the masses and the people are no.
competent to settle the greatest and
most important questions that con-
Germs our nation, you will find man
who does not understand the eondi-
tions of our institutions. (Applause)
Great questions are simple ques-
tions. Every political question is an
economic one and every great eco
nomic question is at least great
moral question, and when you deter
mine which is right and which is
wrong, when YOU come to the settle
mcnt of question where justice is
| involved it can be settled only by the
great common people of this nation
| Great applause and cries of .'that
! is rightly
No question can ever be settled I'M
til the people sit in Judgment on it.
The politicians have tried to settle the
! money question. The fnanciers have
tried to settle the money question, but
it will not be settled until the great
,, producing masses of this country ex-
press their opinion and for that opin-
ion there is no defeat. (Applause.l
You have the right not only to hold
!, an election but to express your opinion
on the money question and you have
| the same right by your ballot to pro-
tect your own interests and watch over
the welfare of your family as that Of
any other person in this broad land.
! And more than that each man must
/ look after his own rights and protect
/ his own interests.
There is no class OF persons III this
+! country into whose hands you can
! trust the government, believing that
| they viii look out for everybody else.
There is too much selfishness in us all,
and while we must each look out for
ourselves, we must keep our eyes open
that others don't take care of them
selves and ourselves too. We have suf-
fered more in this country from the
people who have tried to care for every
!. interest except their own and at the
| end they have taken care of their in
ttItSb OILY lOI diiOtICi CduSt
'sINhe money question is not COM
| plicated question and it is presented
| in this campaign in the simplest form
| it has ever taken before the people.
| When this campaign is on, before the
| election arrives, there will be just one
| great question in this country, and
that is this nation is great enough to
attend to it's own business. zap
| planse.)
''Is this nation great enough to legis-
| late for ats own people? If so, then
| the people will demand financial pol
icy based upon the American interest
and the caring for American rights, re-
| gardless of aid and consent of any
other nation on the earth. (Applause.)
IF this nation is not great enough
| to attend to it's own business, then to
| what nation can we go with he ex
pectation of aid? Is there any other
nation that is standing ready to help
| us? Is there any nation that sets up
| the plea that it cannot take care of
| is own people? Is 1T left for the Uni
| ted States TO humbly bow before the
| foreign nations and beg them to do
that for which this nation was insti-
| tuted, to take care of the people of the
| hieNo ooeouCo. t<hppiduSc.)
! The time was UP for the train TO
| leave and Mr.. Bryan was hustled off
| through the crowd which was loaihh TO
| give way. Hundreds of people shook
| him by the hand as he came through
| the assemblage.
Brief stops were made at Toona, Ar
cola and Mattoon. At the latter place
a great crowd was gathered and Mr..
/ BRYAN made a few remarks in line with
| his speech at Champaign. At Effing-
/! ham, the next stop, 1000 people
cheered and the nominee spoke briefly.
W,e1 the train pulled up to the
! Salem depot, committee Of many
! people were on hand ready to well
| come Mr. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan was es-
! corted to carriage by the committee
| and taken to the home of Mr.. Bryan's
| sister, Mrs. James Baird. Awaiting at
! the house were Mrs. Mary Van Ant
werp, Mrs Davenport, Mrs. ZadocS
I, Jennings, all relatives of the honored
=, guest and his sisters, Misses