The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-21

| "'A' We afo UppOBou 6o llI6 Gcuuro III
the public service, =" etc., and said "We
are In favor of fixed terms of Office in the
several departments of government. We
want 1t SO that when a man goes in we
Will know how long he Ia going to stay
and when be is going out. We don't
want to build up An office-holding class
and I'LL the offices for life so that when o
man gets an Office he will have no more
concern about his country than to draw
his salary. We believe that the life tenure
wh.oh relieves man from all further
care Is destructive of tine highest forms
OF citizenship and is not to be tolerated
in a country like ours
MIR. Bryan then quoted from Secretary
Carlisle's letter, in which in defining his
duty he says: "And whenever he shall
be satisfied that the silver dollar cannot
be kept equal in purchasing power with
the gold dollar, except by receiving it In
exchange for the gold dollar when such
exchange is demanded, 1t would be his
duty to adopt that course. "
Mr.. Bryan continued: IT want you to
mark those words because in those words
the secretary of the treasury tells you
that Whenever the secretary is satisfied it
Is necessary that he will commence re-
deeming silver dollars in gold. I call
your attention to it because want to
EMPHASIZE THE DECEPTIONS
which has been practiced by this admin
istration on the money question. When
this administration advised the repeal Of
the Sherman law, you were told that the
repeal of the Sherman law would remove
the difficulty and yet, after the Sherman
law was repealed. the same authority
which promised relief, came to Congress
with the demand that the greenbacks
and treasury notes must be retired and
an issue of gold bonds c:ade with which
to stop the drain on the treasury = gold.
| The secretary of tine treasury informs
you that If the greenbacks and treasury
notes were all retired, SO there would not
| be dollar of paper money to be pre-
sentsd for gold, yet it would be his duty
to commence to redeem the silver dollars
| in gold and to start another endless chain
| that would drain the treasury. Accord
ing to the doctrine laid down by Mr..
Carlisle, you cannot stop the drain upon
the treasury until you retire all the silver
dollars and leave nothing but gold in the
treasury vaults am glad our oppo-
nents are thus compelled to expose to the
public eye their heartless,
MEROILEss AND CRIMINAL
POLICY.
l am glad they have told the public that
| we must have gold elone and thus have
confessed we are In the hands of two
banking syndioatss and must pay them
what they want. Talk about monopolies
and trusts, and here they propose to
establish the most gigantic trust-a
money trust-and to let the men who
own the gold dole 1t ouu to the other
seventy million of American citizens. /
denounoe that policy as more cruel and
hesrtless than would be the domination
of any foreign power. I would rather, as
has been said, put our army in the hands
of foreign general or our navy in CON-
mand of foreign admiral than to put
the treasury department in the hands of
| a secretary who would barter 1t away to
a syndicate. l would resist such finan-
cial policy with as much earnsstness as
] would the progress of an invading
army"
Here the threatening clouds began to
discharge their contents upon the audi
ence. One spectator took off his coat and
threw it about Mr.. Bryan's shoulders
standing himself in his bare sleeves
IN THE PELTING RAIN.
Shouts were raised for Mr.. Bryan to
go on and, disregarding the inoonven-
fence, be continued for few minutes.
The rain then became more. intense
and Notwithstanding the cries from the
audience to "Hit EN- again. a general
run for shelter was started. Mr.. Bryan
continued for a few minutes, but the
storm caused all to depart. Mr.. Bryan
left for Baltimore at 4.30.
Future Life of he Boilers.
Baltimore, September 19.-The trip to
Baltimore was an uneventful one. Mr..
Bryan ate q small luncheon on the train
and rested quietly in one Of the draw
ing rooms. Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan
arrived here in downpour of rain he
was greeted by big crowd at the sta
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