The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-08
Mr.. BRYAN QUOTES HISTORY
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS SAID
-FOUR YEARS AGO.
The Republican Platform Then Declared
in Favor of Bimetallism, and as Late
7. us 1891 Mr. Mckinley at Toledo Made
"A. Speech in Which He Denounced
Cleveland's Financial Policy of Con
tracing tire Currency

tracing tire Currency.
indianapolis, Oct. THE special train
bearing William Jennings Bryan and
party left this city for Chicago Mt S13
O'Clock this morning. About 500 people
were at the station to give the nominee II
parting cheer. Gov. Matthews and Chair.
man Martin, of tic State Democratic COM
mittee, and party of prominent local
Democrats accompanied Mr.. Bryan as far
as Noblesville. Mr.. Bryan rested we'll
during the night and was much refreshed
this morning.
Upton, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE first stop
during the day was at Noblesville, Ind
y stand had been erected in the center of
Main street and about it were gathered
several thousand citizens of that place
and the surrounding country Mr.. Bryan
was introduced by Judge Davis, and the
short speech me made was enthusipstical-
ly applauded. Referring to the Demo
cratic assertions and Republican aces
sions TO the Democratic ranks, Mr. Bryan
said:
'"There is this difference between those
who go from us and those who come to
us. Those who go from us advocate what
the Democratic party has never advocated
before, the gold standard, while the Re-
publicans who come to us come be-
cause we advocate the same bimetalism
that the Republican party has advocated
(Applause.) The Republicans are able to
act with us without changing the con-
victions Of life time while the Demo-
Gratis desert all flat has been Democratic
in the past. (Applause.) The Republic
can party four years ago declared that the
American people from tradition and in
ffarn e
the American people were in favor OF BIZ
metallism four years ago why should they
not be in favor of it to-day? Have tradi-
tions changed in four years? Have inter-
ests changed in four years? Aye, my
friends, not only was the platform of the
Republican party declaring for bimetal-
llsm four years ago, but the leaders in
the Republican party were advocating
what they denounce now. The Republi-
can candidate for the Presidency, SO late
as 1891, made a speech at Toledo, in
which he denounced Mr.. Clcveland's pol
icy and said that by contracting the cur
rncy he had made money the master and
ali Things else the servants. (Applause)
They tell us that we cannot effect silver
by legislation. The Republicans who act
with us can take the report filed by Sec
reuary Rusk in 1890 and they Gun point
out pages where Mr.. RuSk shows the
effect of silver legislation on the prices of
products and also adds that the rise in
the price Of silver has raised the price of
farm products
''lf rising prices with the farmer were
good, then they are good now You did
not near ut that time this talk about ris-
ing prices hurting the laboring mon.
They were boasting that their legislation
brought rising prices because when the
mr. 81, 4
by the laborine men and the merchants
and every legitimate business. (Ap-
plause)
You have Il distinguished citizen in
this State, who WAS President during the
time when Mr.. Rusk sent in his report,
and on the first of December, 1896, Presi-
dent Harrison sent a message to Congress
in which housed these words: 'Irhe en-
largenent of our currency by the silver
bill undoubtedly gave an upward ten
dency to trade, and had n marked effect
on prices
Mr.. Harrison said that not in a cam
paign speech, but in Il deliberate message
to Congress, that silver legislation had a
| marked effect upon trade and upon
prices, and did not tell the people that it
was disastrous to have rising prices. He
also said: But this natural and desired
effect of the silver legislation was by
many enormously attributed to the
tariff act There he went so far as to
put aside those who attempted to credit
the Mckinley bill with the effect that
had come and he attributed that effect to
silver, and yet when we say that legisla-
ton can affect the price of silver they
say we don't understood anything about
the subject. Great applause and cheer
ing) If we had not known anything
about the subject we could find out
great deal about it by reading those
speeches made u few years ago by Repub-
licans, which they are sorry now they
ever made" Great applause.)
n stop of less than a minute was made
at Cicero. Mr. Bryan told the people
That he was glad to see them, but that he
was not going to make n speech in n town
'Aameh Cicero, and if he should chance to
TAIL below Den,osthenes or Cicero in
town o. that name he weuld never be for
gwen, and therefore he woule save his
speeches for other places.
Ilpton turned out en- masse to greet
the candidate. A platform he'd been
erected in the center of big lot, and Mr.
Bryan spoke briefly. At IKE conclusion
of his speech he was presented with a
large bouquet of roses from the mothers
and wi@es in Upton. Kokoma, the next
stop, is Republican stronghold, aud it
was shown on Mr.. Bryan's arrival tkere
to-day. AS the train pulled into the town
the candidate stood on the rear platform
and was greeted with cheers for his oppo-
nent from people wearing yellow badges.
AT the junction, where he took car